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CHINESE SMALL COLLECTIONS

AH WAN

Document, 1860

1 item

This certificate records the marriage of Ah Wan, to Chow We in Columbia, California. 

In English.

COUNTY TREASURER, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON

Receipt Book, 1855-1865

1 volume

This volume lists liquor, billiards, and ferry and peddlers' licenses issued. also shows amounts received for Chinese miners' licenses during the Gold Rush period in southern Oregon. 

In English.

LEE KAN

Document, 1879

1 folder

Filed in the Fifteenth District Court of the City and County of San Francisco, this complaint by Lee Kan requests compensation for property and money confiscated by Matthew Nunan, who was then the sheriff of San Francisco. 

In English.

WONG FAMILY

Document, 1907

1 folder

This affidavit affirms that brothers Wong Hang Bow and Wong Hang Dong, both merchants, have a fixed place of business in Dutch Flat County, California.  It also attests that Wong Gung Fat is the minor son of Wong Hang Bow and desires to immigrate to the United States, and that his father will facilitate his journey and landing.  For related photographs, see Photo Group 72. 

In English.