An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America

The author traces the migration and settlement of Scottish Highlanders in North America and adjacent colonies, examining cultural background, clan organization, causes of emigration, and episodes such as the Darien venture. Chapters survey Highland life and customs, the Scotch-Irish in America, and military service of Highland regiments, then give region-by-region accounts of settlements in North Carolina, Georgia, the Mohawk valley and the Maritimes, and their roles in colonial conflicts and the Revolution. The work blends settlement narrative, biographical sketches, and analysis of economic and social pressures—land tenure, sheep-farming, and landlordism—that drove emigration, while noting religious, musical, and legal dimensions of Highland diaspora experience.