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the young man studied at Edinburgh University, where 

 in due time he graduated in medicine. He returned home, 

 with a letter of sage counsel from Fothergill to his father 

 as to his future prospects ; but these were closed by his 

 early death. 



George Logan, a younger son, had a more eventful 

 life. Coming to Europe a second time, he too, under the 

 kindly auspices of Fothergill and Barclay, studied medicine 

 in Edinburgh, and afterwards visited Franklin in Paris. 

 His father, William Logan, died during his absence in 

 1776. Returning to Philadelphia in 1783, during the 

 distressful days that followed the war, Dr. George Logan 

 occupied himself to good purpose with agriculture and 

 with public affairs. A Friend of a liberal cast, enthusi- 

 astic, wholly unselfish, and with the refined instincts of a 

 gentleman, he took an active part as an Union Senator 

 in the political strife of the period, which was at that time 

 uncommonly bitter in its tone. Stung by the prospect 

 of a war with France, which the federal party seemed to 

 favour, he essayed in 1798 the chivalrous task of averting 

 it, by journeying to France in his private capacity, and 

 interviewing the leading members of the Directory. He 

 succeeded in this daring effort : peace was preserved ; but 

 such was the rancour of faction that he got no thanks. 

 He made a similar visit to England in 1810. 

 The Patriot dared the wave 



To arrest the dread array of war ; 

 Steadfast of heart, in counsel wise, 



His virtue over art prevailed, 

 And gained of Peace the glorious prize ! 



Whilst Calumny and Faction failed 



To injure, where they most assailed. 1 



1 Verses inscribed to Dr. Logan in 1820 by his wife, Deborah Norris Logan, 

 a woman of high character and cultivation, sister to Isaac Norris, Speaker of the 

 Assembly. Dr. Logan died in 1821, aged 68 years. A memoir of his life 

 was written by his widow, and an excellent edition published by the Historical 

 Society of Pennsylvania in 1899. See also H. M. Lippincott, A Portraiture of 

 the Quakers, 1915, p. 30. Amongst his talented medical friends at Edinburgh 

 was the first Dr. Edward Long Fox, afterwards of Bristol. Joseph Mickle 

 Fox, of Philadelphia, who is a descendant of Dr. Logan's sister, possesses 

 valuable letters, and the author is indebted to his courtesy for much kind 

 assistance. A letter from W. Logan is printed in Memoirs of S. Fothergill, 

 p. 188 (see also, p. 352) ; and a MS. letter to Dr. J. Fothergill, 1768, is in the 

 New York Public Library (Emmett, 4071). 



