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APPENDIX. 
rica. It is agreed that for the future the confines between the 
dominions of his Britannic majesty and those of his Most Chris¬ 
tian majesty in that part of the world, shall be irrevocably fixed 
by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from 
its source to the river Iberville, and from thence by a line-drawn 
along the middle of this and the lake Maurepas and Ponchar- 
train, to the sea ; and for this purpose the Most Christian king 
cedes in full right and guarantees to his Britannic majesty , the 
T-iver and port of the Mobile , and every thing whit h he possess¬ 
es or ought to possess on the L ft side of the river Mississippi , 
except the tow} oj New Orleans and tli$ island on which it is? 
Situated , Cfc. 
ARTICLE 20. 
« His Catholic majesty cedes and guarantees in full right 
his Britannic majesty, Florida, \yitn Fort St, Augustin, and the 
bay Pensacola, us well as all that .Spain possesses on the con¬ 
tinent of North America, to the E. or to the S. E of the river 
Mississippi, and in general, every thing that depends on the said 
countries and lands, with the sovereignty, property, possession, 
$nd all rights acquired by treaties, pi otnery/ise, which the Ca~ 
tholic king and craven of Spain bays had till now over the said 
countries, lands, places, and their inhabitan s, so that the Catho¬ 
lic king cedes and nukes over the whole to the said king, and 
to the crown of Great B- i am, &c. 
This country must necessarily, therefore, have formed part 
of Louisiana, and as such, appertained to France. Spain cedes 
to France, by the treaty of' iidefonso, Louisiana as it had been 
b : b) France, ^no not in the extent held by her at the time of 
cession. 
In the 2d chapter of the first book, there are some observa¬ 
tions w lich would seem to attach blame to the commissioners. 
Bui 1 am induced 10 believe from further inquiry, that I have 
merely taken up the popular opinion Gov. C aiborne has pro- 
mised to favor me with the process verbal, which I will publish, 
should this book ever be thought worthy of second edition. 
