ARTICLE X
The solemn ratifications of the present treaty, expedited in good and due form, shall be exchanged between the contracting parties, in the space of six months, or sooner if possible, to be computed from the day of the signature of the present treaty. In witness whereof, we the undersigned, their Ministers Plenipotentiary, have in their name and in virtue of our full powers, signed with our hands the present definitive treaty, and caused the seals of our arms to be affix'd thereto.
Done at Paris, this third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.
D. HARTLEY ［L. S.］
JOHN ADAMS ［L. S.］
B. FRANKLIN ［L. S.］
JOHN JAY ［L. S.］