Letter from the Commissioner General of Immigration about Emmeline Pankhurst

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Description

Anthony Caminetti, Commissioner General of Immigration, sent this ltter to Louis A. Culliver. It is an example of the response letters sent by the Commissioner General to those who wrote to him regarding Emmeline Pankhurst’s case for admittance to the United States.

Caminetti says that Pankhurst would be treated just as any other person requesting admission to America. It comes from an appeal of English suffragette Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst for admittance.

Citation

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

National Archives Identifier: 18503995

Full Citation: Copy of a Letter Sent by Anthony Caminetti, Commissioner General of Immigration, to Louis A. Culliver; 10/16/1913; 51728/017; Appeal of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst for admittance for visit, English Suffragette; Subject and Policy Files, 1893 – 1957; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/commissioner-general-immigration-about-emmeline-pankhurst/, April 4, 2026]

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