Title:

In Re. Ham Toon Fong, Native Born Citizens of the United States

Description:

Dec. 1907: A one-page typewritten legal document, headed "In Re Ham Toon Fong, Native Born Citizen of the United States," states that Ham Toon Fong was born in the U.S., a matter judged by proceeding no. 6835 in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Ham's photograph is said to be attached; it is not. The affidavit continues by saying that Ham returned to the U.S. in 1903 from China and was officially readmitted to the U.S. by the Commissioner of Immigration on September 10, 1903. Ham Toon Fong is about to make a visit to China and this affidavit is undertaken to facilitate his return to the U.S.. Ham Toon Fong's photograph, the notary public's official red seal, and a blue stamp indicating that Ham left San Francisco on the steamship Korea on December 10, 1907. The affidavit is signed by Ham Toon Fong and by Thomas S. Baines, Notary Public, as well as by Henry C. Kennah, Inspector for the U.S. Commission of Immigration.

Date:

Dec. 1907

Contributing Institution:

California Historical Society