Head tax certificate for Chong Do Dang.
Title
Head tax certificate for Chong Do Dang.
Subject
Canada, history, law, immigration, Chinese head tax
Description
This document is a head tax certificate issued to Chong Do Dang, age 10. Once a Chinese migrant paid the required head tax, the individual would be issued a certificate like this one.
Creator
Sam (family) 1881
Source
Private (Sam family)
Publisher
Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=106579
Library and Archives Canada (LAC): https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/chinese-canadians/021022-119.01-e.php?&document_id_nbr=21&interval=9&q1=Document&page_sequence_nbr=1&&page_id_nbr=151&&&PHPSESSID=pmk61dd0si7oi8s3duvd85nf16
Date
11 February, 1922
Rights
Public domain
Sam (family)
Library and Archives Canada
Format
image file/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
MIKAN no. 106579
Original Format
paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Sam (family) 1881, “Head tax certificate for Chong Do Dang.,” Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2224.
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