of officers and soldiers taken during the siege to be likewise preserved for them. (Granted.) It is understood that any property obviously belonging to the inhabitants of these States, in the possession of the garrison, shall be subject to be reclaimed. ARTICLE V. The soldiers to be kept in Virginia, Maryland, or Pennsylvania, and as much by regiments as possible, and supplied with the same rations of provisions as are allowed to soldiers in the service of America. A field-officer from each nation, to wit, British, Anspach, and Hessian, and other officers on parole, in the proportion of one to fifty men to be allowed to reside near their respective regiments, to visit them frequently, and be witnesses of their treatment, and that their officers may receive and deliver clothing and other necessaries for them, for which passports are to be granted when applied for. (Granted.) ARTICLE VI. The general, staff and other officers not employed as mentioned in the above articles, and who choose it, to be permitted to go on parole to Europe, to New York, or to any other American maritime post at present in the possession of the British forces at their own option, and proper vessels to be granted by the Count de Grasse to carry them under flags of truce to New York within ten days from this date, if possible, and they to reside at a district to be agreed upon hereafter, until they embark. The officers of the civil department of the army and navy to be included in this article. Passports to go by land to be granted to those to whom vessels cannot be furnished. (Granted.) ARTICLE VII. Officers to be allowed to keep soldiers as servants, according to the common practice of the service. Servants, not soldiers, are not to be considered as prisoners, and are to be allowed to attend their masters. (Granted.) ARTICLE VIII. The "Bonetta" sloop-of-war to be equipped and navigated by its present captain and crew, and left entirely at the disposal of Lord Cornwallis from the hour that the capitulation is signed to receive an aide-de-camp to carry despatches to Sir Henry Clinton and such soldiers as he may think proper to send to New York, to be permitted to sail without examination. When his despatches are ready his Lordship engages on his part that the ship shall be delivered to the order of the Count de Grasse if she escapes the dangers of the sea. That she shall not carry off any public stores. Any part of the crew that may be deficient on her return, and the soldiers passengers, to be accounted for on her delivery. ARTICLE IX. The traders are to preserve their property, and to be allowed three months to dispose of or remove them, and those traders are not to be considered as prisoners of war. The traders will be allowed to dispose of their effects, the allied army having the right of preemption. The traders to be considered as prisoners of war upon parole. ARTICLE X. Natives or inhabitants of different parts of this country, at present in York or Gloucester, are not to be punished on account of having joined the British army. This article cannot be assented to, being altogether of civil resort. ARTICLE XI. Proper hospitals to be furnished for the sick and wounded. They are to be attended by their own surgeons on parole, and they are to be furnished with medicine and stores from the American hospitals. The hospital stores now at York and Gloucester shall be delivered for the use of the British sick and wounded. Passports will be granted for procuring them further supplies from New York, as occasion may require, and proper hospitals will be furnished for the reception of the sick and wounded of the two garrisons. ARTICLE XII. Wagons to be furnished to carry the baggage of the officers attending the soldiers, and to surgeons when travelling on account of the sick, attending the hospitals at public expense. They are to be furnished if possible. ARTICLE XIII. The shipping and boats in the two harbors, with all their stores, guns, tackling and apparel, shall be delivered up in their present state to any officer of the navy appointed to take possession of them, previously unloading the private property, part of which has been on board for security during the siege. (Granted.) ARTICLE XIV. No article of capitulation to be infringed on pretence of reprisals, and if there be any doubtful expressions in it, they are to be interpreted according to the common meaning and acceptation of the words. (Granted.) Done at Yorktown, in Virginia, October 19, 1781. (Signed) Cornwallis Thomas Symonds Done in the Trenches before Yorktown, in Virginia, October 19, 1781. (Signed) George Washington Le Comte de Rochambeau Oct. 24, Sir Henry Clinton arrives in the Chesapeake with a fleet of vessels and troops. Oct. 29, Major-General Nathanael Greene awarded a gold medal for the victory of Eutaw Springs by Congress. Oct. 29, The fleet and armies of General Clinton return to New York. Oct. 30, Benjamin Lincoln appointed Secretary of War by the Congress of the United States. Oct., Blakeley Johnson, naval officer, born. November (1781-1788), Congress meets annually on the first Monday in November as fixed by the Articles of Confederation. Nov. 5, The Continental Congress elects John Hanson, of Maryland, as its presid ing officer. Nov. 11, Cyrus Alger, inventor of war implements, born. December 13, A day of public thanksgiving observed throughout the United States of America. Dec. 22, The "Alliance," with General Lafayette, sails from Boston for France. Dec. 31, Henry Laurens released from imprisonment in the London Tower. John Adams, a commissioner to conclude treaties of peace with European Powers. John Quincy Adams, secretary to Francis Dana, United States Minister to Russia. Thomas Jefferson appointed Minister Plenipotentiary, together with Adams, Jay, Laurens, and Dr. Franklin, but declines the honor. Andrew Jackson wounded by a British officer. Thomas Nelson, Governor of the state of Virginia. Benjamin Harrison, Governor of the state of Virginia. Siege of Yorktown, Virginia. Siege of Fort Ninety-six, South Carolina. William Moore, President of the state of Pennsylvania. Joseph Willard, President of Harvard College. Los Angeles, California, established. Excepting Massachusetts, Connecticut furnished more troops during the war of the Revolution than any other state of the Union, with a total of 31,959 men to her credit. 1782 January 18, Daniel Webster, statesman, lawyer, and great expounder and defender of the Constitution, born in Salisbury (now Franklin), New Hampshire. March 18, John C. Calhoun, statesman, born in Abbeville District, South Caro lina. April 19, The Independence of the United States of America recognized by Holland. May 5, Sir Guy Carleton, appointed to succeed Clinton, arrives in New York. June 5, Battle of Sandusky, Ohio. June 14, Sir James Wright receives orders at Savannah, Georgia, for the evacua tion of the province. June 20, The Great Seal of the United States adopted by the Continental Congress, and the motto E Pluribus Unum ordered. July 16, Convention for the payment of loan concluded and agreed upon between the United States and France at Versailles. Nov. 4, The Continental Congress chooses Elias Bondinot as President of that body. October 8, Treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded by Mr. Adams, on the part of the United States, with Holland. Nov. 30, Preliminary articles of peace signed at Paris by Richard Oswald, for Great Britain, and by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and Henry Laurens, for and on behalf of the United States of America. December 14, The British army evacuates Charleston, South Carolina. Dec. 23, Washington resigns his commission in the army. Dec. 24, The French army embarks from Boston for San Domingo, having been in the United States for two years, five months and fourteen days. John Adams negotiates a treaty of peace with the Netherlands. Samuel Adams, President of the Massachusetts State Senate. James Monroe, a member of the Virginia Assembly. Martin Van Buren, President of the United States, born at Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. John Dickinson, Governor of Delaware. John Martin, Governor of Georgia. John Dickinson, President of the state of Pennsylvania. John Matthews, Governor of the state of South Carolina. 1783 January 20, Convention for the adjustment of an armistice between the United States and Great Britain concluded at Versailles, France. Jan. 20, John Adams negotiates with others a commercial treaty preliminary to peace and the Independence of America. February 5, Sweden recognizes the independence of the United States of America. Feb. 25, Denmark recognizes the independence of the United States of America. March 11, Congress being unable to pay the officers and men for services in the army, an anonymous address is circulated advising the army at Newburg, New York, to enforce its claims. Mar. 22, Congress grants five years' full pay to officers in lieu of half pay promised on October 21, 1780, for life. Mar. 24, Spain recognizes the independence of the United States of America. April 3, Washington Irving, essayist, novelist, historian, born. Apr. 3, Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Sweden concluded at Paris, France. Apr. 11, The Revolutionary War virtually ended and Congress proclaims a cessation of hostilities. Apr. 15, Congress of the United States ratifies the preliminary treaty with Great Britain. Apr. 19, Cessation of hostilities is read to the American army in the field. May 13, Constitution for the Society of the Cincinnati formed at the army headquarters by officers of the Revolutionary War in camp on the Hudson River. June 8, Washington corresponds with the respective state governors relative to the situation of the government. June 21, Adjournment of the seventh Continental Congress after a session of 1,816 days, the longest session ever held in the United States. June 30, The Continental Congress called to meet in its eighth session at Princeton, New Jersey, with Elias Bondinot as its President. July 11, Savannah, Georgia, evacuated by the British. Also Charleston, South Carolina, evacuated. July, Independence of the United States of America recognized by Russia. September 3, East and West Florida ceded to Spain by Great Britain by treaty. Sept. 3, Definite treaty signed by David Hartley, on the part of Great Britain, and by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay, on the part and in behalf of the United States, at Paris, France, and thus the complete independence of the American States is acknowledged by England. (Concluded Sept. 3, 1783, Ratified by Congress Jan. 14, 1784, and proclaimed Jan. 14, rame year.) TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. In the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. It having pleased the