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'''Ah Quin''' ({{Circa|1848}} – 1914) was a Chinese-American who kept a detailed diary of his experiences in English and Chinese for more than 25 years, between 1877 and 1902. The diary, contained in 11 volumes, is a rare primary document that chronicles the Chinese experience in nineteenth-century America, during the "Age of Chinese Exclusion".{{Cite web|url=https://sandiegohistory.org/event/introducing-the-ah-quin-family/|website=San Diego History Center|title=Introducing the Ah Quin Family: The First Chinese Family in San Diego’s Early Chinatown|date=May 10, 2022|access-date=April 17, 2026}} |
'''Ah Quin''' ({{Circa|1848}} – 1914) was a Chinese-American who kept a detailed diary of his experiences in English and Chinese for more than 25 years after coming to the United States, between 1877 and 1902. The diary, contained in 11 volumes, is a rare primary document that chronicles the Chinese experience in nineteenth-century America, during the "Age of Chinese Exclusion".{{Cite web|url=https://sandiegohistory.org/event/introducing-the-ah-quin-family/|website=San Diego History Center|title=Introducing the Ah Quin Family: The First Chinese Family in San Diego’s Early Chinatown|date=May 10, 2022|access-date=April 17, 2026}} |
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==Early life and military career== |
==Early life and military career== |
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Ah Quin was born on December 5, 1848 in China, in a village in the Hoiping (Kaiping) District of Guandong Province.{{Cite web|url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/archivalcollections/ms209/|website=San Diego History Center|title=MS 209 Ah Quin Diary Collection|access-date=April 18, 2026}} |
Ah Quin was born on December 5, 1848 in China, in a village in the Hoiping (Kaiping) District of Guandong Province.{{Cite web|url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/archivalcollections/ms209/|website=San Diego History Center|title=MS 209 Ah Quin Diary Collection|access-date=April 18, 2026}} He was the eldest of three siblings.{{cite web |last1=Soo |first1=Cyndie |title=SD 101: Introducing the Ah Quin Family: The First Chinese Family in San Diego's Early Chinatown|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUnfi9XAktM|website=youtube.com |publisher=sandiegohistory|format=video |date= May 10, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2026}} |
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When the Marquis de Lafayette returned to France in December of 1781, George Augustine Washington resumed duty with the Commander-in-Chief’s military guard. Ill health forced him to give up his military duties again in the spring of 1782. He was plagued by illness, probably [[tuberculosis]], throughout much of his adult life.{{Cite web|url=http://bushrod.washingtonpapers.org/node/1263|website=The Papers of Bushrod Washington|title=George Augustine Washington (ca. 1759-1793)|access-date=October 3, 2025}} {{sfn|Chernow|2010|p=464}} |
When the Marquis de Lafayette returned to France in December of 1781, George Augustine Washington resumed duty with the Commander-in-Chief’s military guard. Ill health forced him to give up his military duties again in the spring of 1782. He was plagued by illness, probably [[tuberculosis]], throughout much of his adult life.{{Cite web|url=http://bushrod.washingtonpapers.org/node/1263|website=The Papers of Bushrod Washington|title=George Augustine Washington (ca. 1759-1793)|access-date=October 3, 2025}} {{sfn|Chernow|2010|p=464}} |
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