Letter

republic of hayti., the 26th day of July, 1879, the 76th year of the Independence

[Inclosure 3 in No. 190.—Translation.]

republic of hayti.

The central committee of the revolution sitting at the capital, after having deliberated with the generals of the revolutionary army:

Whereas the safety of the state and the operation of the public services require the immediate constitution of the executive, power.

Whereas the revolution having made its peaceful entry into the capital, the mission of the revolutionary committees is terminated.

It is decreed:

  • Article 1. That citizens Heriston Hérissé, Tiresias Augustin Simon Sam, Adelson Bony on, Joseph Lamothe, and Diogène Serres, are named members of the provisional government.
  • Art. 2. From the publication of the present decree all the committees generally whatsoever are, and shall remain, dissolved.
  • Art. 3. The present shall be published and executed by diligence of the general-in-chief of the revolution.

  • L. LAURENT.
  • J. B. MICHEL, JEUNE.
  • T. REMEAU.
  • S. C. BOTTEX.
  • T. A. SIMON SAM.
  • G. St. GERMAIN.
  • E. SUPPLICE.
  • ARBOUET.
  • J. B. LEVIEUX.
  • W. DÉBROSSE.
  • AMBROISE.
  • S. TÉLÉMAQUE.
  • R. DALEUCOUR.
  • M. ALEXIS.
  • H. HÉRISSE.
  • POMIE.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.