ABSTRACT

Preliminary Articles of the Capitulation " 3. The same terms as in the above agreed upon by Charles Brisbane, Esq. article are granted to the officers and Captain of his Majesty's ship Arethusa, people of the Dutch men-of-war. and senior officer of a squadron of his " ANS. Granted. Majesty's ships at Cura^ oa, on the one " 4. All the civil officers may remain part; and his Excellency Pierre Jean at their respective appointments, if they Changuion, Governor of the island of think proper ; and those who choose shall Cura^ oa and its dependencies, on the be sent by His Britannic Majesty to other. " Cura^ oa, Jan. 1st, 1807. Holland.