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Tinwald,Dumfriesshire,Kingdom of Scotland

April,1658

In the small town of Tinwald a women grieved for her baby boy that had died his name was William Paterson. The harsh winter air of Scotland had chilled the baby with a cold causing him to go to god before his time.

May,1698 Edinburgh,Kingdom of Scotland

The company of Scotland's board of directors held a vote where ultimately they shot down the idea of a colony on the Darien peninsula. But the argument of the presentations in favor of the Darien initiative had spooked the directors. The arguments that the English would annex Scotland and absorb the company had frightened the directors.

The directors agreed they had to do something but they couldn't agree some argued they should establish a colony on the Indian Ocean while others rambled about the cost of a colony a compromise was found the directors agreed to set up a fort at the halfway point between Cape Town and Luanda.

And so on July,4,1698 two hundred men of the company of Scotland set off to Africa and to a new fate.

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P.O.D-William Paterson a Scottish banker essential in getting company support to fund the Darien scheme dies after his mom leaves the shutters open so newborn baby William dies without him the people who believe in Darien can't garner effective support.
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