English: United States President James Garfield approved Angell Treaty of 1880 limiting Chinese immigration to the US. The text reads:"I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to my ratification of a treaty relating to Chinese immigration into the U.S. signed at Peking Nov. 17, 1880... JAMES A. GARFIELD (Signed), Washington May 9,1881. See Approving Treaty Limiting Chinese Immigration - A Rarity from James Garfield's Brief Presidency