Box 1
Contains 11 Results:
Lucy E. (Cook) Marshall Correspondence, 1854-1858
Lucy E. Cook, Union, Kentucky, to Cook family, Culpeper County Virginia, 1854 October 24
Describes journey west; tells of relatives she has met; mentions parties she has attended; asks her family to write back.
Lucy E. Cook, Kentucky, to "mother" (Susan M. Cook, Culpeper County, Virginia), 1854 November 8
Describes her visit to Kentucky and the relatives she has met; sends love to her family and friends; asks for newspapers to be sent to her, especially The Baltimore Sun.
Lucy E. Cook Marshall, Miami, Seline (sic) Saline County, Missouri, to "brother," Thomas J. Cook, Culpeper County, Virginia, 1855 April 17
Includes a description of her new husband, and hopes her family will forgive her for marrying without asking them; describes Missouri; is very pleased with her situation.
Lucy E. Cook Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, to "brother," James Cook, (Culpeper County, Virginia?), 1855 May 10
Tells how happy she is in Missouri; is happy brother Thomas is teaching school, but thinks he would do better in Missouri; sends collar pattern and linen for sister [Sarah Susan?]; hopes to visit home soon.
Lucy E. Cook Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, to "mother" (Susan M. Cook, Culpeper County, Virginia), 1855 June 7
Tells of potential for advancement in Missouri; talks of her husband, Joseph, and of relatives she has heard from.
Lucie (sic) E. Cook Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, to "sis" (Sarah Susan Cook), 1855 June 26
With annotations by recipient. Says she is well and very happy with her husband; hopes some of her relatives will visit soon, maybe to stay in Missouri.
Lucy E. Cook Marshall, (Saline County, Missouri?), to "brother" Thomas, Culpeper County, Virginia, 1856 August 30
Asks after her family; tells of her plans to visit them in the spring; is hesitant to visit friends in Kansas due to abolitionist controversy there.
Lucy E. Cook Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, to "brother" (Thomas Jimson Cook?), (Culpeper County, Virginia), 1856 December 21
Mentions she has not heard from her family in months; tells about her Missouri acquaintances; discusses plans to visit friends and family in Kentucky and Virginia.
Lucy E. Cook Marshall, Saline County, Missouri to "mother" (Susan M. Cook, Culpeper County, Virginia), 1857 November 29
Describes new home and work associated with taking in boarders; announces birth of a daughter; sends love to family.
Lucy E. Cook Marshall, Saline County, Missouri to "mother" (Susan M. Cook, Culpeper County, Virginia), 1858 November 18
Mentions husband (Joseph Marshall) and children (Fannie and Lila); details her work and her husband's investments in hogs, and his building of a distillery; tells of food she has prepared for the winter; sends her love to the rest of the family.