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Lot 404 - [Treaty of Paris] Provisional Articles, Signed at Paris, the 30th of November 1782
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[Treaty of Paris] Provisional Articles, Signed at Paris, the 30th of November 1782

[Treaty of Paris] Provisional Articles, Signed at Paris, the 30th of November 1782, by the Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty, and the Commissioners of the United States of America, London: Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke, in Warwick-Lane, 1783, 4to, original blue wrappers, slab-sewn, 4 leaves (250 x 190 mm, uncut), woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut headpiece and initial

Provenance:

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Footnote:

A particularly good copy of a very rare early printing of the Provisional Articles of the Treaty of Paris. Signed in type at the end by British commissioner Richard Oswald and American commissioners John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens and by witnesses Caleb Whitefoord, Secretary to the British Commission, and William Temple Franklin, Franklin's grandson and Secretary to the American Commission.
This provisional agreement is the first document in which Britain recognized the United States as a sovereign nation: "Article 1. His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States. …"
Additional terms of the provisional treaty comprised removal of British troops from American soil, with the boundaries being set on the west by the Mississippi and on the south by Florida; fishing rights within British North American waters; and guarantee against legal obstacles for the collection of private pre-war debts to British creditors.
Peace talks between the United States and Great Britain began on 12 April 1782. The articles agreed to on 30 November 1782 continued to be provisional until terms of peace were concluded between Great Britain and France. The Definitive Treaty of Peace, incorporating the nine articles printed here, was signed at Paris on 3 September 1783 and ratified by Congress 14 January 1784. [Adams, Controversy 83-48; ESTC T82632; Sabin 65046]

A similar copy in poorer condition with library stamps to the wrapper was sold Sotheby's, Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2, Lot 1161

THE OMBERSLEY COURT LIBRARY

Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.

Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).

Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.

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[Treaty of Paris] Provisional Articles, Signed at Paris, the 30th of November 1782, by the Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty, and the Commissioners of the United States of America, London: Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke, in Warwick-Lane, 1783, 4to, original blue wrappers, slab-sewn, 4 leaves (250 x 190 mm, uncut), woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut headpiece and initial

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

A particularly good copy of a very rare early printing of the Provisional Articles of the Treaty of Paris. Signed in type at the end by British commissioner Richard Oswald and American commissioners John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens and by witnesses Caleb Whitefoord, Secretary to the British Commission, and William Temple Franklin, Franklin's grandson and Secretary to the American Commission.
This provisional agreement is the first document in which Britain recognized the United States as a sovereign nation: "Article 1. His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States. …"
Additional terms of the provisional treaty comprised removal of British troops from American soil, with the boundaries being set on the west by the Mississippi and on the south by Florida; fishing rights within British North American waters; and guarantee against legal obstacles for the collection of private pre-war debts to British creditors.
Peace talks between the United States and Great Britain began on 12 April 1782. The articles agreed to on 30 November 1782 continued to be provisional until terms of peace were concluded between Great Britain and France. The Definitive Treaty of Peace, incorporating the nine articles printed here, was signed at Paris on 3 September 1783 and ratified by Congress 14 January 1784. [Adams, Controversy 83-48; ESTC T82632; Sabin 65046]

A similar copy in poorer condition with library stamps to the wrapper was sold Sotheby's, Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2, Lot 1161


THE OMBERSLEY COURT LIBRARY

Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.

Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).

Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.

READ THE STORY

Some very minor marginal dust soiling. Wrappers a little faded and worn with slight loss at spine and a litte edge wear. very minor spotting to title. Some cockling and folds 

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