Title:

[Statement signed by Tom Pak's business associates]

Description:

August 30, 1902. On a separate page, seven business associates of Tom Pak's (whose photo is attached) attest to his honesty, to his association with the firm of Quong Wing Tai & Co. for more than a year, and to the fact that he has done no manual labor except as necessary for his business. (Note: the photograph of Tom Pak affixed to this document is identical to the one attached to the September 17, 1897 document described elsewhere, relating to Tom Back.) The seven signers of this document list their names, addresses in San Francisco, and the number of years each has known Tom Pak, as follows (business associations come from the 1902 Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory): F.F.G. Harper ( of Fred F.G. Harper, ship and custom house brokers and forwarding agents), 407 Washington St., over 15 years Morris Marcus (secretary and treasurer of S. Foster & Co.), 26 California St. (business address), 7 years J. J. Tobin (collector, The Call newspaper), San Francisco Call office (business address), 7 years W. H. Haines (agent for Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation), 401 Montgomery St. (business address), over 10 years Edward J. Bowes (with Shainwald, Buckbee & Co., real estate agents, house brokers, and auctioneers), 218-220 Montgomery St. (business address), over 6 years John A. Sampson (examiner of merchandise, U. S. Customs), Room 31, ns appr' [sic] Building, 10 years Samuel E. Loc [?], 118 Grand Avenue, 15 years

Contributing Institution:

California Historical Society