books.google.com - From George Washington's desire (in the heat of the Revolutionary War) for a proper set of Chinese porcelains for afternoon tea, to the lives of Chinese-Irish couples in the 1830s, to the commercial success of Chang and Eng (the "Siamese Twins"), to rising fears of "heathen Chinee," New York before Chinatown...http://books.google.com/books/about/New_York_Before_Chinatown.html?id=iD0-HX_DN6gC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareNew York Before Chinatown
