This historic narrative, written by cousins who are descendants of the Low and Stiles families, spans two centuries of the intertwined families of the House of Low and the extended families of the Clays, Stiles, and Mackays. Commencing with the Jacobite rebellions for the throne of feudal Scotland, coinciding with the settling of Colonial Georgia in the 1700's, it takes the reader on a fascinating voyage through ancestral connections to America's War of Independence and to Edwardian England. The story begins with the migration of Andrew Low, Sr, to Savannah, Georgia, where he becomes a cotton broker in 1800 and ultimately Savannah's wealthiest merchant. Later, as the Low family's business expands overseas, the Lows become involved in international affairs, including murder and mayhem in the burning of French privateers during the War of 1812, the investment in the SS Savannah, and, under heir-apparent Andrew Low, Jr, the rise in prominence of the family's antebellum cotton factorage bu

Ryan, Jennifer Guthrie; Golson, Hugh Stiles

Jennifer Guthrie Ryan, Hugh Stiles Golson

Frederic C. Beil Publisher, Incorporated

Savannah: Frederic C. Beil

Hypermedia Ink

United States, United States of America

1st ed, Savannah, ©2011

First Edition, US, 2011

January 2008

xxii, 455 p. : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-405, 407-424) and index
Scotland to America, 1600-1800 -- Genesis : Scotland and Georgia, 1730-1782 -- Birth of the buck : Scotland, 1766-1781 -- The widow's mite, 1781-1800 -- Savannah and Scotland, 1800-1829 -- The sign of the buck : Savannah, 1800-1811 -- The War of 1812 : England and America, 1812-1818 -- The burgher's son : Scotland to Liverpool, 1812-1818 -- King Cotton : Great Britain USA, 1815-1829 -- Savannah Liverpool, 1829-1841 -- The merchant prince, 1829-1836 -- The Indian affair : Florida, 1836 -- Passing the baton : Savannah to Liverpool, 1836-1841 -- Savannah, 1844-1860 -- The crown prince : Savannah, 1844-1849 -- High cotton : Savannah, 1850-1860 -- Lovely manners : Savannah, 1854-1860 -- Savannah Liverpool Leamington, 1860-1872 -- Our peculiar institution : 1858-1860 -- Recent unpleasantness, 1860-1862 -- Guns and roses, 1862-1863 -- When the ball is over, 1863-1867 -- Savannah Leamington, 1867-1932 -- The English squire, 1867-1883 -- Exit the buck, 1882-1886 -- The children's legacy, 1886-1932

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