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

by Edited by Barbara DeWolfe , Foreword by Bernard Bailyn

• ISBN13: 9780521386944
• ISBN10: 0521386942
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Here is a rare and fascinating collection of personal letters written by 18 of the thousands of British emigrants who came to North America just prior to the American Revolution. The letters reveal the motivations, characteristics, and emotions of these subjects and also provide new insights into British-American migration of the time, especially personal networks among family and friends.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface

Preface

Introduction

Note on Selection

Editorial Procedures

Part I. Nova Scotia: Narratives of Charles Dixon

Letter of James Metcalf

Letter of Luke Harrison

John Robinson and Thomas Rispin, 'Journey through Nova Scotia

Part II. Middle Colonies: Letters of James Whitelaw

Alexander Thomson, 'News from America

' Letters of Hugh Simm

Part IV. Chesapeake: Letter of John Campbell

Letters of David Duff

Letter of Thomas Feilde

Part V. North Carolina: Letters of Alexander McAllister

Letter of Alexander Campbell of Ballole

Part VI. South Carolina and Georgia: Letters of Alexander Cumine

Letters of George Ogilvie

Letter of Thomas Taylor

Letter of Baikia Harvey

Letter of Hester Wylly.