
Currency/Financial Documents
Various documents pertaining to money given to Chinese settlers in various situations.
Various documents pertaining to money given to Chinese settlers in various situations.
This document is a certification that the application for permanent residence in Cuba that was submitted by a Chinese settler named Pablo was approved. Instructions to expedite a carta de domicilio, or a residence card, for Pablo were written on the bottom of the page. Cardenas- 1866
This is a second labor contract that was shared between a Chinese settler, Aristoteles, and la Empresa del ferro carril, the railroad company; the term of the contract was for one year. 1868. Signed in Chinese.
Death certificate for Domingo Siere, a Chinese immigrant. He died in the Hospital of San Felipe y Santiago.
Death certificate for Antonio, a Chinese immigrant. He died in the Hospital of San Felipe and Santiago.
This is a check for a thousand pesos made out to Bustamante and Cardena. It was to be used to pay their workers their wages.
Records for the ship Alonso de Albuquerque, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Alianza. On this trip, the Alfonso de Albuquerque brought settlers from China to work.
Death certificate for a "free" asian settler. He died in el Hospital de San Felipe y Santiago. 1874.
Death certificate for Panteleon, a Chinese immigrant. He died in the Hospital de Saint Phillip and Saint James.
This is a death certificate for Ysidora, a Chinese settler. He died in the Hospital of Saint Philip and Saint James in Havana.