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Created1872-01-25
DescriptionAn identity card, or cedula, for Fausto.
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Created1836
DescriptionAn identity card, or cedula, for Jacobo, originally from Jaum. Jacobo was thirty-five years old when this card was issued. He worked for eight years for Manuel B. Perez and Franco Iglesias.
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Created1864
DescriptionAn identity card, or cedula, for Leocadio, originally from Sanen. Leocadio was twenty-eight years old when this card was issued. He worked for eight years for Jose M. Criolo.
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Created1861-12-10
DescriptionAn identity card, or cedula, for Jacinto, originally from Macao. Jacinto worked for eight years for Franco Bustamante and Felipe Ruiz and Jose del Cuartas.
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Created1862
DescriptionThis is a cedula, or identity record, for a Chinese settler, Cascurio. He was twenty-four years old when this cedula was issues. He worked for eight years for Fransisco Javier Bernal.
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Created1864
DescriptionAn identity card, or cedula, for Sebastian. Sebastian was twenty-nine years old when this card was issued. He worked for M. de los Angelos.
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Created1869
Description
A contract between Melitin, a Chinese settler, and la Compania de Caminos de Hierro. The contract was to last for six months and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Notes that Melitin completed a contract previously. Signed by Manuel Barque and Melitin, who signed in

A contract between Melitin, a Chinese settler, and la Compania de Caminos de Hierro. The contract was to last for six months and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Notes that Melitin completed a contract previously. Signed by Manuel Barque and Melitin, who signed in Chinese.
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Created1861
Description
Death certificate for Mamerto, a Chinese settler, who died from injuries to his femur in Ingenio Santisima Trinidad. He worked for Mrs. Gabriel Garcia before his death and was buried in the cemetery of the Church of our Lady of Torque without having been baptized. His cedula, or identity card,

Death certificate for Mamerto, a Chinese settler, who died from injuries to his femur in Ingenio Santisima Trinidad. He worked for Mrs. Gabriel Garcia before his death and was buried in the cemetery of the Church of our Lady of Torque without having been baptized. His cedula, or identity card, is included and lists him as having worked for M.C. Blanca when he was given the cedula. He was brought from Macao to Cuba by Torrices, Puente and Company.
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Created1865
Description

Cedula or identity card for Ignacio, a Chinese settler. He lived in Soltero and worked for Pedro Ferran y Lauda.

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Created1861
DescriptionRecords for the ship Grey Hound, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente y Co. On this trip, the Grey Hound brought two hundred settlers from China to work for various employers.