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  Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 162, SAN DOMINGO: Library of Economics and Liberty
—The area of San Domingo, which embraces the eastern portion of the island of Hayti (the western division forming the republic of Hayti), is estimated at 18,045 English square miles, with a population, in 1880, of 300,000 inhabitants, or sixteen to the square mile.
The capital of the republic is the city of San Domingo, founded in 1494, at the mouth of the river Ozama, with 10,000 inhabitants.
In July, 1869, Gen. Babcock was sent to San Domingo by President Grant; and, on his favorable report, a treaty for the annexation of the republic was made, Nov. 29, 1869, with a convention for the lease of the bay and peninsula of Samaná to the United States.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy932.html   (1234 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Dominican Republic
The climate in San Domingo is in some parts bad, in others remarkably good, notably in and around the city of San Domingo where, in spite of bad sanitation, it is said that "nobody need die of anything but old age".
The white and mulattos of San Domingo, under Spanish leaders, attempted to restore the old regime in the Spanish colony, but in 1795 all Hispaniola was ceded to France.
The ancient city of San Domingo (population 16,000), is still the seat of the civil government, as well as the see of the archbishop, who, however, no longer has any suffragans.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05110a.htm   (1698 words)

  
 San at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
San (or santo) is the Spanish word for saint, as in San Francisco (Saint Francis) and San Diego.
San is used as a title only, whereas santo is the regular usage (as in «él es un santo» or "he is a saint") or a title (as in Santo Domingo).
San is the fictional girl raised by a wolf goddess in Miyazaki Hayao's animated movie Princess Mononoke - the movie's title is a name by which she is also known.
wiki.tatet.com /San.html   (196 words)

  
 West Indies : Campaigns : Battles : Casualties : Politics : Trade : Jamaica : Trindad : Barbados : San Domingo : Haiti ...
The island of San Domingo (now Haiti) was one of the richest imperial possessions in the world and the struggle between France and the local fls for control of its wealth resulted in savage warfare that bordered on genocide.
San Domingo was initially shared between France and Spain, with the Spanish occupying the eastern portion, but in 1795 that territory - together with Louisiana - was ceded to France as part of the Treaty of Ildefonso.
From out of the turmoil rose General Pierre Toussaint-L'Ouverture, a fl leader who was urbane, skilful and a fine military tactician, who used his political and martial skills to end the bloodshed and by 1800 had restored a semblance of peace to the island.
www.napoleonguide.com /windies_haiti.htm   (480 words)

  
 Haiti Progres 23 Aout 2000 - English section
Of the three, San Domingo planters, British bourgeoisie, and French bourgeoisie, the first and most important were the planters of San Domingo.
San Domingo is an island of mountain ranges rising in places to 6,000 feet above sea-level.
Deprived of political power by Richelieu and converted by Louis XIV into a decorative and administrative appendage of the absolute monarchy, the younger sons of French noblemen found in San Domingo some opportunity to rebuild their shattered fortunes and live the life of the country magnate now denied them in France.
www.haiti-progres.com /2000/sm000823/xeng0823.htm   (1534 words)

  
 Cannons - Spanish and Mexican Periods 1776-1846 - San Francisco Coastal Defenses - Presidio of San Francisco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The cannon San Domingo was cast in 1628, and bears the coat of arms of Don Diego Fernandez de Cordoba, 17th Viceroy of Peru.
The San Domingo was one of the cannons that was successfully re-vented, after being spiked during the Bear Flag Revolt.
It was brought to the Castillo de San Joaquin in 1793, to fortify the San Francisco Bay.
www.nps.gov /prsf/coast_defense/spanish/spanish_cannons   (542 words)

  
 Meyerbeer - L'Africaine / Arena, Domingo, Verrett, San Francisco Opera - DVD
The story is a fictionalized treatment of the adventures of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (Domingo), with a love triangle involving Selika, queen of Madagascar (Shirley Verrett), and a Portuguese noblewoman, Ines (Ruth Ann Swenson).
Domingo of course was wonderful & very frenetic and energetic in his character's enthusiasm.
Domingo, Verrett and Swenson are in fine voice, the production values are top-notch, but the material is second-rate and terribly old-fashioned.
www.wensstyle.com /product/B00005NG0W.html   (1524 words)

