Finding aid to Affidavits for Chinese American merchants and their relatives petitioning to enter the United States MS 3129

Marie Silva

California Historical Society

2018

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San Francisco, CA 94105

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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.

Conditions Governing Access

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.

General Note

Includes four reprints of a photographic copy of an original tin-type used for the identification of Ham Toon Fong.

General

Collection formerly titled Chinese and Japanese in California miscellany.

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.

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.

Conditions Governing Use

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