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Georgia, to be free sovereign and independent States; that he treats 

 with them as such, and for himself, his heirs, and successors, re- 

 linquishes all claims to the government, propriety and territorial 

 rights of the same, and every part thereof ; and that all disputes which 

 might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said 

 United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared that 

 the following are, and shall be their boundaries, viz. : 



From the north-west angle of Nova Scotia being that angle which 

 is formed by a line drawn due north, from the source of St. Croix 

 River, to the High lands which divide the rivers that empty them- 

 selves into the River St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the 

 Atlantic Ocean, and along the said High lands, to the north-western 

 head of Connecticut River, thence down along the middle of that 

 river to the Fifth degree of north latitude, following the said lati- 

 tudes until it strikes the River Mississippi. Thence by a line to be 

 drawn along the middle of the said River Mississippi until it shall 

 intersect the northernmost part of the Thirty first degree of latitude 

 north of the equator, South, by a line to be drawn due east from the 

 determination of the line last mentioned in the latitude of Thirty one 

 Degrees, to the middle of the River Apalachicola or Catahouchi; 

 thence along the middle thereof, to its junction with the Flint River, 

 thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River; and thence down 

 along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean. East, by 

 a line from the mouth of said St. Mary's River, to the mouth of the 

 River St. Croix in he Bay of Fundy, and by a line drawn through 

 the middle of said river 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 empty themselves into the 

 River St. Lawrence, comprehending all islands within Twenty 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 bound- 

 aries of St. Croix River, and St. Mary's River, shall respectively 

 touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean; excepting always 

 such islands as now are, or heretofore have belonged to the Colony 

 of Nova Scotia, or have been within the limits thereof. Upon a 

 farther consideration of the just limits and boundaries of the Province 

 of West Florida, it is agreed that its northern boundary shall extend 

 from the said Thirty first degree of latitude to a line to be drawn due 

 east from the place where the River Yassous fall into the River 

 Mississippi, and along the said line due east to the River Apa- 

 lachicola. 



It is agreed that all such loyalists or refugees, as well as all such 

 British merchants, or other subjects, as may be resident in any of 

 the Unite -1 States at the time of the evacuation thereof by the arms 

 and garrisons of His Britannic Majesty, shall be allowed six months 

 thereafter to remove to any part of the world, and also at their 

 election to dispose of within the said term, or to carry with them 

 their goods and effects. And it is understood that the said States 

 shall extend such farther favour to the said merchants, and such 

 amnesty and clemency to the said refugees, as their respective cir- 

 cumstances and the dictates of justice and humanity may render just 

 and reasonable; and particularly that amnesty and indemnity 

 86 be granted to all such of the said refugees as may be unaffected 



