Day, Sherman, 1806-1884

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Dates:

Birth 1806

Death 1884

Biographical notes:

Sherman Day was an artist and architect.

From the description of Ephraim Dyer IV Collection, ca. 1842, of the sketches of Sherman Day. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523576

Sherman Day was an artist and civil engineer who published an important book on Pennsylvania history in the 1840s. His Historical Collection of the State of Pennsylvania contained many original drawings and descriptions of Pennsylvania life past and present.

Prior to this work, Day, son of Jeremiah Day, Yale’s President, and grandson of Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, worked as a merchant and a civil engineer in the Old Northwest. He lived in Pennsylvania for a year, where he undertook the work that would become the Historical Collection of the State of Pennsylvania. In 1849, he traveled to California, where he worked as a miner, surveyor, and professor.

From the guide to the Ephraim Dyer IV Collection, ca. 1842, of the sketches of Sherman Day, Circa 1842, (American Philosophical Society)