Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... "captain John Macpherson," says Westcott in his Historic Mansions, "was one of the most noted citizens of Philadelphia. He was the first owner of the Mount Pleasant Mansion, where during many years of his life he resided, and where, surviving the recollection of the greater splendour of later, but less patriotic owners, the memory of the old sea Commander and of his gallant sons still lingers and should ever remain." Captain Macpherson was born in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, being the son of William Macpherson by Jean his wife, daughter of James Adamson, a respectable merchant of the same city. William Macpherson, who is described as having been "bred a writer in Edinburgh, and an agent before (the) Court of Sessions," was, in turn, the son of and the William Macpherson called, of Nuid (by Isabel, the daughter of Lauchlan Mackintosh, Esquire), and descended from the ancient and famous Highland Clan Chattan, of which the family of Macpherson of Clunie (or Cluny) was "the most prominent subdivision." A Macpher MACPHERSON COAT-OF-ARMS. son of Cluny was always Chief of this clan so long noted for their ferocity, and possessing the desperate courage of the wild-cat, the crest from which they derive their clan name. The fighting qualities of this historic clan have long, indeed, been traditional in the Scottish Highlands, and few who have read Sir Walter Scott's Fair Maid of Perth will forget the stubborn resistance made by the champions of Clan Chattan at the North Inch of Perth. The badge of the Clan is a sprig of box-wood, and their battle-cry "The black Craig of the Clan Chattan;" their crest a wild cat, or catamount, as noted; and their motto, "Touch not the cat but (i.e., without) a glove." One of the first of this brave race of...
