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TYPE: Documents (Bound)
COMPONENTS: 4pg; not part of a bound book, just a 4pg "double" contract, that folds open.
NOTES: Double contract - this in and of itself makes it unique. The document (comprising two contracts really) bears four Chinese signatures and is in excellent condition.
LANGUAGE
Spanish Chinese
ITEM ID: 899

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Contract for Chinese Settlers (Double Contract)

DATE
Year: 1864

A double-contract Recontrata (i.e. two contracts joined together). Both joined contracts are signed by the Chinese individual and signed in Chinese by the interpreter. The Chinese “names” are longer than usual.