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 SPAIN, 1819. 717 Aurionn XIV. The United States hereby certify that they have not received any S*°*"'“°“* °°*° eompensationpfrom France for the injuries they suffered from her priva- Fm'°°°' teers, Consuls, and tribunals on the coasts and in the ports of Spain, for the satisfaction of which provision is made by this treaty; and they will present an authentic statement of the prizes made, and of their true value, that Spain may avail herself of the same in such manner as she may deem just and proper. Aarrcrn XV. The United States, to give to His Catholic Majesty a proof of their P'iY“°8°“ ?° desire to cement the relations of amity subsisting between the two na-  v‘;$;"l“ ’" tions, and to favour the commerce of the subjects of His Catholic Maj-` P0 ` esty, agree that Spanish vessels, coming laden only with productions of Spanish growth or manufactures, directly from the ports of Spain, or of ner colonies, shall be admitted, for the term of twelve years, to the ports of Pensacola and St. Augustine, in the Floridas, without pay- ing other or higher duties on their cargoes, or of tonnage, than will be paid by the vessels of the United States. During the said term no other nation shall enjoy the same privileges within the ceded territories. The twelve years shall commence three months after the exchange of the ratiiications of this treaty. Anrronn XVI. The present treaty shall be ratified in due form, by the contracting 1€¤tifi¤¤ti<>¤¤· parties,‘and the ratifications shall be exchanged in six months from this time, or sooner if possible. " _ In witness whereof we, the underwritten Plenipotentiaries of the S'K““*‘"°“· United States of America and of His Catholic Majesty, have signed, by virtue of our powers, the present treaty of amity, settlement, and limits, and have thereunto affixed our seals, respectively. Done at Washington this twenty-second day of February, one thou- Dimsand eight hundred and nineteen. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. L. s.] LUIS DE ONIS. L. s.] Ratification f' by His Catholic Majesty, on the twentyfouith day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. Ferdinand the Seventh, by the Grace of God and by the constitution hR*g!6°“t}°§ PY of the Spanish monarchy, King of the Spains. t ° "`g° Pm"' Whereas on the twenty-second day of February, of the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen last past, a treaty was concluded and signed in the city of Washington, between Don Luis de Onis, my Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and John Quincy Adams, Esquire, Secretary of State of the United States of America, competently authorized by both parties, consisting of sixteen articles, which had for their object the arrangement of differences and of limits between both Governments and their respective territories, which are of the following form and literal tenor: [Here follows the above treaty, word for word.] Therefore, having seen and examined the sixteen articles aforesaid, and having first obtained the consent and authority of the General Cortes of the nation with respect to the cession mentioned and stipulated in the 2d and 3d articles, I approve and ratify all and every one of the
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