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(3.) 



Treaty of Amity, Settlement, and Limits, between the United States and 

 Spain, (commonly called the Florida Treaty,) signed at Washing- 

 ton, February 22d, 1819. 



Article 3. The boundary line between the two countries west of the 

 Mississippi shall begin on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the River 

 Sabine, in the sea, continuing north, along the western bank of that river, 

 to the 32d degree of latitude; thence, by aline due north, to the degree 

 of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Natchitoches, or Red River; 

 then, following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of 

 longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington ; then crossing 

 the said Red River, and running thence, by a line due north, to the 

 River Arkansas ; thence following the course of the southern bank of the 

 Arkansas, to its source in latitude 42 north ; and thence, by that parallel 

 of latitude, to the South Sea; the whole being as laid down in Melish's 

 map of the United States, published at Philadelphia, improved to the 1st 

 of January, 1818. But, if the source of the Arkansas River shall be found 

 to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said 

 source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said par- 

 allel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea; 

 all the islands in the Sabine, and the said Red and Arkansas Rivers, 

 throughout the course thus described, to belong to the United States ; but 

 the use of the waters and the navigation of the Sabine to the sea, and of 

 the said Rivers Roxo and Arkansas, throughout the extent of the said 

 boundary, on their respective banks, shall be common to the respective 

 inhabitants of both nations. 



The two high contracting parties agree to cede and renounce all their 

 rights, claims, and pretensions, to the territories described by the said 

 line; that is to say, the United States hereby cede to his Catholic majesty, 

 and renounce forever, all their rights, claims, and pretensions, to the terri- 

 tories lying west and south of the above-described line ; and, in like man 

 ner, his Catholic majesty cedes to the said United States all his rights, 

 claims, and pretensions, to any territories east and north of the said line; 

 and for himself, his heirs, and successors, renounces all claim to the said 

 territories forever. 



(4.) 



Convention between the United States and Russia, signed at St. Peters- 

 burg, on the T 5 T of April, 1824. 



Article 1. It is agreed that, in any part of the great ocean, commonly 

 called the Pacific Ocean, or South Sea, the respective citizens or subjects 

 of the high contracting powers shall be neither disturbed nor restrained, 

 either in navigation or in fishing, or in the power of resorting to the 

 coasts, upon points which may not already have been occupied, for the 

 purpose of trading with the natives ; saving always the restrictions and 

 conditions determined by the following articles. 



