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Cooke papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0195

Abstract

Collection relates mostly to the business affairs of William Cooke, as attorney and tobaco commisson merchant; about 150 letters (1785-1819); accounts; papers on the settlement of the estates of John Cooke and Mrs. William Young and John O'Donnell.

Dates

  • 1750 - 1817

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

William Cooke was an attorney and tobacco commission merchant of Baltimore.

Extent

2.0 Linear Feet (4 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Stanley L. B. Lines, April 1956.

Scope and Contents

BOX 1: William Cooke corrsepondence A-W. BOX 2: William Cooke accounts, bonds, cancelled orders on Bank of Maryland, debts, receipts, sales records. BOX 3: Ann Tasker-​inventory; AnnTasker and Dan Dulany-misc. items; Benjamin Tasker-bonds; tobacco-​purchase and consignment; Cracroft & Hodgkins, merchants-​business papers; Thomas Eden-tobacco merchant account; James Trecothick-​correspondence and receipts. BOX 4: Misc. legal & business papers; land indentures; Baltimore Insurance policy; John O'Donnell & William Younge legal papers; Harrison estate papers; Christian Lowor will; Henry Baldwin receipts.

Title
Guide to the Cooke papers
Status
Minimally Processed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2021-09-30: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750