1790 · [Cap Français
by [Saint Domingue]
[Cap Français: De l'Imprimerie de l'Assemblée Provinciale du Nor, 1790. Broadside, approximately 18 x 14 inches. Old folds. Light dust soiling at edges, otherwise a clean, fine copy. Untrimmed. An apparently unrecorded broadside, printing a proclamation by the northern provincial assembly of Saint Domingue, signed in print by Trémondrie as President and Levesque as Secretary, dated June 17, 1790. It follows a similar proclamation dated the day before, both printed after a disastrous meeting of two delegations, one from the unofficial assembly of Saint-Marc and one from the official northern assembly, to discuss their respective principles. This broadside denounces the ideals put forth by the Saint- Marc delegation, the oath printed and distributed by the deputies of their assembly, and their pretension to the assumption of power in the north of the island. A very rare Saint Domingue broadside of an unusually large size, not located by OCLC or the French UNION CATALOGUE (Inventory #: WRCAM52375)