Lt. Col. Nathaniel Ramsay - Charlestown, MD - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Long Description:
The memorial is a metal sign with a silver background and black lettering. It was placed by the State of Maryland. It is located on Market Street in Charlestown MD.

TEXT ON THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL MARKER

Lt. Col. Nathaniel Ramsay-Member of Council of Safety and Courageous Officer of the Maryland Line in Revolutionary War, native of Pennsylvania, Princeton Graduate (1767) and lawyer. He settled in brick house near this site after his marriage in 1771 to Margaret Jean Peale. In 1775 he and his brother-in-law, famed portrait painter and inventor Charles Willson Peale, conducted experiments here in manufacturing of gunpowder. Serving under Washington in 1778, Ramsay was wounded at Monmouth, New Jersey, and taken prisoner by the British. After the war he served 2 terms in Congress.

From Wikipedia
"After the War
Ramsey moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1783, and practiced law there. He represented Maryland in the Congress of the Confederation in New York in 1786 and 1787. He was a Federalist, and after the establishment of the Federal government in 1789, President Washington appointed him the first U.S. Marshal for the District of Maryland, with his offices in Baltimore. He held this post from 1790 to 1798. In addition, he was named as Port Captain for Baltimore, serving from 1794 until his death in 1817. He died in Baltimore and is buried in Westminster Hall and Burying Ground."

(visit link)

Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link] List if there are any visiting hours: None Entrance fees (if it applies): None Type of memorial: Plaque

Visit Instructions:

*(1.)* Please submit a photo(s) taken by you of your visit to the location (non-copyrighted photos only). GPS photos are also accepted with the location in the background, and old vacation photos are accepted. If you are not able to provide a photo, then please describe your visit or give a story about the visit.
*(2.)* If you have additional information about the memorial which is not listed in the waymark description, please notify the waymark owner to have it added, and please post the information in your visit log.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   3/18/2023 Don.Morfe visited it