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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chinese -American reciprocity. (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chinese exclusion acts. (search)
Chinese exclusion acts.
The immigration of Chinese laborers to the Pacific coast of the UnitedChinese laborers to the Pacific coast of the United States began soon after the discovery of gold in California in 1849.
Within a few years their inf regulating or restricting the immigration of Chinese laborers, but it was not until 1879 that Cong ting treaty relations between this country and China.
In 1881 a treaty was effected and ratified between the United States and China, which provided that the government of the former should have egulate, but not prohibit, the importation of Chinese laborers.
Chinese merchants, travellers, andChinese merchants, travellers, and their servants, teachers, and students in this country were to enjoy the same rights as those vouc 2, however, Congress passed an act suspending Chinese immigration for a period of ten years. To e r a period not exceeding twelve months. Other Chinese persons—as students, travellers, merchants, s at once felt in the decreased immigration of Chinese laborers, which was now practically prohibite
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Chinese exclusion bill, veto of
See Arthur, Chester Alan.
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Conger, Edwin Hurd 1843-
Diplomatist; born in Knox county, Ill., March 7, 1843; graduated at Lombard University, Galesburg, Ill., in 1862; served in the 102d Illinois Regiment in the Civil War from 1862-65; and was brevetted major.
After the war he entered the Albany Law School, where he graduated in 1866; practised law in Galesburg, Ill.; and after 1868 was enagaged in banking and stockraising in Iowa.
He was State treasurer
Edwin Hurd Conger. of Iowa in 1882-85; member of Congress in 1885-91; and minister to Brazil in 1891-95, being reappointed to the latter post in 1897.
On Jan. 12, 1898, he was transferred to China, and served in Peking during the critical days of the Boxer uprising in 1900, and the subsequent negotiations for peace and the restoration of order in that country.
See China.