1790 · Port-au-Prince
by [Saint Domingue]: [Peynier, Louis-Antoine Thomassin de
Port-au-Prince: de l'Imprimerie de Mozar, 1790. 10pp. Original paper wrappers, gathered signatures. Very clean. Untrimmed and partially unopened. Very good. A statement by Peynier, Governor General of the colony Saint Domingue, concerning the decrees set forth by the National Assembly and their application and effect on the colony. These decrees came at a crucial time for Saint Domingue as the French Revolution gained momentum. Many of the large plantation owners hoped to bring about independence from France and to assert a more powerful role for the aristocracy of the colony. Peynier's tenure was marked by his loyalty to the state and his opposition to the Assembly with whom he fruitlessly tried to negotiate. Rare, with only two copies located in OCLC, at Columbia and The New York Public Library.
(Inventory #: WRCAM51176)