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George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, September 28, 1857 - George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, September 28, 1857 - PDF

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Electa writes about how busy she has been and how much she misses Sarah. George writes that he is a member of a Society of Good Templars. He also writes of how he and Electa live.
creator Cook, George Washington, 1823-1883
creator Cook, Electa Caroline, 1822-1863
Title George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, September 28, 1857 - PDF
Media Type application/pdf
Keyword Frontier and pioneer life
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/11861
Identifier (local) grinnell:11861
Type of Resource mixed material
Group Record
creator Cook, George Washington, 1823-1883
Title George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, September 28, 1857
Index Date 1857
Date (Other) 1857-09-28
Publisher Grinnell College
Genre letter
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Extent 4 pages
Media Type image/tiff
Note From DMC: Only the month and day are in the letter. The text, however, does appear to be the first letter written from Electa to Sarah, so I am placing the year at 1857, the fall after George and Electa’s arrival in Grinnell in the spring of 1857.
Language English
Geographic Iowa
Geographic Grinnell (Iowa)
Geographic Poweshiek County (Iowa)
Geographic United States
Temporal Eighteen fifties
Keyword Households
Keyword Societies, etc.
Classification MS 01.164 Box 1 Folder 8
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Early College History
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/11863
Identifier (local) grinnell:11863
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