Manahan, James, 1866-1932 to A.G. Johnson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09518.02 Author/Creator: Manahan, James, 1866-1932 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.8 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy
Manahan's reply to Johnson's telegram that he oppose the literacy test of the Burnett immigration bill. Agrees that the test unfairly discriminates against immigrants. "You know as well as I do that if the rabid restrictionists of our country had had their way in the days gone by we would not have been here today."
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