OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 403 



had unitedly failed. He was a great pcdestiian, frequently .starting on foot from Lan- 

 caster to Philadelphia, a distance of GO miles, and reRardin),' tlic walk a.s a triHintj f«-at. 



Dr. ]Muhlenberg possessed a vigorous intellect and extensive ac(iuii-einc«ntK. Tlie 

 University of Pemisylvania, in 1780, conferred upon him the degree <.f A. M., and at a 

 later period, honored him with the Doctorate of Divinity. He was regjudwl as a sound 

 Theologian, a good linguist, and a fine oriental scholar. His attainim-nts in infflicine. 

 chemistry and mineralogy were considerable. In the natvnal s(.ion<-*'s, g.-nfi-allv, lie 

 took a deep interest. Botany was his fivvorite jtursuit. Finding tliat tliisstudv ilis- 

 played in North America a vast field of inquiry, he very soon engaged in it with jinlor 

 and perseverance, in which he was assisted by his European friends, lledwlg. Selirvlier 

 and others. In this department, at that time, he was probably nnsuri)assed by any one 

 in the United States, Dr. Baldwin! pronounces him the Aincriean lAniwuH. and sayg, 

 to this appellation he is justly entitled. He was often quoted in Euroixi as authority. 

 He carried on a large transatlantic correspondence with tlie most distinguished natural- 

 ists then living, and by his communications to learned societies, contributed nnich to 

 the advancement of natural science. He was connected with numerou.s scientific a.s.<i<>- 

 ciations, and was visited at his home in Lancaster by Humboldt, Schoejif, and other 

 mvans of Europe, on their tour through this country. 



Dr. Muhlenberg frequently wrote for the press. Numerous articles on scientific (pies- 

 tions, from his pen, appeared in the newspai)crs of the day. His Catalogus Plantnrum 

 and Descriptio Uberior (?/■«»«";!?<??* are well known. Ilia Flora Lrtncantriensin rvma'ma. 

 still in manuscript. 2 He has also left valuable materials on Theology and Kthir», tlio 

 preparation of which for publication, we hope will yet engage the attention of cue of 

 his surviving relatives. 



Eamsay, David, j\I, D., was born in Drumore township, Lanca.ster county. Pa,, on 

 the 2d day of April, 1749, The house is still standing in which he was born, and is on 

 the farm now owned, I beheve, by Mr, Joseph Showalter, of the Borough of Oxford. Pa, 

 His studies preparatory to entering college, were directed by the Kev, Sanipsou Smith, 

 the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Cliestmit Level, He graduated at Princeton, 

 N, J., in 1765, and received a diploma of Bachelor of Physic from the Medical College of 

 Philadelphia in 1772, which College subsequently became the University of Pennsylva- 

 nia, He removed to Charleston, South Carolina, in 177:1 At the connneneement of 

 the revolution and during its progress he took a decided and active part in the cause 

 of freedom, at which time he was a member of the Legislature of South Carolina, in 

 which he continued during the war. He was also a member of the Privy Council, and 

 was banished by Cornwallis to St. Augustine, In 1782 he was elected a memlnr of 

 Congress, and was again elected, and chosen President pro tcmpoi-e. during the illness 

 of Hancock, in 1785. He resumed the practice of his profession and was nnich distin- 

 guished for his attention to its duties, in 1786. On the 2:3d of January, 1787, he mar- 

 ried 3Iartha, daughter of Henry Laurens, Governor of South Carolina, by wh.mi lio 

 had eleven children; of these eight survived. His father, James liam.sjiy, marrie<l 

 Jane Montgomery, a cousin of Gen. Richard ]\[ontg..mery of Quebec notoriety. This 

 relationship is, at the present time, insusceptible of direct i>roof, but the eireumstanees 

 favoring the assumption are numerous and .piite .strong. If this relationship were 

 estabUshedby family records, her family could be traced "from the pres.-nt. through 

 an unbroken succession of ten centuries to the first known of the name. Hoger de 

 Montgomerie, who was 'Count of Montgomery, before the coining of Hollo m !•]•.. 



Dr Ramsay wrote a "History of the revolution in South Carolina," which he gave 

 to the public in 1785, He published his " History of the American Revolution, in 



lEeliqui* BakUvinianiv. By William Darlington, 31. D , 184.3, \>. 1S8. 



2He a so publKlied " Vn English and German Lexicon and Gram.nar," 2 voU BcJo t.cl der tin 



.sue ai>o puuii.utu i .^ (^omnanlon to the CatcchlJm, or a court© 



weihun^' des Franlilin CoUegiums," Lancaster, L88. A i ompanion 



of Instr^uction in the Christian Religion, for the benefit of the young. 



