1867 Agenda to the Expeditionary Force and Proclamation... Lot 32

1867 Agenda to the Expeditionary Force and Proclamation of the Governor of Cochinchina to the inhabitants of the Six Provinces. 1867. Public poster written by Vice-Admiral de la Grandière, Governor and Commander of Cochinchine. It is addressed both to the military troops of the expeditionary force and to the inhabitants of the provinces administered by France. With this public announcement, the Governor made official the forced annexation of the three provinces of Vinh-Long, Chaudoc and Hatien and substituted the domination of France for that of the Kingdom of Annam. He justifies the annexation by the non-respect of the 1862 treaty, by provocations, permanent insurrection, blockades and looting by military leaders invested by the Annamite government. These annexations, decided unilaterally by Vice-Admiral de la Grandière, were not ordered by the French Government. Dimensions: 40x26 cm. Provenance: Family archives of Pierre-Paul de La Grandière (1807-1876), Governor of Cochinchine from 1863 to 1868.