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of the River St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its 

 source; and from its source directly North to the aforesaid High- 

 lands, which divide the Rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from 

 those which fall into the River St. Lawrence: comprehending all 

 Islands within 20 leagues of any part of the shores of The United 

 States, and lying between lines to be drawn due East from the points 

 where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, 

 and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of 

 Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean; excepting such Islands as now are. 

 or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said Province of 

 Nova Scotia. 



III. It is agreed, that the People of The United States shall con- 

 tinue to enjoy unmolested the right to take Fish of every kind on 

 the Grand Bank and on all the other Banks of Newfoundland ; also 

 in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the Sea, 

 where the Inhabitants of both Countries used at any time heretofore 

 to fish. And also that the Inhabitants of The United States shall 

 have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the Coast of 

 Newfoundland as British Fishermen shall use, (but not to dry or cure 

 the same on that Island), and also on the Coasts, Bays, and Creeks 

 of all other of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America; and 

 that the American Fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish 

 in any of the unsettled Bays, Harbors, and Creeks of Nova Scotia, 

 Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain 

 unsettled ; but so soon as the same, or either of them, shall be settled, 

 it shall not be lawful for the said Fishermen to dry or cure fish at 

 such Settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with 

 the Inhabitants, Proprietors, or Possessors of the ground. 



IV. It is agreed that Creditors on either side shall meet with no 

 lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money 

 of all bond fide debts heretofore contracted. 



V. It is agreed that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to 

 the Legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitu- 

 tion 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 in the possession of His 

 Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United 

 States: and that Persons of any other description shall have free lib- 

 erty to go to any part or parts of any of the 13 United States, and 

 therein to remain 12 months unmolested in their endeavours to ob- 

 tain the restitution of such of their estates, rights and properties as 

 may. have been confiscated ; and that Congress shall also earnestly 

 recommend to the several States, a reconsideration and revision of all 

 Acts or Law 7 s regarding the premises, so as to render the said Laws 

 or Acts perfectly consistent, not only with justice and equity, but 

 with that spirit of conciliation which, on the return of the blessings 

 of Peace, should universally prevail. And that Congress shall also 

 earnestly recommend to the several States, that the estates, rights, 

 and properties of such last-mentioned Persons shall be restored to 

 them, they refunding to any Persons who may be now in possession 

 the bond fide price (where any has been given) which such Persons 

 may have paid on purchasing any of the said lands, rights or proper- 

 ties since the confiscation. 



