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  • Captain John MacPherson, 1726-1792

    Captain John MacPherson, 1726-1792

    By Yves Le Restif de la Motte Collas Introduction, by Nancy Jennings: The daughter of Captain John MacPherson and his wife Mary Ann (neé MacNeal; portraits above), Amelia Sophia, was born in Philadelphia on 23 October 1776, just a few months after the signing of the United States of America’s Declaration of Independence in July…

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