Person:Philip Cohen (2)

"Mr. Philip S. Cohen of Charleston, S, C. who was lost, was the youngest brother of Mr. Isaac S. Cohen, of Columbia, who was fortunately preserved. Both brothers were on board the Wm. Gibbons when she was wrecked, and narrowly escaped with their lives. We understand that their friends at home were very urgent in their solicitations that they should not return in the Home. Alas! that their entreaties were of no avail." [per John D Roland, survivor]

71 The following are two interesting references in the literature to the
Jews of Charleston at this period:

"The Jews of Charleston enjoy equal literary advantages with the other members of the community. Most of the parents being rich, the prejudice is here despised which confines the important object of education to the tenets of religion; and the Hebrews can boast of several men of talents and learning among them. Those Jewish children who are intended for professions receive a handsome classical education. There is now in the city an academy, where the French, Italian, Latin, and Greek languages are taught, together with other branches of learning. The Rev. Carvalho, mentioned above, also teaches the Hebrew and Spanish languages." From a letter written by Mr. Philip Cohen, a merchant in Charleston in 1811, and printed in Hannah Adams's History of the Jews, p. 465 (Boston, 1818). ...

... PHILIP COHEN was a Commissioner of the Marine Hospital from 1826 to 1833. He was a prominent member of the States' Rights Party in 1832 and one of the delegates to the "Nullification" Convention of that year. ...
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[cos1776 note: I'm not certain that these are the same person.]