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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06232.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Chinatown declared a nuisance! |
| Date | 1880 |
| Author | Workingmen's Party of California |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Politics Immigration and Migration Asia Democratic Party Republican Party President Health and Medical Epidemic Government and Civics Infrastructure |
| People | Workingmen's Party of California Kalloch, Isaac Smith (1832-1890) |
| Place written | San Francisco, California |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics; Health & Medicine |
| 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 |