Acts, Agreements, Diplomacy & Treaties

Declaration of the Commissioners under Article 5 of the Jay Treaty, signed at Providence October 25, 1798

Declaration of the Commissioners under Article 5 of the Jay Treaty, signed at Providence October 25, 1798

By Thomas Barclay, David Howell and Egbert Benson Commissioners appointed in pursuance of the fifth article of the Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America finally to decide the Question “What River was truly intended under the name of The River Saint Croix mentioned in the Treaty of Peace between His Majesty and The United […]
Convention between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, for the Purpose of Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of Their Respective Consuls and Vice Consuls – Nov. 14, 1788

Convention between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, for the Purpose of Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of Their Respective Consuls and Vice Consuls – Nov. 14, 1788

His Majesty the Most Christian King and the United States of America, having, by the twenty- ninth article of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded between them, mutually granted the liberty of having, in their respective states and ports, consuls, vice consuls, agents, and commissaries, and being willing, in consequence thereof, to define and […]
The Charlotte Town Resolves – May 31, 1775

The Charlotte Town Resolves – May 31, 1775

Resolves Adopted in Charlotte Town, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, May 31, 1775 This Day the Committee met, and passed the following RESOLVES: Whereas by an Address presented to his Majesty by both Houses of Parliament in February last, the American Colonies are declared to be in a State of actual Rebelion, we conceive that all Laws and Commissions confirmed […]
Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh – 1584

Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh – 1584

ELIZABETH by the Grace of God of England, Fraunce and Ireland Queene, defender of the faith, &c. To all people to whome these presents shall come, greeting. Knowe yee that of our especial grace, certaine science, and meere motion, we haue given and graunted, and by these presents for us, our heires and successors, we giue […]
Charleston Non-Importation Agreement; July 22, 1769

Charleston Non-Importation Agreement; July 22, 1769

We, his Majesty’s dutiful and loving subjects, the inhabitants of South Carolina, being sensibly affected with the great prejudice done to Great Britain, and the abject and wretched condition to which the British colonies are reduced by several Acts of Parliament lately passed; by some of which the moneys that the colonists usually and cheerfully […]
Connecticut Resolutions on the Stamp Act – December 10, 1765

Connecticut Resolutions on the Stamp Act – December 10, 1765

At a meeting of a large assembly of the respectable populace in New London the 10th of December 1765, the following resolves were unanimously come into. Resolved, 1st. That every form of government rightfully founded, originates from the consent of the people. 2d. That the boundaries set by the people in all constitutions are the […]
The Kellogg-Briand Pact – Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Seventieth Congress on The General Pact for the Renunciation of War signed at Paris – August 27, 1928

The Kellogg-Briand Pact – Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Seventieth Congress on The General Pact for the Renunciation of War signed at Paris – August 27, 1928

General Pact for the Renunciation of War HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE SEVENTIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON THE GENERAL PACT FOR THE RENUNCIATION FO WAR, SIGNED AT PARIS AUGUST 27, 1928 DECEMBER 7 AND 11, 1928 PART 1 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations UNITED STATES […]
The Kellogg-Briand Pact – Further Correspondence with Government of the United States Respecting the United States Proposal for the Renunciation of War – 1928

The Kellogg-Briand Pact – Further Correspondence with Government of the United States Respecting the United States Proposal for the Renunciation of War – 1928

United States No. 2 1928 FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES respecting the United States Proposal for the Renunciation of War [In continuation of Cmd. 3109] Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of His Majesty LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE To […]
The Kellogg-Briand Pact – 1928

The Kellogg-Briand Pact – 1928

Treaty between the United States and other Powers providing for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy. Signed at Paris, August 27, 1928; ratification advised by the Senate, January 16, 1929; ratified by the President, January 17, 1929; instruments of ratification deposited at Washington by the United States of America, Australia, Dominion […]
Geneva Convention 1972 – Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction – 26 March 1975

Geneva Convention 1972 – Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction – 26 March 1975

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 26 March 1975 The States Parties to this Convention, Determine to act with a view to achieving effective progress toward general and complete disarmament, including the prohibition and elimination of all types of weapons of mass destruction, and convinced that the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of chemical and bacteriological […]
Geneva Convention II – 1949 – Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea – August 12, 1949

Geneva Convention II – 1949 – Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea – August 12, 1949

Entry into Force: 21 October 1950 The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva from April 21 to August 12, 1949, for the purpose of revising the Xth Hague Convention of October 18, 1907, for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 1906, […]
Geneva Convention 1929 – Convention Between the United States of America and Other Powers, Relating to Prisoners of War – July 27, 1929

Geneva Convention 1929 – Convention Between the United States of America and Other Powers, Relating to Prisoners of War – July 27, 1929

[NOTE – Convention between the United States of America and other powers, relating to prisoners of war. Signed at Geneva, July 27, 1929; ratification advised by the Senate, January 7, 1932; ratified by the President, January 16, 1932, ratification of the United States of America deposited with the Government of Switzerland, February 4, 1932; proclaimed, […]
Geneva Convention 1928 – Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating Gas, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare – 8 February 1928

Geneva Convention 1928 – Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating Gas, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare – 8 February 1928

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 8 February 1928 The undersigned Plenipotentiaries, in the name of their respective governments: Whereas the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids, materials or devices, has been justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilised world; and Whereas the prohibition of such use has […]
Hague IX – 1907 – Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War – October 18, 1907

Hague IX – 1907 – Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War – October 18, 1907

IX CONVENTION CONCERNING BOMBARDMENT BY NAVAL FORCES IN TIME OF WAR Animated by the desire to realize the wish expressed by the First Peace Conference respecting the bombardment by naval forces of undefended ports, towns, and villages; Whereas it is expedient that bombardments by naval forces should be subject to rules of general application which […]