Author: Mercer, Thomas
Biography:
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