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A Scottish Migration to Alexandria, Second Edition
History of the Lowlands of Scotland in the 1700's and the life of William Gregory, who migrated from Kilmarnock, Scotland, to Alexandria, Virginia in the United States.This book tells why the Scottish Lowlands became so crowded, and what life was like there. The reasons that caused people to leave everything they knew, climb aboard a crowded ship, and sail in unspeakable squalor for many weeks to start a new life, penniless, in an unforgiving land.One man, William Gregory, left his family's carpet factory in Kilmarnock in 1807. He boarded a wooden sailing ship and sailed to America. William found work and a home in Alexandria, Virginia. Letters written home to his family in Kilmarnock and letters to America tell the story of this migration.
Leaving Alexandria
With this long-awaited memoir, Richard Holloway gives a wise, poetic and fiercely honest account of his life. In his years as a priest Richard touched many lives, but behind his confident public face lay a troubled mind. In 2000 he controversially resigned as Bishop of Edinburgh, over the Church's condemnation of homosexuality.
Old Alexandria, Bonhill and Renton
Excellent pictures of the streets and shops of Alexandria, Bonhill and Renton are coupled with photographs of the local factories. An aerial view shows the various print- and dyeworks that were situated along the banks of the Leven, and there are several pictures of the ornate Argyll Motor Works, with their opulent marble offices. Renton Bowling Club, children paddling in the river, trams in Main Street, Bonhill Bridge and a fire at the yarn warehouse at Dillichip works are some of the other pictures featured.
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A Scottish Migration to Alexandria, Second Edition
History of the Lowlands of Scotland in the 1700's and the life of William Gregory, who migrated from Kilmarnock, Scotland, to Alexandria, Virginia in the United States.This book tells why the Scottish Lowlands became so crowded, and what life was like there. The reasons that caused people to leave everything they knew, climb aboard a crowded ship, and sail in unspeakable squalor for many weeks to start a new life, penniless, in an unforgiving land.One man, William Gregory, left his family's carpet factory in Kilmarnock in 1807. He boarded a wooden sailing ship and sailed to America. William found work and a home in Alexandria, Virginia. Letters written home to his family in Kilmarnock and letters to America tell the story of this migration.
