Section of letter from AWL

noyes_c_cor_876.pdf

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Title

Section of letter from AWL

Subject

Chinese Americans; Population; Immigrants

Description

This letter discusses Chinese populations in San Francisco and specifically mentions Consul (Frederick) Bee who helped Chinese people immigrate to the United States. It mentions that there might be 25,000 Chinese people in San Francisco (although those numbers seem low). Since the last restriction, Chinese people have been going home and prices have been going up.

Creator

Loomis, A. W.

Source

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

n.d.

Contributor

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

Format

PDF

Language

eng (English)

Type

Text

Identifier

noyes_c_cor_876

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Text

P.S. I am writing all this
as you see, in great haste_
It has seemed to me that [u]pos[/u]
[u]sibly[/u] the figures of Consul Bee
are rather low - it may be
there are 25,000, Chinese in
San Francisco - or 22,000 as
stated in another place
but surely not over 25,000
_ Ever sinse the last Res-
triction ctct Chinese have
been going home, but [u]not[/u] [u]one[/u]
[u]coming[/u] except [?officials?] &
merchants _____
I dread exaggeration. Whether
on one side of the other - &
therefore wish I had more
time to look up statistics
Chinese have been leaving
places in the interior, & those
who once employed them
have great difficulty to get

Chinese labor - & prices have
advanced in every class of
labor
If I can aid you in
any way remember that
I am Yours
to command
AWL

If I find other pamphlets
that may help you I will
send them

Citation

Loomis, A. W., “Section of letter from AWL,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed March 28, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/951.

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