Letter to the Commissioner General of the Bureau of Immigration from Lura Rugg

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Description

This letter is a request for the papers related to Edgar Guttridge’s entrance into the United States. It is part of a file of correspondence between USIS and the Department of Child Labor from 1909-1912.

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

National Archives Identifier: 16494973

Full Citation: Letter to the Commissioner General of the Bureau of Immigration from Lura Rugg; 9/12/1912; 52599/35; Correspondence – Immigration Service and Department of Child Labor, 1910 – 1912; Subject and Policy Files, 1893 – 1957; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-commissioner-general-bureau-immigration-lura-rugg/, April 2, 2026]

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