Description
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Place of publication and name of printer from colophon.
- Signed on p. 5: Fait au Cap-Henry, le 4 Avril 1811, l'an huit de l'indépendance.
- Proclaims the creation of the kingdom with Henry Christophe as Henry I at the expense of the rule of Alexandre Pétion in the south, and a hereditary nobility. In comapring the young government of Haiti to the republic of the United States, the document declares that Haiti needs to be governed by a "paternal monarchy"
- Cited by Sabin but gives no date of publication, no printer and incorrect pagination.
- Signatures: [A] ([A]4 verso, A1 blank)
Citation
"Le conseil d'état, au peuple et à l'armee de terre et de mer de Hayti"
(1811).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:14919/
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