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Having discussed and conferred on the foregoing articles 

 with his Excellency the besieging general-in-chief Jose Anto- 

 nio Paez, with all the deliberation due to so interesting a 

 matter, we have agreed to the assents and dissents recorded 

 at the end of each of our propositions ; and in pledge of a 

 strict and faithful compliance with the sa d treaty, there re- 

 main as hostages on the part of the Spanish government the 

 following gentlemen of the commission — Don Jose Maria 

 Isla, captain and commandant of the citadel of San Felipe ; 

 and the commissary of war, Don Jos6 Maria Rodriguez : 

 and on tlie part of Colombia, Captains Rafael Romero and 

 Ramon Perez ; in proof of which we have signed hereunto con- 

 jointly with his Excellency the general-in-chief already named. 

 The besieging general-in-chief 



JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ, 

 JOSE MARIA ISLA, 

 MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ, 

 MARTIN DE ARAMBURU. 

 Secretary of his Excellency— ANTONIO CARMONA. 

 Citadel of San Felipe, city of Puerto 



Cavello, 10th Nov. 1823. 

 I ratify the present treaty, and hereby conform to it — 



MANUEL DE CARRERA Y COLINA, 

 Colonel Commander-in-chief. 

 His Excellency, the commander-in-chief, in remitting these 

 most interesting documents, announces, that on the 15th 

 instant, the Spanish garrison that capitulated, had embarked, 

 and that our troops occupied the citadel. 



I congratulate you, fellow-countrymen, on the happy ter- 

 mination of the war in this department, and let us offer 

 eternal gratitude to the brave defenders of the country, who 

 have stamped its glory on the above memorable day. 



Prosperity to the republic of Colombia — to the general-in- 

 chief of the department — to his companions in arms. 



FRANCISCO R. DE TORO. 

 Caraccas, Nov. 17, 1823. — 13. 



