"If any one is in possession of another's land, so much belongs to the owner as the use of the land is worth, and so much to the possessor as his labor and care are worth."
19
"If things are to be restored by virtue of the peace, the profits are also to be restored from the day of the cession."
20
"To whomsoever a thing is conceded by the peace, to him also the profits are conceded, from the time of the concession, BUT NOT BACK."
21
For documents referred to in this letter, see American State Papers, Foreign Affairs, vol. ii., p. 216.
22
No address.
23
This letter was in cypher, but a literal copy of it preserved.
24
This is in the handwriting of General Washington.
25
The parts of this letter which are mere repetitions of what is contained in the preceding, to the British minister, are omitted.