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Whereas an Arrangement was entered into at the City of
Washington, in the month of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventeen, between Richard Rush,
Esquire, at that time acting as Secretary for the Department of
State of the United States, for and in behalf of the government of
the United States, and the right honorable Charles Bagot, his
Britannic majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary, for and in behalf of his Britannic majesty; which
Arrangement is in the words following, to wit:
- The naval force to be maintained upon the American lakes, by
his majesty and the government of the United States, shall
henceforth be confined to the following vessels on each side, that
is-
- On lake Ontario, to one vessel not exceeding one hundred tons
burden, and armed with one eighteen pound cannon.
- On the upper lakes, to two vessels, not exceeding like burden
each, and armed with like force.
- On the waters of lake Champlain, to one vessel not exceeding
like burden, and armed with like force.
- All other armed vessels on these lakes shall be forthwith
dismantled, and no other vessels of war shall be there built or
armed.
- If either party should hereafter be desirous of annulling this
stipulation, and should give notice to that effect to the other
party, it shall cease to be binding after the expiration of six
months from the date of such notice.
- The naval force so to be limited be restricted to such services
as will, in no respect, interfere with the proper duties of the
armed vessels of the other party.
And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the
said Arrange. meet, and recommended that it should be carried into
effect; the same having also received the sanction of his royal
highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on behalf of his
Britannic majesty:
Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of the United States,
do, by this my proclamation, make known and declare that the
Arrangement aforesaid, and every stipulation thereof, has been duly
entered into, concluded, and confirmed, and is of full force and
effect.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this
twenty-oighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen, and of the independence of the United
States the forty-second.
JAMES MONROE.
By the President.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
Secretary of State.
Kilde: Treaties and Other International Acts of the
United States of America. / : Edittor Hunter Miller. Volume 2.
Documents 1-40 : 1776-1818.
- Washington : Government Printing Office, 1931.
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