Habitantes de Puerto-Rico
Subtitle: Ayer ha sido pasado por las armas en esta capital Pedro Duvois, natural de la isla de la Guadelupe, y vecino del pueblo de Naguabo
Contributors: González y Linares, Francisco; Puerto Rico. Governor (1822-1823 : González y Linares)
Publisher: Imprenta del gobierno à cargo de D.V. Sanmillan
Published: 1822
Place of publication: [San Juan, Puerto Rico]
Language: spa
Subjects: Military History; Colonies; Administration; History
Other titles: Ayer ha sido pasado por las armas en esta capital Pedro Duvois, natural de la isla de la Guadelupe, y vecino del pueblo de Naguabo.
Notes: Title from caption and first part of text.

Name of printer and date of publication from colophon.

According to De la pluma a la imprenta: la cultura impresa en Puerto Rico 1806-1906 / Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, 2008, there were two printing presses in Puerto Rico from 1806 on, both of which were located in San Juan.

Dated and signed on p. [8]: Puerto-Rico 13 de octubre de 1822. Miguel de la Torre. Francisco Gonzalez y Linares.

Diatribe against independence movement in South America by the man who suceeded Francsco González y Linares as governor of Puerto Rico and served from 1823-1837. Peter Dubois was part of the Ducoudray Holstein expedition which started to be planned in 1820 and which was to be executed in 1822, and was an attempt by commercial interests to invade Puerto Rico and declare it the independent Boricua Republic, a name which was derived from Boriken, the Taino name for the island of Puerto Rico.

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John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: there are some wormholes in the margins of the pamphlet which do not affect text.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Divestiture Fund.