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nation, nor there sell their prizes ; 

 neither shall they be permitted to 

 purchase more provisions than what 

 may be necessary to enable them to 

 make the nearest harbour of that 

 state or prince from whom they have 

 received their commission. 



26th. It is moreover agreed, 

 that none of the contracting parties, , 

 not only shall not admit pirates into 

 their ports, harbours, or towns, nor 

 shall they permit any of the inha- 

 bitants to receive, protect, or con- 

 ceal them in any manner ; but, 

 moreover, that a just punishment 

 shall be inflicted on such of the in- 

 habitants who may be guilty of such 

 offences. The ships belonging to 

 such pirates, together with the 

 goods taken by them, and carried 

 into the ports of one or the other 

 nation, shall be seized upon where- 

 ever they may be found, and restor- 

 ed to their owners, or their agents 

 or factors, duly by them author- 

 ized ; provided always they shall 

 have proved, before a competent 

 tribunal, their right of property. 



And if after the said effects should 

 have passed by sale into other hands, 

 and it appears tliat the captors 

 were, or might have been, so in- 

 formed, and it should also be proved 

 that the said effects had been carried 

 off by pirates, they shall, neverthe- 

 less, be, in like manner, restored. 



27th. Neither of the two na- 

 tions shall participate in the fish- 

 eries of the other on its coasts, nor 

 disturb it in the rights which it how 

 enjoys, or may enjoy, on the coasts 

 of Newfoundland, in the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence, or in any other place 

 whatever on the coast of America, 

 to the north of the United States. 

 But the whale-fishery shall be open 

 to both nations in all parts of the 

 globe. 



This convention shall be ratified 

 on both sides in full and due form, 

 and the ratifications shall be ex- 

 changed within the space of six 

 months, or sooner, if possible. 



In testimony whereof, the respec- 

 tive plenipotentiaries have signed 

 the above articles, both in the 

 English and French languages, and 

 have thereto affixed their seals, de- 

 claring, moreover, that their sig- 

 nature in both languages shall not 

 be adduced as a precedent, and 

 shall no wise prove disadvantageous 

 to either party. 



Done at Paris, the 8th Ven- 

 demaire, pth year of the 

 French republic, 30th Sep- 

 tember, 1800. 

 (Signed) Joseph Bonaparte, C P. 

 Fleurieu. Roederer. 

 Oliver Elsworth. 

 W. R. Davie. 

 W. V. Murray. 

 (A true copy.) C. M. Talleyrand. 



Treaty of Amity and Commerce 

 between the King of Prussia and 

 the United States of America. 



H IS majesty thekingof Prussia, 

 and the U nited S tates of Ame- 

 rica, desiring to maintain, on a stable 

 and permanent footing, the connec- 

 tions of good understanding, which 

 have hitherto so happily subsisted 

 between their respective states, and 

 for this purpose to renew the treaty 

 of amity and commerce concluded 

 between the two powers, at the 

 Hague, on the 10th of September, 

 1 785, for the term of ten years, his 

 Prussian majesty has nominated and 

 constituted as his plenipotentiaries, 

 the count Charles William de Fin- 

 kenstein, his minister of state, of 

 war, and of the cabinet, knight of 



