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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09518.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | Letter from Frederick Clement Stevens to A. G. Johnson regarding the immigration bill |
| Date | 14 January 1914 |
| Author | Stevens, Frederick Clement (1861-1923) |
| Recipient | Johnson A. G. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Replies to Johnson's telegram of January 13, 1914 calling for Stevens to oppose the literacy test as part of the Burnett immigration bill. Agrees with Johnson that the bill should not pass and, "...if the provisions of the bill had been carried out during the early history of our State it would have kept out of the State many of our most useful citizens, both from this country and foreign lands." |
| Subjects | Immigration and Migration Government and Civics |
| People | Stevens, Frederick Clement (1861-1923) 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 James Manahan 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 |