NABOTH'S VINEYARD: 1844 - 1924 (2 volumes)

Book about the Dominican Republic

Notes on Sumner Welles Book
New York: Payson and Clark, Ltd., 1928

Bob Corbett, July, 1991

Vol. 1

PRESIDENTS AND KEY EVENTS:

• 1795, July 22. Peace of Bale. p. 17. Santo Domingo ceded to France.
• 1801, Jan. 27. Toussaint took S.D.
• 1804, Jan. 1. General Ferrand, French. Declared himself Governor General of S.D.
• 1843. Devastating earthquake on whole island. p. 84
• 1849-1853. Colonel Baez ruled.
• 1851. France, England, U.S. joined to protect D.R. from Haiti. p. 113.
• 1857, General Santana again president.
• 1861, March 18. Spain took over D.R. after a long appeal by Santana.
• Spain suffered a devastating yellow fever which destroyed its colonial dreams in S.D.
• 1965, March 31. General Gandara took over from Vargas.
• 1865, June. D.R. became independent again.
• 1865, Dec. 8. Buenaventura Baez became president for the third time.
• 1866, Sept. 29. General Cabral made president.
• 1874, Jan. 2. Baez out.
• 1874, April 6. General Ignacio Gonzalez in.
• 1876, Feb. 21. " " " resigned.
• 1876, May 29. Don Ulises Francisco Espaillat took office.
• 1876, Oct. 5, Espaillat overthrown.
• 1876, Gonzalez in for 40 days.
• 1876, Dec. 27. Baez again.
• 1878, March 2. " forced out.
• 1878, July 28. Gonzalez elected president.
• 1878, Sept. 2. " overthrown.
• 1879, Feb. 27. General Guillermo took over.
• 1879, Dec. 6. " " overthrown.
• 1880, Sept. 1. Padre Merino, president.
• 1882, Sept. 1. General Ulises Heureaux ELECTED!
• 1884, Sept. 1 General Billini inaugurated.
• 1885, May 16. " " resigned.
• 1887, Jan. 6. Heureaux elected again.

• p. 23. Culmination of Welles' attack on Toussaint is the allegation that he personally assaulted Spanish women. This seems quite implausible.
• p. 312 ff. story of J.W. Fabens and William J. Cazneau and they phony immigration plan for American freed slaves.
• p. 323 ff. Story of Seward/Johnson Administration (1866) to get Samana Bay.
• p. 333. Terminated when U.S. purchased Virgin Islands from Demnark.
• p. 338 Quote from Sec. of State Seward that alienation of Samana was more in D.R.'s interest than U.S. interest. (1867). Probably true!
• p. 370 lead about July 1869 NY Herald was publishing articles in favor of U.S. annexation of D.R. Grant wanted it.

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