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Title: George W. Cook to Collins Cook and Henry W. Cook, January 1, 1859
Description: George writes because he forgot to send money to Collins and Henry and has found out some further information concerning the deeds they want to purchase.
Date Created: 1859
PID: grinnell:12329

Title: George W. Cook to Collins Cook and Sarah E. Cook, November 8, 1857
Description: George writes about the land he has purchased and the types of crops grown. He also writes about the weather, and the social activities in town.
Date Created: 1857
PID: grinnell:11874

Title: George W. Cook to Collins Cook, April (?) 1857
Description: A map of township land.
Date Created: 1857
PID: grinnell:11669

Title: George W. Cook to Collins Cook, February 8, 1858
Description: George writes about land sales, the building of the railway, and Westward emigration.
Date Created: 1858
PID: grinnell:11890

Title: George W. Cook to Collins Cook, March 19, 1858
Description: George writes to his brother Collins about the railroad in Iowa and Illinois, and speaks about Henry Farnum [Farnam]. Land plots and lines of credit are discussed.
Date Created: 1858
PID: grinnell:12262

Title: George W. Cook to Friends, December 18, 1859
Description: In the first part of the letter, George writes of people in town, the weather and crops and livestock. In the second part he writes about some wells being dry, crops, the railroad, and land prices. The names Ezra Grinnell, Fred Taylor, and someone by the last name Monroe.
Date Created: 1859
PID: grinnell:12396

Title: George W. Cook to Friends, November 8, 1857
Description: George writes to friends about banking, land sales, land use, crops, and frontier life.
Date Created: 1857
PID: grinnell:11865

Title: George W. Cook to Friends, October 9, 1859
Description: George writes of the move of Iowa College from Davenport to Grinnell, and reports that one of the buildings is nearly finished. He also discusses the location of the planned railroad depot and the building of a bridge across the Iowa River. Land and building in the town of Grinnell is also discussed.
Date Created: 1859
PID: grinnell:12384

Title: George W. Cook to Henry W. Cook, December 13, 1858
Description: George writes to his brothers about the bond vote for the railroad. He sends money for the purposes of purchasing a deed. He also writes that a vote was taken to move the College from Davenport to Grinnell.
Date Created: 1858
PID: grinnell:12289

Title: George W. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, April 27, 1857
Description: This letter describing the travel from Connecticut to Iowa is probably the first letter sent from Grinnell, IA, to Meriden, CT. It seems to fix the arrival of George and Electa in Grinnell to late April 1857.
Date Created: 1857
PID: grinnell:11654