  
 Horse Head Ranch Spanish Mustangs For Sale - Domingo's Loganberry (aka Logan) ~ Chief San Domingo x Fireberry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chief San Domingo is the only living son of San Domingo, and is the only producing stallion from an SMR foundation horse.
In 2000 Chief San Domingo was selected by model horse artist Candice Libby to represent the Spanish Mustang Breed.
Domingo's Loganberry (aka Logan) is a fancy 2004 min.
www.nwpaintedponies.com /hhr/catalog/35   (131 words)

  
 Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The "San Domingo hour" or "San Domingo moment" became a phrase used frequently in the popular media, and Melville of course played off of its clear cultural connotation when he set his own prophetic study of the psychology of slave revolts--Benito Cereno--on board the San Dominick.
San Domingo, then, is a vortex word, one of those terms that organize and abbreviate broad cultural contexts.
Domingo." And one version of her late poem, "One of the ones that Midas touched," the "reeling Oriole" is imaged as a "minute Domingo." Read these poems carefully and explore the possibilities of the slave-revolt edge to the word "Domingo."
www.whitmanarchive.org /staff/staffframeset_files/intro.html   (864 words)

  
 Boconó Fault between Santo Domingo and San Cristóbal
Geodetic measurements between 1975 and 1981 (Hennenberg, 1982) have demostrated compressional movements of the two sides of the fault, with a lateral component (parallelto the fault) of 13 mm in 66 months, that is, an offset of 0.24 cm/year.
The particular nitid expression of this fault is due to the alignement of several drainage axes along it (River Chama, Mocoties, La Grita, El Valle and Torbes), and to the presence of longitudinal tectonic depressions that broarden the fault valleys (pull-apart of La González, Bailadores, Los Mirtos and Capacho).
Excursion: Boconó fault between Santo Domingo and San Cristobal, FUNVISIS, Simposium Neotectonics, Seismicity and Geologic Hazard in Venezuela and the Caribbean, XXXIII Anual Convetion of AsoVAC, 62 p.
www.pdvsa.com /lexico/excursio/exc-on-83i.htm   (4911 words)

  
 West Indies : Campaigns : Battles : Casualties : Politics : Trade : Jamaica : Trindad : Barbados : San Domingo : Haiti ...
With the French intention to reintroduce the lucrative business of slavery now out in the open, San Domingo again rose in rebellion, only this time there would be no quarter.
In Paris, Bonaparte looked at the casualty figures of his men in San Domingo and decided the island was costing too much to continue fighting for.
San Domingo had won independence, but at an appalling price in blood.
www.napoleonguide.com /windies_haiti2.htm   (481 words)

  
 Viaje a Guatemala - Prensa Libre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The middle of the east is abrupt, originating in the faults of San Pedro and Atitlán.
The slope of the foot of the mountains is slight and gradually merges with the coastal plain, devoid of hills or ravines.
In San Bernardino, where they dance the original Los Venados and a variation of Toritos called La Vaca Mora, a variation of Los Venados known as Los Tuncunes is danced.
www.prensalibre.com /suplementos/RYS/vgt/english/comm/suchitepequez.htm   (1074 words)

  
 LCRBMRP-T2505
Captain-General of San Domingo and General-in-chief of Army, and General Don Pedro Antonio Pimented, President of the Provisional Government of the Dominican people, who is represented by the generals, D. Jose del Carmen Reinoso and D. Meliton Valverde, and the Presbyter, D. Miguel Quesada, his Commissioners, clothed with full powers in the premises.
Spanish subjects residing in the territory of San Domingo can remain in it, or absent themselves and return whenever it may suit them, and shall be respected in their persons and property in the same manner as subjects or citizens of the most favored nations.
San Domingo correspondence is dated February the 20th, when the steamer, which must have brought the latest news from there, left on the 19th at 2 o'clock P.M. Besides, the statement of returns having been received from Seybo, Santiago, LaVega, and Azua on the 20th, is all a fabrication.
lcweb2.loc.gov /rbc/lcrbmrp/t25/t2505.sgm_old   (10262 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: San Juan (Argentina)
It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and comprises the civil Provinces of San Juan, Mendoza, and San Luis, and the national district of Neuquén, has an area of 151,096 sq.
He was the representative from San Juan to the Congress of Tucumán, which on 9 July, 1816, proclaimed the independence of Argentina, and in this assemblage distinguished himself by resolutely opposing the monarchical form of government for the infant nation.
Among the notable edifices of the diocese may he mentioned: the episcopal palace and the Church of San Domingo in San Juan; those of San Francisco, Sagrado Corazón, and Godoy Cruz in Mendoza; and the Matriz of San Louis.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13447a.htm   (375 words)

