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Created1869-05-06
Description
This is a cedula, or an ID card, that belonged to a Chinese settler. Havana, 1869.
Created1874
Description
These are two death certificates that were issued for two Chinese settlers. The first one was signed on October 12, 1874, and pertained to a young girl named Brigida Fuentes who was the daughter of a Chinese settler named Celestina Fuentes. The second certificate was signed on October 5, 1874, and pertained to an unknown person. Havana.
Created1874-10-10
DescriptionThis is a death certificate that was written for a Chinese settler who died on October 10, 1874. Havana.
Created1898-08-26
DescriptionThis is a certificate that granted permission for the cadaver of Alan, a Chinese settler who had died on August 25, 1898, to be buried in the Cristobal Colon Cemetery on August 26, 1898. Havana.
Created1874
DescriptionThese are 28 death certificates that were issued for deceased Chinese colonists in Havana at the Real Hospital de Caridad de San Felipe y Santiago in 1874. Havana.
Created1892-06-07
Description
This document pertains to an official permission that was granted to allow for a Chinese settler to be buried in the Cemetery of Colon. Havana, 1892.
Created1898-08-26
DescriptionThis document pertains to an official permission that was granted to allow for a Chinese settler named Aloy to be buried in the Cemetery of Colon. Havana.
Created1885
DescriptionThese letters detail investigations into illegal Chinese lotteries, including how the police should proceed and the names of people who were interviewed in the proceedings.
Created1872-07-10
DescriptionThis is a certificate that was issued for a Cuban businessman, named Bartolome, which granted him permission to renew the work contracts of thirteen of his Chinese workers who had just completed their work contracts with him. Havana, 1872.
Created1872-09-25
Description
These requests for a passport were written on behalf of a Cuban man named Guillermo Midlestein who was planning to travel to the United States accompanied by his Chinese colonist named Pio. Guillermo had applied for a passport for Pio, but his request was denied. In these documents he sought permission from local government officials to expedite a passport for Pio, so that the two of them could sail to the United States aboard the Spanish ship "Argo" the following morning. 1872.