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The treaty which formally ended the Revolutionary War...
The treaty which formally ended the Revolutionary War...
Item # 687283
December 10, 1783
THE NORWICH PACKET of the CHRONICLE OF FREEDOM, Connecticut, Dec. 10, 1783
* Historic Treaty of Paris (peace)
* End of the Revolutionary War
This must rank among the more beautiful mastheads of the 18th century with the handsome engraving of the ship.
Taking almost all of page 3 is perhaps the most significant document of the Revolutionary War era, being the complete text of the Treaty of Paris ending the war, formally headed at the top of the first column: "The Definitive Treaty between Great Britain & the United States of America, signed at Paris, the 3d Day of September, 1783".
This document formally ended the Revolutionary War & is inclusive of all ten Articles with the signatures in type of John Adams, B. Franklin, David Hartley and John Jay.
Further on page 3 is a note: "To make room for the Articles of the Definitive Treaty, which did not cone to hand till this day, we are obliged to omit sundry advertisements, etc."
Although we have offered this document in several British magazines and newspapers, I cannot find this offering by us in an American newspaper within the last 20 years.
Four pages, some professional restoration work (affects 3 words in the Treaty) with some strengthening at the margins, spotted foxing, generally in very nice condition.
AI notes: The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States. Negotiated at the Hotel d’York in Paris, the treaty was signed by American representatives Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay, and by British envoy David Hartley on behalf of King George III. Its terms granted the United States expansive territorial boundaries stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to Florida, along with fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland. Britain agreed to withdraw its troops from American soil, while the United States pledged to honor prewar debts to British creditors and recommend the return of property confiscated from Loyalists. Ratified by the Continental Congress on January 14, 1784, the treaty marked the formal conclusion of the war and established the United States as a free and sovereign nation in the eyes of the world.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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