The magazine of American history with notes and queries . in the discovery,the same feeling did not prevailelsewhere. The people of Cuba, andespecially of Havana, resentedit, and the King of Spain ap-pointed Sefior Antonio LopezPrieto, an historical scholar ofeminence in Havana, to proceedto Santo Domingo and investi-gate the matter with the Spanishconsul. After some delay thesetwo gentlemen examined thecase at the College of San LuisGonzaga on January 2, the more thorough examina-tion of the box at this timethere was found among themould at the bottom of the casea small plate, which,
The magazine of American history with notes and queries . in the discovery,the same feeling did not prevailelsewhere. The people of Cuba, andespecially of Havana, resentedit, and the King of Spain ap-pointed Sefior Antonio LopezPrieto, an historical scholar ofeminence in Havana, to proceedto Santo Domingo and investi-gate the matter with the Spanishconsul. After some delay thesetwo gentlemen examined thecase at the College of San LuisGonzaga on January 2, the more thorough examina-tion of the box at this timethere was found among themould at the bottom of the casea small plate, which, on beingcleansed, proved to be of silver, with two screw-holes, by which it had evi-dently been at one time affixed to the case by means of the iron this silver plate there were inscriptions on both sides. One side reads(as given on the next page) : Ua pte de los rtos del pmer Alte D Cristoval Colon, Desr. (A Part [or as Sefior Tejera thinks Ultima, that is, Last Part] of the Re-mains of the first Admiral, Dn Christopher Columbus, Discoverer.). COFFER AND BONES. 1 Do existen depositadas las Cenizas de Cristobal Colon? por D. Jose de Echeverri. , p. 11. WHERE ARE THE REMAINS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ? 13 The other side had U Sefior Lopez Prieto drew up a report in which his rich store of printedand manuscript matter enabled him to throw much light on the existence ofthe remains of Columbus at Santo Domingo. He addressed his report, orInforme, to Don Joaquin Jovellar, Captain-General of Cuba, and employedhis talent to attack the authenticity of the remains found in 1877. The Spanish Government, also, as Mr. Harrisse assured us, on receivingintelligence of the discovery at Santo Domingo, forbade the copying of any *&
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