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and be found therein after the 

 reduction or surrender of such 

 place, be liable to confiscation, 

 but shall be restored to the pro 

 prietors thereof : and, in order 

 to determine what characterizes 

 a blockaded port, that denomina 

 tion is given only to a port where 

 there is, by the disposition of the 

 power which attacks it with 

 ships stationary or sufficiently 

 near, an evident danger in en* 



that 



indemnity shall be made by his 

 Britannic majesty to the citizens 

 of the United States, for all losses 

 and damages sustained by them. 

 during the late war between 

 Great Britain and France, and pri 

 or to the commencement of the 

 present war, by reason of irregu 

 lar or illegal captures, seizures, 

 or condemnations of vessels and 

 other property, under colour of 

 .authority, contrary to the known 

 and established rules of the law 

 of nations. And it is also agreed, 

 that indemnity shall be made, by 

 each of the contracting parties, 

 to the subjects or citizens of the 

 other party, for all losses and 

 damage sustained subsequent to 

 the commencement of the pre 

 sent war, by reason of the sei 

 zure or condemnation of the 

 vessels or cargoes, belonging to 

 the subjects or citizens of the 

 other party, which, in the ordi 

 nary course of commerce, hap 

 pened, at the commencement of 

 hostilities, to be in the ports of 

 the other party ; and by reason 

 of the destruction of unfortified 

 towns, and the pillage or destruc 

 tion of private property, and the 

 enticement and carrying away of 

 negroes, contrary to the known 

 and established rules and usages 



