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Congratulatory letter recognising citizenship, (1952)

Coloured textual source of letter showing written correspondence between Walter Edward Harris, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Ma, Quon On written on the 4th December 1952. In which Walter Edward Harris congratulated Ma on his recent…

Tags: 20th century, British Columbia, Canadian Citizenship, Changing attitudes, Chinatown, Chinese Immigrants, Chinese immigration, Citizenship, Cumberland, Immigrants, Immigration, Letter, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Official Correspondence, Walter Edward Harris

Blanshard to Earl Grey

This document, written in 1850, describes a very different situation at Fort Rupert then that of the previous source pertaining to this location. Richard Blanshard, Governor of Vancouver Island, sends a dispatch to London, notifying them of the death…

Tags: 19th century, British Columbia, Brutality, Colonial Relations, Conflict, Displacement, Fort Rupert, Gold Rush, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Relations, Official Correspondence, Racial Tensions, Settlers, Violence

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