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David Ramsay

"David Ramsay was ushered into life at Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1749. He was thoroughly educated and became an eminent physician. After a brief residence in Cecil County, Maryland he removed to Charleston, South Carolina in 1773. He was an ardent patriot and was commissioned a surgeon in the Continental Army. At the surrender of his adopted city he was among the prisoners who were sent to St. Augustine. In 1782 he was elected a member of Congress and confirmed there up to 1786 except one year. A part of that time he was President of that body. He became an able historian and has enriched our libraries with a history of the Revolution, of South Carolina, of America and a biography of Washington and several other interesting publications. He stood at the head of his profession in Charleston. In 1815 he was called into court to give evidence relative to an insane man who followed him in a rage and killed him on the street."

Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson