El muy ilustre-ayuntamiento y diputados de esta capital ha reasumido en si la suprema autoridad por consentimiento del mismo pueblo, y de las demas potestades anteriormente constituidas por necesaria consequencia de las ultimas noticias desgraciadas que han venido de España. ..
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1810
Place of publication: Caracas, Venezuela
Language: spa
Subjects: Peninsular War, 1807-1814; History
Notes: Title from first part of text.

Dated following text: Sala capitular de Caracas, abril 19 de 1810.

Decree of the city council of the city of Caracas communicating that they have assumed supreme authority "as a necessary consequence of the latest unfortunate news to come from Spain", which was Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Spain.

Signatures: [A]² ([A]1 verso, [A]2 blank)

John Carter Brown Library copy signed in ms. hand following text: J[ose]ph de las Lamosas and Martin Tovar Ponte.

John Carter Brown Library copy unbound and folded as issued.

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