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Title:
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Proclamation nous, Étienne Polverel & Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, commissaires civils de la République, dél��gués aux Iles françaises de l'Amérique sous le vent, pour y rétablir l'ordre & la tranquillité publique
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Date:
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1793
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Publisher:
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[Cap-Français? i.e. Cap-Haïtien, Haiti] : De l'imprimerie de la commission civile
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Book Collection:
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Haiti
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Language:
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French
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Call Number:
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b4916983
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Digitizing Sponsor:
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John Carter Brown Library
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Book Contributor:
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John Carter Brown Library
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Identifier:
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proclamation02sain
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Added Date:
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2010-08-05 18:44:34
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Identifier Url:
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http://www.archive.org/details/proclamation02sain
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Image Count:
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10
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PPI:
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400
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Operator:
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xephyr@archive.org
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OCR:
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ABBYY FineReader 8.0
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Camera:
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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Author:
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Saint-Domingue. Commissaires nationaux-civils
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Author:
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Polverel, Etienne, 1738-1794
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Author:
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Sonthonax, Léger Félicité, 1763-1813
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Subject:
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Broadsides, etc
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Subject:
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Contraband of war
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Subject:
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Export controls
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Subject:
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Rum
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Description:
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John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund
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Description:
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Roquincourt, T. Marine et les colonies
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Description:
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1 sheet ([1] p.) ;|c45 x 35 cm. (fol.) Caption title
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Description:
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Name of printer from colophon in second printed column of broadside
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Description:
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Printed in two parallel columns after caption title and statement of responsibility; caption title and statement of responsibility are separated by printer's ornaments and columns are separated by four floral motifs; engraved ornamental headpiece bearing the words "Au nom de la République française" printed above caption title
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Description:
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Dated at end of second column: Donné au camp Breda, quartier général, le 27 juin 1793, l'an second de la République française. Polverel, Sonthonax. Par les Commissaires civils de la Réepublique. Poittevin, secrétaire adjoint de la Commission
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Description:
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Proclamation regarding contraband goods, particularly rum; contraband products continued to find their way into the hands of those who still threatened the Republic; inhabitants were to appear before the local commader in order to declare all goods in their possession, especially syrups that could be used in the manufacture of rum; furthemore, any goods sent out from unauthorized ports were forbidden and subject to confiscation
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Description:
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"Pour copie conforme à l'original. Polverel (?)" followed by indecipherable ms notation beneath name of printer in column two; official seal of the Commissaires nationaux-civils of Saint-Domingue stamped underneath the fourth floral printer's ornament between columns one and two
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Description:
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John Carter Brown Library copy has "No. 11" in ms. hand in upper left hand corner
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Notes:
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Signed & sealed.
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