Peynier (11 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book compiles speeches, resolutions, and ordinances passed in 1790 by the elite ruling class of Saint-Domingue, a French colony in the Caribbean. The documents provide a firsthand account of the crumbling power of the French monarchy, the growing demand for self-governance, and the struggle between various factions within the colony. The author traces the rise of a revolutionary movement led by free people of color and poor whites who sought to end the absolute power of the local governor and the plantocracy. The book sheds light on the complex racial and class dynamics that shaped the Haitian Revolution, providing valuable insights into the social and political forces that led to the colony's independence. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the complexities of the Haitian Revolution through a collection of primary documents and firsthand accounts. The author provides a deep dive into the tumultuous events of the late 18th century, presenting a nuanced perspective on the political, social, and economic forces that shaped this pivotal moment in history. The documents featured in this book offer a glimpse into the experiences of slaves, free people of color, and white colonists, shedding light on the diverse perspectives and motivations that fueled the conflict. By examining the intricacies of the Haitian Revolution, this book contributes to our understanding of the broader themes of freedom, equality, and the struggle for human rights. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Condition: In fine condition. First edition. First edition. Modern hardpaper binding with gilt leather title vignette. 15 [1] p. Scarce and significant Saint-Domingue imprint concerning the reorganization of colonial forces preceding the Haitian Revolution. An official extrait des registres, this decree, dated on July 27, 1790 and signed in print by Governor Comte (Antoine de Thomassin) de Peynier, orders the disbandment of existing regiments and the establishment of the Gardes nationales soldées. It includes provisions for soldiers and officers transitioning to the new corps or civilian roles, along with detailed administrative guidance aimed at maintaining stability during the restructuring. Issued days before the dissolution of the Assembly of Saint-Marc on July 2930, the decree reflects Governor Peynier's efforts to stabilize the colony amid mounting unrest. The Assembly of Saint-Marc, formed earlier in 1790, had sought greater autonomy, passing measures such as the Acte Constitutionnel, which challenged metropolitan authority. Its suppression highlights the colonial administration's struggle to manage revolutionary ideals in a plantation economy reliant on slavery. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this decree captures the growing tensions in Saint-Domingue, where demands for equality from free people of color and enslaved populations foreshadowed the Haitian Revolution. Printed by Charles-Théodore Mozard, a prominent printer and bookseller in Saint-Domingue, known for works such as Affiches américaines and the Almanach général de Saint-Domingue. Mozard's career in the colony ended abruptly during the revolts of 1791, when his workshop and store were destroyed by fire. Fleeing to Paris in 1792, he later served as French consul in Boston (17941799) before returning to Paris to continue his work as a printer and public servant. . Modern hardpaper binding with gilt leather title vignette.

Couverture souple. Condition: Satisfaisant. Affiche in-plano (555 x 315 mm) composée de deux parties. Montée sous marie-louise. Voir Roquincourt, 2363 (pour l'edition de 19pp. in-8).Rarissime réimpression faite à Saint-Marc en réponse aux atrocités entrepris dans cette colonie.Effectivement l'instruction adressée par l'Assemblée Nationale à la Colonie de Saint-Domingue, à laquelle sont annexées les petites Isles de la Tortue, la Gonave, & l'Isle à Vaches, du 28 Mars 1790, stipulait que les députés aux assemblées coloniales devaient être élus par les citoyens actifs ainsi définis : "tout homme majeur, propriétaire d'immeubles, ou, à défaut d'une telle propriété, domicilié dans la paroisse depuis deux ans, & payant contribution. tous ceux qui jouissent du droit de cité y sont naturellement appelés".Seulement les coloniaux blancs interprétataient le décrèt d'une manière unilatérale et n'incluaient point les esclaves ayant obtenu la liberté, aussi nommés les manumis. Le gouverneur Peynier et le colonel Mauduit profitèrent de cette situtation instable et instigèrent une révolte ensanglantée.Cette affiche dénonce les méfaits du gouveneur et de son colonel, et destitue le gouverneur de ses pouvoirs.Papier jaunie, pièce entièrement montée avec restauration de quelques lettres.

Manuscript on paper. 1 leaf, written in a neat secretarial hand, signed "pour copie conforme, le Ct. de Peinier" at end. 2 pp. Signed manuscript by Peynier from the height of his confrontation with the Assembly of Saint-Marc, documenting the clash between royal authority and the colony's bid for autonomy. Official statement by Governor Louis-Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier, issued amid the final phase of conflic between the royal administration and the Colonial Assembly of Saint-Marc, a body elected in early 1790 by the planters of the western province. Claiming to represent the entire colony, the Assembly soon broke with the governor and metropolitan authority, asserting near-sovereign powers in defiance of the decrees of the National Assembly. In this Avis, Peynier explains his refusal to administer to the troops the oath decreed by the Assembly"fidélité à la Nation, à la partie française de Saint-Domingue, à la Loi et au Roi"and his opposition to promulgating its decree of 6 July 1790, by which it declared itself "confirmed," ordered a Te Deum in thanksgiving for victory over the "enemies of the colony," and directed that each year, on 14 July, the same Te Deum be sung. For the Assembly, these measures were intended to affirm its political legitimacy and to symbolically align the colony with the revolutionary nation, while asserting its independence from royal control. Peynier regarded them instead as unconstitutional acts of sovereignty. Invoking the decrees of 8 and 28 March 1790, which defined the legal framework of colonial assemblies and made the governor responsible for publishing parish results, he reaffirmed that Saint-Domingue, as an integral part of the French Empire, could not "be particularized" within it. The closing attestation, "pour copie conforme, le Ct. de Peinier," indicates that this was the governor's own retained copy. The text corresponds closely to Peynier's later printed Proclamation (Port-au-Prince, Imprimerie de Mozard, du 29 août 1790), published a month after the dissolution of the Saint-Marc Assembly on 29 July 1790. In that editionheld at the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University (EB .F8355 1781 1)Peynier recounts the same 6 July decree and his refusal to promulgate it, citing the March legislation and reproducing the Instruction (Arts. 1718) limiting colonial legislative power and reaffirming the governor's executive authority. The episode belongs to the earliest phase of the French Revolution's extension to the colonies. The Assemblée générale de la partie française de Saint-Domingue, meeting at Saint-Marc, sought to apply the revolutionary principles of representation and local sovereignty to the plantation colony, dominated by the white planter elite. Peynier's resistance, backed by Paris, aimed to maintain royal authority and prevent the fragmentation of imperial power. The conflict culminated in the Assembly's suppression and the flight of its deputies to France aboard the frigate Le Léopardevents that exposed the deep divisions within Saint-Domingue and foreshadowed the political upheavals that would lead to the Haitian Revolution. A later hand has added "28 mars 1790" at the top of the leafan error deriving from the text's final reference to the décret du 28 mars 1790. The notice was in fact written after 6 July 1790 (the Assembly's decree) and before 29 July 1790 (its dissolution), a dating confirmed by the subsequent Proclamation. . Light creases, otherwise in fine condition. Manuscript on paper. 1 leaf, written in a neat secretarial hand, signed "pour copie conforme, le Ct. de Peinier" at end.

