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
ARTICLE III. It is agreed, that the people of the United States shall
continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind, on
the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland; also in
the Gulf of St Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the
inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And
also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to
take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland, as
British fishermen shall use, (but not to dry or cure the same on that
island) and also on the coasts, bays and creeks of all other of his
Britannic Majesty's dominion in America. And that the American
fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish, in any of the
unsettled bays, harbors and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen islands,
and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon
as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful
for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without
a previous agreement for that purpose, with the inhabitants,
proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
ARTICLE IV. It is agreed, that creditors on either side shall meet
with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value, in
sterling money, of all _bona fide_ debts, heretofore contracted.
ARTICLE V. It is agreed, that the Congress shall earnestly recommend
it to the Legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the
restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been
confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the
estates, rights, and properties of persons resident in districts in
the possession of his Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms
against the said United States; and that persons of any other
description shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of any
of the Thirteen United States, and therein to remain twelve months
unmolested in their endeavors to obtain the restitution of such of
their estates, rights, and properties, as may have been confiscated.
And that Congress shall also earnestly recommend to the several
States, a reconsideration and revision of all acts or laws regarding
the premises, so as to render the said laws or acts perfectly
consistent, not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of
conciliation, which on the return of the blessings of peace should
universally prevail. And that Congress shall also earnestly recommend
to the several States, that the estates, rights, and properties, of
such last mentioned persons shall be restored to them, they refunding
to any persons who may be now in possession, the _bona fide_ price
(where any has been given) which such persons may have paid on
purchasing any of the said lands, rights, and properties, since the
confiscation. And it is agreed, that all persons who have any interest
in confiscated lands, either by debts, marriage settlements, or
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