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lina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign, and independent States ; that 

 he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors 

 relinquishes all claims to the government, proprietary and territo- 

 rial 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 

 United States may be prevented. It is hereby agreed and declared 

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



Art. 2d. From the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that 

 angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of 

 St. Croix River to the High lands, along the said High lands which 

 divide those rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Law- 

 rence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the 

 96 north-westernmost head of Connecticut River; thence down 

 along the middle of that river to the Forty fifth degree of 

 north latitude, from thence by a line due west on said latitude, until 

 it strikes the Iroquois River or Cataroquy, thence along the middle 

 of said river to Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until 

 it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake 

 Erie, thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, 

 through the middle of said lake, until it arrives at the water com- 

 munication between that lake and Lake Huron, thence along the mid- 

 dle of said water communication into Lake Huron, thence through 

 the middle of said lake to the water communication between that 

 lake and Lake Superior, thence through Lake Superior northward 

 of the Isles Royal and Philipeaux, to the Long Lake, thence through 

 the middle of said Long Lake and the water communication between 

 it, and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods, thence 

 through the said lake to the most north-western point thereof, and 

 from thence on a due western course to 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 31st degree of 

 north latitude. 



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

 line last mentioned, in the latitude of 31 degrees north of the Equator, 

 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 to be drawn along the middle 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 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 boundaries 

 between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, 

 snail respectively touch in 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. 



[Separate article to be added at the end of the treaty. 



It is understood and agreed, that in case Great Britain at the con- 

 clusion of the present war, shall recover, or be put in possession of 

 West Florida, the line of north boundary between the said province 

 and the United States, shall be a line drawn from the mouth of the 



