John Rutledge

They forbade Rutledge from surrendering mainly because William Moultrie who was now a general believed that the Americans had enough troops to at least equal the British force which consisted largely of untrained civilians. I would sooner cut off my hand than write one. During this time he was selected to represent South Carolina in the Constitutional Convention.

He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he chaired a committee that wrote much of what was included in the final version of the United States Constitution which he also signed. He served as an Associate Justice on the U.