Workingmen's Party of California Chinatown declared a nuisance!

GLC06232.03

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GLC#
GLC06232.03
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1880
Author/Creator
Workingmen's Party of California
Title
Chinatown declared a nuisance!
Place Written
San Francisco, California
Pagination
16 p. : Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 14 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
Immigration and Migration

Attacks both the Democratic and Republican Parties for not stopping Chinese immigration, but reserves special vitriol for Ulysses S. Grant. Includes notes from a Board of Health meeting describing sub-par living conditions and rampant disease. Part three includes an address by Mayor Kalloch on how to clean parts of the city using the Street Department and installing proper sewerage. Part four is an investigation of the anti-Chinese Council, the Workingmen's Party of California (W.P.C.). Lastly, a list of grievances in Chinatown.

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