384 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



a Member of the Imperial Par- 

 liament, and Under Secretary of 

 State, and William Adams, Esq. 

 D )ctor of Civil Laws ; and the 

 said Plenipotentiaries having n)u- 

 tually produced and shewn their 

 said full powers, and exchanged 

 copies of the same, have agreed on 

 and concluded the following Ar- 

 ticles, viz. — 



Art. I . There shall be between 

 the territories of the United States 

 of America, and all the territories 

 of his Britannic Majesty in Eu- 

 rope, a reciprocal liberty of com- 

 merce. Tlie inhabitants of the 

 two countries respectively shall 

 have liberty freely and securely 

 to come wiih their sliips and car- 

 goes to all sucli places, ports, and 

 rivers in the tenitories aforesaid 

 to which other foreigners are per- 

 mitted to come, lo enter into the 

 same, and to remain and reside in 

 any parts of the said territories re- 

 spectively; al otohire and occupy 

 h luses and wareltousesforthe piir- 

 p )sesofil)eirconm;ieice; andgene- 

 r.dly, the merchants and trailers of 

 each nation respectively shall en- 

 joy the niost complete protection 

 and secm-ity for tlieir commerce, 

 but subject always to the laws and 

 statutes of the two countries re- 

 spectively. 



2. No higher or other duties 

 shall be imposed on the importa- 

 tion to the United States of an} 

 ar.icles, the growth, produce, or 

 mmufacture of his Britannic Ma- 

 jestv's territories in Europe, and 

 no higher or other duties shall be 

 imposed on the impoitation into 

 the territories of his Britannic 

 Majesty in Europe of any articles, 

 the growth produce, or manufac- 

 ture of the Un ted States, than 

 are or shall be payable on the like 



articles, being the growth, pro- 

 duce, or manufacture of any other 

 foreign countries ; nor shall any 

 higher or other duties or charges 

 be imjiosed on either of the two 

 countries, on the exportation of 

 any articles to the United States, 

 or to his Britannic Majesty's ter- 

 ritories in Europe respectively, 

 than such as are payable on the 

 expoi tation of the like articles to 

 any other foreign country ; nor 

 shall any prohibition be imposed 

 on the exportation or importation 

 of any articles, the growth, pro- 

 duce, or manufacture of the Uni- 

 ted States, or of his Britannic 

 Majesty's territories in Europe, to 

 or from the said territories of his 

 Britannic Majesty in Europe, to 

 or from the said United States, 

 which shall not be equally ex- 

 tended to all other nations. 



No higher or other duties or 

 charges shall be imposed in any 

 of the ports of the United States 

 on British vessels, than those pay- 

 able in the same ports by vessels 

 of the United States, nor in the 

 ports of any of his Britannic Ma- 

 jesty's territories in Europe, on 

 the vessels of the United States, 

 than shall be payable in the same 

 ports on British vessels. The same 

 duties shall be paid on the impor- 

 tation into the United States of 

 any articles the growth, produce, 

 or marmfacture of his Biitannic 

 Majesty's teriitoiies in Europe, 

 whether such importation shall be 

 in vessels of the United States, or 

 in British vessels, and the same 

 duties shall be paid on the impor- 

 tation into the ports of any of his 

 Bi itannic Majesty's territories in 

 Europe, of any article the growth, 

 produce, or manufacture of the 

 United States, whether such im- 

 portation 



