Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785
Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785

Author: David Dobson

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2011-03-15

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0820340782

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Before 1650, only a few hundred Scots had trickled into the American colonies, but by the early 1770s the number had risen to 10,000 per year. A conservative estimate of the total number of Scots who settled in North America prior to 1785 is around 150,000. Who were these Scots? What did they do? Where did they settle? What factors motivated their emigration? Dobson's work, based on original research on both sides of the Atlantic, comprehensively identifies the Scottish contribution to the settlement of North America prior to 1785, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century.

The McGillivray and McIntosh Traders
The McGillivray and McIntosh Traders

Author: Amos J. Wright

Publisher: NewSouth Books

Published: 2007-02-28

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1603060146

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Amos Wright unveils exhaustive research following two extended Scottish clans as they made their way across the ocean to the American frontier. Once they arrived, the two families made an impact on the colonials, the British, the French, the Spanish, and the American Indians. Some of the Scots were ambitious traders, some were representatives for the Indians, some were warriors, and one ended up as a chief. This annotated history delves into the harsh and often violent lives of Scottish traders living on the frontier of colonial America.

Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785
Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785

Author: David Dobson

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2004-07-06

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0820326437

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Before 1650, only a few hundred Scots had trickled into the American colonies, but by the early 1770s the number had risen to 10,000 per year. A conservative estimate of the total number of Scots who settled in North America prior to 1785 is around 150,000. Who were these Scots? What did they do? Where did they settle? What factors motivated their emigration? Dobson's work, based on original research on both sides of the Atlantic, comprehensively identifies the Scottish contribution to the settlement of North America prior to 1785, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century.