Scottish highlanders in colonial Georgia : the recruitment, emigration, and settlement at Darien, 1735-1748 / / Anthony W. Parker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811464403321
• Autore: Parker Anthony W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c1997
• ISBN: 1-282-72598-X; 9786612725982; 0-8203-2718-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.8/737
• Soggetti: Scottish Americans - Georgia - Darien - History - 18th century; Scotland Emigration and immigration History 18th century; Georgia Emigration and immigration History 18th century; Darien (Ga.) History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Discovery, Exploration, and First Contests in the Debatable Land Called Georgia -- Chapter 2. Changing Conditions in the Highlands of Scotland -- Chapter 3. Highland Recruitment: Fertile Fields for Georgia Settlers -- Chapter 4. The Founding of Darien -- Chapter 5. War Comes to Darien: The Battle at Fort Mosa -- Chapter 6. Darien and the Aftermath of Fort Mosa, 1740-1748 -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. List of Jacobite Prisoners Sent to South Carolina, 1716 -- Appendix B. List of Scottish Settlers to Georgia to 1741 -- Appendix C. Petition of the Inhabitants of New Inverness to His Excellency General Oglethorpe -- Appendix D. List of Highlanders on the Loyal Judith, 17 September 1741 -- Appendix E. Summons to Disarm to the Mackintosh Clan in the Highlands of Scotland, 1725 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.