Martha Laurens Ramsay

Portrait of Martha Laurens as a child, painted {{circa|1767}} by [[John Wollaston (painter)|John Wollaston]] Martha Laurens Ramsay (November 3, 1759 – June 10, 1811) was an American woman from Charleston, South Carolina. A daughter of Henry Laurens, she was married to Dr. David Ramsay. Her diary and private letters, which were published by her husband after her death under the title ''Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay'', provide a historically valuable account of a Southern woman's life during the American Revolutionary War and the early years of the nation. Provided by Wikipedia