A.D.I 794- 3^3 



The American government on the 26'* of March 1794. laid an em- 

 bargo of thirty days on all Britifh vefTels in their ports ; and appointed 

 Mr. Jay to proceed to the court of Great Britain to afk redrefs of the 

 grievances complained of by their citizens. 



In anfwer to the memorial of Mr. Jay, envoy extraordinary from the 

 United ftates of America, Lord Grenville, fecretary of flate for foreign 

 affairs, admitted that fome irregularities were unavoidable in an extenf- 

 ive war, but profefTed the king's defire, that the citizens of the United 

 ftates {hould have every opportunity of obtaining complete juftice by 

 the regular courfe of law. He imputed the grievance of imprefllng 

 American feamen to the difficulty of diftinguiihing them from Britifti 

 feamen, but affured him that orders had been given to make the pro- 

 per inquiries. 



Thele communications paved the way for 

 ^ treaty of amity, cominetre, and navigation, zvifh the Unitedjlates of America, 

 ftgnedby Lord Grenville and Mr. John Jay, 19"* November, 1794 *. 



The firfl: article engages for a tirm, inviolable, and univerfal, peace, &c. 



2) It is agreed, that the pofts within the limits of the United ftates, oc- 

 cupied by Britifh garrifons, fliall be given up before the i" of June 

 1796; the Britifh fettlers within the jurifdiciion of them having the 

 option of departing with their property, or of becoming citizens of the 

 United ftates, till the i" of June 1797, after which all, who chufe to re- 

 main, flaall become citizens of the United ftates. 



3) Liberty is reciprocally given to his Majefty's fubjeds and the Ameri- 

 can citizens, and alfo to the Indians dwelling on either fide of the 

 boundary, freely to pafs and repafs by land or inland navigation, into 

 the refpedive territories of either on the continent of America (except- 

 ing the countries within the limits of the Hudfon's-bay company) and 

 to navigate all the lakes and rivers, and to trade with each-other. But 

 this liberty does not extend on either fide to the ports, bays, or creeks, 

 of the fea, or the mouths of rivers as far up as the higheft port of entry 

 for fea vefTels ; fmall American veiTels being, however, permitted to 

 trade bona fide between Montreal and Quebec. The River Miffiflippi is 

 declared to be entirely open to both parties, who may equally ule all 

 the landing places on its eafl fide. By thefe conveyances all goods, not 

 prohibited to be imported into the Britifti territories in America, may 

 be carried into them by the citizens of the United ftates, on paying fuch 

 duties as the fame goods would be liable to on importation from Europe. 

 And the Britifh fubjeds have the like liberty of carrying into the ter- 

 ritories of the United ftates all fuch goods as are not prohibited there, 

 on paying fuch duties as they would be liable to on being imported in 



* What is hei-e laid before the reader is only ofe as mod other fuch papers, fome paragraphs 

 the fiibtlaiice of the treaty, which is above threi of it, as the reader will obferve, not even admitting 

 times as long, though it is far from being fo verb- of an abrid^^iraent. 



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