GUATIMALA, OR, THE UNITED PROVINCES OF CENTRAL AMERICA, IN 1827-8: BEING Sketches and MemoraNIUMS MADE DURING A TWELVE MONTHS' RESIDENCE IN THAT REPUBLIC. BY HENRY DUNN. NEW YORK: G. & C. CARVILL, BROADWAY. 1828. 5A 4338,27 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1860. Feb. 7. Southern District of New York, ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the thirty-first day of "Guatimala, or the United Provinces of Central America, in 1827-8; In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled “An FRED. J. BETTS, Clerk of the Southern District of New York. 8 Printed by Vanderpool & Cole. 39 CONTENTS. PAGE. &c. Customs and Manners,--Tobacco,--Morning Calls,- Occupations of a domestic Man,-Scenes in the Plaza,--Evening Parties,-Gambling,-Supersti- 63 State of Guatimala before the Revolution,-Causes which produced that Event,-Declaration of Inde- pendence,-Junction with Mexico,-General Con- gress, Publication of the Constitution,-Resour- ces,-Struggle between the Aristocracy and the People, Financial difficulties,-War of San Sal- |