  
 BLM News: Two Pueblos, State of New Mexico, BIA, and BLM Sign Pact Over Placitas Lands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A separate Memorandum of Understanding was signed by leaders from Santo Domingo and San Felipe Pueblos, and the BLM to cooperate on the management of the Ball Ranch Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), a parcel that will be retained by the BLM in the land exchange.
Leaders from Santo Domingo and San Felipe Pueblos, the New Mexico State Land Office, and Bureau of Indian Affairs sign an informal agreement with the BLM confirming their intent to work on a three-way land exchange near Placitas, New Mexico.
Leaders from Santo Domingo and San Felipe Pueblos sign the MOU with the BLM to cooperate on the management of the Ball Ranch ACEC.
www.blm.gov /nhp/news/releases/pages/1998/pr082698.htm   (685 words)

  
 Amazon.com: DVD: Meyerbeer - L'Africaine / Arena, Domingo, Verrett, San Francisco Opera (2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Domingo is refulgent of tone and dramatically convincing, and he and Verrett strike sparks.
She really comes into her own in one of the most preposterous mad-scenes in all opera, where she is slowly poisoned by the scent of a giant tree, contriving to make this dramatically truthful and even moving.
The singing of all the principals is excellent, especially Verrett, Domingo and Swenson.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NG0W?v=glance   (2198 words)

  
 CHIAPAS - LoveToKnow Article on CHIAPAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The extension of the Pan-American railway across the state, from San Geronimo, on the Tehuantepec National line, to the Guatemalan frontier, is calculated to improve the industrial and social conditions of the people.
inland from the small port of San Benito, is 559 ft. above sea-level, and has a healthy climate.
S.E. of San Cristobal, and chiefly distinguished for its fine church and convent dedicated to San Domingo; Pichucalco (8549), Tenejapa (7936), San Antonio (6715), Cintalape (6455), La Concordia (6291), San Carlos (5977), apd Ococingo (5667).
60.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHIAPAS.htm   (380 words)

  
 The Black Jacobins
San Domingo is the ultimate French colony, and also the focal point of the African slave trade for the French empire.
Obviously, fls were brought to San Domingo as slaves, but James explores the complex class divisions on San Domingo.
The classes were divided up into "big whites," "small whites," "mulattoes," "free fls," and "slaves."2 These sundry classes create the often-shifting social structure of San Domingo, which structures itself, in James' view, according to economic needs of different classes, rather than racial divisions.
www.wmich.edu /dialogues/texts/blackjacobins.html   (2082 words)

  
 Horse Head Ranch Spanish Mustangs For Sale - Domingo's Feathered Fox, Chief San Domingo x Indian Clay Basket ~ Grulla ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
is the only living son of San Domingo, and is the only producing stallion from an SMR foundation horse.
San Domingo is the horse featured in historical fiction, by Margarita Henry, titled, "The Medicine Hat Stallion".
Domingo's Feathered Fox is a 2004 grulla feathered paint, stallion prospect.
www.nwpaintedponies.com /hhr/catalog/03   (140 words)

  
 SanDomingo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chief San Domingo is the last living son of the legendary San Domingo,"The
The real San Domingo was a herd stallion for the Brislawn Ranch.The Brislawn's are noted for their early attempts to choose horses from the wild herds of mustangs that carried the type and stamp of their Spanish ancestors.
Chief San Domingo is owned by Kim Kingsley of Oriska N.D. He was from San Domingos last foal crop.
candaceliddy.homestead.com /SanDomingo.html   (269 words)

  
 San Domingo Placers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This is a large placer covering more than 7 square miles and most major washes and their tributaries carry gold.
The biggest producers were, San domingo, Ox, American, and Old woman Washes.
Little San Domingo Wash and its tributaries were also good producers and this is one of the washes I spend alot of time hunting around.
www.nuggetshooter.com /FeaturedSites/SanDomingoPlacers.html   (443 words)

