David Ramsay
(1749-1815), physician and patriot, of Ulster Scot descent, Delegate
to the Continental Congress, was author of historical works relating
to the Revolution and to South Carolina. Gilbert Imlay, born about
1755 in New Jersey of Scottish parents, was the first Kentucky
novelist, author of "The History of an Expatriated Family" (1793),
etc. Robert Dinsmoor (1757-1836), poet, was brother of Governor
Dinsmoor of New Hampshire. Hugh McCall (1767-1824), author of the
first "History of Georgia," (published in 2 v., 1811-16), was of
Scottish descent. His ancestor emigrated from Dumbartonshire to Ulster
along with the ancestor of J.C. Calhoun. The ancestors of both
remained two generations in Ulster before coming to America. The
greatest name in American literature is that of the son of the
Orcadian farmer, Washington Irving (1783-1859). He was the first who
won international honors for American literature. John Mellish or
Melish (1771-1822), born in Perthshire, died in Philadelphia, traveled
extensively in the United States and published several volumes of his
travels and also published many topographical and military maps. James
Murdock (1776-1856), of Ulster Scot descent, translated and edited
Mosheim's "Institutes of Ecclesiastical History," Milman's "History of
Christianity," etc. Henry Marie Brackenridge (1786-1871), author and
jurist, was son of the author of "Modern Chivalry." Thomas F. Gordon
(1789-1860), lawyer and historian of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, etc.
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