Oong Arshowe arrived in Boston in 1847 with an American family. He opened a tea store at 22 Union St in 1850. Then he had stores in couple cities including this one Bangor Maine in 1869.
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA541287712sid=googleScholarv=2.1it=rlinkaccess=absissn=10517642p=AONEsw=wuserGroupName=nysl_owebisGeoAuthType=trueaty=geo The First Chinese in Maine: https://swhpl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/12696 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03 ...