ARTICLE XXVII.
OTHER ARTICLE DEMANDED BY THE FRENCH GENERAL.
Governor Stuart shall deliver up to-morrow, the 8th of September, 1778, the posts at Prince Rupert’s Bay, after the Capitulation is signed. Fort Young shall be delivered directly into the hands of the first company of grenadiers; the forts and batteries of the town shall be delivered up at the same time, and all other fortresses of the colony, as soon as it possibly can be done.
Granted by Governor Stuart.
We the Governor-general of the French Windward islands in America, for his most Christian Majesty the King of France; and the Lieutenant-governor and Commander in Chief of Dominica, for his Britannic Majesty, the King of England, do ratify these Articles of Capitulation in twenty-seven Articles as above, and oblige ourselves reciprocally to abide by the same.
Done in two parts at Roseau, Dominica. Signed and sealed with our seals at arms; and countersigned by our Secretaries, this 7th day of September, 1778,
(Signed)
De Bouillé and William Stuart.
And underneath by the General Doublé.
And by the Lieut. Governor Hawkes.