88
Scots as Inventors 95
Scots as Engineers 99
Scots in Industries 101
Scots in Banking, Finance, Insurance and Railroads 105
Scots as Journalists, Publishers and Typefounders 108
Some Prominent Scots in New York City 113
Scottish Societies in the United States 115
Conclusion 116
List of Principal Authorities Referred to 117
Index 119
"No people so few in number have scored so deep a mark in the world's
history as the Scots have done. No people have a greater right to be
proud of their blood."--_James Anthony Froude_.
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SCOTTISH EMIGRATION TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES
Scottish emigration to America came in two streams--one direct from
the motherland and the other through the province of Ulster in the
north of Ireland. Those who came by this second route are usually
known as "Ulster Scots," or more commonly as "Scotch-Irish," and they
have been claimed as Irishmen by Irish writers in the United States.
This is perhaps excusable but hardly just. Throughout their residence
in Ireland the Scots settlers preserved their distinctive Scottish
characteristics, and generally described themselves as "the Scottish
nation in the north of Ireland.
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