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Caption title.
Imprint from colophon.
Dated on p. 1: Paris, le 10 avril 1790.
"Extrait de la lettre de Mrs. les Députés de Saint-Domnigue, au ministre de la Marine, en date du 29 juillet 1789" and "Extrait de la réponse du ministre, en date du 11 août, d'après les décisions du Conseil d'État du 9 du même mois", p. 13, printed in parallel columns.
"Mémoire adressé par les ministres du Roi, à l'Assemblée nationale, le 27 octobre 1789": p. 14-16.
Concerns the decree of the Assemblée nationale on the 8th of March, 1790, which allowed the creation of colonial assemblies, paricularly in Saint-Domingue, whose members were to be elected by landowners.
Signatures: A [B].
Engraved head piece above caption title.
Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne, 6429.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound as 27th item of 39 in vol. 1 of 2 vol. set with: Instruction pour les commandans des détachemens des gardes de la Marine, embarqués sur les vaisseaux de Sa Majesté, [Versailles, France?, 1781]
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: bound in two volumes of works relating to or printed in Saint-Domingue, formerly owned by Louis Antoine Thomassin, Comte de Peinier, who became squadron chief in 1784 and served as governor general of Saint-Domingue from 1789-1790.
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund.
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