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Volume I

HIS is the FIRST BOOK OF ITS KIND-the only comprehensive work tracing the Scottish influence in America from the earliest settlement to the present time. It is a complete survey of the part taken by people of Scottish blood in the building of the Nation, with portraits and short biographies of about 300 of the following:

Early Scottish Colonial Settlers and Bevo-
lutionary leaders.

Scottish soldiers and the part they took in
the War of Independence.
Scots and the Declaration of Independence.
Scots and the Constitution.

Scottish-American Generals and Naval
Officers.

Scottish-American Presidents and Gov-
ernors of States.

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HIS VALUABLE HISTORY includes the names of prominent Scottish families and individuals, referring by title and page to about 150 books and pamphlets (practically all ever written on this subject), with a complete BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX.

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T THE TIME of the War of Independence, there were 500 Scottish settlements in the country. The white population of the thirteen colonies is estimated to have been 2,100,000, of which 400,000 were of Scottish blood, more than of any other nationality. They were the prime movers for independence.

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LSO several notable Scots of the United States and Canada have contributed interesting and important articles on various lines in which Scots have "excelled. Mr. A. Barton Hepburn has written on "The Scottish Influence in American Banking and Finance"; Sir James Alexander Grant on "Scots in the Exploration, Settlement and Development of Canada"; Dr. John Huston Finley on "The Land We Live In"; Rev. Dr. William Douglas Mackenzie on "The Scottish Influence On the American Pulpit"; John Findley Wallace, "Scots in American Engineering"; Hon. Charles P. McClelland, "Scots in American Politics"; Dr. George S. Carson, Halifax, "The Makers of New Scotland'; Malcolm Parsons, St. John's, "Scots in Newfoundland,” etc.

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HE book is of the greatest value to the friends, relatives and descendants of those appearing in it, and to patriotic Scots everywhere, as a means of tracing their lineage to the individuals of this great American-Scottish family of merit and worth. Special attention has been given in the biographies to FAMILY HISTORY and GENEALOGY. The book is not for the present alone, but will increase in value as years go by, as the only reliable source of this historical and geneaological information.

SCOTS AND SCOTS' DESCENDANTS IN AMERICA

A PATRIOTIC book of 400 pages, 158 illustrations; entertaining blographies; with

superior portraits of representative Scots, from the earliest to the present time; showing the part taken by Scots in building up America.

Elegantly bound in 4 morocco, gilt top; printed in the best style on the best quality of coated paper. Size of book 7x111⁄2 inches. Price $10.00 Net. LIBRARY EDITION, same, except cloth binding, $6.50 Net.

THE FIRST VOLUME of a NATIONAL WORK; you can't afford to be without it.
VOLUME II in Preparation.

Bible House

D. MACDOUGALL, Editor-in-Chief

CALEDONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

Vol. II in Preparation.

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In the seventy-five years of its existence, the Board has assisted
in the building of over 12,000 Presbyterian churches and manses

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THE CALEDONIAN

AN ILLUSTRATED

FAMILY MAGAZINE

FOUNDED 1901. OBJECT.-To Disseminate the Truth, Raise the Literary Standard in
the Home, and Inspire “Young America" with True Scottish Patriotism.

PUBLISHED BY THE CALEDONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.
Published Monthly (except July).

Editorial Office: 80 Bible House, 4th Avenue and 9th Street, New York

Editor, DONALD MACDOUGALL, B. D.

D. MacDougall, Pres. & Treas., 85 Bible House, N. Y. C.; Thos. J. Blain, Sec., Port Chester, N. Y.

VOL. XX.

APRIL 1920

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