Edward F. Coffin letter : Worcester, Mass., to Prof. Herbert I. Priestley, Berkeley, Calif. : TLS, 1939 Oct. 8.

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Edward F. Coffin letter : Worcester, Mass., to Prof. Herbert I. Priestley, Berkeley, Calif. : TLS, 1939 Oct. 8.

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Concerning Priestley's biographical sketch in the Dictionary of American Biography of Theodore Hittell, author of "The adventures of James Capen Adams, mountaineer and grizzly bear hunter of California," and the controversy surrounding the true identity of Grizzly Adams.

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Coffin, Edward Francis, 1873-1949

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Edward Francis Coffin (1873-1949) was born in Nashua, N.H., and died in Worcester, Mass. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1895 and joined his father's Worcester firm, E. W. Coffin Company, which sold store fixtures. Coffin was also a successful book dealer. He was Secretary of the Worcester Historical Society, and gave many pamphlets, rare books, and manuscripts to the American Antiquarian Society. From the description of Correspondence, 1912-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Priestley, Herbert Ingram, 1875-1944

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Priestly (1913-). B. Sc. 1933; Ph. D. 1935: University of Leeds, England. Professor of Physics at Knox College from 1952-1982. Chairman of Physics Dept., Ripon College, 1946-1952. From the description of Faculty Series: Herbert Priestley. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78411838 Professor of Mexican history at the University of California, Berkeley (1917-1944); member of The Bancroft Library staff after 1912 and its director from 1940-1944. From the description of...