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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
42012
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Rare Books
91859
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Manuscripts
This collection consists of 32 items related to Webster H. Wilkinson's law practice and to a case involving Bakersfield merchant Low Wah, his wife, and his son, Low See Tong, of Guangdong Province, China. Low See Tong was denied entry to the United States twice because his kinship to his father could not be proven. On the second occasion, he was detained at Angel Island for more than three months. The collection includes correspondence, a draft appeal, financial documents, notes, and a letter from Chinese American interpreter Chang Young, who requested a commission for his work on the case and noted his efforts to locate similar cases despite a temporary decline in incoming immigration matters. The correspondence includes letters between Wilkinson; Edward White, Commissioner of Immigration at Angel Island; and Warner Parker, an attorney in Washington, D.C. The collection also includes a case folder labeled "Low."
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