Found 2 collections related to Scots -- United States

Two letters from John Ford, block maker and builder, dated 22 August, 1816, at New York; and 8 September, 1823, at York, Upper Canada (Ontario). Letters are addressed to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ford of Leith, Scotland, and discuss his voyage to New York, his employment, his journey to Canada in 1819, and his employment there less

Walter H. Bradish (1848-1906) was an executive of the Springfield (Illinois) Woolen Mills. His papers chiefly of family correspondence, 1862-1906, and his genealogical research files on the Bradish, Coventry, and related families. Included is a typescript copy of the diary, ca. 1785-1830, of his ancestor, Alexander Coventry, a Scot who emigrated to America in 1785, which includes a description of his trip. less