Ramsay, David
physician, congressman, author, was born April 2, 1749, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a physician of Charleston, eminent among early American historians. He served in the Carolina legislature throughout the revolutionary war, and was also in the army as a surgeon. He was a delegate to congress in 1782 and 1786. He was the author of History of the American Revolution; History of the United States; Life of Washington; and History of South Carolina. He died May 8, 1815, in Charleston, S. C.