Philip Tidyman manuscripts
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two volumes of the manuscripts of the letters of Philip Tidyman's travel throughout New England and Canada from his home in Charleston, South Carolina. The collection also includes correspondence, transcribed letters, and typed notes related to the manuscripts.
Dates
- Creation: 1810
Creator
- Tidyman, Philip (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Dr. Philip Tidyman (1776-1850) was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1776 to Hester Rose and Philip Tidyman. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and Göttingen, where he was the first American to receive a doctorate at a German university. In 1801, he returned to Charleston where he was a physician and a planter. He was a member of the House, serving in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Eighteenth Assemblies and a member of many organizations including the German Friendly Society, the American Philosophical Society, and the South Carolina Academy
of Fine Arts. He died in Aberdeen, Scotland, on June 11, 1850.
Source: College of Charleston Special Collections, finding aid for the Inventory of the John Vaughan Letters to the Philip Tidyman
Extent
0.29 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection is comprised of two volumes of the manuscripts of the letters of Philip Tidyman's travel throughout New England and Canada from his home in Charleston, South Carolina. The collection also includes correspondence, transcribed letters, and typed notes related to the manuscripts.
Acquisition
The Philip Tidyman manuscripts were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1923 by the Friends Library, London.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed December, 2015.
- Title
- Philip Tidyman manuscripts, 1810
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- December, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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