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United States of America and his 
Catholic majesty. 
HIS Catholic majesty and the 
United States of America, desirous 
toconsolidate, ona permanent basis, 
the friendship 2nd good correspon- 
dence which happily prevails be- 
tween the two parties, have deter. 
mined to establish by a convention, 
several points, the settlement where- 
of will be produétive of general 
advantage and reciprocal utility to 
both nations. 
With this intention his Catholic 
majesty has appointed the most ex. 
cellent lord Don Manuel de Goday, 
and Alvarez de Faria, Prince de 
Paz, duke de la Alcudia, grandee 
of Spain, of the first class, &c. 
And the president of the United 
States, with the advice and consent 
of their senate, has appointed Tho- 
mas Pinckney, a citizen of the 
Uuited States, and their envoy ex- 
traordinary to his Catholic majesty. 
And the said plenipotentiaries have 
agreed upon and concluded the 
following articles : 
Art. 1. There shall be a firm and 
inviolable peace, and sincere friend- 
ship, between his Catholic majesty, 
his successors and subjects, and the 
United States, and their citizens, 
without exception of persons or 
places. ; 
2. To prevent all dispute on the 
subjeét of the boundaries which se- 
parate the territories of the two high 
contracting parties, it is hereby 
declared and agreed as follows, to 
wit: the southern boundary of the 
United States, which divides their 
territory from the Spanish colonies 
of East and West Florida, shall be 
designated by a line, beginning on 
the river Mississippi, at the nor- 
thernmost part of the thirty-first 
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degree of latitude, north of the 
equator, which from thence shall 
be drawn due east, to the middle 
of the river Apalachicola or Carah- 
suche, thence along the middle 
thereof to its junétion with the 
Flint; then straight to the head of 
St. Mary’sriver, and thence down 
the middle thereof to the Atlantic 
ocean. And it is agreed, that if 
there should be any troops, garri- 
sons, or settlements of either party 
on the territory of the other, ac. 
. cording to the above-mentioned 
boundaries, they shall be with- 
drawn from the said territory 
within the term of six months af- 
ter the ratification of this treaty, 
or sooner, if it be possible; and 
that they shall be permitted to 
take with them all the goods and 
effects which they possess. 
3. In order to carry the pre. 
ceding article into effect, one com. 
missioner and one surveyor shall be 
appointed by each of the contract. 
ing parties, who shall meet at 
Natches, on the left side of the 
Mississippi, before the expiration 
of six months from the ratification 
of this convention, and they shald 
proceed to run and make this 
boundary, according to the stipu- 
lations of the said article. ‘They 
shall make plans and keep jour. 
nals of their proceedings, which 
shall be considered as part of this 
convention, and shall have the same 
force as if this were inserted there- 
in. And, if on any account it 
should be found necessary that the 
said commissioners and surveyors 
should be accompanied by guards, 
they shall be furnished in equal 
proportion by the commanding of- 
ficer of his majesty’s troops in the 
two Floridas, and the commanding 
officer of the troops of the United 
States 
