U.S. Congress. House of Representatives Immigration Commission. Subcommittee on Northern Italy (etc.). Report, 1907, Section on Hamburg. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3V126DT
DescriptionBenjamin Franklin Howell (1844-1933) was a member of Congress from New Jersey. While in Congress, he served on the Immigration Commission Subcommittee on Northern Italy, which traveled around Europe, particularly Italy and Germany, documenting the laws affecting emigrants, their economic conditions and ways of life. This excerpt discusses emigration from Germany, particularly the conditions the subcommittee found at Hamburg. In this section they discuss the "Emigrant Hall" at Hamburg, the accommodations, and the disinfection and examination process the emigrants and their belongings were subject to.
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