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DescriptionThis is an identification card for Alejandro Eng and issued by the Center for Labor. Undated.
Created1945
DescriptionCarta de Ciudadania, or citizen card, for Hong Fat or Joaquín Hong. This is affirms his a citizen of Cuba. June 11, 1945.
Created1868-06-20
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Contract between Elias, a Chinese settler, and Lorenzo de Castanede. The contract was to last for six months and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Noted that Elias completed a contract with Sr. Marcos previously. Elias did not negotiate or sign the contract as the signature stipulates that someone else signed for him. Signed by Lorenzo de Castanedo and Vicente Sancho.
Created1861-05-08
DescriptionJustino Campbell transferred his contracts with several Chinese settlers in Cardenas and Matanzas to the Superior Civil Government so that these workers may obtain their cedulas or personal identity cards.
Created1880
DescriptionAn identity card, or cedula, for Santiago Auy, originally from Canton. He was 26 years old when this card was issued.
Created1987
DescriptionIdentification card for Wong Git issues in 1987. He was born in 1917 in China. He came to Cuba in 1948 and was a permanent resident of Cuba.
Created1871-02-16
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Neighborhood ID card (a cedula) that belonged to Benito Ramos, a Chinese settler.
Created1865
DescriptionThis is a neighborhood identity card (cedula) that belonged to a Chinese settler named Paulino. At the time that this ID was issued for him, Paulino was 32 years old, and in the process of completing his eight year labor contract as an indentured servant.
Created1865
DescriptionThis is a cedula or ID card for Joaquin, a Chinese settler, in 1865, listing how long he had been living in Cuba. He was hired for eight years by the Society of Immigration and contracted to a mining company.