Scrapbook. [18--?]-1862.

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Scrapbook. [18--?]-1862.

Information on geographical, historical, archaeological topics across continents and time periods primarily copied by Elijah Coffin from works by other authors.

1 item (99 p.) ; 35 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7443418

Haverford College Library

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Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862

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Elijah Coffin was born in 1793 in Guilford County, N.C., and moved to Indiana in 1824. He began as a teacher, then became a businessman and finally a banker. He held positions of responsibility within the Society of Friends, including Clerk of the Indiana Yearly Meeting and Elder, and published works on Scripture and religion. He died in 1862. From the description of Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : writte...