Skip to main content

Ah Gow et. al. v. James Carroll. Exhibit A

Petition Date

October 11, 1888

Earliest Record Date

October 11, 1888

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • Port Townsend, Washington

People

  • Gow, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Chong, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Lum, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Cuoy, Lum (Petitioner)
  • Chang, Chung (Petitioner)
  • Long, Ling (Petitioner)
  • Chock, Gen (Petitioner)
  • Woo, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Suoy, Say (Petitioner)
  • John, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Chuck, Ah (Petitioner)
  • See, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Gong, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Hong, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Chong, Gee (Petitioner)
  • Kong, Hong (Petitioner)
  • Chuy, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Hay, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Gay, Wing (Petitioner)
  • Wah, Sin (Petitioner)
  • Poy, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Yook, Chen (Petitioner)
  • Hong, Lum (Petitioner)
  • Wing, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Nam, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Suoy, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Greng, Chung (Petitioner)
  • Ming, Chew (Petitioner)
  • Wai, Ah (Petitioner)
  • Carroll, James (Defendant)
  • Ashton, James M. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Chapman (Attorney petitioner)
  • Mitchell (Attorney petitioner)
  • Allyn, Frank (Judge)
 

Cusom-House, Port Townsend, W. T.,

Collector's Office, Oct 11, 1888.

"Exhibit A
2443

Captain James Carroll

Master of Steamship "Ancon" Port Townsend WT

Sir:

The Chinese Exclusion Act of Congress approved by the President on the 1st instant prohibits the landing of Chinese laborers who have departed from United States territory. Therefore the landing of all Chinese laborers now on the "Ancon" will not be permitted at this port, or any other port of this district

Respectfully

Quincy A. Brooks

Collector of Customs

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Ah Gow et. al. v. James Carroll. Exhibit A.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0104.004

Back to top