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The Mayflower gathered all the glory , as it deposited England’s Pilgrims at Plymouth in modern Massachusetts. But the Scots were in on the act, too. This story, published in the Daily Mail , was the first to reveal the name of the ship, The Planter, that took these intrepid Scots sailing from Kirkcudbright in South-West Scotland to America two years later. .
By Noel Young in Boston
The first-ever transatlantic voyage from mainland Scotland to America, aimed at emulating England's Mayflower, was undertaken by a ship from the same port as the Mayflower, it has been revealed in two little-known documents sold at auction in New York . And no-one in Scotland knew a thing about the sale.
The documents , a letter signed by King James VI and a contract for the actual voyage, were described by one Scots expert as "of national significance" .
They were sold to an American dealer for £41,000 who said of the
lack of competition for the documents, "They have been something of a well-kept secret."
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You can never says dead and buried when forensic expert Professor James Starrs is around, as seekers of truth in many cases from Jesse James to Albert DeSalvo the supposed Boston Strangler will attest.
Published in Night and Day , Mail on Sunday UK . |
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It's one of the most advanced ER departments in the world - and the model for the TV series ER. Noel Young interviews the chief, Dr Alasdair Conn. And he tells the remarkable story of how he met his wife . . . over a cadaver. Published in Spectrum Magazine UK.
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The astonishing story of how doctors in Boston set out to put stroke victims back on their feet by implanting pig cells in their brain. Then suddenly, the experiment was halted . . .
Published in Spectrum Magazine UK and Daily Mail. |
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Ruth Ellington, who died earlier this year in New York was arguably the most important woman in Duke Ellington's life. But was she his sister, as much of the world believed , or his daughter as his biographer Austin Lawrence is convinced?
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