UNBATIFIED TREATY OF DECEMBER 31, 1806. 



Treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between His Britannic 

 Majesty and the United States of America. 



His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, being 

 equally desirous to promote and perpetuate the good understanding 

 and friendship which happily subsist between the subjects of the 

 United Kingdom and the citizens of the United States, and for that 

 purpose to regulate the commerce and navigation between their re- 

 spective countries, territories, and people, on the basis of reciprocity 

 and mutual convenience, have respectively named their plenipoten- 

 tiaries, and have given to them full powers to make and conclude a 

 treaty of amity, navigation and commerce ; that is to say, His Britan- 

 nic Majesty has named for his plenipotentiaries, Henry Richard 

 Vassal, Lord Holland, one of His Majesty's privy council and lord 

 keeper of His Majesty's privy seal, and William, Lord Auckland, 

 one of his Majesty's privy council, and President of the committee 

 of council for all matters of trade and foreign plantations: and the 

 President of the United States, by and with the advice of the Senate 

 thereof, hath appointed for their plenipotentiaries, James Monroe 

 and William Pinkney, commissioners extraordinary and plenipoten- 

 tiaries; who, after having exchanged their respective full powers, 

 have agreed on the following articles: 



AHT. 1. There shall be a firm, inviolable and universal peace, and 

 a true and sincere friendship, between His Britannic Majesty, his 

 heirs and successors, and the United States of America, and between 

 their respective countries, territories, cities, towns, and people, of 

 every degree, without exception of persons or places. 



ART. 2. It is agreed that the several articles of the treaty of amity, 

 commerce, and navigation, between His Majesty and the United 

 States, made at London, on the nineteenth day of November, one 

 thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, which have not expired, 

 nor, as yet, had their full operation and effect, shall be confirmed in 

 their best form, and in their full tenor; and that the contracting 

 parties will also from time to time enter into friendly explanation 

 on the subject of the said articles, for the purpose of removing all 

 such doubts as may arise or have arisen as to the true import of the 

 same, as well as for the purpose of rendering the said articles more 

 conformable to their mutual wishes and convenience. 



ART. 3. His Majesty agrees that the vessels, belonging to the United 

 States of America, and sailing direct from the ports of the said States, 

 shall be admitted and hospitably received in all the seaports and 

 harbors of the British dominions in the East Indies; and that the 

 citizens of the said United States may freely carry on a trade between 

 the said territories and the said United States in all articles of which 

 the importation or exportation respectively to or from the said terri- 

 tories shall not be entirely prohibited. Provided only that it shall 

 not be lawful for them in any time of war between the British Gov- 

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