Cole family letters
Scope and Contents
Personal letters and written description of the wedding of James Christensen to Mary Violet Cole, August 12, 1896.
Dates
- Creation: 1865-1951
- Creation: Majority of material found within (, 1865-1896)
Creator
- Cole, Justus H., 1828-1922 (Person)
- Cole, Priscilla Livingston, 1838-1926 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
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Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.
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Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection contains the letters of the Cole family, who resided in Salt Point Township. Most of the letters are addressed to Priscilla Livingston Cole (1838-1926). On one envelope was handwritten "letters of Grandma Coles." There are three letters written from Justus Hull Cole (1828-1922) to his wife, Priscilla. One letter is addressed to Jim (James) Christensen, Priscilla Cole's son-in-law. Another document is a description of the wedding of James Christensen to Mary Violet Cole, which took place on August 12, 1896 at Fisherman's Bay in the Stewarts Point area.
Arrangement of the collection
Organized into 5 series:
- Miscellaneous letters
- Poem
- Letters from Justice to Priscilla
- 4.Letter to Priscilla Cole from Sydney, Australia
- Written description of 1896 Cole/Christensen wedding
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift: donor unknown
Subject
- Title
- Cole family letters, 1865-1951 (bulk, 1865-1896)
- Author
- Processed by Sonoma County Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Geoffrey Skinner.
- Date
- Published Dec. 20, 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in:English
Repository Details
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