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“Li Kuo Ching, Form of Chinese Certificate,” 1916, Chinese Exclusion Act case files, RG 85, National Archives-Seattle, Li Kuo Ching case file, Seattle Box 236, file 4725/3-4.

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NYT off to China to study Soy Bean.pdf
New York Times runs a page-length report on Yamei Kin's trip to China to study soy food on USDA's behalf to alleviate the meat shortage of the U.S. during World War I.

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handwritten copy of Chinese Exclusion Act

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Lee Jin Yee (Ruth Lee) age 5 years, 4 months old; The application was signed by her father, Lee Chun Yuen. They were living at 4427 2nd St., Portland, Oregon.

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On 12 September 1908, Quan Foy was advised that on 8 May 1908, the Bureau of Immigration with the approval of the Department of Commerce and Labor he was granted thirty days annual leave of absence and two hundred and twenty days leave without pay to…
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