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South American colony men who speak Spanish in New York
More than five hundred volunteers from New York’s Spanish speaking colony seek to aid Venezuela against British German fleets and other powers. Sefior Esteves records their names but cannot officially recognize American enlistment. The article details demographics, locales, consuls, and social life of about ten thousand Spanish speaking residents including Venezuelans, Chileans, Brazilians, and Mexicans in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Sefier Gonzales Esteves
United States
Macklin
Sefior Esteves
No. 17
State St
Esteves
Central America
Mexico
Cape Horn
England
Castro
Wall St
Pearl St
Broadway
Hanover Square
Pearl-st
Wall-st
Madrid
Caracas
E. Gonzales Esteves
Henry Wolf
Bolivia
A. F. Xavier
Brazil
Arturo de Brigad
Colombia
Adolf D. Straus
Nicaragua
Ernesto Schernikow
Salvador
Mariano Fabregas Sotelo
Spain
Argentine Republic
John C. Zimmermann
Produce Exchange
Costa Rica
Juan J. Ulloa
Beaver St
Ecuador
Victor M. Paymin
Guatemala
Joaquin Vela
Stone St
Honduras
N. Boiet-Perazza
New-st
Juan N. Navarro
Peru
Evaldo Tirado
Whitehall-st
Uruguay
Thomas C. Eddy
Broad-st
Cuba
José de Perignat
Paraguay
Felix Aucaigne
Chili
Frederico A. Beelen
West Eleventh St
Irving Place
Fourteenth
Seventeenth Sts
Hotel America
Westminster Hotel
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
South-st
Front-st
Frankfort-st
James-st
North River
South St
José Soares
Stock Exchange