Scots are known throughout the world for their canny ways of buying. So much so that it has become part of our Scottish Culture. As Scots we even go so far as to promote the idea that we are mean with money but anyone looking at official Charity statistics see we give far more than our English neighbours. And we are keeping that a secret so don’t tell anyone else.

The most prosperous bank in the UK is the Royal Bank of Scotland no longer directly associated with the UK Royal Family. I can tell you however that the British Queen does have an account with Coutts Bank which is a subsidiary of RBS. The same goes for Beckham King of the soccer field former captain of the English football team.

You will also find that most of the large financial groups if not based in Scotland will have important offices in Scotland particularly Edinburgh. Lets face it anyone who wants to attract financially capable staff needs to have an office in Scotland.

Was this the reason why the American President Jefferson sent two Scottish Americans to take responsibility for the what was probably the most important real estate deal that America ever got involved in. If not the most important real estate deal in USA history it was almost certainly the largest.

One of the people sent by Jefferson was Robert Livingston a descendant of Lord Livingston who had served Guardian to the young Mary Queen of Scots after she was born 1542 so he clearly had a strong Scottish culture in his family background.He was also one of the five people who drafted the US Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Roger Sherman.

Perhaps that is why the US Declaration of Independence bears so much resemblance to Robert Bruce draft Declaration of Arbroath claiming independence from our unwelcome rulers England now very much part of the Scottish culture. Although Livingston was not one of the original people to publicly sign that Declaration of Independence due to other business commitments back in New York he was the person who administrated the oath of allegiance to the new president so he was definitely a Scottish American with a strong Scottish culture with a foot in both camps.

Together with fellow Scottish American James Munro he was sent by Jefferson to purchase 828,000 square miles of land from France. This included what are now the states of Louisiana, Iowa, Arkansas, Nebraska and most of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Minnesota and Montana.

At a price equivalent to only 3 cents an acre or $15 million in total these two Scottish American using their Scottish culture background were able to double the size of America with one stroke of the pen.

These Scottish Americans partly because of their Scottish culture knew the value of land and were willing to invest in it.We give more details of the close Scottish cultural connection between Scotland and America on our main website ScottishJerk.com have a look for yourself. If you thought these Scots buying so much land from the French was a bargain check out our Scottish land deal with this unique gift idea but very limited offer.

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