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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Richard Gravina asked, "</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Are there strong Scottish connections in
Charleston?"<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Histories of the early immigration to Pennsylvania and down
through the Shenandoah to the Carolinas tell of a great many Scots who had earlier
moved to northern Ireland under the British government's program of settling as
many Protestants there as possible in order to strengthen Britain's claim and
hold. Unfortunately, many of the promises turned out to be false and people
were suffering and many moved back to Scotland or directly to the new promised
land. So many Scots came to America and specifically to the Carolinas via
Ireland or back through Scotland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Articles that I read on the pluff mud of Charleston referred to Irish
settlers, but I think further research would show that most were Protestant Scots.
(I've been told of an earlier immigration of Gaels from Ireland to Scotland,
but I don't think that is relevant to the immigration to the Carolinas.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dick</span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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