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the ordersof the black eagle and the 

 red eagle, and commander of that 

 of St. John of Jerusalem ; the baron 

 Philip Charles d'Alvensleben, his 

 minister of state, of war, and of the 

 cabinet, knight of the orders of the 

 black eagle and of the red eagle, 

 and that of St. John of Jerusalem ; 

 and the count Christian Henry Curt 

 de Haugwitz, his minister of state, 

 of war, and of the cabinet, knight 

 of the orders of the black eagle and 

 of the red eagle; and the president 

 of the United States has furnished 

 with their full powers John Quincy 

 Adams, a citizen of the United 

 States, and their minister plenipo- 

 tentiary at the court of his Prussian 

 majesty : 



Which plenipotentiaries, after 

 having exchanged their full powers, 

 found in good and due form, have 

 concluded, settled, and signed the 

 following articles: 



Art. 1. There shall be in future, 

 as there has been hitherto, a firm, 

 inviolable, and universal peace, a 

 sincere friendship, between his ma- 

 jesty the king of Prussia, his heirs, 

 successors and subjects on the one 

 part, and the United States of 

 America, and their citizens, on the 

 other, without the exception of 

 persons or places. 



Art. 2. The subjects of his ma- 

 jesty the king of Prussia may fre- 

 quent all the coasts and countries 

 of the United States of America, 

 and reside and trade there, in all 

 sorts of produce, manufactures, 

 and merchandize, and shall pay 

 there no other or greater duties, 

 charges, or fees whatsoever, than 

 the most favoured nations are or 

 shall be obliged to pay. They shall 

 also enjoy, in navigation and com- 

 merce, all the rights, privileges, and 

 exemptions, which the most favour- 



e.d nation does enjoy, submitting 

 themselves, nevertheless, to the 

 established laws and usages, to 

 which are submitted the citizens 

 of the United States and the most 

 favoured nations. 



Art. 3. In like manner the citi- 

 zens of the United States of Ame- 

 rica may frequent all the coasts and 

 countries of his majesty the king of 

 Prussia, and reside and trade there, 

 in all sorts of produce, manufac- 

 tures, and merchandize, and shall 

 pay in the dominions of his said ma- 

 jesty no other or greater duties, 

 charges, or fees whatever, than 

 the most favoured nation is or shall 

 be obliged to pay; and they shall 

 enjoy all the rights, privileges, and 

 exemptions in navigation and com- 

 merce, which the most favoured na- 

 tion does or shall enjoy; submitting 

 themselves, nevertheless, to the 

 established laws and usages to which 

 are submitted the subjects of his 

 majesty the king of Prussia; and the 

 subjects and citizens of the most 

 favoured nations. 



Art. 4. More especially, each 

 party shall have aright to carry their 

 own produce, manufactures, and 

 merchandize, in their own or any 

 other vessels, to any part of the do- 

 minions of the other, where it shall 

 be lawful for all the subjects and 

 citizens of that other freely to pur- 

 chase them, and thence to take the 

 produce, manufactures and mer- 

 chandize of the other, which all the 

 said citizens or subjects shall in like 

 manner be free to sell there, pay- 

 ing, in both cases, such duties, 

 charges, and fees only, as are or 

 shall be paid by the most favoured 

 nation. Nevertheless, his majesty 

 the king of Prussia and the United 

 States, respectively, reserve to them- 

 selves the right, where any nation 



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