Discoveries of America: Personal Accounts of British Emigrants to North America during the Revolutionary Era

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Author: Barbara DeWolfe

ISBN-10: 0521385423

ISBN-13: 9780521385428

Category: Peoples & Cultures - Biography

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A rare collection of letters written by British emigrants who came to North America shortly before the onset of the Revolutionary War.

ForewordPrefaceA Note on SelectionEditorial ProceduresIntroduction1Nova ScotiaNarrative of Charles Dixon38Letter of James Metcalf44Letter of Luke Harrison47John Robinson and Thomas Rispin, A Journey through Nova Scotia51Middle ColoniesLetters of James Whitelaw88Alexander Thomson, News from America108Letters of Hugh Simm122ChesapeakLetter of John Campbell149Letters of David Duff158Letter of Thomas Feilde164North CarolinaLetters of Alexander McAllister170Letter of Alexander Campbell of Balole183South Carolina and GeorgiaLetters of Alexander Cumine187Letters of George Ogilvie198Letter of Thomas Taylor206Letter of Baikia Harvey210Letter of Hester Wylly212Index219