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Arms, E.P., fl. 1862 to Charles Morgan Coit

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.160 Author/Creator: Arms, E.P., fl. 1862 Place Written: Norwich Town, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 November 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Writes to request more information about the money for the monument to Dr. Lathrop. Asks where the money is deposited and what sort of monument the donors of the money had in mind.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
Arms, E.P., fl. 1862

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