America; and the acts of ratification shall
be delivered in good and due form, on one side and on the other,
in the space of six months, or sooner if possible, to be computed
from the day of the signature.

In faith of which, we the Deputies and Plenipotentiaries of the
Lords the States-General of the United Netherlands, and the
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, in
virtue of our respective authorities and full powers, have signed
the present treaty and apposed thereto the seals of our arms.

Done at the Hague the eighth of October, one thousand seven (p. 084)
hundred and eighty-two.

John ADAMS. [L.S.]
George VAN RANDWYCK. [L.S.]
B. V. D. SANTHEUVEL. [L.S.]
P. V. BLEISWIJK. [L.S.]
W. C. H. VAN LIJNDEN. [L.S.]
D. J. VAN HEECKEREN. [L.S.]
Joan VAN KUFFELER. [L.S.]
F: G: VAN DEDEM, TOT DEN GELDER. [L.S.]
H: TJASSENS. [L.S.]

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_Convention between the Lords the States-General of the United
Netherlands and the United States of America, concerning vessels
recaptured. Concluded October 8, 1782._

The Lords the States-General of the United Netherlands and the
United States of America, being inclined to establish some
uniform principles with relation to prizes made by vessels of
war, and commissioned by the two contracting Powers, upon their
common enemies, and to vessels of the subjects of either party,
captured by the enemy, and recaptured by vessels of war
commissioned by either party, have agreed upon the following
articles:

ARTICLE I.

The vessels of either of the two nations recaptured by the
privateers of the other, shall be restored to the first
proprietor, if such vessels have not been four and twenty hours
in the power of the enemy, provided the owner of the vessel
recaptured pay therefor one-third of the value of the vessel, as
also of that of the cargo, the cannons and apparel, which third
shall be valued by agreement, between the parties interested; or,
if they cannot agree thereon among themselves, they shall address