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protection and commercial privileges, and be liable only to the same 

 charges and duties as their own merchants and merchant ships; and 

 on the other hand, the merchants and merchant ships of the United 

 States, shall enjoy in all places belonging to his Britannic Majesty, 

 the same protection and commercial privileges, and be liable only to 

 the same charges and duties of British merchants and merchant ships, 

 saving always to the chartered trading companies of Great Britain, 

 such exclusive use and trade, and their respective posts and estab- 

 lishments as neither the subjects of Great Britain, nor any of the 

 more favored nations participate in. 



Paris, October 8, 1782. 

 A true copy of which has been agreed on between the American 

 commissioners and me, to be submitted to his majesty's consideration. 



Richard Oswald. 



Articles taken to England by Mr. Strachey. a 



November 5, 1782. 

 Articles agreed upon by and between Richard Oswald, commis- 

 sioner of his Britannic majesty for treating of peace with the com- 

 missioners of the United States of America, on behalf of his said 

 majesty, on the one part ; and John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and 

 John Jay, three of the commissioners of the said States, for treating 

 of peace with the commissioner of his said majesty on their behalf, 

 on the other part, to be inserted in, and to constitute the treaty of 

 peace proposed to be concluded between the Crown of Great Britain 

 and the said United States; but which treaty is not to be concluded 

 until his Britannic majesty shall have agreed to the terms of peace 

 between France and Britain, proposed or accepted of by his most 

 Christian majesty, and shall be ready to conclude with him such 

 treaty accordingly; it being the duty and intention of the United 

 States not to desert their ally, but faithfully and in all things to 

 abide by and fulfill their engagements with his most Christian 

 majesty. 



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That the subjects of his Britannic majesty and the people of the 

 said United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to 

 take fish of every kind on all the banks of Newfoundland, also in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence, and all other places where the inhabitants of 

 both countries used at any time heretofore to fish; and also to dry 

 and cure their fish on the shores of the Isle of Sables ; Cape Sables, 

 and the shores of any of the unsettled bays, harbors, or creeks of 

 Nova Scotia, and of the Magdalen Islands. And his Britannic 

 majesty and the said United States will extend equal privileges and 

 hospitality to each other's fishermen as to their own. 



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That the navigation of the River Mississippi, from its source to the 

 ocean, shall forever remain free and open. 



a The articles were agreed to after the return of the first set, which had 

 been sent to England October 8. 



