256 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC., PRIOR TO TREATY OF 1818 



The undersigned renew to the British plenipotentiaries the assur- 

 ance of their high consideration. 



John Quincy Adams, 

 James A. Bayard, 

 Henry Clay, 

 Jonathan Russell, 

 Albert Gallatin. 



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The British to the American plenipotentiaries. 



Ghent, December 22, 181b 



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So far as regards the substitution proposed by the undersigned for 

 the last clause of the 8th article, as it was offered solely with the hope 

 of attaining the object of the amendment tendered by the American 

 plenipotentiaries at the conference of the 1st instant, no difficulty will 

 be made in withdrawing it. 



The undersigned, returning to the declaration made by them at the 

 conference of the 8th of August, that the privileges of fishing within 

 the limits of the British sovereignty, and of using the British terri- 

 tories for purposes connected with the fisheries, were what Great Brit- 

 ain did not intend to grant without equivalent, are not desirous of 

 introducing any article upon the subject. 



With a view of removing what they consider as the only objection 

 to the immediate conclusion of the treaty, the undersigned agree to 

 adopt the proposal made by the American plenipotentiaries at the 

 conference of the 1st instant, and repeated in their last note, of omit- 

 ting the 8th article altogether. 



The undersigned avail themselves of the opportunity to renew to 

 the plenipotentiaries of the United States the assurance of their high 

 consideration. 



Gambier, 



Henry Goulburn, 

 William Adams. 

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Protocol of conference. 



Ghent, December 23, 181 4. 



At a conference held this day, the protocol of the preceding con- 

 ference was settled. 



The American plenipotentiaries intimated their readiness to accede 

 to the propositions contained in the note of the British plenipo- 

 tentiaries of the 22nd instant. 



The American Plenipotentiaries to Mr. Monroe. 



Ghent, December 25, 181^. 



Sir : We have the honor of transmitting herewith one of the three 

 copies of the treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United 

 States, signed last evening by the plenipotentiaries of His Britannic 

 Majesty and by us. 



