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 TREATY OF ALLIANCE Between the United States of America and His Most Christian Majesty. (a) Feb. 6,177S. TREATY OF ALLIANCE. Amiulled by The Most Christian King and the United States of North America; °°° °f cmg"" to wit: N ew-Hampshire Massachusetts-bay, Rhode-Island, ConnectofJuly’l. 1798, · ’ -, · ch, 57, v01_ g, 1cut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Vir- 578. ginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, having this day. concluded a treaty of Amity and Commerce, for the reciprocal advantage of their subjects and citizens, have thought it necessary to take into consideration the means of strengthening those engagements, and of rendring them useful to the safety and tranquility of the two parties; particularly in case Great Britain, in resentment of that connection and of the good correspondence which is the object of the said treaty, should break the peace with France, either by direct hostilities, or by hindring her commerce and navigation in a manner contrary to the rights of nations, and the peace subsisting between the two crowns: And his Majesty and the said United States, having resolved in that case to join their councels and efforts against the enterprises of their common enemy, the respective plenipotentiaries empowered to concert the clauses and conditions proper to fulhl the said intentions, have, after the most mature deliberation, concluded and determined on the following articles : ART. I. Ifwqr break If war should break out between France and Great Britain during %‘;§,;‘{::h,$'{,‘;“; the continuance of the present war between the United States and comm,;,, cause, England, his Majesty and the said United States shall make it a common cause and aid each other mutually with their good offices, their counsels and their forces, according to the exigence of conjunctures, as becomes good and faithful allies. (a) The treaties and conventions between the United States and France, have been: l. Treaty of alliance between the United States of America and his Most Christian Majesty, concluded at Eagis the 6th day of February, 1778. Annulled by act of Congress, passed July 7, 1798. Ch. 67, vol. 1, " . 2.l Treaty of nmity and commerce between the United States of America and his Most Christian Majesty, concluded at Paris the 6th day of February, 1778; post, 12. Annulled by act of Congress,passed July 7, 1798. Ch. 67, vol. 1, 578. 3. Contract between his Most Christian Mgesty and the United States of America, entered into at Paris by the Count de Vergennes and Mr. franklin, the 16th July 1782, and ratified by Congress the 22d January 1783 5 post, 596. 4. Convention between his Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, for the purpose of defining and establishing the functions and privileges of their respective consuls and vice·consuls. Entered into at Pans the 14th day of November 1788, p0st,10G. Annulled by actofCongress passed July 7. 1798. Ch. 67, vol. 1. 578. Convention between the French Republic and the United States, done at Paris the 30th of Septeml·er 1800; the Senate of the United States concurring on the 3d day of February 1801, with the excep. cion of the second article, and substituting another article, limiting the continuance of the treaty to twelve ‘ (6)