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Author Campey, Lucille H.

Title "A very fine class of immigrants" : Prince Edward Island's Scottish pioneers, 1770-1850 / Lucille H. Campey
Edition 2nd ed
Published Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Contents Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; I: Push, Pull and Opportunity; II: The First Arrivals from Scotland; III: The Selkirk Settlers of 1803; IV: The Coming of the Timber Trade; V: Emigrants from Dumfriesshire; VI: Later Arrivals from Skye; VII: Leaky Tubs or First Class Ships?; VIII: He Thinks Himself Already a Prince; APPENDIX I: Extant Passenger Lists for ship crossings from Scotland to P.E.I.; APPENDIX II: Emigrant Ship Crossings from Scotland to P.E.I.; Notes; 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; About the Author
Summary P.E.I. was the first Canadian area to acquire Scottish pioneers. Its colonization by Scots occurred when the process of immigration and settlement was in its infancy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Scots -- Prince Edward Island -- History
HISTORY -- General.
Emigration and immigration
Scots
SUBJECT Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Prince Edward Island -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Subject Prince Edward Island
Scotland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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