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...and what's this about the principle road to Hong Kong being built and
named after Sinclairs...anyone know the story? or it's probably already
somewhere in jsq's amazing archives...
rob
Matheson wrote:
It's
indeed true that a group of Loyalist Scots won the battle at Moore's Creek
Bridge in Cumberland County, North Carolina. I have seen the sparse
lists that have been compiled of participants, and no Sinclairs are listed.
The interior of NC and the Cape Fear area were largely populated by the
Scots, who spoke the Gaelic in churches (if not homes) until the 1860s. Karen
M
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From: Privateers <privateers@privateers.org>
To: Sinclair Mailing List <sinclair@mids.org>
Date: Monday, February 21,
2000 4:22 AM
Subject: A Dance called America
I've just been reading an intriguing book called
the "A Dance called America" subtitled "The Scottish Highlands The United
States and Canada" By James Hunter, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 1994,
reprint 1999. ISBN 181558 807 8. The book was
subsidised and has such intriguing chapter titles such as "A hearty and
intrepid race of men", "Such of them as did not die while going across
the ocean" and "Stand fast Craigellachie". The
book starts with the American Revolutionary Battle of Moore's Creek, in
which the author claims a Highland army defended Moore's Creek Bridge.
The book weaves in stories of Flora MacDonald, of Drumossie Moore fame,
and her husband. They speak of the Gaelic speaking communities and
the book shows powerful Scottish influences on American Canadian history.
I wonder from such a small and poor nation on the fringe of Europe, what
race of men could place such an imprimatur on the face of the world, be
it real or imagined. Fierce Australian miners, battle for American
Independence, significant roles on forging the confederation of Canada,
the West Indies scattered with Scots from Shirley Heights to Guyana and
places I am sure have not come to our attention. The principal road
to Hong Kong, built by Sinclairs, called Sinclair, is an amazing legacy
from a nation whose population hardly ever exceeded five million. Sinclair
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