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1808-05-04

A decree raises the value of the Spanish gourde from 8 livres 5 sols to 9 livres; Pétion repeals the law on 26 July.

Haitian

A decree of 4 May raised the Spanish gourde, whose value was 8 livres 5 sols, to 9 livres; the French six-franc écu, whose value was 9 livres, to the rate of 9 livres 15 sols; and the five-franc écu, whose value was 7 livres 10 sols, to the rate of 8 livres 5 sols.

Source  ·  p. 94 Joseph Saint-Rémy (des Cayes), Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique, tome 5 (Paris: Auguste Durand, 1857), p. 94; English translation, Rasanblaj.