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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09518.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | Letter from James Manahan to A. G. Johnson regarding the immigration bill |
| Date | 15 January 1914 |
| Author | Manahan, James (1866-1932) |
| Recipient | Johnson A. G. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Manahan's reply to Johnson's telegram that he oppose the literacy test of the Burnett immigration bill. Agrees that the test unfairly discriminates against immigrants. "You know as well as I do that if the rabid restrictionists of our country had had their way in the days gone by we would not have been here today." |
| Subjects | Immigration and Migration Government and Civics |
| People | Manahan, James (1866-1932) Johnson A. G. (fl. 1914) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Letter from Frederick Clement Stevens to A. G. Johnson regarding the immigration bill Letter from George Ross Smith to A. G. Johnson regarding the immigration bill W. B. Wilson to A. G. Johnson regarding the Burnett Immigration Bill |