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to them, because their very exist- 

 ence may perhaps depend upon it. 



Treaty of Peace between Sweden 

 and Russia. Dated S-llth Sep- 

 tember, 1809. 



In the name of the Holy and Un- 

 divided Trinity ! His majesty the 

 king of Sweden, and his majesty 

 the emperor of all the Russias, 

 equally animated with the desire of 

 causing the advantages of peace to 

 succeed to the calamities of war, 

 and of re-establishing harmony and 

 good understanding between their 

 states, have to this effect, appoint- 

 ed their plenipotentiaries ; namely 

 his majesty the king of Sweden, 

 baron count Louis Bogislas; Chris- 

 topher de Stedinck, one of the no- 

 bles of the kingdom of, Sweden, 

 general of infantry of the Swedish 

 armies, knight and commander of 

 the Swedish orders, Grand Cross 

 of the order of the Sword, knight 

 of the order of St. Andrew, of St. 

 Alexander Newsky, and of St. Anne 

 of the first class ; and M. Andrew 

 Frederic Skojolderand, colonel 

 and commander of the order of 

 the Sword ; and his majesty the 

 emperor of all the Russias, count 

 Nicholas Romanzoft', actual privy 

 counsellor, member of the coun- 

 cil of State, mininister for foreign 

 alFairs, minister of commerce, se- 

 nator, actual chamberlain, knight 

 of the orders of St. Andrew, St. 

 Alexander Newsky, Grand Cross of 

 the orders of St. Wladimir, and of 

 St. Anne of the first classes, Grand 

 Eagle of the Legion of Honour of 

 France, knight of the royal Prus- 

 sian orders of the Black Eagle and 

 Red Eagle, and of the royal Dutch 

 order of the Union, and M. David 



Alopeus, actual chamberlain, knt. 

 of the Grand Cross of the order of 

 St. Wladimir of the second class, 

 and of St. Anne of the first ; who, 

 after the exchange of their respec- 

 tive full powers, found to be good 

 and in due form, have agreed upon 

 the following articles: 



Art. L There shall henceforth be 

 peace, friendship and good under- 

 standing between his majesty the 

 king of Sweden, and his majesty 

 the emperor of all the Russias. — 

 The high contracting parties will 

 make it their chief study to main- 

 tain a perfect harmony between 

 themselves, their states, and sub- 

 jects, and will carefully avoid what- 

 ever may hereafter disturb the 

 union so happily re-established. 



H. His majesty the emperor of 

 all the Russias having manifested 

 the invariable resolution not to se- 

 parate his interest from those of his 

 allies, and his Swedish majesty 

 wishing to give, in favour of his sub- 

 jects, all the extent possible to the 

 advantages of the peace, promises 

 and engages, in the most solemn 

 and binding manner, to neglect no- 

 thing which, on his part, may tend 

 to the prompt conclusion of peace 

 between him and his majesty the 

 emperor of the French, king of 

 Italy, and his majesty the king of 

 Denmark and Norway, by the 

 means of the direct negotiations 

 already commenced with these 

 powers. 



III. His majesty the king of 

 Sweden, in order to give an evident 

 proof of his desire to renew the 

 most intimate relations with the 

 august allies of his majesty the em- 

 peror of all the Russias, promises 

 to adhere to the continental system, 

 with such modifications as shall be 

 more particularly stipulated in the 



negoti- 



