The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 10
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 10
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
The citizens and inhabitants of the said United States, or any of
them, may take and hold real estates in Great Britain, Ireland, or any
other of his Majesty's dominions, and dispose by testament, donation,
or otherwise, of their property, real or personal, in favor of such
persons as to them shall seem fit; and their heirs, citizens of the
United States, or any of them, residing in the British dominions, or
elsewhere, may succeed them, _ab intestato_, without being obliged to
obtain letters of naturalization.
The subjects of his Britannic Majesty shall enjoy on their part, in
all the dominions of the said United States, an entire and perfect
reciprocity, relative to the stipulations contained in the present
Article.
ARTICLE XIV.
His Majesty consents, that the citizens of the United States may cut
logwood as heretofore in the district allotted to his subjects by the
treaty with Spain, on condition that they bring or send the said
logwood to Great Britain, or Ireland, and to no other part of Europe.
ARTICLE XV.
All the lakes, rivers, and waters, divided by the boundary line, or
lines, between his Britannic Majesty's territories and those of the
United States, as well as the rivers mentioned in Article ---- shall
be freely used and navigated by the subjects and citizens of his said
Majesty and of the said States, in common over the whole extent or
breadth of the said lakes, rivers and waters. And all the carrying
places, on which side soever situated of the said dividing waters, or
between the said rivers and the waters or territories of either of the
parties, may and shall be freely used by the traders of both, without
any restraint, demand of duties, or tax, or any imposition whatsoever,
except such as inhabitants of the country may be subject to.
ARTICLE XVI.
That in all places belonging to the United States, or either of them,
in the country adjoining to the water line of division, and which,
during the war, were in his Majesty's possession, all persons at
present resident or having possessions or occupations as merchants or
otherwise, may remain in the peaceable enjoyment of all civil rights,
and in pursuit of their occupations, unless they shall within seven
years from the date hereof, receive notice from Congress or the State
to which any such place may appertain, to remove, and that upon any
such notice of removal a term of two years shall be allowed for
selling or withdrawing their effects and for settling their affairs.
ARTICLE XVII.
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