Family History

Family letters - 5 letters
- Letter Dated May 30, 1865 "Dear Sister" from R.A.C. concerning wanting to be home for elections but is working in the vineyard to help pay board, having received a letter from Henry Witherell telling her of concert and ball, and asking her to be there, wonders if any of the Springfield folk will be up for the summer, talks of the help where she is working (three yankees, one man of color and two dutch women "who hoe and make fun for the rest. '

24 year old Henry Manning died on Sept 4, 1868, in Warwick. An interesting story of his Civil War service with the 24th regiment is detailed in this obituary.

A handwritten letter from Emma B. Mayo to a Miss Cook (probably Rhoda) concerning the Wheeler Brush Factory in Brush Valley. From February 7th, 1921.

A handwritten genealogy of the Leonard family. Solomon Leonard was born about 1610 in England and was one of the earliest settlers in this country. A descendant settled in Warwick around 1778

Rhoda Cook seems to have corrected a typed 4 page manuscript about her father, Asahel Cook, as there are many handwritten notes above the typing. More Cook history.

4 postcards, some notes on back. One shows the old Cook house (1810-1910) and states "it is now 1923, being taken down."

A large manila envelope - part of the Rhoda A. Cook collection - containing numerous materials:
-Two newspapers and 2 newspaper articles - The Springfield Sunday Union December 23, 1894 containing a full page article on "Opinion of Local Thinkers on the Merits and Demerits of the American Protective Association"; The School World November 1894 (appears to be a classroom teacher aid); an article from the Enterprise and Journal August 17, 1906 on New Salem and Warwick Old Home Days; an article (paper unknown) Warwick Gets Grant for U.S. 200th Event

Item C 21: Several pages missing, 3 double sided pages starting with record of Joseph and George Cook arriving in 1635 to this country.

Family Register of Asahel Cook and Emeline M. Fields 15"x20". Gives dates of birth and marriages and birthdays of 10 children, marriage dates of first four children but too faint to read. Item C9

Small notebook with notes taken from Cobb's Diaries by Rhoda A. Cook