1796-09-12
Rigaud issued a proclamation recalling the measures he had taken to safeguard persons and property and asking the people to choose capable persons to direct…
Haitian
Rigaud issued a proclamation recalling the measures he had taken to safeguard persons and property and asking the people to choose capable persons to direct civil affairs until the Directory ruled; the Directory took it as grounds to break with him.
Source · p. 263, 264
Beaubrun Ardouin, Études sur l'histoire d'Haïti, suivies de la vie du général J.-M. Borgella (t. III) (1853), p. 263, 264