Cooke, Noah, 1749-1829
Noah Cooke was born in Hadley, Massachusetts in October, 1749. He graduated from Harvard College in 1769 and went on to study divinity. He received his license to preach in 1771. From 1775 until 1780 he served as a chaplain in the Revolutionary War, achieving the rank of colonel. In 1780 he left the army and moved to Keene, N.H. Here he read law with Daniel Newcomb, Esq. and was admitted to the bar in 1784. After practicing law for several years, he became the town officer in 1792, town moderator in 1793, and then town clerk of Keene in 1795, a post he held continuously until 1804. He was the first president of the General Monadnock Society for the Promotion of Morals (1814) and was the librarian for the Social Library (precursor to the Keene Public Library) at the time of his death in October, 1829.
From the description of [Noah Cooke papers] / Noah Cooke. 1782-1821. (Kelley Library). WorldCat record id: 277238729
Lawyer, of New Ipswich and Keene, N.H.A.B. Harvard (1769). He began as a preacher but switched to law and was admitted to the Cheshire County (N.H.) bar in 1784. Cooke held a variety of local offices in Keene. See sketch in Sibley's Harvard Graduates, Vol. XVII.
From the description of Account books, 1788-1829 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269592775
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| creatorOf | Cooke, Noah, 1749-1829. Account books, 1788-1829 (inclusive). | Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library | |
| referencedIn | United States. Continental Congress. In Congress. The delegates of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Suffolk on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South Carolina to the Reverend Noah Cooke Junr. We ... do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be chaplain of the fifth Regiment of Foot Commanded by Colonel John Stark, and to the eighth Regiment Commanded by Colonel Enoch Poor in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defense of American Liberty, and for repelling every invasion thereof ..., 1776. | Harvard University Archives. | |
| creatorOf | Cooke, Noah, 1749-1829. [Noah Cooke papers] / Noah Cooke. | New Hampshire State Library, NHSL |
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Birth 1749
Death 1829
