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les f ranqois au dela de lade Riviere d'Ohio, et les Anglois en deca des dites montagnes, de sorte que tout le terrein qui se trouve entre lade riviere et les des montagnes, sera regarde comme un
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pays neutre pendant tout le terns que durera la presente convention, et toutes les concessions s'il y en a quelqu'une, de part et d'autre, sur ledit territoire, seront regardees comme nulles et non avenues.
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Pour assurer d'autant plus l'execution de l'arte ler de la presente convention, et pour prevenir toute occasion de nouveaux troubles, les sujets respectifs de sa Majeste tres Chretienne et de sa Majeste Britannique ne pourront frequenter pendant la duree de la presente convention, le dit territoire situe entre la Riviere d'Ohio et les des montagnes sous pretexte de commerce ni de
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passage qui seront egalement interdits aux deux nations pendant le mesme espace de terns.
[Translation]
French beyond the said river Ohio, and the English behind the said mountains, so that all the lands between the said river and the said mountains shall be regarded as a neutral territory during the term of the present convention; and all grants, if there are any such on either side for the said territory, shall be held null and void.
Article 3
To assure the fuller execution of the first article of the present convention and to forestall all occasion of new difficulties, the respective subjects of Their Most Christian and Britannic Majesties may not for the term of the present convention frequent the said territory situated between the Ohio River and the said mountains under pretext of trade or of passage, both which shall be forbidden to both nations alike during the aforesaid space of time.