Parish before she was first married; and Mr Barksdale I remember well, and together with Mr & Mrs Gordon I approved of the Choice she made. Mr Thomas Braidwood our English Teacher of the Deaf & Dumb has oft expressed to me his surprise at the degree of perfection to which the child had attained in speaking; but her mother, anxious for still greater proficiency, was advised to carry her to another famous master in France, which advice was to her matter of great lamentation till Death. Farewell & God bless you & all friends in Carolina. Death Alexander Hewat died in Marylebone, London on 3 March 1824 at the age of 85. He left an estate of 7000 sterling (equivalent to almost £500,000 in 2000), including a small legacy to the Scots church in Charleston, and is buried in St. John's Wood. Works An historical account of the rise and progress of the colonies of South Carolina and Georgia (1779) Sermons on various subjects (1803) References External links 18th-century American historians 19th-century American historians 19th-century American male writers 1739 births 1824 deaths British emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies People from the Scottish Borders People from Kelso, Scottish Borders American Presbyterian ministers Protestant writers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh People educated at Kelso High School, Scotland American male non-fiction writers