Divine Providence to dispose the hearts of the most serene and most potent Prince George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, etc., and of the United States of America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore: and to establish such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries, upon the ground of reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience, as may promote and to secure to both perpetual peace and harmony: And having for this desirable end already laid the foundation of peace and reconciliation, by the provisional articles, signed at Paris, on the 30th of November, 1782, by the commissioners empowered on each part, which articles were agreed to be inserted in and to constitute the treaty of peace proposed to be concluded between the Crown of Great Britain and the said United States, but which treaty was not to be concluded until terms of peace should be agreed upon between Great Britain and France, and His Britannic Majesty should be ready to conclude such treaty accordingly: and the treaty between Great Britain and France having since been concluded, His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, in order to carry into full effect the provisional articles above mentioned, according to the tenor thereof, have constituted and appointed, that is to say, His Britannic Majesty on his part, David Hartley, esq., member of the Parliament of Great Britain: and the said United States on their part, John Adams, esq., late a commissioner of the United States of America, at the court of Versailles, late delegate in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, and chief justice of the said State, and Minister Plenipotentiary of the said United States to their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Netherlands: Benjamin Franklin, esq're, late Delegate in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, president of the convention of the said State, and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, at the court of Versailles: John Jay, esq're, late president of Congress, and chief justice of the State of New York, and Minister Plenipotentiary from the said United States at the Court of Madrid, to be the Plenipotentiaries for the concluding and signing the present definitive treaty: who, after having reciprocally communicated their respective full powers, have agreed upon and confirmed the following articles, viz.: ARTICLE I. His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent states that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claim to the Government, proprietary and territorial rights of the same, and every part therof. ARTICLE II. And that all disputes which might arise in future, on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared that the following are, and shall be their boundaries, viz.: From the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of Saint Croix River to the Highlands: along the said Highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River: thence down along the middle of that river, to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude: from thence, by a line due west on said latitude, until it strikes the River Iroquois or Cataraquy: thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie, thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron, thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron: thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that lake and Lake Superior: thence through Lake Superior northward to the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake, thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods: thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi, thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said River Mississippi, until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, south, by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of thirty-one degrees north of the Equator, to the middle of the River Apalachicola or Catahouche: thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River: thence straight to the head of St. Marys River: and thence down along the middle of St. Marys River to the Atlantic Ocean. East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid Highlands, which divides the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence: comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean, excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia. ARTICLE III. It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the rights to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland: also in the Gulf of Saint 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 parts 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 dominions 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 settlements, 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, shall 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 person who may be now in possession, the bona-fide price (where any has been given), which such person may have paid on purchasing any of the said lands, rights, or properties, since the confiscation. And it is agreed, that all persons who have any interest in confiscated lands, either by debts, marriage settlements, or otherwise, shall meet with no lawful impediment in the prosecution of their just rights. ARTICLE VI. That there shall be no further confiscation made, nor any |