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TitleA letter to the Chinese Inspector in Charge from the Inspector assigned to investigate Jew Goon Jing’s case, summing up the entire investigation process and the outcome of it [page 1 of 2].
NameJew, Goon Jing (Associated name); 趙, 貞彦 (Associated name)
Date Issued1913-10-15
SubjectChinese Exclusion Act (1882), Chinese Americans, Immigrants, Jew, Goon Jing, 趙貞彦, United States--Emigration and immigration
NoteLii Yuen Sooy (Box 94, Case 14, 1157) and Jew Goon Jing (Box 247, Case 47, 206); Chinese exclusion acts case files, 1880-1960; Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration – Northeast Region (New York).
Genrecorrespondence
Extent (Original item)1
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3CJ8CD0
LanguageEnglish
Data Life Cycle Event(s)
   Type: Digital exhibition
   Label: Chinese Exclusion in New Jersey: Immigration Law in the Past and Present
   Date: 2012
   Curator: Urban, Andy
   Curator: Delaney, Pat
   Curator: Lopez, Aldo
   Curator: Kushner, Aviva
   Curator: Robinson, Stephen
   Name: Lii Yuen Sooy and Jew Goon Jing
Additional Detail(s)
Type: Exhibition section
Name: Lii Yuen Sooy and Jew Goon Jing
Detail: Chinese immigrants to the United States faced many hardships during the early-twentieth century. Many did not speak the language and faced prejudice and suspicion over whether they would be able to assimilate. The Chinese faced many unfair practices that restricted their ability to enter the country, or did not allow them to return if they left.

As merchants however, Lii Yuen Sooy and Jew Goon Jing could use their class position and connections with prominent white Americans in order to prove their permitted status. Lii, for example, provided a letter from James Seymour, the Mayor of Newark, stating that he was a “highly respected merchant and resident” of the city.

Prior to coming to Newark, Jew Goon Jing resided in Havana, Cuba. Many Chinese immigrants who ended up in the New York City area came from Cuba, where a large Chinese community existed. In the 1850s, sugar planters in Cuba brought Chinese “coolies” – contracted laborers indentured to plantations – to the island. By the end of the nineteenth century, however, a more economically diverse Chinese community had developed in Cuba, and Havana’s “El Barrio Chino” was one of the largest Chinatowns in Latin America.
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Type: Exhibition caption
Name: A letter to the Chinese Inspector in Charge from the Inspector assigned to investigate Jew Goon Jing’s case, summing up the entire investigation process and the outcome of it [page 1 of 2].
Detail: When Jew Goon Jing’s applied for a return certificate allowing him to visit China there was an intense investigation that took place to determine the legitimacy of his claim to being a merchant. Jew, Willie Hung (the manager of the firm Sun May Lee & Co.), and three “reputable” white businessmen who shared the building with the firm that employed Jew, were interviewed and all gave sworn statements in regard to his status as a merchant. This was to determine that Jew was not a laborer, which would have barred him from reentering the United States after his visit to China.
CollectionChinese Exclusion in New Jersey: Immigration Law in the Past and Present
RightsThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs use of this work. You may make use of this resource, with proper attribution, in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
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