Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Elam Brown Bible Collection
Dates: 1747-1922
Collection Number: 1984.4
Creator/Collector:
Brown, Elam
Extent: 1 book
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: Holy Bible, dated 1871, presented to Elam Brown by the California Bible Society.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
Elam Brown Bible Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Biography/Administrative History
Elam Brown was an early settler in Lafayette, arriving in 1846. He was a farmer and built the first mill in the area.
Scope and Content of Collection
Holy Bible, dated 1871, presented to Elam Brown by the California Bible Society. Family documentation is hand-written in ink
and pencil in the front and rear papers as well as the Family Record section in the center.
Bible
Family papers
Bible