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Box 1

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Contains 11 Results:

Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence, 1846-1858

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id160811
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, business, tax and legal records, primarily 1848-1890, of various members of the Cook and Luttrell Families of Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties, Virginia. The Cook family correspondence is concentrated between 1855 and 1858 and discusses the migration of several members of the family to western Virginia and Missouri, courtship and marriage, farming, and detailed accounts of family visits. The Luttrell correspondence, 1874-1890, contains letters to Mollie Luttrell...
Dates: 1846-1858
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family

Y. L. Settle, (Hampton, Virginia?), to "Tom" (Thomas J. Cook), 1846 February 11

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163951
Scope and Contents

Describes teaching position.

Dates: 1846 February 11
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

Thomas J. Cook and William A. Cook, to "dear friend", 1850 February 23

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163952
Scope and Contents

Protests William's treatment by the Motsey Division of the Sons of (Temperance?), and the slander of his name.

Dates: 1850 February 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

Thomas J. Cook, Culpeper County, Virginia, to Burrell Henry Cook, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 1853 February 18

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163953
Scope and Contents

Is glad he has arrived safely and has good prospects; tells news of the family; is anxious to hear his newly-learned Spanish.

Dates: 1853 February 18
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

James W. Corbin, Anderson County, Kentucky, to "cousin" (Thomas J. Cook; Culpeper County, Virginia), 1854 July 29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163954
Scope and Contents

Describes his journey home to find his youngest child dead of scarlet fever; has been sick for the past week; wants him to check a land title with the Cumberland County Clerk; includes a list of marriages in the Corbin family.

Dates: 1854 July 29
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

L.A. Corbin, Brandy Station, Culpeper County, Virginia, to "Tom" (Thomas J. Cook?), 1857 March 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163955
Scope and Contents

Asks for repayment of a loan; describes trip to Washington, (D.C., for Presidential inauguration?)

Dates: 1857 March 7
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

Thomas Cook and Sallie S. (Sarah Susan) Cook, (Taylor County, Virginia) West Virginia, to "mother" (Susan M. Cook, Culpeper County, Virginia), 1858 January 16

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163956
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Discusses trip to the "western lands" to visit brother, Burrell H. Cook; tells of relatives met.

Dates: 1858 January 16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

Thomas J. Cook and "Sudie," Sarah Susan Cook, (Missouri?), to "Mother" (Susan M. Cook, Culpeper County, Virginia), 1858 April 19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163957
Scope and Contents

Describes trip from Virginia to Missouri, and friends encountered along the way; mentions intention to marry in the near future.

Dates: 1858 April 19
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

Thomas J. Cook, Saline County, Missouri, to "nephew" (?), 1858 June 22

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163958
Scope and Contents

Discusses weather, and crops in Missouri as compared to Virginia; sends love to family members; intends to visit home when possible.

Dates: 1858 June 22
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

Thomas J. Cook, Saline County, Missouri, to "Mother" (Susan M. Cook, Culpeper County), Virginia, 1858 November 3

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163960
Scope and Contents

Discusses bad weather and illness in vicinity; mentions sisters, Sarah Susan, visit and brother, Burrell; also Frank Robinson and family; intends to return home when possible.

Dates: 1858 November 3
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence

L.A. Corbin, Oak Shade, Leurs County, Missouri, to "cousin" (Thomas J. Cook?), (Culpeper County, Virginia?), circa 1860 March 24

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id163961
Scope and Contents

Describes trip from Platte, Missouri to Oak Shade; weather makes travel bad, but is generally pleased with country; was glad to hear family is well; tells of acquaintances and friends living in Missouri.

Dates: circa 1860 March 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cook-Luttrell Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence / Cook Family / Thomas Jimson Cook Correspondence