%eadnotat; ]> Tait, Charles, 1768-1835. Letters written to Judge Tait, 1829-1835. Phillips Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2001. ENG Tait, Charles, 1768-1835. Letters written to Judge Tait, 1829-1835. Phillips Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1963 Descriptive Summary Collection 359 Archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences

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TAIT, Honorable CHARLES, 1768-1835. Letters written to Judge Tait, 1829-35. 23 items. Collection 359

Senator, judge, cotton planter and naturalist, he opened his home in Claiborne, Alabama to many explorers and collectors who were passing through. Elected a correspondent of the Academy in 1832, he, several times, attended courses of lectures at the Academy of Natural Sciences, as he did also in New Haven.

Gift of a descendant, Mrs. Samuel Woods, 1908 who had found them among family papers. Two letters from Mrs. Woods gives biographical details of the Judge and replies from E. J. Nolan are preserved with this collection.