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Adair, James

Adair, James

(c. 1709–c. 1783) pioneer, trader; born in County Antrim, Ireland. He came to South Carolina by 1735 and traded with the Catawba, Cherokee, and Choctaw Indians. In In The History of the American Indians (1775) he argued that the Indians were descended from the ancient Hebrew tribes.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
References in periodicals archive
Adair, Frank III and Adair, James, Personal Interview, (August 2010)
Examining Frank Adair Jr. as an African American CPA pioneer: a historical note
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