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  • Spain do Alcaldes cling to their enormous sleeves and wear plaited lawn ruffles about the magisterial throat, a good half of an

    A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

  • Eighteen Civil Governorships were created, and _Alcaldes'_ functions were confined to their judgeships; moreover, the Civil Governor was assisted by a Secretary, so that two new official posts were created in each of these provinces.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

  • The common people were the sufferers by this arrangement, for the Alcaldes of their own race cheated them without mercy, and were harder upon them than even their white rulers, just as on slave-estates a black driver is much severer than a white one.

    Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor

  • King of Castile, and that the Alcaldes at Ciudad Real may punish him.

    Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt

  • County Clerk of San Francisco, who was the custodian of the records of the office of the Alcaldes of San Francisco.

    History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra

  • The _Alcaldes_ practically monopolized the trade of their districts, unduly taking advantage of their governmental position to hinder the profitable traffic of the natives and bring it all into their own hands.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

  • A complete revolution in the ordinary state of affairs is taking place; both of our newspapers are discontinued from want of workmen and the loss of their agencies; the Alcaldes have left San Francisco, and I believe

    What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant

  • Alcaldes (mayors) of the Provincial Councils to solemnize marriages.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • Alcaldes, officials, and baronial rancheros -- all have gathered for this popular wedding.

    The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874

  • And this legitimate successor of the grave Mexican Alcaldes, having thus delivered his impartial opinion, rode away.

    The Story of a Mine Bret Harte 1869

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