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PUBLISHED
[United States] : The University of North Carolina Press : Made available through hoopla, 2014
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781469620626 (electronic bk.) MWT11710209, 1469620626 (electronic bk.) 11710209
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Meyer addresses himself principally to two questions. Why did many thousands of Scottish Highlanders emigrate to America in the eighteenth century, and why did the majority of them rally to the defense of the Crown. . . . Offers the most complete and intelligent analysis of them that has so far appeared.--William and Mary QuarterlyUsing a variety of original sources -- official papers, travel documents, diaries, and newspapers -- Duane Meyer presents an impressively complete reconstruction of the settlement of the Highlanders in North Carolina. He examines their motives for migration, their life in America, and their curious political allegiance to George III
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