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Title: George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, July 1, 1857; July 4, 1857
Description: Letters six and seven are written on the same piece of paper. Letter six is from Electa C. Cook and letter seven is from George W. Cook. Both are to Sarah E. Cook.
Date Created: 1857
PID: grinnell:11845

Title: George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, March 26, 1859
Description: George writes to Sarah that he has little to write, and reports that he and many others in town have been sick. The weather has been poor. He gives a report of the progress on the building of the railroad. Electa asks to be sent [clothes] patterns.
Date Created: 1859
PID: grinnell:12361

Title: George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, October 23, 1859
Description: Electa writes about how she misses the family, asks for news of family members, and gives updates on those in Iowa. George writes that the College railroad business are completed.
Date Created: 1859
PID: grinnell:12391

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, 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 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

Title: George W. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, February 26, 1859
Description: George writes to Sarah to discuss the purchase of a deed. Other topics include land, lumber, the Baptist Church, the railroad, and prices of goods.
Date Created: 1859
PID: grinnell:12352

Title: George W. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, February 28, 1860
Description: George writes that at the first good opportunity, they are going to leave Grinnell and move back East. He asks her to be on the lookout for property. He also details local crop prices. The Congregational Church is mentioned.
Date Created: 1860
PID: grinnell:12402

Title: Unknown to Unknown, January (?), 1859
Description: The letter seems to be a fragment. The first paragraph discusses the where the writer lives, and details of the surrounding area. The second paragraph discusses information concerning state government and jurisdiction districts. Also mentioned is the State University [later University of Iowa].
Date Created: 1859
PID: grinnell:12340