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all and every the powers and authorities hereby entrusted and com- 

 mitted to you, the said Richard Oswald, and to do, perform, and 

 execute all other matters and things hereby enjoined and committed 

 to your care, during our will and pleasure, and no longer, according 

 to the tenor of these our letters patent. And it is our royal will and 

 pleasure, and we hereby authorise, empower, and require you, the 

 said Richard Oswald, to treat, consult, and conclude, with any com-, 

 missioner or commissioners, named or to be named by the said colo- 

 nies or plantations, and any body or bodies, corporate or politic, 

 assembly or assemblies, or descriptions of men, or person or persons 

 whatsoever, a peace or truce with the said colonies or plantations, 

 or any of them, or any part or parts thereof; a any law, act, or acts 

 of Parliament, matter or thing, to the contrary notwithstanding. 



And it is our further will and pleasure that every regulation, pro- 

 vision, matter or thing, which shall have been agreed upon between 

 you, the said Richard Oswald, and such commissioner or commis- 

 sioners, body or bodies, corporate or politic, assembly or assemblies, 

 descriptions^ of men, person or persons as aforesaid, with whom you 

 shall have judged meet and sufficient to enter into such agreement, 

 shall be fully and distinctly set forth in writing, and authenticated 

 by your hand and seal on one side, and by such seal or other signa- 

 tures on the other as the occasion may require, and as may be suitable 

 to the character and authority of the commissioner or commissioners, 

 &c., as aforesaid so agreeing, and such instruments so authenticated 

 shall be by you transmitted to us through one of our principal secre- 

 taries of State. 



And it is our further will and pleasure that you, the said Richard 

 Oswald, shall promise and engage for us, and in our royal name and 

 word, that every regulation, provision, matter or thing, which may 

 be agreed to and concluded by you, our said commissioner, shall be 

 ratified and confirmed by us in the fullest manner and extent, and 

 that we will not suffer them to be violated or counteracted, either in 

 whole or in part, by any person whatsoever. And we hereby require 

 and command all our officers, civil and military, and all others our 

 loving subjects whatever, to be aiding and assisting unto you, the 

 said Richard Oswald, in the execution of this our commission, and of 

 the powers and authorities herein contained; provided always, and 

 we hereby declare and ordain that the several offices, powers, and 

 authorities hereby granted shall cease, determine, and become utterly 

 null and void on the first day of July, which shall be in the year of 

 our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, although we 

 shall not otherwise in the meantime have revoked and determined the 

 same, in witness, &c. And for so doing this shall be your warrant. 



Given at our Court of St. James the twenty-fifth day of July, one 

 thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, in the twenty-second year 

 of our reign. 6 



THOMAS TOWNSHEND. 



By his majesty's command. 



To our ATTORNEY OR SOLICITOR-GENERAL. 



The parts of this commission which were objected to by the American com- 

 missioners are printed in italics. 



* This commission was signed by the King on the 7th of August. 



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