98 LEGISLATIVE ACTS, PROCLAMATIONS, ETC., 



under the seal of the United States, bearing dale this 14th day of 

 January, 1784, approve, ratify, and confirm tho same, and every 

 part and clause thereof, engaging and promising that we would 

 sincerely and faithfully perform and observe the same, and never 

 suffer them to be violated by any one or transgressed in any manner 

 as far as should be in our power, and being sincerely disposed to carry 

 the said articles into execution truly, honestly, and with good faith, 

 according to the intent and meaning thereof, we have thought 

 proper by these presents to notify the premises to all the good citi- 

 zens of these United States, hereby requiring and enjoining all 

 bodies of magistracy, legislative, executive, and judiciary, all per- 

 sons bearing ofhce, civil or military, of whatever rank, degree, or 

 power, and all others the good citizens of these States of every voca- 

 tion and condition, that, reverencing those stipulations entered into 

 on their behalf under the authority of that federal bond by which 

 their existence as an independent people is bound up together and 

 is known and acknowledged by the nations of the world, and with 

 that good faith, which is every man's surest guide, within their 

 several offices, jurisdictions, and vocations, they carry into effect 

 the said definitive articles and every clause and sentence thereof, 

 sincerely, strictly, and completely. 



Given under the seal of the United States. 



Witness his excellency Thomas Mifflin, our President, at Annapolis, 

 this 14th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven 

 hundred and eighty-four, and of the sovereignty and independence 

 of the United States of America the eighth. 



[Annex] 

 RATIFICATION OP THE DEFINITIVE TREATY BY CONGRESS, JANUARY 14, 1784. 



Know ye that we, the United States in Congress assembled, having 

 seen and considered the definitive articles aforesaid [meaning the 

 treaty signed by the commissioners in Paris on the 30th of November, 

 1782], have approved, ratified, and confirmed, and by these presents 

 do approve, ratify, and confirm, the said articles, and every part and 

 clause thereof, engaging and promising that we will sincerely and 

 faithfully perform and observe the same, and never suffer them to 

 be violated by any one, or transgressed in any manner, as far as lies 

 in our power. 



In testimony whereof we have caused the seal of the United States 

 to be hereunto affixed. Witness his excellency Thomas Mifflin, 

 President, this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord 

 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, and in the eighth year 

 of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America. 



Resolved, unanimously, (nine States being present), That it be, 

 and it is hereby, earnestly, recommended to the legislatures of the 

 respective states to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, 

 and properties which have been confiscated belonging to real British 

 subjects; and also of the estates, rights, and properties of persons 

 resident in districts which were in the possession of his Britannic 

 majesty's arms at any time between the thirtieth day of November, 



