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Francis M. Thompson miscellany : and a speech on Chinese immigrants in California, circa 1880-1916.
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Francis M. Thompson miscellany: and a speech on Chinese immigrants in California, circa 1880-1916Creator/Contributor:
Thompson, Francis M. (Francis McGee), 1833-1916, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Thompson, Francis Nims, 1872-1948Abstract:
Documents relate to the life of Francis M. Thompson, including a "Fort Square map" (in oversize folder) showing property of
Thompson and others; a resolution of the Franklin County Bar Association in his honor, a biographical sketch and related correspondence
between his son and the New England Historic Geneological Society, and paperwork relating to wills.
With the Francis Thompson miscellany is a speech by an unknown author read before the Professional Club [location unknown]
ca. 1880, regarding Chinese immigrants in California. This speech asserts that most are from Canton, and gives census and
other figures relating to Chinese in Calif.: land ownership, taxes, etc. The main focus of the speech is Chinese in California
organizing themselves into democratic social service "clubs" (i.e. Tongs) which provide room, board, mediation, care of the
sick, etc. Specific clubs listed: Yeung-Wo Co., Canton Co., Yan-Wo Co., Sze-Yap Co. and Ning Yeung Co. Pages from an unidentified
work listing rules of the Yeung-Wo Co. are attached. The author mentions that most Chinese are not slaves. The speech ends
with a summary of newspaper accounts of crimes by whites against Chinese, and compares abuses of the Chinese in California
to abuses of Africans in the south.
Date:
1880 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-maChinese -- California -- Social conditions
Chinese -- Crimes against -- California
Discrimination against Chinese
Social service -- California
Lawyers -- Massachusetts -- Biography
Tongs (Secret societies) -- California
Chinois -- Californie -- Conditions sociales
Chinois -- Crimes contre -- Californie
Service social -- Californie
Chinese -- Social conditions
Lawyers
Manners and customs
Social service
Tongs (Secret societies)
Guangzhou (China)
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Franklin County (Mass.)
Californie -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 19e siècle
California
China -- Guangzhou
Massachusetts
Massachusetts -- Franklin County
New England Historic Genealogical Society.
New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Thompson, Francis M. (Francis McGee) -- 1833-1916 -- Archives
Thompson, Francis M. (Francis McGee) -- 1833-1916
Note:
Francis M. Thompson, of Greenfield, Mass., was a Montana pioneer and later a judge for Franklin County (Mass.). His son, Francis
Nims Thompson, followed in his footsteps by serving as a Franklin County lawyer as well.
In English.
Preferred citation: Francis M. Thompson miscellany, BANC MSS 98/168 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyArchives.
Biographies.
Addresses.
Eulogies.
Physical Description:
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1 portfolio and 1 oversize folder (.1 linear ft.)
Language:
English