Pennsylvania
In the state of Pennsylvania, Chinese first arrived in eastern Pennsylvania in the 1840s from New Jersey and western Pennsylvania in the 1870s upon the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad to fill positions in the cutlery industry caused by labor disputes as in Massachusetts.
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Famous quotes containing the word pennsylvania:
“The Republican Party does not perceive how many his failure will make to vote more correctly than they would have them. They have counted the votes of Pennsylvania & Co., but they have not correctly counted Captain Brown’s vote. He has taken the wind out of their sails,—the little wind they had,—and they may as well lie to and repair.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The discovery of Pennsylvania’s coal and iron was the deathblow to Allaire. The works were moved to Pennsylvania so hurriedly that for years pianos and the larger pieces of furniture stood in the deserted houses.”
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)