The New York herald
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On February 27, 1844, Los Trinitarios proclaimed Dominican independence. American press coverage surged with reports on the new republic, repeated Haitian invasion threats, diplomatic recognition appeals, and southern schemes to secure Samaná Bay as a naval base.El 27 de febrero de 1844, Los Trinitarios proclamaron la independencia. La prensa estadounidense cubrió la nueva república, las invasiones haitianas, llamamientos de reconocimiento diplomático y proyectos para adquirir la Bahía de Samaná.
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SummaryResumen
Writing from Santo Domingo City on July 8, 1848, a correspondent describes the Dominican Republic's land in detail, from the Los Llanos plain and the Ozama River in the south to the Vega Real plain and the Yuna River, which flows into the Bay of Samana, in the north. He praises the soil as able to grow sugar cane and nearly every tropical and temperate crop, notes the timber, gold, copper and marble, and puts the population at between 150,000 and 200,000 people spread thinly over some 30,000 square miles.
Escribiendo desde la ciudad de Santo Domingo el 8 de julio de 1848, un corresponsal describe en detalle el territorio de la República Dominicana, desde la llanura de Los Llanos y el río Ozama en el sur hasta la llanura de la Vega Real y el río Yuna, que desemboca en la bahía de Samana, en el norte. Elogia el suelo como capaz de producir caña de azúcar y casi todos los cultivos tropicales y de clima templado, menciona la madera, el oro, el cobre y el mármol, y calcula la población entre 150,000 y 200,000 personas repartidas escasamente en unas 30,000 millas cuadradas.
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rivets ami smaller streams, the principal of which
is the Ozama. at whose mouth this city stands.
('n the northern slope of the mountains lie the
table nnd prairie lands, known ns the Vepa Ilral or
lioya) I'lain. Through this (lows the Yuna, the
principal river on the north side, which discharges
itself into the spacious hay ot Samana, on the I
northeast, a second ^an Francisco. This fitter j
tract of country, as well as much of the former, is
unsurpassed, in the general fertility and varied productive
capacity of lis soil, by any e>|<ial extent of
country on the (ace of the globe. Hrside* every
species ot tropical production, its soil is capable ot
pioducing. abundantly, almost all those which are
n.i re peculiar to the temperate zones. Rpeaking
ot these two tracts, in reference particularly t? the
sugar enne, IJdwards, the English historian of the
West Indies, snys, in substance, that they arc
probably capable of producing more than all the
Britbh Wett Indies together.
j 'sides the kinds of' woods so well known n*
the staples of the ccmnierce of tin* part of the
island, the mountains hre phhi to abound in the
choicest pine nnil cednr. Its gold mines, now lor
many years unv rought. are celebrated not more
on account ol tl;t ir productiveness in former times,
than from the fact that. to work them, African
negro slave labor wan first introduced into the
New Wotld. Mints of c>>pi?er, and, it is said, iron
ore, and coal, also, exist lie re. Marble, also, ot a
beautiful variety, is found in some parts.mm
']'he state of agriculture, in this republic, may in
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The New York herald. (1848). New York [N.Y.], 1848-11-08. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1848-11-08/ed-1/?sp=1
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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1848-11-08.
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