1790 · [Cap Français
by [Saint Domingue]
[Cap Français: De l'Imprimerie de l'Assemblée Provinciale du Nor, 1790. 4pp. Folded quarto sheet. Minor soiling. Near fine. Untrimmed. An extract from the proceedings of the Assemblée du Nord of Saint Domingue concerning a conflict over whether or not the provincial assembly meeting at Saint Marc had the authority to create legislative decrees. Royalists argued that the only recognized legislative body was the national assembly, while the different provincial assemblies jockeyed for local control. We can locate only two copies, at the John Carter Brown Library and the National Library of France (Inventory #: WRCAM46628)