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Box 1

 Container

Contains 57 Results:

Letter signed James Laffarty, Ottawa, to Isaac Cook, Chicago, Illinois. “You will please to deliver up the deed and paper that is in your posesion belonging to Jams[?] Ryen[?] concerning the bail in our suit, to Mr. Curtis. . . .”, 1847 May 8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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 May 8

Letter signed A.H. Howland, Ottawa, to Isaac Cook, sheriff, Chicago, Illinois. States that he would like to buy 45 acres of land lying on the Fox River if the price is low., 1847 June 10

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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 June 10

Letter signed S.A. Douglas [Stephen A. Douglas], London, England, to Isaac Cook, Chicago. Asks Mr. Cook to see if the taxes have been paid on his property., 1853 May 27

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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: 1853 May 27

Letter signed Isaac, University Club, St. Louis, to Edith. “. . . . it is eight months today dear since you gave me the first great proof of your love, & little more than a month remains for you, before we will end our betrothal. . . .” Mentions that “Dixie Shaw has announced her engagement to a Cleveland man.”, 1897 Sept 15

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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: 1897 Sept 15

Marriage certificate of Isaac Cook, Jr., of St. Louis and Edith Mudd of St. Louis, who were married at the 2nd Presbyterian Church., 1897 Oct 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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: 1897 Oct 20

Printed circular titled “Januarius,” addressed to Janvier and January relatives and sent from Amos J. Johnson (Valley Centre, California), Mrs. Emma Troudner (Carbondale, Kansas), and William A. January (San Jose, California) (4 pages) Circular includes the genealogy of the Janvier/January surname, and solicits genealogical information from descendants of this family., 1900 Aug 5

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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: 1900 Aug 5

Stock certificate of Edith M. Cook in the Boreel Mining Company, New York., 1902 Mar 27

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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: 1902 Mar 27

Circular letter of Patrick J. Burke, secretary and treasurer, Boreel Mining Company, New York, to Dear Sir. “The Board of Trustees at a meeting held this day, voted a further distribution from the assets of 3 cents a share payable to all stockholders of record, at the office of the Company, on presentation of their certificates. . . .”, 1914 July 8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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: 1914 July 8

Printed poem titled “New Year’s Greetings, 1920-21.”, 1921

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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: 1921

Typescript address extolling the career of Dr. Henry Hodgen Mudd (1844-1899) on the occasion of the presentation of a portrait of Dr. Mudd to Washington University Medical School as a gift from Dr. Mudd’s brothers, Seeley Mudd and Dr. Harvey G. Mudd. (5 pages) On September 20, 1869, Dr. Henry Hodgen Mudd married Miss Elizabeth Hassel Albright, daughter of Thomas J. Albright. Their children were John Hodgen Mudd, Robert Henry Mudd, Mrs. Isaac Cook, and Mrs. Sidney Walker., 1922 Jan 19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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: 1922 Jan 19