Box 1
Container
Contains 57 Results:
Letter signed Stephen Cook, Chicago, to Isaac Cook, Springfield, Illinois. Includes appended letters signed Moll and Cad. Letters discuss family news., 1845 Jan 18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1845 Jan 18
Letter signed Cornelius Lansing, Chicago, to Isaac Cook, Springfield, Illinois. Mentions that he will send Cook $50, and that Lot Whitcomb asked him to sign a petition in favor of General Stewart. Also mentions that all his friends are supporting Silas W. Sherman for collector., 1845 Jan 23
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1845 Jan 23
Letter signed Geo. N. Landon [George N. Landon], Detroit, to Isaac Cook, Chicago, Illinois. Tells Cook he can expect the appointment from the president., 1845 May 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1845 May 9
Letter signed Thos. Larkin [Thomas Larkin], Ottawa, to Isaac Cook, Chicago, Illinois. Asks him to send a certificate of deposit for the purchase of a lot of land., 1845 Sept 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1845 Sept 3
Letter signed Thomas Ford, Springfield, to Isaac Cook, Chicago, Illinois. “. . . . I can now see you will have a regret to forfeit and take at a new valuation. . . .”, 1845 Sept 22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1845 Sept 22
Letter signed E.C. McLoud [Eben C. McLoud?], Lockport, Illinois, to Isaac Cook, Chicago. States that if Cook desires the office of sheriff, he would be the best qualified man for the office., 1846 Feb 22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1846 Feb 22
Letter signed S. Breese [Sidney Breese], Washington, to Isaac Cook, Chicago, Illinois. “I have just arrived here from N. York and have had an interview with the President. I think I am safe in saying he will appoint you upon my pledge that you have reformed & that you will not do any improper act hereafter. . . .”, 1846 Apr 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1846 Apr 2
Letter signed Edward Castle, Chicago, to Isaac Cook, sheriff of Cook County, Illinois. Proposes “to find two horses & buggy and do all that two horses and one man could do you should keep my horses and myself when from here and give me five hundred dollars per year. . . .”, 1846 Aug 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1846 Aug 17
Letter signed Charles Waterman, Freeport, to Isaac Cook, sheriff, Chicago, Illinois. Regarding the arrest of a man named Sanders., 1846 Dec 10
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1846 Dec 10
Letter signed A.J. Douglas, Lockport, to Isaac Cook, Springfield, care of N.B. Judd. Regarding legal dispute over contract for work done on the Illinois and Michigan Canal., 1847 Feb 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St....
Dates:
1847 Feb 20