Official Historian of Puerto Rico
In 1898, Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States after the Spanish American War in accordance with the Treaty of Paris. Brau continued to be politically active and on 1903 was named Official Historian of Puerto Rico by the U.S. appointed governor William Henry Hunt. He held this position until his death on November 5, 1912 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was interred in Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in Old San Juan.
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