xlii MEMOIR. 



my name affixed to them; but several 

 others have been given by me to the 

 world without this attendant. 



The first of these, and indeed the first 

 thing that ever I wrote for the public, was an 

 account of Mr. Henry Laurens, some time 

 president of the American Congress, which 

 appeared in the form of a letter, under 

 the signature of " Marcus," to the printer 

 of the Public Advertiser, in September, 

 October, or November, 1780. In 1800, 

 I published, in the Gentleman's Maga- 

 zine, some account of the life of Mr. 

 Anthony Lambert, formerly of Calcutta. 

 In the course of the same year, I pub- 

 lished also some account of Mr. Wilson, 

 of Bedford-street, Covent Garden. In 

 the course of the next twelve years, ap- 

 peared in the same magazine, " Biogra- 

 phical Sketches," also written by me, of 

 the following physicians; Dr. George 

 Fordyce, Dr. David Pitcairn, and Dr. 

 Andrew Marshall. In Carolina, during 



