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Title: Hung Shun Tong Manuscript (Organizational), 1886
Alternative Title: Hong Mun Tong Manuscript, 1886 [1987.35.160]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1886
Contributing Institution: Placer County Museums Division
Collection: California Revealed from Placer County Museums Division
Rights Information: Public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: The Hung Shun Tong manuscript is a handwritten booklet including the organizational rules, rituals, instructions, discipline, and secret signals between members of the Hung Shun Tong (also known as the Society of Heaven and Earth).
This manuscript was written in 1886 with Cantonese dialect and is an early primary source documenting the organization of this Chinese secret society and its operation in northern California in the 19th century.
Type: text
Format: Original
Booklet
Extent: 3 1/10 x 4 3/5 in.
118 Pages of 118
Identifier: caaupmd_000010
1987.35.160
ark:/13960/t6p08br15
Language: Chinese
Subject: Societies and clubs
Chinese Americans
Chinese Americans--Societies, etc
Chinese--California, Northern
Chinese, Secret Society
Chinese--California--History
Political activity
Religion
Time Period: 1880/1889
1886
Place: California, Northern
Provenance: Placer County Museums Division
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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