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Majefty the King of Great Britain 
on oné fide, and his Majefty the 
Emperor of all the Ruffias on the 
other, having, in virtue of thofe 
full powers, concluded and figned, 
at St. Peterfburgh, on February 
10-21, 1797, a treaty of naviga- 
tion and commerce, of which the 
9th article ftates, The fubjects of 
the high contraéting parties fhall 
not pay higher duties on the im- 
portation and exportation of their 
merchandife, than are paid by the 
fubjeés of another nation, &c. de- 
clare by thefe prefents, in virtue of 
thofe fame full powers, that by the 
words other nations, Euvopean nations 
alone are to be underftood. 
The prefent declaration fhall be 
confidered as making part of the 
above-mentioned treaty of navi- 
gation and commerce, figned Fe- 
bruary 10-21, of the prefent year, 
and this day ratified. 
In faith of which, we, the 
' refpective Plenipotentiaries, 
have caufed two copies of it, 
perfecily conformable to 
each other, to be made, have 
figned them with our own 
hands, and have thereunto , 
affixed the feal of our arms 
Done at Mofcow the 30th» 
April (11th of May) 1797. 
(1. s.) ALExanver Count of 
Befborodko. 
(zt. s.) Prince ALEXANDER of 
Kourakin. 
(fm. s.) Craries Whitworth. 
ad 
Mefag- from General Wa/hington, ‘ac- 
combanied by a very voluminesls State- 
Paper, the Subjed? of the Differences 
ahich Subfift between France and the 
United States, in the Form of a Letter 
Jromt Mr. b.ckering, the American 
Secretary of State, to Mr. Pincki:ey, 
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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1799. 
the American Minifter at Parit, dts 
livered to the Houfe of Reprefentatives’ 
the 19th of January. 
<— the opening of the prefent, 
Seffion of Congrefs, I men- - 
tioned that fome circumftances of 
an unwelcome nature had lately oc- 
curred in relation to France; that 
our trade had fuffered, and was fuf- 
fering extenfive injuries in the 
Weft Indies, from the cruizers and 
agents of the French Republic; 
and that communication had been 
received from its minifter here 
which indicated danger of a further 
difturbance of our commerce by its 
authority; and that we were, in 
other refpects far from agreeable; 
but that I referved for a fpecial mef- 
fage a_more particular communica- 
tion on this interefting fubject, 
This communication I now make. 
The complaints of the French 
Minifter embraced moft of the 
tranfactions of our government, in 
relation to France, from an early 
period of the prefent war; which, 
therefore, it was neceflary careful- 
ly to review. A collection has 
een formed of letters and papers 
lating to thofe tranfactions, which 
now lay before you, with a let- 
er to Mr. Pinckney, our Minifter 
at Paris, containing an examina- 
tion of the notes of the Freach 
Miniiter, and fuch information as 
I thought might be ufeful to Mr. 
Pinckney in any further reprefen- 
tations he might find neceflary to 
be made to the French govern- 
ment. . The immediate object of 
his miffion was to make to that go- 
vernment fuch explanations of the 
principles and conduét of our own, 
as, by manifefting our good faith, 
might remove all. jealouly and dif- 
content, and maintain that harmo- 
ny and good underftanding with 
the French Republic, which it hag 
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