Document: Dessalines, Jean Jacques. (1758-1806)
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Title
Document: Dessalines, Jean Jacques. (1758-1806)
Subject
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806
Description
Dessalines, Jean Jacques. (1758-1806). Haitian revolutionary and self-proclaimed emperor (1804-6).
Manuscript D.S., in French, stationary imprinted with a royal emblem under which are the printed words, “Jacques I, Emperor,” small 4to, “At the Palace,” October 15, 1804.
The document reads, “Please citizen administrator, place at my disposal nine hundred traveling flasks [gourdes]…” He signs in a large hand, “J.
On New Years Day, 1804, Dessalines proclaimed Haiti an independent republic and was named governor-general for life. That October, the time of the document, Dessalines declared himself Emperor. He was assassinated two years later by former fellows Henri Christophe and Alexandre Sabes Petion near Port-au-Prince. A document from an important year in the history of Haiti. Dessalines’ autograph is the most scarce of the four early Haitian leaders.
Manuscript D.S., in French, stationary imprinted with a royal emblem under which are the printed words, “Jacques I, Emperor,” small 4to, “At the Palace,” October 15, 1804.
The document reads, “Please citizen administrator, place at my disposal nine hundred traveling flasks [gourdes]…” He signs in a large hand, “J.
On New Years Day, 1804, Dessalines proclaimed Haiti an independent republic and was named governor-general for life. That October, the time of the document, Dessalines declared himself Emperor. He was assassinated two years later by former fellows Henri Christophe and Alexandre Sabes Petion near Port-au-Prince. A document from an important year in the history of Haiti. Dessalines’ autograph is the most scarce of the four early Haitian leaders.
Creator
Jean Jacques Dessalines
Source
David Schulson Autographs, 93, no. 30
Gift of Dr. Stuart Embury, 2021
Gift of Dr. Stuart Embury, 2021
Date
October 15, 1804
Format
pdf, paper, 7"x9"
Language
French
Type
Text
Identifier
HC700.14.09
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paper
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Citation
Jean Jacques Dessalines, “Document: Dessalines, Jean Jacques. (1758-1806) ,” HAMOC, accessed July 3, 2026, https://hamoc.libraryhost.com/items/show/679.
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