Cooke family papers, 1731-1857.

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Cooke family papers, 1731-1857.

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Papers consist of correspondence and other items. Included is the family correspondence (1772-1795) of Penuel Bowen. Family correspondence (1795-1833) of Nathaniel Bowen includes many letters from him in Charleston (S.C.), Providence (R.I.), and elsewhere to his sister Susannah Bowen (later Cooke) in Boston (Mass.) concerning her education, family matters, his visit (1801) to the Capers family plantation (St. Helena Island, S.C.), and other matters, as well as letters from Margaret W. Bowen (Mrs. Nathaniel Bowen) to Susannah Bowen Cooke which discuss, among other things, Charleston social life and family matters. Cooke family correspondence (1811-1839) chiefly consists of the letters of Susan Bowen Cooke and John Cooke and their children Nathaniel Bowen Cooke, John H. Cooke, and Frances Cooke Town. Letters from Boston (Mass.), Brooklyn (N.Y.) and elsewhere concern family matters, Christian faith and living, education, travel, and other matters. Included are letters (1827-1830) of John H. Cooke regarding his travels throughout Europe in the merchant marine. Other Cooke family correspondence (1837-1857) includes letters of Frances Cooke Town (Syracuse, N.Y.), Anna H. Bowen Stock (a cousin), Lucy Barrett (Montreal, Canada), S. Elizabeth Hovey, Susan Bowen Cooke, and others. Included are many letters to Nathaniel Bowen Cooke while at Brown University, in Providence (R.I.), Bristol (R.I.), Clappville (Mass.), Webster (Mass.), and elsewhere. Correspondence mainly concerns family matters and includes letters of John H. Cooke, Frederick W. Cooke, and George B. Cooke describing their lives and travels as seamen. A small bound volume (1731-1737) contains receipts and accounts for the sales of groceries and other items to Samuel Oxx, Nathaniel Pearse (an ancestor of the Cooke family) and others, probably in Bristol (R.I.). Other items include a printed folder about the Female Humane Society of Cambridge (Mass.); copies of poems; and writings (1836-1850) of Nathaniel Bowen Cooke including essays and speeches about philosophy, literature, and other subjects.

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Cooke, John Henry, d. 1839.

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Bowen family.

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Cooke family.

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Boston, Massachusetts family. Susannah Bowen (1783-1835) married John Cooke (1775-1840) of Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Penuel Bowen (1742-1788), an Episcopal minister of South Carolina. A native of New England, Penuel Bowen was also the father of Nathaniel Bowen (1779-1839), an Episcopal minister who served churches in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, South Carolina, and elsewhere. Nathaniel Bowen became the rector of St. Michael's Church (Charleston, S.C.) and was co...

Cooke, Nathaniel, 1810-1879

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Bowen, Nathaniel, 1779-1839

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Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1818-1839. From the description of Letter to [Edward] Neufville, 1833 September 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50696663 Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina. From the description of Nathaniel Bowen papers, 1817-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 654374368 ...

Cooke, Susannah Bowen, 1783-1835.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Cook family.

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Cooke, John, 1775-1840.

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