TREATY WITH SWEDEN. (a) Sept. 4, l816._ In the name of the most Holy and Indivisible Trinity._
Tun United States OIZAMBYICQ, and his Majestythe King of Sweden
21, 1515, and Norway, equally animated with a sincere desire to maintain and The rmrtiésde contirm the relations of friendship and commerce which have hitherto
- 5:;*: °:l:,":;’I;_ subsisted between the two states, and being convinced that this object
5,.,,.,,,; ,8;,. cannot be more effectually accomplished than by establishing, reciprotiqns of friend- cally, the commerce between the two states upon the firm basis of liberal Zmlgggce and equitable principles, equally advantageous to both countries, have ' named, to this end, plenipotentiaries, and have furnished them with the necessary full powers to treat, and, in their name, to conclude a treaty, to wit: The President of the United States, Jonathan Russell, a citizen of the said United States, and now their Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Stockholm ; and his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, his Excellency the Count Laurent d’Engestrom, his Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Chancellor of the University of Lund, Knight Commander of the Orders of the King, Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, Grand Cross of the Orders of St. Etienne of Hungary, of the Legion of Honour of France, of the Black Eagle and of the Red Eagle of Prussia, and the Count Adolphe George de Morner, his Counsellor of State, and Commander of the Order of the Polar Star: and the said Full powers plenipotentiaries, after having produced and exchanged their full powers, °¥°h¤“E°d· found in good and due form, have agreed on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. Reciprocal There shall be between all the territories under the dominion of the lib"'? of °°m· United States of America, and of his Majesty the King of Sweden and m°’°°' Norway, a reciprocal liberty of commerce. The inhabitants of either of the two countries shall have liberty, with all security for their persons, vessels, and cargoes, to come freely to all ports, places, and rivers, within the territories of the other, into which the vessels of the most favoured nations are permitted to enter. They can there remain and reside in any part whatsoever of the said territories; they can there hire and occupy houses and warehouses for their commerce; and, generally, Complete se- the merchants and traders of each of the two nations, shall enjoy in the gjm{'sf:;j"°" other the most complete security and protection for the transaction of ,mdm_ their business, being bound, alone, to conform to the laws and statutes of the two countries, respectively. ARTICLE 2. No other gr No other or higher duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, shall be lsjshcg d¤*j:¤» imposed on the importation into the territories of his Majesty the King 8;;; afggleg of Sweden and Norway, of the produce or manufactures of the United would be sub- States, nor on the importation into the United States of the produce or .i¤¤¤>d *0 lim? manufactures of the territories of his Majesty the King of Sweden and “,,22$,2l°p,,°_ Norway, than those to which the same articles would be subjected in dues, oi manu- each of the two countries, respectively, if these articles were the growth, Y¤¤¥¤¤=·°Y¤¤Y produce, or manufacture, of any other country. The same principle °°h°' °°“°"Y‘ shall likewise be observed in respect to exportation, in such manner that in each of the two countries, respectively, the articles which shall be oxported for the other, cannot be charged with any duty, impost, or (a) A Treaty of Amity and Comnwroe, concluded between his majesty the King of Sweden, and the United States of North America, April 3, 1763, ante, page G0. ° (232)
