Feoffment

[shikamaru]

shikamaru, thanks for the tip! Trouble is, there are so many informers found by google, I have no way of knowing to which one I should go. If you have any more information it would be a great help.

Here you go:

http://savingtosuitorsclub.net/showt...light=Informer

http://savingtosuitorsclub.net/showt...light=Informer

Also, you said the wording in the Treaty of Paris was peculiar. In what way? I just read it several times, trying to discern what you meant, but peculiar can mean something different to different people. Could you please elaborate?

Treaty of Paris (1783)

... arch-treasurer and prince elector of the Holy Roman Empire etc., and of the United States of America ....

Arch-treasurer and prince elector .... of the United States of America ... wha?
If Britain lost, why would the guy surrendering refer to himself in this way ???

Article 4:

It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.

Note ... creditors still can recover their debts ....

Article 8:

The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.

Exactly who lost here ???

Article 9:

In case it should so happen that any place or territory belonging to Great Britain or to the United States should have been conquered by the arms of either from the other before the arrival of the said Provisional Articles in America, it is agreed that the same shall be restored without difficulty and without requiring any compensation.

Some strange terms of surrender for the "losing party" if you ask me !!!