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 A C 0 N V E N T I O N 1.nys,rers. To regulate the Commerce between the Terrztorzes m' the United States and if his Britanmc/c Meyesty. (et) Razified by the Tim United States of America and his Britauuick majesty being de- P¤i¤¤¤ R¤%¤¤* sirous, by a Convention, to regulate the commerce and navigation gg? bull" between their respective countries, territories, and people, in such a the Frssidenli manner as to render the same reciprocally beneficial and satisfactory, ¤¤d S°¤¤'° °¤ have, respectively, named plenipotentiaries, and given them full powers, jg5g? to treat of and conclude such Convention; that is to say, the President lauerlday the of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate ¥¤lm°¤*l°¤S thereof, hath appointed, for their plenipotentiaries, John Quincy Adams, 3;*: ‘§’§‘;l;w‘_ Henry Clay, and Albert Gallatin, citizens of the United States; and ton. 8 his royal highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of his majesty, has named, for his plenipotentiaries, the right honorable Frederick John Robinson, vice-president of the committee of privy council for trade and plantations, joint paymaster of his majesty's forces, and a member of the imperial parliament, Henry Goulbourn, Esq. a member of the imperial parliament, and under secretary of state, and William Adams, Esq. doctor of civil laws; and the said plenipotentiaries having mutually produced and shown their said full powers, and exchanged copies of the same, have agreed on and concluded the following articles, vide licet: Reciprocal An·rrc1.s l. There shall be between the territories of the United libmv of wm- States of America, and all the territories ofhis Britannick majesty in {‘,;g"rj$ml§:;ffQ Europe, a reciprocal liberty of commerce. The inhabitants of the two of U. S. andthe countries, respectively, shall have liberty freely and securely to come B¤'ili¤l¥ T¤¤'¤'l*°· with their ships and cargoes to all such places, ports, and rivers, in the "°“"‘ E“'°p°‘ territories aforesaid, to which other foreigners are permitted to come, to enter into the same, and to remain and reside in any parts of the said territories, respectively; also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purposes of their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries, respectively. No higher or Arm-. 2. No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importa- ¤¤l¤¤\' d¤}¤i¤¤ ¤¤ tion into the United States of any articles, the growth, produce, or gzgggfm °f manufacture, of his Britannick majesty’s territories in Europe and no yl A • • a • n , than on thou higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the ter- ¤F ¤¤h@¤‘ T¤r¤ie¤ ritories of his Britannick majesty in Europe of any articles, the growth, °°"“"‘°“‘ produce, or manufacture, of the United States, than are or shall be pay- able on the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture, of any other foreign country; nor shall any higher or other duties or charges be imposed in either of the two countries, on the exportation of any articles to the United States, or to his Britannick majesty’s territories in Europe, respectively, than such as are payable on the exper-. tation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation or importation of any articles, ug? {Spa notes of the Treaties and Conventions between the United States and Great Britain, ante, (228)