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Affidavits for Chinese American merchants and their relatives
petitioning to enter the United States
MS 3129
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Affidavits for Chinese American merchants and their relatives petitioning to enter
the United States
Creator:
United States. District Court (California : Northern
District)
Identifier/Call Number: MS 3129
Physical Description:
1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1888-1920
Language of Material: Collection
materials are in English, with some Chinese.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.
Includes four reprints of a photographic copy of an original tin-type used for the
identification of Ham Toon Fong.
Collection formerly titled Chinese and Japanese in California miscellany.
[Identification of item, date]; Affidavits for Chinese American merchants and their
relatives petitioning to enter the United States, MS 3129; California Historical
Society.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chinese--California--San Francisco
Chinese--United States--Legal status, laws, etc
Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco
Chinese Americans--California--Legal status, laws, etc
Chinese Americans--Nevada--Austin
Legal documents