TREATY OF SEPTEMBER 3, 1783, BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND 



FRANCE. 



The Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, between his Britan- 

 nic Majesty, and the Most Christian King. Signed at Versailles, 

 the 3d of September, 1783. As published by Authority. 



In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, Father, 

 Son, and Holy Ghost. So be it. 



Be it known to all those whom it shall or may concern. The most 

 serene and most potent prince George the Third, by the grace of God, 

 king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick and 

 Lunenburg, archtreasurer and elector of the holy Roman empire, 

 &c. and the most serene and most potent Prince Lewis the Sixteenth, 

 by the grace of God, most Christian King, being equally desirous to 

 put an end to the war, which for several years past afflicted their 

 respective dominions, accepted the offer which their majesties the 

 emperor of the Romans, and the empress of all the Russias, made to 

 them, of their interposition, and of their mediation ; but their Britan- 

 nic and most Christian majesties, animated with a mutual desire of 

 accelerating the re-establishment of peace, communicated to each 

 other their laudable intention; which Heaven so far Blessed, that they 

 proceeded to lay the foundations of peace, by signing preliminary 

 articles at Versailles, the 20th of January in the present year. Their 

 said majesties the king of Great Britain, and the most Christian king, 

 thinking it incumbent upon them to give their imperial majesties a 

 signal proof of gratitude for the generous offer of their mediation, 

 invited them, in concert, to concur in the completion of the great 

 and salutary work of peace, by taking part, as mediators, in the 

 definitive treaty to be concluded between their Britannic and most 

 Christian majesties. Their said Imperial majesties having readily 

 accepted that invitation, they have named, as their representatives, 

 viz. his majesty the emperor of the Romans, the most illustrious and 

 most excellent Lord Florimond, Count Mercy- Argenteau, viscount 

 of Loo, baron of Crichegnee, knight of the Golden Fleece, chamber- 

 lain, actual privy counsellor of state to his Imperial and royal Apos- 

 tolic majesty, and his ambassador to his most Christian majesty; and 

 her majesty the empress of all the Russias, the most illustrious and 

 most excellent lord, Prince Iwan Bariatinskoy, lieutenant general of 

 the forces of her Imperial majesty of all the Russias, knight of the 

 orders of St. Anne, and of the Swedish sword, and her minister 



Plenipotentiary to his most Christian majesty; and the Lord Arcadi 

 e Marcoff, counsellor of state to her Imperial majesty of all the 

 Russias, and her minister plenipotentiary to his most Christian 

 majesty. In consequence, their said majesties the king of Great Brit- 

 ain, and the most Christian king, have named and constituted for 

 their plenipotentiaries, charged with the concluding and signing of 



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