Moses Henry Nathan collection

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Moses Henry Nathan collection

1855, 2002, 2009, undated

https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/2/resources/891

This collection consists of information on Moses Henry Nathan (1821-1875) together with photocopied annual reports of the City of Charleston Fire Department, 1859-1861, 1866-1872 which were delivered to the Charleston Board of Fire Masters. The original annual reports are bound into a volume titled on the spine "Annual reports of the Chief of the Fire Department of Charleston, 1859-1872" and impressed on the front cover "M.H. Nathan." The collection also includes a photograph of Chief M.H. Nathan taken duing the Civil War, Nathan's brief, handwritten account of the 1861 Charleston fire, and another account of the fire written in a book found on Hayne Street.

0.5 linear feet (1 document box)

eng, Latn

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8298609

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.)

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Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim was organized in 1749 in Charleston, SC, following the Sephardic ritual. The current 1841 synagogue was built by enslaved African descendants owned by David Lopez Jr, a prominent slaveowner and proponent of the Confederate States of America, after the original synagogue was destroyed in a fire in 1838. ...

Charleston (S.C.). Fire Dept.

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Charleston (S.C.). Board of Fire Masters.

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Nathan, Moses Henry, 1821-1875.

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