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 SPAIN, 1819. 713 And the said Plenipotentiaries, after having exchanged their powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: Anrrcrn I. There shall be a nrm and inviolable peace and sincere friendship Peaceand friendbetween the United States and their citizens and His Catholic Ma- *l*iP· jesty, his successors and subjects, without exception of persons or places. Anrxcnn II. His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United Statesfin inll property and Cessiou of the s sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the F*°*******- eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida. The adjacent islands dependent on said provinces, all public Islands, aw., islots and squares, vacant lands, public ediiices, fortifications, barracks, **1******* *¤ °****°**· and other buildings, which are not private property, archives and documents, which relate directly to the property and sovereignty of said provinces, are included in this article. The said archives and documents shall be left in possession of the commissaries or officers of the United States, duly authorized to receive them. Anrrcrn III. The boundary line between the two countries, west of the Mississippi, B,,,,,,,,,,,,, i;,,,, shall begin on the Gulph of Mexico, at the mouth of the river Sabine, west of the Missisin the sea, continuing north, along the western bank of that river; to ¤iDPithe 32d degree of latitude; thence, by a line due north, to the degree of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Nachitoches, or Red River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington; then, crossing the said Red River, and running thence, by n line due north, to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South Sea. The whole being as laid down in Melish’s map of the United States, published at Philadelphia, improved to the first of January, 1818. But if the source of the Arkansas River shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea: All the islands in the Sabine, and the said Red and Arkansas Rivers, throughout the course thus described, to belong to the United States; but the use of the waters, and the nav- U N ,,5 4,;,,, S,. igation of the Sabine to the sea, and of the said rivers Roxo and bine, Red, and Ai- Arkansas, throughout the extent of the said boundary, on their re- 1******* R*'°***· spective banks, shall be common to the respective inhabitants of both nations. The two high contracting parties agree to cede and renounce all their M,,,,,,,, m,,,,,,,,,, rights. claims, and pretensions, to the territories described by the said siiess. line, that is to say : The United States hereby cede to His Catholic Majesty, and renounce forever, all their rights, claims, and pretensions, to the territories lying west and south of the above-described line; and, in like manner, His Catholic Majesty cedes to the said United States all his rights, claims, and pretensions to any territories east and north of the said line, and for himself, his heirs, and successors, renounces all claim to the said territories forever. Anricnn IV. To ilx this line with more precision, and to place the landmarks cg'*'******i°**:*' which snail ilssigssis exactly the limits ei beth nations, seen of me pu'; ,,§g"§,1,°,>jgg,_,;,’ contracting parties shall appoint a Commissioner and a surveyor, who um,