Proclamation du Roi, sur le décret de l'Assemblée nationale, concernant les colonies
Subtitle: Du 10 mars 1790
Contributors: La Luzerne, César Henri, comte de, 1737-1799; Peinier, Louis Antoine Thomassin, comte de; France. Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791)
Publisher: de l'Imprimerie royale
Published: 1790
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Other titles: Papiers relatifs au Comte de Peynier, chef d'escadre.
Work titles: Proclamation (1790 Mar. 10)
Notes: Caption title.

Imprint from colophon.

Signed on p. 4: Signé Louis. Et plus bas, par le Roi, La Luzerne.

The decree of the Assemblée nationale on the 8th of March, 1790 allowed the creation of colonial assemblies, paricularly in Saint-Domingue, who members were to be elected by landowners.

Signatures: [A]².

Engraved head piece above caption title.

Cf. Martin & Walter. Révolution française, 14572.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound as 26th item of 39 in vol. 1 of 2 vol. set with: Instruction pour les commandans des détachemens des gardes de la Marine, embarqués sur les vaisseaux de Sa Majesté, [Versailles, France?, 1781]

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: bound in two volumes of works relating to or printed in Saint-Domingue, formerly owned by Louis Antoine Thomassin, Comte de Peinier, who became squadron chief in 1784 and served as governor general of Saint-Domingue from 1789-1790.

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