Good morning, Whitewater.
It’s midweek already, and our Wednesday looks to be sunny with a high of eighty-three. Sunrise is 6:22 AM and sunset 7:26 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with sixty-four percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1783, the Revolutionary War comes to a formal end:
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America on the other. France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties, see Peace of Paris (1783).[1][2] Its territorial provisions were “exceedingly generous” to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries….
Preface. Declares the treaty to be “in the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity”, states the bona fides of the signatories, and declares the intention of both parties to “forget all past misunderstandings and differences” and “secure to both perpetual peace and harmony”.
- Acknowledging the United States (viz. the Colonies) to be free, sovereign and independent states, and that the British Crown and all heirs and successors relinquish claims to the Government, property, and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof;
- Establishing the boundaries between the United States and British North America;
- Granting fishing rights to United States fishermen in the Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence;
- Recognizing the lawful contracted debts to be paid to creditors on either side;
- The Congress of the Confederation will “earnestly recommend” to state legislatures to recognize the rightful owners of all confiscated lands and “provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been confiscated belonging to real British subjects” (Loyalists);
- United States will prevent future confiscations of the property of Loyalists;
- Prisoners of war on both sides are to be released; all property of the British army (including slaves) now in the United States is to remain and be forfeited;
- Great Britain and the United States are each to be given perpetual access to the Mississippi River;
- Territories captured by Americans subsequent to the treaty will be returned without compensation;
- Ratification of the treaty is to occur within six months from its signing.
Signing Statement. “Done at Paris, this third day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.”
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On this day in 1947, a government sale takes place:
1947 – War Assets Office Sells Hemp Factory
On this date the federal War Assets Office sold a local government-owned hemp mill to Walworth Foundries. The mill, located on Highway 14 two miles north of Darien, consisted of 20 acres where marijuana was grown and seven buildings where the hemp was used to create rope and burlap, as part of the war effort. [Source: Janesville Gazette]
Google-a-Day asks a question about classification:
Under modern classification systems, in what clade will you find birds?