Brief for McDonald v. McGuire 1849

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Brief for McDonald v. McGuire 1849

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This legal brief is a brief for the appellant in 1849 McDonald v. McGuire suit over slave ownership.

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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McGuire, Margaret

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McDonald, Alexander

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Alexander McDonald [MacDonald] studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In 1840, he participated in the British Whaling and Exploring Expedition, sailing to Baffin Island in Bon Accord under Captain William Penny. In 1845, he was appointed assistant surgeon in HMS Terror under Francis Crozier on the ill-fated British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848 (leader Sir John Franklin), sent by the Admiralty to complete the search for a Northwest Passage beyond Lancaster Sound and Bar...