Resignation
Logan's connection with the stage gave offence to his parishioners. He was also depressive, and drank. He fathered an illegitimate son by a servant girl, and went off to London in 1781. He was not short of influential friends willing to help, with suggestions such as a change of parish to Canongate for which the support of John Sincliar was sought. Adam Smith also wrote to the printer Andrew Strahan on his behalf. Logan was a founding fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.
A second pregnant parishioner in 1785 proved the last straw. Logan resigned his charge, 27 December 1786, on being allowed an annuity from the living.
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