Affidavits for Chinese American merchants and their relatives petitioning to enter the United States, 1888-1920

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Summary

Creators:
United States. District Court (California : Northern District)
Extent:
1 folder
Language:
English and Collection materials are in English, with some Chinese.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item, date]; Affidavits for Chinese American merchants and their relatives petitioning to enter the United States, MS 3129; California Historical Society.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains affidavits for Chinese American merchants and their male relatives, mostly sons, petitioning to enter or re-enter the United States, dated between 1888 and 1915, and filed in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Affiants include: Tom Back, Tom Soon, Hom Shung, Tom Pak, Ham Toon Fong, Hom Yee Look, Hom Kwon Cheong, Hum Ne Hong, and Ham Toon Fong.

Collection also includes a passport for Tom Yum; an affidavit filed in Austin, Nevada; a letter to the creditors of F.T. Kuranaga (1906 April 26); an agreement between H. Yamachicka and M. H. Thomas (1906 November 10); and a newspaper clipping documenting a Chinatown raid led by Donaldina Cameron.

Acquisition information:
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

California Historical Society collections have been transferred to Stanford University Libraries. Collections will be unavailable as Stanford accessions them and updates records. Please contact chscollection@stanford.edu with any inquiries.

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection, which were created between 1888 and 1920, are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item, date]; Affidavits for Chinese American merchants and their relatives petitioning to enter the United States, MS 3129; California Historical Society.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
chscollection@stanford.edu
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