17. JOHN THOMAS SHAAFF-Born 1763, Frederick Co., Md. Probably not M. D.; Licentiate Med. and Chirurg. Faculty, Md. Incorporator of the Medical Society under the first charter. Died April 28, 1819. One of the founders of the Med. and Chirurg. Faculty ; its Treasurer, 1799– 1801; member of “Governor's Council" of Maryland, 1798-1800. Said to have been an alumnus of Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland. Married Mary Sydebotham, of Bladensburg, Md. June 29, 1807, a public meeting was held at Annapolis, to denounce the attack of the British Frigate “Leopard" upon the U. S. Ship“ Chesapeake," on June 22d off Norfolk, and to “support such measures as should be adopted by the Government.” Dr. Shaaff was one of a committee of twelve, including the Governor of the State, "to carry out the resolutions." See Cordell's Med. Annals of Maryland, 1903, p. 564.
