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2 stories matching lees

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:lee, leeson, leester, leed, leee, leeh

  1. The Forced Deportation of Mrs. Lee Fook Bow

    Customs officials seized the steamer Umatilla to enforce a federal court order, ultimately compelling the shipping company to return a Chinese woman to China under the restrictive immigration laws of 1892.

    Jul 24, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyExclusion & Resistance

  2. A Family Separated by the Exclusion Act

    A local woman, born in the U.S., faces deportation to China after visiting her dying mother in Victoria.

    Jun 28, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyCity Hall · Exclusion & Resistance

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