1 10 2 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/73788b6e2e20cb18d21ab70f4182eb4c.jpg c35e8a2dd2252f392470526301dea33d https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/406511a5ab64894e215e6b5c756455ad.jpg 19a6a6ea2adbbe13bcbc26b020e0649d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from C.S. Crosby to Alfred E. Stearns, September 17, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.S. Crosby to Alfred E. Stearns, September 17, 1923 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from C.S. Crosby, immigration inspector, to Alfred E. Stearns informing Stearns of the reason for Chan Hin Cheung's detention and enclosing the last two paragraphs of Sec. 6 of the Chinese Exclusion Laws. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.S. Crosby Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 17, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource North Stratford, N.H. Sept.17, 1923 Alfred L. Steams, Prin. Andover Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Dear Sir: I am pleased to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 13th. inst., with Chinese Certificate 193/1922, favor Mr. Chan Hin Cheong enclosed, which I am returning registered mail to you this day. I note that you are at a loss to account for the authority by which this boy’s journey was interrupted. You, no doubt, realize that your camp is located very near the border and that Mr. Cheung boarded M.C. train at a border port. As Mr. Cheung did not have any proof whatsoever with him that he was lawfully admitted to the States, it was necessary for me to hold him for proper identification, which I endeavored to do in a respectful and considerate manner. For further information you will find, herewith, enclosed a copy of the last two paragraphs of Sec.6 of the Chinese Exclusion Laws, Act 1882-84, pertaining to Certificates of Identification.  last 2Baragraphs of Sec.6, Chinese Exclusion Laws, Act of 1882 - 1884. “ THE certificate provided for in this act, and the identity of the person named therein shall, before such person goes on board any vessel to proceed to the United States, be visaed by the indorsement of the diplomatic representives of the United States, in the foreign country from which such certificate issues, or of the consular representive of the United States at the port or place from which the person named in the certificate is about to depart; and such diplomatic representive or consular representives whose indorsement is so required is hereby empowered, and it shall be his duly, before indorsing such certificate as aforesaid, to examine into the truths of the statements set forth in said certificate, and if he shall find upon examination that said or any of the statements therein contained are untrue it shall be his duty to refuse to indorse the same. Such certificate visaed as aforesaid, shall be prime, facie evidence of the facts set forth therein, and shall be produced to the Chinese inspector in charge of the port in the district in the United States at which the person named therein shall arrive, and afterward produced to the proper authorities of the United States whenever lawfully demands- , and shall be the sole evidence permissible on the part of the person so producing the same to establish a right of entry into the United States; but certificate may be controverted and the facts therein stated disproved by the United States authorities.” C.S. Crosby Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hin-Cheung Chan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/069da4baf44e600ec18c6825b3843168.jpg 492be4321e668c3395e576f4e342e18a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1c033a6e0b729ac229498fbe99d3a78b.jpg 55486499d7e6a8e24793e6606a17fe5d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.S. Crosby, September 20, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.S. Crosby, September 20, 1923 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.S. Crosby, immigration inspector, inquiring, in response to the detention of Mr. Chan, how Chinese students studying in America are expected to meet all legal requirements and hold in possession all legal documents when their passports are often taken from them upon entering the country. Stearns wishes to take the matter up in Washington should it continue to occur. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 20, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource September 20, 1923 Mr. C.S.Crosby Inspector of Immigration North Stratford, N.E. My dear Sir: Thank you for your very courteous letter of September 17. Please that I have no intention whatever of criticizing you personally for your actions in connection with the detention of Mr. Chan. As I endeavored to make clear, I believed at the time, and still believe that you were doing exactly what you felt it was year duty to do under the circumstances and this belief was prompted by the exceedingly courteous way in which you dealt with the boy and with me at the time. What I cannot understand is how there Chinese students in the country, who are here legitimately and have complied with all the requirements of the law, are expected to act when, as in the cases of a number of them at least, the passports have been taken from them by the immigration inspectors when they first landed. I have dealt with these boys now for many years and have had something like one hundred of them as my personal wards over a period of twenty-five years duration. For nearly twenty years some of those boys have been with me almost annually at my camp at Connecticut lake. They have traveled all over the country without interference up to this time. I cannot help wondering, therefore, just what is expected of them by the United States authorities or whether, granting that the passports had been taken heretofore in a legitimate way, they should be expected to furnish official credentials which they cannot necessarily possess. My purpose in taking the matter up at headquarters in Washington should not in any sense reflect on your action in the case. I am merely seeking information which I evidently did not possess and by which these boys may be spared further and embarrassing annoyances in the future. I think you will agree what this is a perfectly proper position for me to take. Thank you for returning Chan’s certificate which arrived safely. Very sincerely yours. C.S. Crosby Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hin-Cheung Chan