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Created1866
DescriptionCertifies that Ventura, a Chinese settler, completed an eight-year-contract with his employer, Agustin Ferran.
Created1865
DescriptionAn identity card, or cedula, for Ventura, originally from Lo Koien. Ventura was thirty years old when this card was issued.
Created1865
Description
This is an example of a type of cedula that was issued for domiciled Chinese settlers and Yucatecs, and this cedula in particular was issued for a Chinese settler named Santiago. Santiago was 34 years old at the time that this cedula was issued for him, and he was employed as a fieldworker for Agustin Ferran. Other details regarding his origin in China as well as basic physical descriptions were included in the document. 1865.
