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- Member of: Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents From the James and Ana Melikian Collection
Created1860-09-27
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Records of business deals of the Society of Troncaso Bustamante, specifically relating to their hiring practices and the ages of their settlers. Relates their illegal hiring of settlers under the age of 14. Article 8 of the laws concerning the hiring of Chinese settlers stated that the hiring of people under the age of 14 was illegal.
Created1867-04-17
DescriptionReport detailing the regulations and laws concerning the burial of Chinese settlers and the efforts of the Commission led by Mateo Menudo to establish these laws.
Created1886
DescriptionLaws pertaining to the legal rights of of landowners living in a certain area and their obligations. This includes how owners are supposed to write their contracts with their Chinese workers, including informing them of their payment and the terms of their contracts.
Created1866
DescriptionThis is an oath of allegiance signed by a Chinese settler in order to become a natural citizen of Cuba. Signed in Chinese.
Created1873-09-17
DescriptionA death certificate for Luis, a Chinese immigrant. he died in the Royal Hospital of San Felipe y Santiago.
Created1872-05-26
DescriptionDeath certificate for Manuel de Teres, a Chinese immigrant. He died in the Royal Hospital of San Felipe y Santiago.
Created1890-06-28
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Death certificate for Nicolas Fang, a Chinese immigrant from Canton. He died in the Royal Hospital of San Felipe y Santiago.
Created1873-09-14
DescriptionDeath certificate for Juan Ruperto, a Chinese immigrant. He died in the Royal Hospital of San Felipe y Santiago.
Created1876-02-17
DescriptionDeath certificate for Felipe, a Chinese immgrant from Macao. He died at the Royal Hospital of San Felipe y Santiago.
Created1876-04-18
DescriptionDeath certificate for Cosme, a Chinese immigrant from Canton. He died in the Royal Hospital in San Felipe y Santiago.