Letter to the Honorable Oscar Straus from Colonel John Irish

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Description

In this letter, John Irish stated the difference between admitting alien immigrants from Europe that do not depend on evidential documents and existing immigrants from China. It comes from a file about Colonel John Irish and the port of San Francisco.

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Citation

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

National Archives Identifier: 23835487

Full Citation: Letter to the Honorable Oscar Straus from Colonel John Irish; 3/1/1907; 14610-III-C; Chinese General Correspondence, 1898 – ca. 1911; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-straus-irish-2/, April 3, 2026]

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