ARTICLE I.
It is agreed, that as soon as his Britannic Majesty shall have withdrawn all his armies, garrisons, and fleets from the United States of America, and from every port, post, place, and harbor, within the same, as stipulated by the seventh article of the Provisional Treaty of the 30th of November, 1782, then, and from thenceforth, for and during the term of _______ years, all rivers, harbors, lakes, ports, and places, belonging to the United States, or any of them, shall be open and free to the merchants, and other subjects of the crown of Great Britain and their trading vessels, who shall be received, treated, and protected like the merchants and trading vessels of the States in which they may be, and be liable to no other charges or duties.
And reciprocally, all rivers, harbors, lakes, ports, and places, under the dominion of his Britannic Majesty, shall thenceforth be open and free to the trading vessels of the said United States, and of each and every of them, who shall be received, treated, and protected like the merchants and trading vessels of Great Britain, and be liable to no other charges and duties, saving always to the chartered trading companies of Great Britain, such exclusive use and trade of their respective ports and establishments, as neither the other subjects of Great Britain nor any of the most favored nations participate in.
ARTICLE II.
It is agreed, that such persons as may be in confinement in the United States of America, for or by reason of the part which they may have taken in the late war, shall be set at liberty immediately on the evacuation of the said States, by the troops and fleets of his Britannic Majesty.
And it is likewise agreed, that all such persons who may be in confinement, in any parts under the dominion of his Britannic Majesty, for, or by reason of the part which they may have taken in the late war, shall, at the same time, be also immediately set at liberty.
ARTICLE III.
The prisoners made respectively by the arms of his Britannic Majesty and those of the United States of America, both by land and sea, shall be immediately set at liberty without ransom, on paying the debts they may have contracted during their captivity. And each contracting party shall respectively reimburse the sums, which shall have been advanced for the subsistence and maintenance of their prisoners by the sovereign of the country where they shall have been detained, according to the receipts and attested accounts, and other authentic titles which shall be produced on each side.
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