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Tomás Estrada Palma Correspondence, Documents, and Pamphlet, July 24, 1895-February 12, 1902.

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Box 1, Folders 11-13
Abstract:
Includes documents concerning the Cuban Revolutionary Party, which was at that time and under Palma's direction decamping from its exile in New York, as well as notes of gratitude by Palma sent to American functionaries and veterans of the war in English, and correspondence concerning finances between Palma and James McDermott of Philadelphia. Palma makes reference to the increasing tensions between the U.S. and Cuba concerning the extent of Cuban sovereignty. Two empty envelopes addressed to McDermott, and an 1896 pro-independence pamphlet out of New York (in Spanish) entitled La Invasion de Occidente, or "The Invasion of Western Cuba," detailing Spanish military movements from 1895-96, and written by Palma, are present. Cuban-American Legion of Honor, Spanish-American War, U.S.-Cuba relations, Puerto Rico. Partial geographical list: Havana/Habana (Cuba), New York, Washington (D.C.), Philadelphia (Pa.).
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19 items

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