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receive the same, in behalf of their respective Governments; and the Decision and Proceedings of the said Commissioners, or of a majority of them, made and had as aforesaid, shall be final and conclusive.

III. It is further agreed, that the said Commissioners, after they shall have executed the duties assigned to them in the preceding Article, shall be, and they hereby are authorized upon their Oaths impartially to ascertain and determine the Northwesternmost Head of Connecticut River, according to the Provisions of the aforesaid Treaty of Peace, and likewise to cause the Boundary Line described in the said Treaty of Peace, between the Northwest Angle of Nova Scotia and the said Northwesternmost Head of Connecticut River, to be run and marked pursuant to the Provisions of the said Treaty: the said Commissioners shall meet at Boston, and have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit; they shall have power to appoint a Secretary, and employ such Surveyors and other Assistants as they shall judge necessary: the said Commissioners shall draw up a Report of their Proceedings, which shall describe the Boundary Line aforesaid, and particularize the latitude and longitude of the Northwesternmost Head of Connecticut River; Duplicates of which Report, under the Hands and Seals of the said Commissioners, or of a majority of them, together with Duplicates of their Accounts, shall be delivered to such Persons as may be severally authorized to receive the same in behalf of their respective Governments; and the Decision and Proceedings of the said Commissioners, or of a majority of them, made and had as aforesaid, shall be final and conclusive.

IV. It is further agreed, that the aforesaid Commissioners shall be respectively paid in such manner as shall be agreed between the 2 Parties; such agreement to be settled at the time of the exchange of the Ratifications of this Convention: and all other expenses incurred by the said Commissioners shall be defrayed jointly by the 2 Parties, the same being previously ascertained and allowed by the said Commissioners; and in the case of death, sickness, or necessary absence, the place of any Commissioner shall be supplied in the same manner as such Commissioner was appointed; and the new Commissioners shall take the same Oath, and do the same duties.

V. Whereas it is uncertain whether the River Mississippi extends so far to the Northward, as to be intersected by a Line drawn due West from the Lake of the Woods, in the manner mentioned in the Treaty of Peace between His Majesty and The United States: it is agreed that, instead of the said Line, the Boundary of The United States in this quarter shall and is hereby declared to be the shortest Line which can be drawn between the Northwest Point of the Lake of the Woods and the nearest Source of the River Mississippi; and for the purpose of ascertaining and determining the Northwest Point of the Lake of the Woods, and the Source of the River Mississippi, that

may be nearest to the said Northwest Point, as well as for the purpose of running and marking the said Boundary Line between the same, 3 Commissioners, upon the demand of either Government, shall be appointed, and authorized upon their Oaths to act; and their com pensation and expenses shall be ascertained and paid, and vacancies supplied, in the manner provided in respect to the Commissioners mentioned in the preceding Articles; and the Decisions and Proceedings of the said Commissioners, or of a majority of them, made and had pursuant to this Convention, shall be final and conclusive.

In faith whereof, We the Undersigned, Ministers Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty and of the United States of America, have signed this present Convention, and caused to be affixed thereto the Seals of our Arms.

Done at London, this 12th day of May, 1803. (L.S.) HAWKESBURY.

(L.S.) RUFUS KING.

MESSAGE of the President of The United States to Congress, transmitting Correspondence with the American Commissioners at Ghent, November, December, 1814, relative to the Negotiation for Peace with Great Britain. -Washington, 16th February, 1815.

To the Senate of The United States.

I TRANSMIT to the Senate a Report of the Acting Secretary of State, complying with their Resolution of yesterday.

JAMES MADISON.

Report of the Acting Secretary of State.

Department of State, 16th February, 1815.

THE Acting Secretary of State, to whom was referred the Resolu tion of the Senate of the 15th Instant, requesting "the President of The United States to cause to be laid before the Senate all Instructions given to the Envoys at Ghent, the Correspondence between the said Envoys and the Department of State, and the Correspondence and Protocols of Conference between the said Envoys and the Ministers of His Britannic Majesty, during the Negotiation at Ghent, which have not before been communicated to the Senate," has the honour to state that the Instructions to the Envoys at Ghent have heretofore been communicated to the Senate, except those of which the accom panying Papers marked A. and B. are Copies.

