Papers, 1820-1914.

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Papers, 1820-1914.

December 21, 1820 letter to future wife Julia Edwards discusses personal matters and Washington, D.C. social life. Material relating to son John Cook includes an 1862 sword presentation testimonial and an 1866 invitation for an excursion on Pullman's Sleeping Car Lines.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Cook, Julia Edwards, d. 1830,

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Cook, Daniel Pope, 1795-1827

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Lawyer, Kaskaskia and Edwardsville, Illinois; editor, Illinois Intelligencer, 1816; auditor of public accounts, 1816; first attorney general of Illinois, 1819; Illinois congressman, 1819-1827. From the description of Documents, 1816-1822. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28448026 From the description of Papers, 1820-1914. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28448024 ...

Cook, John Pope, 1825-1910

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Cook was born in Belleville, Illinois, to a well-connected political family. His maternal grandfather, Ninian Edwards, was a United States Senator and the Governor of Illinois. His father was Daniel Pope Cook, who was a member of the United States House of Representatives at the time. Following Daniel's death at the age of 33, his widow, Julia Catherine Edwards Cook, moved with their only child, John, back to Belleville, where she died three years later, leaving Cook as an orphan. Cook receiv...

Pullman's Sleeping Car Lines.

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