Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País en Puerto Rico
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Issue of Diario Economico de Puerto Rico newspaper, 1814
The Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País en Puerto Rico (1813-1899) was a learned society in Spanish colonial San Juan, Puerto Rico, modelled after the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País in Spain.[1] The society published a newspaper, the short-lived Diario Económico de Puerto Rico (1814-1815),[2] and organized a library in 1843. Members included Alejandro Ramírez (a founder)[3] and Manuel Gregorio Tavárez.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Puerto Rico". World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. American Library Association. 1993. pp. 692+. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
- ^ "Diario Económico de Puerto Rico". Chronicling America: U.S. Newspaper Directory. Washington, DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "Galeria de Hombres Utiles: Alejandro Ramírez", Anales y Memorias de la Real Junta de Fomento y de la Real Sociedad Economica (in Spanish), Havana, Cuba, 4:6, pp. 56+, 1861
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico" (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
Bibliography[]
- María Teresa Cortés Zavala (2016). "La Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País en Puerto Rico y las practicas de la lectura en el primer Gabinete de Lectura". Revista Brasileira do Caribe (in Portuguese). 17. ISSN 1518-6784 – via Redalyc.org.
Categories:
- 1813 establishments in Puerto Rico
- 1899 disestablishments
- Defunct organizations based in Puerto Rico
- History of San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico stubs