This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835. Misc. maps identifier: 725: 1800: Sa27jdt: Large.
This map was acquired with the purchase of a large collection of maps about St. Domingue and other Gulf of Mexico areas from Henry Schenk Tanner on 14 December 1835.
Portrait of Alexandre Pétion as president of the Republic of Haiti.; Trimmed and attached to paper support. "Né au Port au Prince, en avril 1770 ravi à sa patrie, 29 mars 1818."
Prepared the day following the August 29, 1793 decree issued by Sonthonax, emancipating the slaves in the north of the French colony of Saint-Domingue, this broadside prints a letter from La Salle and reinforces the proclamation of the previous day.
