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Documents and Letters

 Series
Identifier: M036.1

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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

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Arrangement:

Arranged chronogically within category.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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Contact:
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Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
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