Charles Alston Cook papers, 1813-1926 (bulk 1860s-1870s) [manuscript].

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Charles Alston Cook papers, 1813-1926 (bulk 1860s-1870s) [manuscript].

Letters from Cook, principally to his wife Marina Jones Cook, occasionally mentioning political events in Oklahoma, but making little reference to political or judicial affairs in North Carolina; considerable correspondence with and about John Graham (b. ca. 1847), founder of the Warrenton High School, Warrenton, N.C., and his family, chiefly on education topics; scattered letters from Daniel Lindsay Russell (1845- 1908), Republican governor of North Carolina; other personal and family correspondence of Marina Jones Cook and of the Cooks' children at school in North Carolina and Tennessee; a letterpress copybook used by Cook in his legal work, 1877-1880, and by lawyer E. H. Plumer, 1868-1869; legal papers of Cook; newspaper clippings about family members; and family photographs.

900 items (1.5 linear ft.).

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Graham, John, b. ca. 1847.

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Cook, Marina Jones.

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Cook, Charles Alston, 1848-1916.

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Cook of Warrenton, N.C., and Muscogee, Okla., was a lawyer, planter, active Republican, associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, 1901-1903; and member of the Oklahoma state legislature, 1909-1910. From the description of Charles Alston Cook papers, 1813-1926 (bulk 1860s-1870s) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25264954 Charles Alston Cook (1848-1916) was a lawyer; planter; state legislator; associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, 190...

Russell, D. L. (Daniel Lindsay), 1845-1908

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Wilmington (New Hanover Co.), N.C. planter. From the description of Letters, 1872-1873. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635483 Wilmington, N.C., lawyer, Confederate Army officer, Republican leader of eastern North Carolina, judge, U.S. Representative, 1879-1881, and Republican-Populist governor, 1897-1901. From the description of Daniel Lindsay Russell papers, 1839-1910 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23765343 Daniel Linds...

Plumer, Erwin H.

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