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Contains 3 Results:

Receipt Book of John MacPherson, 1774-1796

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: As he wrote in the 1895 dedication, George Macpherson compiled this volume to leave for his son as a record of the history of the Macpherson clan, from their Scottish origins to their contribution in shaping the new nation. The complete title of the volume indicates its focus, "Notes bearing upon the clan Macpherson and upon the lives of Captain John Macpherson [and] Major Wm. Macpherson." The former settled in Philadelphia and made his fortune as a privateer during the French and Indian...
Dates: 1774-1796

Notice of Admission of Charles Graff into MacPherson's Blues, 1798

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: As he wrote in the 1895 dedication, George Macpherson compiled this volume to leave for his son as a record of the history of the Macpherson clan, from their Scottish origins to their contribution in shaping the new nation. The complete title of the volume indicates its focus, "Notes bearing upon the clan Macpherson and upon the lives of Captain John Macpherson [and] Major Wm. Macpherson." The former settled in Philadelphia and made his fortune as a privateer during the French and Indian...
Dates: 1798

Ephemera about William MacPherson, 1803

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: As he wrote in the 1895 dedication, George Macpherson compiled this volume to leave for his son as a record of the history of the Macpherson clan, from their Scottish origins to their contribution in shaping the new nation. The complete title of the volume indicates its focus, "Notes bearing upon the clan Macpherson and upon the lives of Captain John Macpherson [and] Major Wm. Macpherson." The former settled in Philadelphia and made his fortune as a privateer during the French and Indian...
Dates: 1803