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libel, and the attorney general having to move the Court of King's Bench for his 

 lordship upon the subject, Mr. Erskine was retained by Captain Baillie to oppose the 

 motion ; upon which he displayed so much eloquence and spirit that he received, when 

 leaving the court, no less than thirty retainers from attorneys who happened to be 

 present. But of all Erskine's cases, those which raised the advocate's reputation the 

 highest were his splendid defences of Lord George Gordon and of Admiral Keppel. 

 He was likewise distinguished in an eminent degree for the prisoners in the memorable 

 state prosecutions against John Home Tooke, Hardy, etc. 



His lordship died of inflammation of the chest, November 17, 1823, 

 at Amondell, near Edinburgh, the seat of his nephew, the Hon. Henry 

 Erskine. The following is the inscription upon the tomb of his wife : 



Near this place lies buried 

 The Honorable Frances Erskine, ; 



The most faithful and mos: 

 Affectionate of women. 



Her husband. 

 Lord Thomas Erskine, 

 ' An inhabitant of this parish, 



Raised this monument 



To her lamented memory. 



A. D. 1807. 



John Moore, the collector, left, as we see by his will, two daughters — 

 Rebecca and Mary. Of Rebecca I have been able to find no account, 

 and am led to believe she died unmarried. Mary became the wife of 

 Peter Evans, Esq., who was high sheriff of the city of Philadelphia. 

 He was born in the city of London, and was an attorney by profession. 

 He styles himself, in his will (May 13, 1745), "of the Inner Temple, 

 London." He died in Philadelphia, May 25, 1745, leaving four 

 children, viz. : John, Mary, Margaret and Ann. I find no record of 

 John. Mary married a Peter Robinson. Ann died a child, and Mar- 

 garet married Mr. David Franks, December, 1743, and had issue — 



1. Abigail, born January 6, 1744-5. 



2. Jacob, born January 7, 1746-7. 



3. Mary, born January 25, 1747-8; died August 26, 1774. 



4. Rebecca. 



David Franks was British agent in Philadelphia as late as 1779. His 

 eldest daughter, 



L Abigail married Andrew Hamilton, Esq., of the "Woodlands," 

 near Philadelphia, January 6, 1768, and had issue as follows: 



5. Margaret, born October 4, 1768. 



6. Ann, born December 18, 1769; died 1798. 



7. Mary, born August 21, 177 1. 



