Letter from Office of Chinese Inspector to Commissioner-General of Immigration

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Description

This letter referenced the Supreme Court decision upholding the government’s case against Sing Tucketal. It comes from a file on habeas corpus court cases involving Chinese immigrants. This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2015 Summer Workshop in Washington, D.C.

Citation

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

National Archives Identifier: 23835759

Full Citation: Letter from F. W. Berkshire, Officer in Charge at the Office of Chinese Inspector in Malone, NY, to the Commissioner-General of Immigration; 4/26/1904; Chinese 14978/1B; Chinese General Correspondence, 1898 – ca. 1911; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives at Washington, D.C.. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-office-chinese-inspector-commissionergeneral-immigration/, March 31, 2026]

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