Jacobites
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Autograph Letter Signed from David Oliphant to David Covingrie of Newark, 27 June 1748
Item — Box CLX-A-355
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0241
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from David Oliphant to David Covingtrie of Newark (Orkney), from Charles Town (nowadays Charleston, South Carolina), dated June 27th 1748.This relic of colonial America links two Scottish Jacobites across the ocean. David Oliphant, a medical man, made some impact on South Caroline society, and was tutor to Charles Pinckney - 37th Governor of South Carolina. The addressee was a member of a family of lairds and merchants in Orkney, who, in their opposition...
Dates:
27 June 1748