The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 02
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 02
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
The subjects and people of each of the aforesaid confederates, and
the inhabitants of countries, islands, cities, or towns belonging
to either of the parties, shall have liberty freely and securely,
without license or passport, general or special, by land or by water,
or in any other way, to go into the kingdoms, countries, provinces,
lands, islands, cities, villages, towns, walled or unwalled, or
fortified ports, dominions, or territories whatsoever, of the other
confederate, there to enter, and return from thence, to abide there
or pass through the same, and in the meantime to buy and purchase as
they please all things necessary for their subsistence and use, and
they shall be treated with all mutual kindness and favor; provided,
however, that in all matters they behave and comport themselves
conformably to the public laws, statutes, and ordinances of such
kingdom, country, province, island, city, or town, in which they may
be and live, and converse with each other friendly and peaceably, and
keep up reciprocal concord by all manner of good understanding.
ARTICLE V.
The subjects and people of each of the parties, and the inhabitants
of the countries, islands, cities, or towns, subject or belonging
to either of them, shall have leave and license to come with their
ships or vessels, as also with the goods and merchandise on board the
same, (the trade or importation whereof is not prohibited by the laws
or ordinances of either country) to the lands, countries, cities,
ports, places, and rivers of either side, to enter into the same, to
resort thereto, to remain and reside there without any limitation
of time; also to hire houses, or to lodge with other people, and to
buy all kinds of lawful merchandise and goods where they think fit,
from the first workman or seller, or in any other manner, whether
in the public market for the sale of things, in mart towns, fairs,
or wheresoever those goods or merchandise are manufactured or sold.
They may also lay up, and keep in their magazines or warehouses, and
from thence expose to sale, merchandise or goods brought from other
ports; neither shall they in any wise be obliged, unless willingly
and of their own accord, to bring their said goods or merchandise
to the marts or fairs; on this condition, however, that they shall
not sell the same by retail or in shops, or anywhere else. But they
are not to be loaded with any impositions or taxes on account of
the said freedom, or for any other cause whatsoever, except what
are to be paid for their ships, vessels, or goods, according to
the laws and customs received in each country, agreeable to the
stipulations in this treaty. And, moreover, they shall have free
leave and permission, without any kind of hinderance or molestation,
to remove themselves, also if they shall happen to be married,
their wives and children, if they have any, and their servants,
if they are willing to go with their masters, together with their
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