'.)> THE BOTANISTS OF I'll I I.AI'KU'll I A. 



in. -.liriiK- \vitli Dr. Nicholas AVay in Wilmington. Del., from 

 177'> to 1771). He had an extraordinary opportunity of being 

 initiated into surgery in attending the soldiers who were 

 \vouii(le<l iii the batik- of Brandy wine, September 11, 1777. 

 After practicing medicine a short time, lie seems to have 

 become an inmate in tlie family of his uncle, Humphry, 

 devoting his time and services exclusively as an aid to his 

 uncle in the business of collecting and shipping plants and 

 seeds to Europe. He made several long exploring journey.- 

 in that pursuit through the wilds of the West and South- 

 west. He was a good, practical botanist, well acquainted 

 with most of our indigenous plants, and rendered valuable 

 assistance to his uncle in preparing the Arbuxtum Ameri- 

 cannm. On the lith of April, 17'.M5, Governor Minim 

 appointed him a Justice of the Peace, in which office he did 

 excellent service as a peace-maker in the community 

 around him. In all his acts he was a remarkably cautious, 

 upright, conscientious man. Dr. Marshall discontinued the 

 business of sending seeds and plants to Europe soon alb : 

 hi- uncle's death, and the garden, in consequence, was 

 almost wholly neglected. Dr. Marshall died on the first of 

 October, 1813, aged fifty-four years and ten months. 



He was the son of James and Sarah Marshall, and 

 the grandson of Abram Marshall, who came from (iratton. 

 in Derbyshire, England, to Darby, Delaware County. 

 about the year ir,<)7. A few years later he h.mght a large 

 traet of land on the west branch of the Jirandywine. 

 near the forks (part of which is now occupied by 

 Abram Marshall, a descendant), where he died in 17<>7. 

 Abram Marshall married Mary Hunt, whose sister, 

 Kli/.ahrih Hunt, married AVilliam Uartram. so that their 