  
 Inventory of the Indian Affairs Collection, 1684-1903 (bulk, 1872-1903)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Court decree, Pueblos of Santa Domingo and San Felipe vs. The United States concerning confirmation of land grants.December 1898.
Memorandum of agreement between Pueblo of Santo Domingo and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. regarding condemnation of lands.January 16, 1901.
Notice to Santo Domingo regarding appraisal of comdemned lands in case of Atchinson Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. vs.
libxml.unm.edu /oanm/nmu/nmu1mss16bc.html   (3482 words)

  
 San Domingo Ranch - folder_listing
The San Domingo Ranch is one of the great, historic ranches of Texas.
Located between San Antonio and Corpus Christi, it combines natural beauty, a convenient location, and excellent facilities.
Welcome to the historic San Domingo Ranch: Quality, beauty and atmosphere.
www.sandomingoranch.com   (189 words)

  
 Introduction
Critical readings of this poem see "Domingo" here as one of Dickinson's "exotics," a word that simply creates an aura of jungle heat and savage desire.
As the post-Reconstruction era would make clear, there are consequences for a country that emancipates its slaves, gives them a taste of humanity, then tries to turn back the clock and deny them the full meal, the full bounty of freedom and humanity, return them instead to their second class status.
In 1859, her "Flowers--Well--if anybody" evoked "Butterflies from St. Domingo" that "Have a system of aesthetics-- / Far superior to mine." In 1863, in "I could bring You Jewels," the speaker is more comfortable with a "little Blaze / Flickering to itself--in the Meadow" than she is with "Odors from St.
jefferson.village.virginia.edu /fdw/volume1/folsomprice/sdm.php?inc=introduction   (756 words)

  
 Francisco Domingo Y Marques ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Pedro Gualdi, Plaza de S.to Domingo y Aduana en Mejico (Plaza of S. Domingo and the Custom House in Mexico City), ca.
Domingo Estruc, Vista de la Ciudad de/ Veracruz/ su Bahia y Castillo el 18 de Abril de 1820,...(View of the City of Veracruz, its Bay and Castle on the 18th of April 1820...), 1821
This Indian Woman is from Santo Domingo, the Pueblo who make pottery and sell it for their livelihood., 19th - 20th century
wwar.com /masters/d/domingo_y_marques-francisco.html   (457 words)

  
 Meyer Sound : Placido Domingo at San Jose Arena
On April 7, in San Jose, California, tenor Placido Domingo and soprano Veronica Villaroel sang a concert of opera and zarzuela (a form of Spanish operetta), accompanied by the San Jose Symphony Orchestra under conductor Karl Sollak.
A Meyer Sound sysem, designed by Alexander "Thorny" Yuill-Thorton II of Solstice Sound Design in San Rafael, California, and provided by ProMedia of El Sobrante, California, ensured that all 12,000 patrons could hear the music clearly, from the opening aria to the seventh and final encore.
The sound system, similiar to the one designed by Solstice for the Three Tenors concert in Los Angeles last year, comprised three MSL-5s and six DS-2s per side, four MSL-3s in the center, and UPA-1Cs as fills.
www.meyersound.com /news/press/domingo.htm   (192 words)

  
 San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion by Marguerite Henry, ISBN 0689716311 And The All-American Bean Book   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion by Marguerite Henry, ISBN 0689716311 And The All-American Bean Book
San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion by Marguerite Henry, ISBN 0689716311
When young Peter is given one, he recognizes immediately how special this horse is. Naming him San Domingo, Peter trains the colt and they share many adventures.
wstevenash.com /medicine.htm   (136 words)

  
 Moviefone: San Domingo Movie
San Domingo movie trailer, showtimes, tickets and reader reviews are also...
Once again, with San Domingo, she creates a winner.
San Domingo is an exceptional horse, blessed with the medicine hat, considered sacred by Native...
movies.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1100091   (271 words)

  
 History of The Bahamas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia wrote, "Historically the islands are of interest, because one of them San Salvador was the first land of the New World discovered by Columbus, 12 October, 1492.
The Spanish never made a permanent settlement in the Bahamas, but shortly after the discovery they carried off many aborigines to the mines of San Domingo, and ere long the whole population, never perhaps very large, seems to have disappeared.
The statement made in some of the recent guide books, that 40,000 souls were supposed to have been carried to the mines of Hispaniola by the Spaniards, is evidently overdrawn.
www.historyofnations.net /northamerica/bahamas.html   (1002 words)

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