Discoveries of America : personal accounts of British emigrants to North America during the revolutionary era

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Label

Discoveries of America : personal accounts of British emigrants to North America during the revolutionary era

Title remainder

personal accounts of British emigrants to North America during the revolutionary era

Statement of responsibility

edited by Barbara De Wolfe ; foreword by Bernard Bailyn

Contributor

• Bailyn, Bernard
• DeWolfe, Barbara

Editor

• DeWolfe, Barbara

Subject

• British -- Nova Scotia -- Correspondence
• British Americans -- Correspondence
• Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 18th century -- Sources
• Immigrants -- Nova Scotia -- Correspondence
• Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence
• Nova Scotia -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 18th century -- Sources
• United States -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 18th century -- Sources

Genre

• Correspondence
• Sources

Language

eng

Summary

Discoveries of America is a collection of personal letters written by eighteen of the thousands of British emigrants who came to North America in the fifteen years preceding the onset of the American Revolution. These accounts are rare: few letters sent by emigrants during the colonial period exist. The letters reveal the motivations, experiences, characteristics, and emotions of these people, who populated America at a crucial time in its history, and provide insights into the mechanisms of the British-American migration, especially the organisation of personal networks of family and friends.--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

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