TYgi en Tbo7nson. 235. 



AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS 



Respecting the f,.in':ly and cotmections of Mr Thomson, author of the Seatont, &c. 



To the Editor of the Bee. 

 Sir, 

 As the profefsed object of all your lucubrations is 

 the attainment of truth, I make no doubt but yoii 

 will readily insert the following obeervations, tending 

 to correct a small mistake into which one of your 

 correspondents has innocently fallen. 



In the notes coicerning Mr Thomson, volume 6tli 

 p. 284, it is said, that two of his nephews, gardners, 



lived witli him, and upon him Now, sir, this must 



have been a mistake ; for I myself am perfectly well 

 acquainted with his family and tiieir descendants, 

 and I can afsure you that Mr Thomson, the author 

 ©f the Seasons, l^c. never had a nephew 2, gardner. 

 For your satisfactioR, and that of the public, on this 

 head, you are authorised to lay the following exact 

 account of tlie present state of that family before the 

 public. 



James Tliomson the poet had no brothers married,, 

 and none that survived him ; he had three sisters, all of 

 whom survived him. 



'Jane, the eldest, married Mr Robert Thomson at 

 Lanark. He had one son, RobexJ, a student of me- 

 dicine who attended the medical clafses in Edinburgh, 

 for two years, but died afterwards at his father'* 

 house in Lanark. 



Elisabeth, the second, married Mr Robert Bell, mi- 

 •liter of Stratliaveu — had two sous, Dr James Belli, 



