Author: Mercer, Thomas
Biography:
by
Ragaz, Sharon (SR)
MERCER, Thomas (b 1709?)
The year of birth is from ECCO and seems early given the 1772 date of his first known publication. Possibly he was the Thomas Mercer, a Writer to the Signet (Scottish lawyer) who lived at the head of Blackfriar's Wynd in Edinburgh in the 1770s-1780s. If so, he was the son of James Mercer and his wife Margaret Wood who had married in Edinburgh on 30 Dec. 1744. Thomas was born on 5 Oct. 1745 and baptised at South Leith on 6 Oct. The Sentimental Sailor is dedicated to Rousseau. (ancestry.co.uk 5 Nov. 2025) SR
Books written (3):
Edinburgh/ London: A. Kincaid and W. Creech/ E. and C. Dilly, 1772
London: [no publisher: "for the Author"; sold by Dilly; Murray; and by Creech in Edinburgh], 1774
Edinburgh: [no publisher: "for the Author"; sold by Creech], 1774