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full liberty freely to pass and re- 
pass, by land or inland navigation, 
into the respeétive territories and 
countries of the contraéting parties, 
‘on echer side of the said boundary 
Tine, and freely to carry on trade 
and commerce with each’ other, 
according to thé stipulations of the 
said third article of the treaty of 
amity, commerce, and navigation. 
This explanatory article, when 
the same shall have been ratified 
by his majesty ‘and by the president 
_ of the United States, by and with 
the advice and consent of their 
senate, and the respective ratifica- 
tions mutually exchanged, shall 
be added to’ and make a part of the 
said treaty of amily, commerce, 
and navigation, and shall be per- 
manently binding upon his majesty 
and the United States. 
In witness ‘whereof we, the 
said commissioners of his ma- 
jesty the king of Great Bri. 
tain and the United States 
of America, have signed 
this explanatory article, aud 
thereto affixed our seals. 
Done at Philadelphia, this 
fourth day of May, in the 
year of our Lord one thou- 
sand seven hundred and 
nibety-six. 
P. Bonn, (L. S.) 
Timoruy Picxerine. (L. S.) 
And whereas the said explana- 
tory article has‘by me, by and 
with the advice and consent of the 
senate of the United States on the 
one part, and by his Britannic 
‘majesty on the other, been duly 
approved and ratified, and the ra- 
tifications have since, to wit, on 
the sixth day of O€tober last, been 
duly exchanged; now, therefore, 
to the end that the said explana- 
tory article may be executed and 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1796. - 
‘observed with punctuality and the 
‘mises ; and enjoin and require all 
most sincere regard to good faith 
on the part of the United States, 
I hereby make known the pre- 
persons bearing office, civil or mi- 
litary,, within the United’ States, 
and all others, citizens or imbabi- 
tants thereof, ‘or being within the 
same, to execute and observe the 
said explanatory article accord- 
ingly. 
In testimony whereof I have 
caused the seal Of the United 
States to be affixed to these} 
presents, and signed the same} 
with my hand. 
Given at the city of Philadel- 
phia, the fourth day of No} 
vember, if the year of our}, 
Lord one thousand seven} 
hundred and ninety-six, and 
of the independence of the}. 
United States of America the 
twenty-first. 
ae ae ee oe ane Ga an uae o 
ee 
(L. S.) Gro, WasnineTon. 
By the President, 
TimotTHy PIcKER1NG, 
Secretary of state. 
Treaty between his Britainic Majesty 
and the Landgrave of Hesse 
Darmstadt, signed at Frankfort, 
the 10th day of June, 1796. 
Be it known to those whom it 
may concern, that his majesty the 
king of Great Britain, and his 
serene highness the Landgrave of 
Hesse Darmstadt, in consideration 
of the strict ties which unite their 
interests, and having judged that, 
in the present situation of affairs, 
it would contribute to the recipro- 
cal welfare of Great Britain, and of 
the dominions of Hesse Darmstadt, 
to cement and strengthen, by a new 
treaty of alliance, the connection 
which 
