Documents and Letters
Series
Identifier: M036.1
Series Description:
This series contains legal documents, primarily land deeds, and correspondence. Correspondence includes eight dated letters written by Elisha Coan during the Civil War. Other correspondence concerns family matters before and after the Civil War. Several letters written during the 1950s by Marion Coan, daughter of Elisha, are included.
Dates
- Creation: 1831-1955, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1857 - 1869
Creator
- From the Collection: Coan, Elisha Skinner, 1843-1896 (Person)
Full Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement:
Arranged chronogically within category.
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository
