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he may not adopt all the author's speculations, and con- 

 jectures, which, however, will be acknowledged to pos- 

 sess much ingenuity, even when they shall be found to 

 be destitute of the advantage of a solid and immoveable 

 basis. 



Not long after he had finished his medical* studies at 

 Philadelphia, Dr. Walmsley fixed himself as a practi- 

 tioner of medicine at Chambersburg, the county-town 

 of Franklin, in Pennsylvania. Here he soon acquired 

 the confidence of many of the most respectable inhabi- 

 tants of this place, and of the neighbourhood. He was 

 respected for his talents and assiduous attention to busi- 

 ness, and beloved for the amiable and engaging disposi- 

 tions of his heart. He, consequently, entered upon a 

 scene of business, both honourable and lucrative. In 

 the autumn, however, of 1805, he left Chambersburg, 

 having, in consequence of the recommendation of one 

 of his friends*, been invited to Elizabeth-town, in the 

 county of Washington, in Maryland. Here he was so 

 fortunate as to receive, as he merited, the patronage of 

 an able and experienced practitioner of the place. Dr. 

 Samuel Young, who, considerably advanced in life, and 

 with a delicate state of health, had sought a partner in 

 the arduous fatigues of professional business. 



Dr. Walmsley 's situation, in his new place of resi- 

 dence, was truly enviable. He enjoyed die society, the 

 friendship, and aft'ections, of many of the most respecta- 

 ble inhabitants of die comity, and he found himself en- 

 gaged in an extensive scene of professional busincivS. 

 * TIjc writer ol" this Iribulc. 



