Historical papers and addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society . nds on the monument are asfollows: DR. DAVID RAMSAY Historian—Surgeon—Patriot Born one mile southwest, 1749 Continental Army Surgeon Friend of Washington Constructive leader in Congress Talented man in letters The Father of American History He is best known for his History of the American Revolution, Life of Washington, History of America, and I^niversal History Americanized Practiieed medicine and died 1815 in Charleston, S. C. GENERAL JOHN STEELE Born three miles north, 1753 Resident of this farm Volunteer at 18. Ca
Historical papers and addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society . nds on the monument are asfollows: DR. DAVID RAMSAY Historian—Surgeon—Patriot Born one mile southwest, 1749 Continental Army Surgeon Friend of Washington Constructive leader in Congress Talented man in letters The Father of American History He is best known for his History of the American Revolution, Life of Washington, History of America, and I^niversal History Americanized Practiieed medicine and died 1815 in Charleston, S. C. GENERAL JOHN STEELE Born three miles north, 1753 Resident of this farm Volunteer at 18. Captain at 19. Colonel on Washingtons staff at 21 Wounded at Brandywine and at Germ an town Pennsylvania Legislature (House,) 1801 Speaker of Senate, 1806 Collector of Port Philadelphia, 1808—1825As commissioner to treat withwarring tribes, to him was ad-dressed the famous speecli ofLogan, the Indian 1827. COLONEL THOMAS PORTER Bom three miles north, 1738 A pioneer spirit of American Independence Committee of Sixty, 1774 Organizer of ten Lancaster County 25. 1 The monument of native trap rock boulder at Unicorn, uith bronze tablet oneach of the four faces to Ramsay, Porter, John Steele and Archibald Steele.
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