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Alexander Macdonald - Surgeon

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A surgeon on the East India Company vessel The Lord Mansfield in 1763. Originating from the Isle of Skye. A friend of William McQuhae, and a staunch Jacobite.

Life with James Boswell

Macdonald visited Boswell on February 24, 1763. Boswell "really took a liking to the lad." (LJ240263)

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  • London Journal 1762-1763
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