RESOLUTIONS SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT A MEETING HELD DECEMBER 1, 1863

Mr. George H. Moore announced the death of Mr. John M. Macdonald, a Resident Member of the Society,1 with the following remarks:--

The father and mother of Mr. John MacLean Macdonald were of Scottish birth and parentage, and both emigrated to America in early childhood. They both descended from ancestors of the same name, Macdonald, although the two families were not known to be akin. The father Dr. Archibald Macdonald, belonged to the Macdonalds of Glengarry in the Highlands of Scotland, while the mother's family came from the islands north of Scotland. It is probable that the two families were originally of the same stock, although there has been some dispute as to their common origin. The Mac-donald's of Glengarry were zealous adherents of the Stuarts, and took an active part in the rebellion of 1745. The father of Dr. Archibald Macdonald and the grandfather of our late friend, was killed at the battle of Culloden. His children emigrated to Canada soon afterwards. His eldest son and representative of the family was Ronald Macdonald, who afterwards became Colonel of the forty-second regiment in the British Army. He was at one time in command of one of the military posts in Canada, and was familiarly called Gov-

1Mr. Macdonald was elected a member of the New York Historical Society, January 2, 1844.

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ernor. Dr. Archibald Macdonald was educated to the medi-cal profession, and in the earlier part of his career held a commission as Surgeon in the British Army.1 He afterwards became a citizen of the United States, married his wife in Dutchess County, New York, and settled in White Plains, Westchester County, where he resided as a practitioner of medicine until the time of his death in 1813.