A statement by Peynier, Governor General of the colony Saint Domingue, concerning the decrees set forth by the National Assembly and their application and effect on the colony. These decrees came at a crucial time for Saint Domingue as the French Revolution gained momentum. Many of the large plantation owners hoped to bring about independence from France and to assert a more powerful role for the aristocracy of the colony. Peynier's tenure was marked by his loyalty to the state and his opposition to the Assembly with whom he fruitlessly tried to negotiate. Rare, with only two copies located in OCLC, at Columbia and The New York Public Library. Original paper wrappers, gathered signatures. Very clean. Untrimmed and partially unopened. Very good.

First edition. 8vo. Very good in recent paper-covered boards, red morocco label to spine, gilt, ms. number in ink to title-page. 16pp. Port-au-Prince, Mozard, A crisp copy of this desirable eighteenth-century Haiti imprint. Published in the lead-up to the Haitian Revolution, it prints the letters exchanged between General Count de Peynier (1731-1809), Governor of Saint-Domingue, and the members of the Saint-Marc Assembly.   There were several contributing factors to the Haitian Revolution, one of which was the refusal of local government representatives to comply with reforms issued from Paris. Peynier was installed as governor on 26 July, 1789. Indeed, the first crisis of his governorship concerned the district of Saint-Marc which was not only firmly in support of slavery but began hinting that it wished to secede. They opened their ports to foreign ships which directly contravened French policy. The tension between the two culminated with Peynier dismissing the entire assembly.   The first letter is dated 27 April, 1790, the last on 16 May. Printed in Port-au-Prince, they document the tensions between Peynier and the assembly.   OCLC locates copies at NYPL, AAS, JCB, and BnF.   Roquincourt, 2360; not in Sabin.

1 lettre signée 1 p. 1/2 In-4 05/03/1771 bon Peynier, intendant de Martinique, tente, depuis un mois, d'obtenir une procuration auprès de M. Borelly, mais jusqu'à présent sans succès. «Je désirerois bien avoir la satisfaction de m'en retourner en Provence l'année prochaine, et de vous y revoir en bonne santé. Mais je n'ose m'en flatter dans la circonstance présente ; il faut attendre que les choses changent et que la paix soit assurée [.]». Intendant de la Guadeloupe, de la Martinique, puis intendant général des Isles du Vent ; il avait été président à mortier au parlement d'Aix.

First edition. Title-page vignette & woodcut headpiece. 8vo. Loose sheets, untrimmed as issued, pale marginal dampstaining, pencilled date to title-page. 19, [1]pp. Port-au-Prince, Imprimerie de Mozard, A very good copy of a scarce eighteenth-century Port-au-Prince imprint.   Formed on 15 May 1790, a group of white planters, opposed to reforms being made by the French National Assembly, formed their own Colonial Assembly. Unsurprisingly, the Léopardins as they were also known, were all in favour of slavery, but they were also opposed to the granting of citizenship or voting rights to free people of colour. Their opposition was so staunch that they published their own constitution for the colony, declaring the port open to international trade, and demanded secession.   In response to Louis-Antoine Thomassin Peynier, governor of Santo Domingo, dissolving the manu militari of the Assembly on the night of July 29-30, 1790, a week later persuaded the crew of Le Léopard to mutiny and they sailed the captured ship to France where they put their argument to the National Assembly. On 12 October the French National Assembly, having heard them out, nonetheless formally dissolved the Colonial Assembly.   Dated August 29, 1790, this new proclamation by Louis-Antoine Thomassin Peynier, revisits the reasons for the dissolution of the Colonial Assembly. He attempts to resume the legal process of electing the assemblies, and invites the parishes to appoint new representatives, in accordance with the decree of the National Assembly of March 8 and the Instruction of March 28 previous. The dissolution of the assembly of Saint-Marc was the central act of his brief governorship.   Alongside the enslaved population and free people of colour, they constituted a third significant party en route to the Haitian Revolution which broke out almost a year to the day later.   OCLC locates copies at AAS, JCB, BPL, Columbia, NYPL, UNC Chapel Hill, and BnF.   Not in Sabin; Bissainthe, M., Dict. de bib. hai tienne, 7290; Martin & Walter, Re volution franc aise, 26662.