banner_logo.jpg (15534 bytes)  Arecibo Merchants In her Ph.D
dissertation (Princeton University, 1988), Astrid Cubano
compiled a list of merchants established in Arecibo, Puerto Rico
between the 1830s and 1880s.  In Appendix I, she listed 79
merchants, along with their national origin (when identified)
and the time period of their business activity in Arecibo. 
Transcribed below, with format modifications, is the list of the
medium and large scale merchants compiled by Cubano. Pedro Puig
y Amell, Spaniard, 1840s-50s Pedro Puig y Pi, Spaniard,
1840s-50s Francisco Coll, Spaniard, 1840s-50s Juan Borrás,
Spaniard, 1850s José Benito Huerta, Spaniard, 1850s-70s José
Puig y Amell, Spaniard, 1860s Fernando Ledesma, Spaniard,
1840s-80s Ignacio Coll, Spaniard, 1840s-50s Bernardo Huicy,
Spaniard, 1840s-50s Pablo José Curbelo, Spaniard, 1860s
Francisco Ulanga, Spaniard, 1840s-60s Agustin Goicuría Ulanga,
Spaniard, 1840s-50s Manuel Ortiz Latorre, Spaniard, 1830s-50s
Juan Ortiz Latorre, Spaniard, 1840s-50s Juan José Barrio