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No. 8. 

 The American to the British plenipotentiaries. 



October 12, 1818. 



Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Rush present their compliments to Mr. Rob- 

 inson and Mr. Goulburn, and beg leave to state that, on full con- 

 sideration, since the meeting on Friday, they do not feel themselves 

 authorized to consent to the condition annexed to the second article 

 of the project on impressment, which declares that " none other than 

 the persons whose names shall be included in the said lists shall be 

 deemed to fall within the said exception." Their reasons are stated 

 in the enclosed unofficial memorandum. 



Mr. G and Mr. R. give this notice of their disagreement previous 

 to the meeting fixed for tomorrow, in the hope that, if the alteration 

 which they have heretofore proposed should not, contrary to their 

 expectations, be found acceptable, some other amendment or modi- 

 fication may suggest itself to the British plenipotentiaries, rather 

 than that the arrangement should fall through. 



No. 9. 



Protocol of the seventh conference between the American and British pleni- 

 potentiaries, held at Whitehall, on the 13th of October, 1818. 



Present: Mr. Gallatin. Mr. Rush, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Goulburn. 

 , The British plenipotentiaries acquiesced in the amendment pro- 

 posed at the preceding conference by the American plenipotentiaries, 

 in the article respecting captured slaves, except as far as related to 

 the insertion in the article of the name of any particular Power. 



They brought forward new articles (A, B, C, D, E) respecting the 

 fisheries, the boundary, impressment, and maritime points, and ac- 

 companied the articles D with the annexed memorandum E. They 

 agreed to the omission of the article respecting the Mississippi. 



It was agreed to meet again on Monday, the 19th instant. 



Albert Gallatin, 

 Richard Rush, 

 Fiji m rick John Robinson, 

 Henry Goulburn. 



Article A. 



Whereas differences have arisen respecting the liberty claimed by 

 the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry. and cure 

 fish "ii certain coasts, bays, harbors, and creeks of Ilis Britannic 

 Majesty's dominions in America: H is agreed between the high con 

 trading parties thai the inhabitants <>f the s;iid United States shall 

 have, forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, 

 the liberty to take fish of every kind <>n that pari of the southern 

 coasl of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Kay lo the Ramea 

 islands, on the western and northern coast <>f Newfoundland, from 

 the -aid Cape Ray t<> tli«' Quirpon islands, on the bores of the Mag- 

 dalen islands, and also «>n the coasts, bays, harbors, and creeks, from 



