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acquired Puerto Rico in 1898, Córdova Dávila, knowing very little
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Dr. Loretta Phelps de Córdova, the wife of one of Córdova Dávila's descendants, has published information concerning Córdova Dávila's service as
Resident Commissioner. A series of Córdova Dávila's letters is being published under collaboration between Dr. Phelps de Córdova and the
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American soldiers brought back from the battlefields in Europe. While his children recovered, his wife died in October of that year, and he married his second wife, Patria Martínez, in 1919, with whom he became estranged over time.
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Well treated by his fellow students, all black, he completed his first year there as the only white student, before transferring to
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in 1904 and then served as judge of the municipal court of Manati from 1904 to 1908. He served as district attorney for
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