STATE PAPERS. 



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1st. There shall be a firm^ in- 

 violable, and universal peace, and 

 a true and sincere friendship be- 

 tween the French republic and the 

 United States of America, as well 

 as between their countries, terri- 

 tories, cities, and towns, and be- 

 tween their citizens and inhabi- 

 tants, without exception of per- 

 sons or places. 



2d. The minister plenipotentiary 

 of the two parties not being able, 

 for the present, to come to an 

 agreement with regard to the treaty 

 of alliance of the 6th of February, 

 1776, the treaty of friendship and 

 commerce of the same date, and 

 the convention under date of the 

 14th of November, 1778; nor, 

 likewise with regard to the in- 

 demnities mutually due or reclaim- 

 ed ; the parties will negociate ul- 

 teriorly upon those points at a con- 

 venient time; and till they have 

 come to a definitive agreement, the 

 said treaties and conventions shall 

 have no effect, and the relations of 

 the two states shall be regulated as 

 follows : 



3d. 'I'he vessels belonging to go- 

 vernment, which have been taken 

 on both sides, or may be taken be- 

 fore the exchange of the ratifica- 

 tions, shall be restored. 



4th. The property captured and 

 not yet definitively condemned, 

 or which may be captured before 

 the exchange of the ratifications, 

 except contraband merchandise 

 destined for an enemy's port, shall 

 be mutually restored up;m the fol- 

 lowing proofs of the property, viz. 



On both sides the proofs of pi"o- 

 perty, with rcgai'd to merchant-ves- 

 sels, armed, or not armed, sliall be 

 a passport in the following form : 



" To all those to whom these 

 prcMiuls may cume, be it known, 



that freedom and permission have 



been granted to , master or 



commander of the ship called , 



of the city of , of the burden 



of tons, or thereabout, at pre- 

 sent in the port and harbour of , 



and bound for , laden with 



. ; that after this ship has been 



visited, and before his departure, 

 he shall make oath before the of- 

 ficers authorized for that purpose, 

 that the said ship belongs to one or 



more of the subjects of -, whose 



agreement shall be subjoined at the 

 bottom of the passport ; likewise, 

 that he will observe, and make be 

 observed by his crew, the maritime 

 ordinances and regulations ; and he 

 shall deliver a list signed and at- 

 tested by witnesses, containing the 

 names and surnames, the births, 

 places and residences, of the per- 

 sons composing the crew of his ship, 

 and of all those who shall embark 

 with him, whom he shall not re- 

 ceive on board without the per- 

 mission of the authorized officers ; 

 and in every port or harbour he 

 shall enter with his ship, he shall 

 show the present permission to the 

 officers authorised for this purpose, 

 and shall give them a faithful ac- 

 count of what has happened during 

 his voyage ; and he shall carry the 

 colours, arms, and ensign [of the 

 French republic, or of the United 

 States] during his said voyage. — 

 In witness whereof we have signed 

 this paper, have made it be coun- 

 tersigned by , and have affixed 

 to it seals bearing our arms. 



" Given at , the year of 



our Lord ." 



And this passport shall of itself be 

 sufficient, notwithstanding all re- 

 gulations to the contrary. It shall 

 not be required that this passport 

 be renewed or revoked, whatever 



