African Nova Scotians
in the Age of Slavery and Abolition
| From Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers, The National Archives, Kew (PRO 30/55/100) 10427 p. 1 |
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Head Quarters New York 15th April 1783
Orders
It is the Commander in Chief's Orders that the following
Extract from the Seventh Article of the Provisional Treaty
between Great Britain and the United States of America
be strictly attended to and complied with by all Persons
whatsoever under his Command
"And his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient Speed
"and without any Destruction or carrying away
"any Negroes, or other Property of the American Inhabitants,
"withdraw all his Armies, Garrisons, and Fleets from the said
"United States, and from every Port, Place, and Harbour, within the
"same; leaving in all Fortifications the American Artillery that
"may be therein, and shall also order and cause all the Archives,
"Records, Deeds and Papers, belonging to any of the said States
"or their Citizens which in the Course of the War may have fallen
"into the Hands of his Officers to be forthwith restored and ~
"delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong"
All Masters of Vessels are particularly cautioned, at their Peril not to
commit any Breach of the above Article
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