MEMOIR OF DIl WliK.UT. ''■'> 



course very readily embraced, and the partnershijre'om- 

 menced on the 1st of November 1764. 



Dr Steel's residence was at Hampden Estate, 

 about 150 miles from Kingston, at that time situated 

 in the parish of St James's, but afterwards, by subdi- 

 vision, in the parish of Trelawny, so called in honour 

 of Sir William Trelawny, the Governor. Hamp- 

 den was the property of Mr James Stirling, and 

 was at that time under the management of the late 

 Patrick Stirling of Kippendavie. The Negroes 

 under the medical charge of the two partners amounted 

 to 1200, which, at 5s. each per annum, produced a 

 considerable item of ascertained revenue. To this was 

 added a respectable medical practice among the free 

 population, within a circuit of ten or twelve miles. 

 Dr Steel and Dr Wright resided together, in a 

 snug little dwelling, about a mile distant from the 

 mansion-house of Hampden. Around their residence 

 they had an in closure of twenty acres, which served as 

 pasture for their horses. The whole was situated in a 

 valley of considerable extent, surrounded by hills of 

 great elevation. The climate is described as perfect- 

 ly salubrious, and constantly refreshed by alternate 

 breezes from sea and shore. 



The profits of the partnership appear to have been 

 considerable, as, in six months after its commence- 

 ment, they had expended upwards of £ 500 in house- 

 hold furniture, and in the purchase of seven horses 

 and four Negroes : A short time afterwards they ac- 

 quired 107 acres of land, part of the estate of Hamp- 

 den, for which they paid £321. Their object in 



