Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future

General condition of municipalities.--Santo Domingo City; ruins, churches, streets, popular legends.--Other towns of Santo Domingo Province.--San Pedro de Macoris.--Seibo.--Sama...

A potent cause of the undeveloped state of Santo Domingo's agriculture has been the absence of transportation facilities, which has likewise been a cause and an effect of the in...

The greatest pride of the Dominican people is that they are the custodians of the mortal remains of Christopher Columbus. The same honor is claimed by Spain, but a Dominican wou...

Financial situation in 1905.--Causes of debt.--Amount of debt.--Bonded debt.--Liquidated debt.--Floating debt.--Declared claims.--Undeclared claims.--Surrender of Puerto Plata c...

The estimates of the early Spanish writers as to the Indian population of Hispaniola at the time of its first settlement in 1493 range all the way from one million to three mill...

Restoration of the republic.--Military presidents.--Cabral's administration.--Baez' fourth administration.--Annexation negotiations with the United States.--Civil wars.--Heureau...

Area of Republics of Haiti and Santo Domingo.--Boundary disputes.--Harbors on north coast.--Character of shore.--Samana Bay.--Character of east and south coast.--Harbors of Maco...

Aborigines.--Discovery.--Founding of Isabela.--Disaffection of the colonists.--Indian wars.--Oppression of the Indians.--Founding of Santo Domingo City.--Roldan's insurrection.-...

Of all the islands visited by Columbus none impressed him so favorably as Santo Domingo. His enthusiasm is reflected in the glowing description given in his letter to his friend...

From the date of the declaration of independence, February 27, 1844, down to the present time, with the exception only of a portion of the period of Spanish occupation of 1861 t...

It is related that an English admiral, in endeavoring to illustrate to George III the topography of one of the West India Islands crumpled up a piece of paper in his hand and la...

The history of the Dominican Republic affords a striking illustration of the rule that large bodies attract nearby smaller or weaker bodies whether in the world of physics or in...

The enormous foreign and internal debt left by the Heureaux administration had been constantly increased by ruinous loans to which the succeeding governments were obliged to res...

Constitution of the government.--Santana's first administration.--Wars with the Haitians.--Administration of Jimenez.--Victory of Las Carreras.--Baez' first administration.--San...

In the year 1510 the Spanish government established in Santo Domingo the first of the famous colonial audiencias, or royal high courts, the list of which appears like a roll cal...

The characteristic features of Dominican politics are the violence of political antagonism and the absence of differences of principle between the political parties. None of the...

The Roman Catholic creed has been the dominant religion of Santo Domingo from the time of the conquest. When Columbus arrived on his second voyage he brought with him twelve fri...

The geological formation and the mineral wealth of the Dominican Republic have never been thoroughly studied, in part because of the physical difficulties and in part as a resul...

Decline of the colony.--English attacks on Santo Domingo City.--Settlement of Tortuga by freebooters.--French settlements in western Santo Domingo.--Border wars.--Cession of wes...

The financial system of Santo Domingo is characterized by an inequitable mode of obtaining public revenue, whereby the burden of supporting the state is thrown upon the poorest...

Rule of Toussaint l'Ouverture.--Exodus of whites.--Capture of Santo Domingo by French.--War with negroes.--Government of Ferrand. --Incursion of Dessalines.--Insurrection of San...

As in other Spanish colonies, it was not the policy of the Spanish government in Santo Domingo to foster popular education. Learning was confined to the clergy and the aristocra...

The fact that Dominican commerce has more than trebled in twelve years demonstrates the epoch-making character of the fiscal convention with the United States. The trade figures...

Decline of the colony--English attacks on Santo Domingo City--Settlement of Tortuga by freebooters--French settlements in western Santo Domingo--Border wars--Cession of western...

Constitution of the government--Santana's first administration--Wars with the Haitians--Administration of Jimenez--Victory of Las Carreras--Baez' first administration--Santana's...

Financial situation in 1905--Causes of debt--Amount of debt--Bonded debt--Liquidated debt--Floating debt--Declared claims--Undeclared claims--Surrender of Puerto Plata custom-ho...

Rule of Toussaint l'Ouverture--Exodus of whites--Capture of Santo Domingo by French--War with negroes--Government of Ferrand--Incursion of Dessalines--Insurrection of Sanchez Ra...

General condition of municipalities--Santo Domingo City; ruins, churches, streets, popular legends--Other towns of Santo Domingo Province--San Pedro de Macoris--Seibo--Samana an...