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and by Her Britannic Majesty ; and the ratifications shall be exchanged either 

 at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier 

 if possible. 



In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty 

 and have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate at Washington the eighth day of May, in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. 



[L. s.] HAMILTON FISH. 



[L. S.] ROBT. C. SCHENCK. 



[L. s.] SAMUEL NELSON. 



[L. s.] EBENEZER ROCKWOOD HOAR. 



[L. s.] GEO. H. WILLIAMS. 



[L. s.] DE GREY & RIPON. 



[L. s.] STAFFORD II. NORTHCOTE. 



[L. s.] EDWD. THORNTON. 



[L. s.] JOHN A. MACDONALD. 



[L. S.] MOUNTAGUE BERNARD. 



And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the 

 respective ratifications of the same were exchanged in the city of London, on 

 the seventeenth day of June, 1871, by Robert C. Schenck, Envoy Extraordinary 

 and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, and Earl Granville, Her 

 Majesty s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the part of their 

 respective Governments : 



Now, therefore, be it known that I, ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of the 

 United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to 

 the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed 

 and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. 



In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the 

 United States to be affixed. 



Done at the City of Washington this fourth day of July, in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and of the Inde 

 pendence of the United States the ninety-sixth. 



U. S. GRANT. 



By the President : 



HAMILTON FISH, 



Secretary of State. 



