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    <unittitle>Cole Family Papers</unittitle>
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      <famname role="cre" rules="rda" source="lcnaf">Cole family</famname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.2 linear feet</extent>
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    <abstract id="0c89297ba74094f7f62f03276d7b1895">Consists of 12 letters from William, E. B., and Robert Patten to their brother-in-law and sister, George N. and Olivia Cole, along with additional Cole family documents.</abstract>
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    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements</head>
<p>For preservation reasons, original analog
and digital media may not be read or played back in the
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  <scopecontent id="6dd5da4abaa5b965d1e912e83bb020ec">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of various materials related to the Cole family of Maine. Of special interest are 12 letters from brothers William, E. B., and Robert Patten, to their brother-in-law and sister, George N. and Olivia Cole, about their experiences in San Francisco during the gold rush.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Arrangement</head>
<p>No arrangement scheme.</p>  </arrangement>
  <accessrestrict id="cbe30ec66545888ccf2229f1a3ea65d7">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>Open for research.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
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  <acqinfo id="781360943da5a7e0faafe8f2082f9ad4">
    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Purchase, 2016. (AM 2017-85)</p>  </acqinfo>
  <appraisal id="999219be7547d0c1118d58ff19f2acdc">
    <head>Appraisal</head>
<p>No materials were separated during 2017 processing.</p>  </appraisal>
  <prefercite id="d1bd520de26ca94811ae7e92ce818a22">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Title of Collection, Box and Folder Number; Manuscripts Division, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.</p>  </prefercite>
  <processinfo id="385ae8c676d46fbd62b8f92617db7eb9">
    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>This collection was processed by Faith Charlton in March 2017. Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in March 2017.</p>  </processinfo>
  <bioghist>
    <note label="personal-name">Cole family</note>
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>George N. Cole (1821-1870), of Calais, Maine, married Olivia Patten (1822-1897), of Kent County, New Brunswick in 1845. They had two children: William Howard Cole (1846-1909) and George E. Cole (1851-). William married Fanny Alice Woodbury (1859-1910), with whom he had three children: Albert Neil Cole (1885–1952), Thomas B. Cole (1893-), and Miriam V. Cole (1897-)</p>  </bioghist>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="lcsh">Gold miners -- California. -- 19th century -- Correspondence</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">California--Gold discoveries. -- Correspondence</geogname>
    <genreform source="viaf">Correspondence -- 19th century</genreform>
    <famname rules="rda" source="lcnaf">Patten family</famname>
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