Isaac Auld collection
Collection Overview
The collection includes a letter of recommendation from Dr. Auld, late principal of the Edisto Island Academy, dated March 10, 1815, from Rev. A.P. Thayer of the Classics Department of Edisto Island Academy. In this letter, Auld mentions that Thayer kept the school open during "the recent war" (the War of 1812). There is a copy of Auld's genealogy prepared by Earnest Malcom Auld in 1963. Also included is a copy of McDonald L. Burbedge's "Isaac Auld, A Founding Father of the Supreme Council, thirty-third degree."
Dates
- Creation: 1815, 2000, undated
Creator
- Auld, Isaac, 1770-1826 (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Isaac Auld was born in Norristown, PA. He came to Charleston around 1798 and established himself on Edisto Island. He alternated his residency between Charleston and Edisto Island. He joined the Medical Society of South Carolina in 1801. Dr. Auld was a founding member of the Masonic Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree.
Extent
3 folders
Subject
- Auld, Isaac, 1770-1826 (Person)
- Edisto Island Academy (Organization)
- Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction -- History (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Isaac Auld Collection, 1815, 1963, 2000
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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