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- Member of: Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents From the James and Ana Melikian Collection
Created1887-09-28
DescriptionA receipt for a tobacco purchase that was made at a Cuban tobacco business called "La Flor de China Tabaqueria de Luis Vignon Ojeda" in Guatanamo.
Created1869-08-04
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A contract between Manuel, a Chinese settler, and Gabriel Vivo y Fuentes. The contract was to last for a year and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Manuel completed a contract with Dona Lorna previously. Manuel did not negotiate or sign the contract as the signature stipulates that someone else signed for him. Signed by Vivo y Fuentes, the governor, and two witnesses.
Created1865-07-22
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A contract between Julian, a Chinese settler, and Valentin de la Villa. The contract was to last for a year and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Julian did not negotiate or sign the contract as the signature stipulates that someone else signed for him. Signed by Manuel, Valentin de la Villa, Jose Lope Francas, Guillermo Manuel Gomez.
Created1861
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A complaint filed by Francisco Orta in the name of three Chinese settlers, Francisco, Manuel, and Pablo, concerning their contracts.
Created1858-03-01
DescriptionList of Chinese settlers who ran away from their owners and were later captured. After capture, they were held in the Municipal Slave Deposit in Santa Maria del Rosario. Their names, ages, and nationality are listed along with the dates of their escape and capture.
Created1806-04-02
DescriptionRelates the marriage restrictions that were imposed in all of the settled communities. Several mixed marriages were either suspended or annulled by the government and the churches.
Created1945
DescriptionA letter from Chee Kung Tong, the Chinese Republican Party, and its President Pastor Lau, in Guantanamo, Cuba to the governor of the Province of Oriente. It details the paperwork needed to export certain goods.
Created1946-09-22
DescriptionReport detailing a meeting of the Hoy Yin Kong Sol, concerning celebrating their election and discussions of the laws of the delegation in Guantanamo.
Created1950
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Letter from the President of Min Chih Tang, the Chinese Democratic Party's Guantanamo Delegation to the Governor of the Orient Province at the Provincial Palace of the Orient in Santiago. While not included in this document, the letter states that Rastor Law was sending their certificates from 1949 and 1950, a sheet detailing the movements of their funds, their economic state, and a list of related associations.
Created1950-07-09