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1821-1835
Folders C.1.1-C.1.5
GUSN-296350
Series I, Abel Coffin (1792-1837), 1821-1835 (#C.1.1-C.1.5), contains personal correspondence; financial correspondence; and receipts. Also included in the series are correspondence, a land deed, and a clipping regarding a land dispute (#C.1.5). See #1.19, C.2.48, and VF for related material regarding Coffin's involvement with conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874). The series is arranged alphabetically by record type, and thereunder chronologically.
personal papers
Personal papers (1 carton)
MS010
Coffin family papers
1929
MS010.01
personal papers
Series
Folders C.1.1-C.1.5
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