1 54 Literary and Philosophical Society. 



In Ashton Old Church there is an inscription on a 

 marble tablet on the north wall 



Near this place lieth the body of 



THOMAS WHITE, M.D. 



Who died July 20, 1776, aged So, and 



ROSAMOND, 



His wife, who died April 23, 1777, aged 80. 



Beneath this marble lieth also the body of 



CHARLES WHITE, 



Member of the Corporation of Surgeons, and Fellow of the 



Royal Society, 

 Who, after rendering himself eminent in his profession 



For the space 0/60 years, 

 By a dexterity and extent of knowledge scarcely exceeded 



By any of his contemporaries, 



Retired to the enjoyment of rural and domestic felicity 

 In the society of his family and friends at 



Sale, " 



Within this parish. 

 Died on the 2^th February, 1813, aged 84. 



Also the body of 



JOHN BRADSHA W WHITE, 

 Who died April 27, 1797, aged 2 7 . 



We think this from Mr. White, the grandson of Dr. 

 Thomas, may still be interesting. 



A Short Account of an Excursion through the Subterraneous 

 Cavern at Paris. By Mr. Thomas White, Member 

 of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, in a letter 

 to his Father. Read February 9, 1785. Vol. ii. p. 361. 



Paris : July 29, 1784. 



* I yesterday visited a most extraordinary subterraneous 

 cavern, commonly called the Quarries. But before I give- 

 you the history of my expedition it will perhaps be neces- 



