Wooden Cabinet

Letter to Miss Fisher re Old Home Day 1909
A letter (dated Nov 8, 1908) from R.A.C. to Miss Fisher concerning an Old Home Day program for 1909. Mary P. Wells Smith may talk but just in case Rhoda will be ready with a back-up program. The majority of the letter deals with the fact that the people of 1908 do not care about people a couple of generations back and "...who will know or care fifty years from now that you or I ever lived?"

A very newsy letter talking about how Emma had enjoyed Christmas having gotten many cards (over 60). Emma's health is also a major topic of the letter as her mind and memory were in great shape, It sounds like she had a stroke since her left side was not in good shape.

A handwritten list (front of folded paper difficult to read) of the names of 25 Warwick men who joined in 1774 a company of Minute Men from N'fld (26 m2n). These men "marched to Cambridge upon the alarm of Lexington." The following men are on the list and they served from 23 days to 4 weeks 2 days or less. Lieut. Thomas Rich, Sergt. Joseph Mayo, Sergt. Abraham Barnes, Corp. Seth Peck, Corp.

Dr. Everett Cook, born in Warwick in 1885, was past president of the Toledo Dental Association and his obituary describes his career and his survivors: wife Nettie and his daughter and son

A letter dated March 1921 to Rhoda Cook from Annie Stevens. Main content is a concern for the protection of church records

Rhoda Cook made the last entry into the diary on February 9, 1903 when her mother died. She comments that it was difficult for her mother to put her thoughts onto paper. However, it does contain many thoughts for the time period 1888 through 1903

Two poems -
"My Fifteen" (undated)
"Cook Reminiscences" (Dec. 28, 1881)

Letter to R.A.C. from a relative in San Jose, CA. Rhoda and this relative shared the same Grandmother Field of Northfield. Childhood memories - for the first time saw railroad cars, dug apples & potatoes from sandpit where they had been buried all winter, took the Munn's Ferry (Northfield Farms)across the Ct. River. Asked for information on the Field family. Glad to hear Rhoda in losing weight as the writer of letter had lost 25 lbs and is now under 200 lbs.

A handwritten letter addressed to a Mr. Lee, from (at the earliest) 1915. Contains some facts about property disagreements etc. The first paragraph reads, "Dear Mr. Lee, When the only trustee of an estate dies, does not the law - the court or judge appoint one in his place?"

This is a letter to the editor (newspaper unknown) in which P. W. Goldsbury suggests that it is important to have a library so that people can access books, not just buy them and store them.