Excerpt from Autobiographical Journal of John Macdonald, Schoolmaster and Soldier, 1770-1830The following autobiographical journal, for which I have drawn up an introduction and notes, is copied from the holograph ms. Of John Macdonald now in the possession of his great-grandson, Dr J. Mackay Macdonald, Acton, Ontario. When gathering material for The Book of Mackay, my attention was drawn to this ms. Journal by Miss Catherine Mac donald, Reay, granddaughter of the author and maternal aunt of the doctor and now, by the kind permission of aunt and nephew, I am at liberty to publish this interesting addition to our too scanty northern litera ture of a kindred character.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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