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Brown, D. Tilden (David Tilden), 1822-1889

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1822 - 1889

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

David Tilden Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-BrownD
Abstract

Manuscript journal of physician David Tilden Brown, April 1, 1841-Nov. 22, 1847, with partial transcription, kept while Brown was in medical school in New York City. Also, a few pen sketches, three architect’s drawings of Sheppard Asylum in Baltimore, MD, a Sheppard Asylum Fifth Annual Report, 1897, two clippings, and a photo of Dr. Brown ca. 1865-1870.

Dates: 1841-1897

David Tilden Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-1819
Abstract Letters, receipts, contracts, 2 manuscript maps, and drawings pertaining to Brown's activities in Nicaragua around 1848-1850. Brown traveled to Central America in 1849 planning to establish a cheaper and faster commercial route west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean across the isthmus of Nicaragua. Brown and several associates formed the Compañía de Vapores de Nicaragua and, on March 14, 1849, negotiated the first treaty with General José Trinidad Muñoz for exclusive rights to steamship...
Dates: 1848-1866; Majority of material found in 1849 - 1849

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Architectural drawings -- Baltimore (Md.) -- 1851-1900 1
Canals -- Nicaragua -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Canals, Interoceanic -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Journals (notebooks) -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1801-1850 1