OF

THE IRISH SETTLERS

IN

NORTH AMERICA,

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE CENSUS OF 1850.

BY THOMAS D'ARCY MCGEE,

=

AUTHOR OF "LIVES OF THE IRISH WRITERS, ""ART MCMURROGH,” “O'CONNELL

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM THE LIBRARY OF

ERNEST LEWIS GAY
JUNE 15, 1927

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by

THOMAS D'ARCY MCGEE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetta

STEREOTYPED BY

HOBART & ROBBINS;

NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDERY,
BOSTON.

६

ΤΟ

MY EMIGRANT COUNTRYMEN

IN

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA,

AS

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE MANY KINDNESSES RECEIVED DURING MY

SECOND RESIDENCE AMONG THEM,

This Volume

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE LEGEND OF "GREAT IRELAND "" AND OF SAINT BRANDAN

ACCOUNT-IRISH ACCOUNT — ITALIAN AND SPANISH ACCOUNTS,

CHAPTER II.

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NORWEGIAN

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THE FIRST IRISH EMIGRANTS, IN BARBADOES IN PENNSYLVANIA -IN NEW

YORK IN MARYLAND IN VIRGINIA IN THE CAROLINAS IN KENTUCKY

— ADVENTURE OF SIMON BUTLER IN DELAWARE,·

THE IRISH IN

CHAPTER III.

MASSACHUSETTS -IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN MAINE

BERKELY IN RHODE ISLAND - HIS GIFT TO YALE COLLEGE,

CHAPTER IV.

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THE EMIGRANTS IN ARMS ADVENTURE OF JOHN STARK THE IRISH BRIGADE IN

CANADA - INDIAN WARS-PEACE OF 1763-DAWN OF THE REVOLUTION, 39

THE CANADIAN EXPEDITION -DEATH OF MONTGOMERY BURIAL REFUSED TO HIS

REMAINS BY THE BRITISH RETREAT OF THE INVADING CORPS THOMPSON,

SULLIVAN AND GATES IN COMMAND - ADVANCE OF BURGOYNE -STARK'S VIC-

TORY AT BENNINGTON — SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE,

CHAPTER VII.

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IRISHMEN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY-COMMODORE BARRY-CAPTAIN MACGEE

-CAPTAIN O'BRIEN - MIDSHIPMAN MACDONOUGH — PURSER MEASE BARRY'S

LIEUTENANTS, MURRAY, DALE, DECATUR, AND STEWART,

CHAPTER VIII.

DISSATISFACTION AT CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL PROMOTIONS GENERALS ROCHE FER-

MOY AND ANDREW LEWIS-THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1777 AND 1778, IN NEW JERSEY

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"MAD ANTHONY WAYNE

ADJUTANT GENERAL HAND "THE CONWAY

CABAL

COLONEL FITZGERALD, AIDE DE CAMP TO WASHINGTON, HIS GAL-

LANTRY AT PRINCETON CONTRIBUTION OF THE IRISH MERCHANTS OF PHILA-

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