The Correspondence and Protocols of Conferences between the said Envoys and the Ministers of His Britannic Majesty, which have been received at this Department, and which have not heretofore been

communicated to the Senate, will be found in the accompanying

Papers*.

All which is respectfully submitted.

JAMES MONROE.

(A.)-The Secretary of State to the American Plenipotentiaries. GENTLEMEN, Department of State, 22nd March, 1814. SHOULD a Treaty be concluded with Great Britain, and a reciprocal restitution of Territory be agreed on, you will have it in recollection that The United States had in their possession, at the commencement of the War, a Post at the mouth of the River Columbia, which commanded the River, which ought to be comprised in the Stipulation, should the Possession have been wrested from us during the War. On no pretext can the British Government set up a Claim to Territory South of the Northern Boundary of The United States. It is not believed that they have any Claim whatever to Territory on the Pacific Ocean.

You will, however, be careful, should a definition of Boundary be attempted, not to countenance in any manner, or in any quarter, a pretension in the British Government to Territory South of that Line.

I have the honour to be, &c.

The American Plenipotentiaries.

JAMES MONROE.

(B.) The Secretary of State to the American Plenipotentiaries. GENTLEMEN, Department of State, 19th October, 1814.

I HAVE the honour to inform you that your Despatches by the John Adams have been received, and that your determination to reject the terms proposed by the British Commissioners is entirely approved by the President.

The importance of these Despatches, and the great probability of your Negotiation having been brought to a close, induced the President to determine on laying them before Congress immediately. This has been done, and there is every reason to believe that they are producing the best effect, in uniting all Parties in a determined resistance to the extravagant pretensions of the Enemy. It has also been judged proper to communicate to Congress, so much of the Instructions given to you by this Department, as would show the terms on which you were authorized to make Peace.

These, as well as your Communications, have been printed, and several Copies are now forwarded to you, as it is believed they may be usefully disposed of in Europe.

* See Vol. 1821, 1822. Page 530.

Should any circumstance have unexpectedly prolonged the Negotiation, which it is inferred from your Despatches will have been finally closed, and you find the British Commissioners disposed to agree to the status ante bellum, you will understand that you are authorized to make it the basis of a Treaty.

I have the honour to be, &c.

The American Plenipotentiaries.

JAMES MONROE.

INDEX.

A.

ACCOUNTS, Financial, Commercial, &c. See GREAT BRITAIN.
ACT of the Conservative Senate of France. Provisional Government.

.... of the Conservative Senate.

Page

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Paris, 6th April, 1814.

951

.... of the Legislative Body.
.... of the Provisional Government.
.... of the Conservative Senate.

.... of the Conservative Senate and Count D'Artois. do.

Paris, 14th April, 1814. 955
.... of the British Parliament. Privileges of Foreign Ambassadors,

&c....

....1708. 993

.... of ........do. Trade of Foreign Nations with British India.

.......... of ......................do.
.... of ......do.

.... of........do.
.... of
......do.
.... of........do.

.... of ........do.

19th July, 1797. 995
Execution of Commercial Treaty with Por-
tugal, of 1810 .... ......31st May, 1811. 996
Execution of Conventions of Concert and Sub-
sidy, of 30th September, 1813, with Prussia
and Russia....... 6th December, 1813. 1292
Condemned Slave Ships......27th May, 1814. 1291
Trade between The Netherlands and Surinam,
Curaçoa, &c..
17th June, 1814. 1285

Relief of British Shipwrecked Mariners, &c.
in Portugal.....
23rd July, 1814. 1286
Regulations relative to Aliens. 29th July, 1814. 822
.... of the Supreme Junta of New Granada. Relations with Spain.
Santa Fé de Bogotá, 26th July, 1810. 1237
.... of the Diet of Switzerland. Acceptance of the Federal Compact.
Zurich, 9th September, 1814. 1178

.... of the Sublime Porte. Commerce of the Black Sea.

30th October, 1799. 766

....of the Congress of The United States. Prohibiting Slave Trade
with Foreign Countries... 22nd March, 1794. 984
do....... do.............

do. do. Importation of Persons of Colour.

.... of

10th May, 1800. 985

... of

.... of

28th Feb. 1803. 986
..2nd March, 1807. 988

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Declaring War against Great Britain.

18th June, 1812. 1322,

do. do. of Slaves.....

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