Daniel Manning letter to Governor Watson C. Squire regarding enforcement of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, December 9, 1885
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- 1885
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Watson Carvosso Squire, 1838-1926, was an attorney, Civil War veteran, industrialist, and governor of Washington Territory from 1884-1887. In 1885, anti-Chinese riots began occurring in Tacoma and Seattle. This trouble peaked on February 8, 1886, when Squire declared martial law. Following his tenure as Governor, Squire served in the US Senate.
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Manning, Daniel, 1831-1887
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- University of Washington
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- University of Washington
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- pioneerlife
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- text
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- TextLetter (correspondence)Scanned from original text or image at 400 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006
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- Manning, Daniel, 1831-1887. Daniel Manning letter to Governor Watson C. Squire regarding enforcement of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, December 9, 1885. 1885. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/2885. (Accessed October 2, 2023.)
- APA citation style
- Manning, Daniel, 1831-1887, (1885) Daniel Manning letter to Governor Watson C. Squire regarding enforcement of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, December 9, 1885. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/2885
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- Manning, Daniel, 1831-1887. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/2885>.