Tracing Early Chinese Immigration into the United States: The Use of I.N.S. Documents

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• NARA-Phila 526C.
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• Ibid.
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• Ibid.
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• NARA-Phila 526C.
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• Ibid.
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• NARA-Phila 526C, (See affidavits taken in the fall of 1913. They were used as evidence in the spring 1914 hearings): Affidavit of William C. Foote, 15 October 1913, Affidavit of Joseph A. Mahon, 15 October 1913, Affidavit of Moy Soony, 15 October 1913 and Affidavit of Moy Ni Kee, 15 October 1913, Letter from Commissioner of Immigration, Philadelphia, 17 February 1914 and 16 April 1914 to Secretary, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.
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• NARA-Phila 526C, Letter-Office of the Commissioner of Immigration, Seattle, Washington to Commissioner of Immigration Glouchester City, New Jersey (Philadelphia Office) 25 September 1913.
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• NARA-Phila 526C, Letter-Office of the Commissioner of Immigration, Seattle, Washington to Commissioner of Immigration Glouchester City, New Jersey (Philadelphia Office) 25 September 1913. NARA-Phila 526C Interrogation Testimony, 11 September 1913 of Charles Handry and J.S. Sheldrake. Report by A.G. Benedict, Chinese Immigration inspector, Glouchester City, New Jersey, 11 September 1913 and 24 October 1913. Brief Argument and Petition filed by Albert H. Ladner, attorney of law on behalf of Moy Ni Kee to William H. Wilson, Secretary of Labor. Interrogation testimony of Moy Ni Kee, 28 May 1914. Letter to Moy Ni Kee from Commissioner of Immigration, 8, 23 June 1914. Letter, Inspector in Charge, Records and Maintenance Section, Office of the Commissioner, Angel Island, California to Commissioner of Immigration, Seattle, Washington.
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• NARA-Phila 526C, Interrogation Statement of Moy Ni Kee, 11 September 1913.
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• For more information, the researcher should contact the National Archives Field Branch in his region.
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• San Francisco: Microfilm publication M—1249: “Admiralty Case Files of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California,” “Selected Indexes to the Records of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts of Northern California, 1863–1927,” “Chinese Habeas Corpus Case Record Book, 1892–1893,” “Index to Chinese Habeas Corpus Cases in Admiralty, 1882–1906,” and “Index to Admiralty Cases, 1867–1921.”
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• Chicago: Correspondence of Chinese Division, 1893–1924 (Chicago Division); Chinese Case Files, 1899–1942 (St. Paul District).
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• Seattle: Chinese Case Files, 1890–1903 (Portland District); Directories and Registers of Chinese Landed and Business Firms, 1893–1903 (Portland District); Register of Chinese Applicants for Admission to Port Townshend and Tacoma, Applicants for Admission to Port Townshend and Tacoma, Washington, 1896–1903 and Astoria, Oregon, 1893–1903; U.S. District Court Records for Western District of Washington (Seattle).
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• New York: Chinese Case Files, 1921–1944.
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• Los Angeles: U.S. District Court Records. Other Field Branches of the National Archives are located in Kansas City, Missouri, Atlanta, Georgia, Fort Worth, Texas, Boston, Massachusetts and Denver, Colorado.
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