MsC 109

Manuscript Register

PAPERS OF THE COOK FAMILY

Collection Dates: 1841 to 1912

(Bulk Dates: 1860 -- 1880)

1 linear ft.

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Posted to Internet: May, 2002

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Box List

Box I

14 diaries for the year 1892 and consecutively from 1900 -- 1912. Cook, Edward E.

Leather billfold. Cook & Smith

Inventory and correspondence concerning acquisition of papers

Box 2

FOLDER 1
5 notes. 1872 -- 1876, John P. Cook

FOLDER 2
12 insurance policies, mortgage and release. 1870 -- 1886. Eliza A. Cook

FOLDER 3
Tax deed, 2 letters. 1872 -- 1890. Edward E. Cook

FOLDER 4
13 deeds, contracts, assignments, etc. 1861 -- 1865. Cook family

FOLDER 5
57 notes, assignments, etc. 1856 -- 1868. T. S. Faxton, Cook family

FOLDER 6
42 tax receipts. 1869 -- 1887, Eliza A. Cook

FOLDER 7
7 notes, letter, deed, and insurance policy. 1860 -- 1873. Cook family

FOLDER 8
25 tax receipts. 1857 -- 1867. John P. Cook

FOLDER 9
8 papers relative to settlement between B. F. Allen and estate of John P. Cook. 1865 -- 1873. John P. Cook

FOLDER 10
5 letters, list of property, deed. 1860 -- 1890. E. E. Cook, John P. Cook

FOLDER 11
Court record of Drury vs. Clark, 1877. J. Wilson Drury

FOLDER 12
26 tax rceipts. 1872 -- 1885. John P. Cook

FOLDER 13
5 notes, assets, application for loan, etc. 1875 -- 1882. Eliza A. Cook

FOLDER 14
18 releases, deeds, notes, etc. 1854 -- 1868. J. P. Cook

FOLDER 15
13 deeds, lease. 1855 -- 1879. J. P. Cook

FOLDER 16
4 letters from B. F. Allen. 1872. E. E. Cook

FOLDER 17
9 leases, deeds, settlements. 1864 -- 1884. Eliza A. Cook

FOLDER 18
15 leases, deeds, notes, letters, etc. 1863 -- 1880. J. P. Cook, E. E. Cook

FOLDER 19
48 receipts, letter to Hiram Price, 1841 -- 1856. J. P. Cook

13 Day Books. "Cook & Dodge":

No. 1: 1 May 1880 -- 31 December 1881
No. 2: 2 January 1882 -- 28 September 1883
No. 3: 29 September 1883 -- 15 September 1885
No. 4: 16 September 1885 -- 25 June 1887
No. 5: 25 June 1887 -- 29 April 1889
No. 6: 1 May 1889 -- 21 March 1891
No. 7: 23 March 1891 -- 31 March 1893
No. 8: 1 April 1893 -- 30 April 1895
No. 9: 1 May 1895 -- 15 February 1898
No. 10: 17 February 1898 -- 28 April 1900
No. 11: 1 May 1900 -- 31 October 1903
No. 12: 2 November 1903 -- 29 July 1907
No. 13: 31 July 1907 -- 30 April 1908

4 Ledgers. "Cook & Dodge"

No. 1: 1 May 1880 -- 11 September 1885 with an Index
No. 2: 1884, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1890 with an Index
No. 3: 1891, 1892, 1895, 1897, 1898 with an Index
No. 4 : 1899, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 with an Index