People of Glengarry: Highlanders in Transition, 1745-1820Using a wide array of published and unpublished sources, McLean examines in detail nine group emigrations that left western Inverness between 1785 and 1802 for Glengarry County in Upper Canada (now Ontario). She describes how, once in North America, they built a new Highland community in an attempt to ensure each family's access to the land. By revealing the pattern of Highland emigration to Glengarry County - families and friends leaving and/or settling together - McLean confirms Bernard Bailyn's notion of a "provincial emigrant stream," and offers a convincing explanation for the development of one of Canada's "limited identities." |
Contents
1 Introduction | 3 |
2 Western Invernessshire after 1745 | 14 |
3 Barisdale | 24 |
4 Lochiel | 42 |
5 Western Invernessshire 17701800 | 62 |
6 The Loyalist Emigrants | 78 |
7 The 17851793 Emigrants | 98 |
8 The Peace of Amiens Emigrants | 128 |
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1786 emigrants 1790 emigrants 1802 emigrants Aberchalder acres agricultural Alexander McDonell Allan Annexed Estates Archibald arrived assisted emigrants Bailyn's Barisdale Bishop Blairs Papers Cameron Campbell cattle Charlottenburgh Charlottenburgh Township chief clan Clan MacLeod clansmen clearances clergy reserves Collachie colonial concession of Lancaster Crown departure districts Donald Duncan economic Eigg emigrant groups emigrant party emigration to Glengarry families Father Alexander Gaelic Garry Glen Moriston Glenelg Glengarry County Glengarry emigrants Glengarry estate Glengarry settlement Glengarry's grants Highland Clearances Highland community Highland emigrants ibid improvement John Macdonell Johnson Kilmallie Knoydart landlords large number located Loch Loch Arkaig Lochiel Lochiel estate lots Loyalists Macdonald Macdonell's McGillis McLeod McMillan McPhee Muniall Murlaggan North Morar Office parish passengers petition population Quebec reached Glengarry reel regiment rent River Roderick Scotland Scottish Scotus settled in Glengarry settlers sheep farming social tenants townships traditional UCLP Upper Canada wadsetters western Inverness William