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==== Scottish and Irish Immigrants ==== | ==== Scottish and Irish Immigrants ==== | ||
Many Scottish merchants established stores where British goods were imported in eighteenth-century Virginia. | Many Scottish merchants established stores where British goods were imported in eighteenth-century Virginia. | ||
Scots-Irish settlement was particularly concentrated in the Shenandoah Valley during the eighteenth-century in places such as [[Augusta County, Virginia]]. | Scots-Irish settlement was particularly concentrated in the Shenandoah Valley during the eighteenth-century in places such as [[Augusta County, Virginia]]. | ||
David Dobson has dedicated many years to establishing links between Scots and their dispersed Scottish cousins who settled throughout the world. For Virginia connections, see publications by David Dobson.<br> | David Dobson has dedicated many years to establishing links between Scots and their dispersed Scottish cousins who settled throughout the world. For Virginia connections, see publications by David Dobson.<br> | ||
A helpful book about Scottish Highlanders in America is: | |||
*MacLean, J.A.P. ''An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783 Together with Notices of Highland Regiments and Biographical Sketches''. Cleveland, Ohio: The Helman-Taylor Company, 1900. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/historicalaccoun00macluoft Internet Archive]. | |||
==== German Immigrants ==== | ==== German Immigrants ==== | ||