Scotch Irish In New England

Author : Henry Jones Ford
Publisher : Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scotch-Irish in America written by Henry Jones Ford and published by Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1915 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scotch-Irish in America tells the story of the Ulster Plantation and of the influences that formed the character of the Scotch-Irish people. The author commences with a detailed discussion of the events leading to the Scottish migration to Ulster in the seventeenth century, followed by an examination of the causes of the secondary exodus of these same "Scotch-Irish" to North America before the end of the century. Entire chapters are then devoted to the Scotch-Irish settlement in New England, New York, the Jerseys, Pennsylvania, and along the colonial frontier. Special chapters take up the role of the Scotch-Irish in the development of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., the Scotch-Irish in the American Revolution, and the role of the Scotch-Irish in the spread of popular education in America.

Author : Arthur Latham Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotch-Irish in New England written by Arthur Latham Perry and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James G. Leyburn
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807888915
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scotch-Irish written by James G. Leyburn and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dispelling much of what he terms the 'mythology' of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He discusses their life in Scotland, when the essentials of their character and culture were shaped; their removal to Northern Ireland and the action of their residence in that region upon their outlook on life; and their successive migrations to America, where they settled especially in the back-country of Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, and then after the Revolutionary War were in the van of pioneers to the west.

Author : Arthur Latham Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
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Download or read book Scotch-Irish in New England written by Arthur Latham Perry and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : ARTHUR LATHAM. PERRY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033498026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCOTCH-IRISH IN NEW ENGLAND written by ARTHUR LATHAM. PERRY and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jim Webb
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767922956
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Born Fighting written by Jim Webb and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and worldview were dictated by resistance, conflict, and struggle, and who, in turn, profoundly influenced the social, political, and cultural landscape of America from its beginnings through the present day. More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England’s Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters. Their cultural identity reflected acute individualism, dislike of aristocracy and a military tradition, and, over time, the Scots-Irish defined the attitudes and values of the military, of working class America, and even of the peculiarly populist form of American democracy itself. Born Fighting is the first book to chronicle the full journey of this remarkable cultural group, and the profound, but unrecognized, role it has played in the shaping of America. Written with the storytelling verve that has earned his works such acclaim as “captivating . . . unforgettable” (the Wall Street Journal on Lost Soliders), Scots-Irishman James Webb, Vietnam combat veteran and former Naval Secretary, traces the history of his people, beginning nearly two thousand years ago at Hadrian’s Wall, when the nation of Scotland was formed north of the Wall through armed conflict in contrast to England’s formation to the south through commerce and trade. Webb recounts the Scots’ odyssey—their clashes with the English in Scotland and then in Ulster, their retreat from one war-ravaged land to another. Through engrossing chronicles of the challenges the Scots-Irish faced, Webb vividly portrays how they developed the qualities that helped settle the American frontier and define the American character. Born Fighting shows that the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army). It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nation’s elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music. Both a distinguished work of cultural history and a human drama that speaks straight to the heart of contemporary America, Born Fighting reintroduces America to its most powerful, patriotic, and individualistic cultural group—one too often ignored or taken for granted.

Author : Charles Knowles Bolton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America written by Charles Knowles Bolton and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the emigration from Northern Ireland of persons of Scottish and English descent. Chapters are devoted to the Scotch-Irish settlements in Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, and Massachusetts and include valuable lists of early pioneers. In addition, considerable space is devoted to the redoubtable settlers of Londonderry, New Hampshire. The book's extensive appendices contain lists of great genealogical importance. Biographical information is to be met with throughout the volume.

Author : Nyal D. McConoughey
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1627871594
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New England Scotch-Irish written by Nyal D. McConoughey and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2015 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. L. Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780649297344
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotch-Irish in New England written by A. L. Perry and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur Latham Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330495483
Total Pages : 62 pages
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Download or read book Scotch-Irish in New England (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur Latham Perry and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scotch-Irish in New England Mr. President and Brethren of the Society - The Scotch-Irish did not enter New England unheralded. Early in the spring of 1718 Rev. Mr. Boyd was dispatched from Ulster to Boston as an agent of some hundreds of those people who expressed a strong desire to remove to New England, should suitable encouragement be afforded them. His mission was to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, then in the third year of his administration of that colony', an old soldier of King William, a Lieutenant-Colonel under Marlborough in the wars of Queen Anne, and wounded in one of the great battles in Flanders. Mr. Boyd was empowered to make all necessary arrangements with the civil authorities for the reception of those whom he represented, in case his report of the state of things here should prove to be favorable. As an assurance to the governor of the good faith and earnest resolve of those who sent him, Mr. Boyd brought an engrossed parchment twenty-eight inches square, containing the following memorial to his excellency, and the autograph names of the heads of the families proposing to emigrate: " We whose names are underwritten, Inhabitants of ye North of Ireland, Doe in our own names, and in the names of many others, our Neighbors, Gentlemen, Ministers, Farmers, and Tradesmen, Commissionate and appoint our trusty and well beloved friend, the Reverend Mr. William Boyd, of Macasky, to His Excellency, the Right Honorable Collonel Samuel Suitte, Goveruour of New England, and to assure His Excellency of our sincere and hearty Inclination to Transport ourselves to that very excellent and renowned Plantation upon our obtaining from His Excellency suitable encouragement. And further to act and Doe in our Names as his prudence shall direct. Given under our hands this 26th day of March, Anno Dorn. 1718." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.