George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Arch Treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire &ca. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas a Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Us and Our Good Friends the United States of America, Vizt. New Hampshire, Massachuset’s Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, was concluded and signed at Paris on the Third Day of September last, by the Plenipotentiaries of Us, and our said Good Friends, duly and respectively authorized for that Purpose; which Definitive Treaty is in the Form and Words following.

We having seen and considered the Definitive Treaty aforesaid have approved, ratified, accepted and confirmed it, in all and every one of it’s articles and Clauses, as We do by these Presents for ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, approve ratify, accept and confirm the same; engaging and promising upon our Royal Word, that We will sincerely and faithfully perform and observe all and singular the Things which are contained in the aforesaid Definitive Treaty, and that We will never suffer it to be violated by any One, or transgressed in any Manner as far as it lies in our Power. For the greater Testimony and Validity of all which, We have caused our Great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to these Presents, which we have signed with our Royal Hand. Given at our Court at St. James’s the Ninth Day of April One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty Four, in the twenty Fourth Year of our Reign.