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    trading/shipping port and the capital city. The island's name was changed to Porto Rico by the United States after the Treaty of Paris of 1898. The anglicized...
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  • Look up Porto Rico or Portorico in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Porto Rico is an old variant spelling of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of...
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    Military Government of Porto Rico (Spanish: Gobierno Militar de Puerto Rico), was a provisional military government in Puerto Rico that was established...
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    Royal Cédula of Graces of 1815, the name of Puerto Rico was translated into English as Porto Rico by the Spanish civil authorities overseeing the Royal...
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  • For other uses of Porto Rico see Porto Rico (disambiguation). Porto Rico, is a ghost town located in British Columbia. Porto Rico was settlement along...
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    The Insular Government of Porto Rico (Spanish: Gobierno Insular de Puerto Rico), known as the Insular Government of Puerto Rico after May 17, 1932, was...
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    lines in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s: Ward Line Clyde line Mallory Line Porto Rico Line Later the Clyde-Mallory Lines Agwilines Inc had offices in: New York...
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  • Balzac v. Porto Rico, 258 U.S. 298 (1922), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that certain provisions of the U.S. Constitution...
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    in Puerto Rico at least for a year. It took the group two years to meet these regulations, but in 1902 the First National Bank of Porto Rico was inaugurated...
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    the creation of the first body of native troops in Puerto Rico. On 30 June 1901, the "Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry" was organized. On 1 July...
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  • Argued: January 8–11, 1901; Decided: May 27, 1901 Huus v. New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co., 182 U.S. 392 (1901); Argued: January 11, 14, 1901; Decided:...
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  • de Porto Rico, Op. 31, is a musical composition for piano by American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk written from 1857 during a tour in Puerto Rico. Dedicated...
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    The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. 'Free Associated State of Puerto Rico') is an unincorporated territory...
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    September 21, 2017. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16,...
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  • 1910. The company was incorporated on November 15, 1900, as the South Porto Rico Sugar Company by German-American businessmen. In 1901, construction of...
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    September 21, 2017. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department, Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16,...
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    September 21, 2017. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16,...
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    Hispano Americana en Puerto Rico Parte VI" (in Spanish). Coqui.net. Retrieved September 19, 2007. "Last Spanish Ruler in Porto Rico Dies". Democrat and Chronicle...
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  • Civic Architecture in Porto Rico, 1920 Having been a Spanish possession until 1898, the system of local government in Puerto Rico bears more resemblance...
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    September 21, 2017. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16,...
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    base of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry (on January 15, 1899, the military government changed the name of Puerto Rico to Porto Rico and on May 17...
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    book Cuba and Porto Rico, Robert Thomas Hill listed jíbaros as one of four socio-economic classes he perceived existed in Puerto Rico at the time: "The...
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    The 1899 Puerto Rico census (Porto Rico was also used) was a national population census held in Puerto Rico and first under U.S. control by the U.S. Census...
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    of Ipojuca, where Porto de Galinhas lies, was established on November 12, 1895. According to history the town was called Porto Rico (Rich Port) until...
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  • Porto Rico, Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. List of municipalities in Paraná IBGE 2020 "Divisão Territorial...
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  • Railroad of Porto Rico Ponce and Guayama Railroad Ponce Light Company Railroad Porto Rico Railroad and Transportation Company Porto Rico Railway, Light...
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    September 21, 2017. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16,...
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    September 21, 2017. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16,...
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    September 21, 2017. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16,...
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    September 21, 2017. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16,...
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