To James Madison from Adam Cooke, 31 January 1822
From Adam Cooke
Fredericksburg 31 January 1822
Dear Sir
The two Boxes Sent by R Cutts Esqr I forwarded to you yesterday by Mr Barbours Wagon. Enclosed you have your account up to this time. With Due Respect I am Sir your Hu[m]ble St
A. Cooke1
[Enclosure]
James Madison Esqr
| In account With Jas Cooke2 | Dr. | |||
| Octor | 16 | To Cash paid for 2 u Snuff 13/6 | $2.50 | |
| ” | 6 Bottles Porter | 1.20 | ||
| 30 | For 2 Bottles Oil at 83 cts. | .83 | ||
| ” | To Cash paid for Candlemoulds 3/9 | .67 | ||
| Novr. | 19 | ” | For 1 Barrell Sugar 250 u. at 13 cts Bll 25¢ | 32.75 |
| ” | Cash for 3 Bushels Oysters 150¢ | 1.50 | ||
| ” | 6 u. Cheese 6/– | 1.00 | ||
| 27 | ” | 51 u. 5 oz piece Sugar at 26¢ | 13.24 | |
| ” | Cash for 2 Bushels Oysters 6/ | 1.00 | ||
| Decr | 6 | ” | 33¼ Gals Whiskey at 44¢ Bll 75¢ | 15.38 |
| ” | 3 Bushels potatoes 3/– | 1.50 | ||
| 14 | ” | 6 u. Rice @ 4d.½ 6 u. Cheese 6/ | 13.7½ | |
| ” | Cash for Canister snuff 3/9 | .62½ | ||
| Januy | 4 | ” | 2 Bottles Oil at 5/3 1 u. Chocolate 2/ | 1.99 |
| ” | Cash for 10 Galls Beer @ ⅔ Keg 4/6 | 4.50 | ||
| $80.76 | ||||
| 25 | ” | To Cash paid Stage for 2 Boxes | 2.00 | |
| $82.76 | ||||
| Settled in account with Mackay & Campbell. |
for James Cooke
A. Cooke
RC and enclosure (DLC). RC addressed by Cooke to JM, and franked. Docketed by JM “Cooke Js.”
1. Adam Cooke (ca. 1771–1839) was born in Ireland and came to the United States about 1792. He was surveyor and inspector of the revenue at Fredericksburg, from 1816 until his death (Harry Warren, “Col. William G. Cooke,” Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 9 [1906]: 210–11; Daily National Intelligencer, 14 Nov. 1816; Baltimore Sun, 13 May 1839 and 1 Feb. 1840).
2. James Cooke (ca. 1795–1873), the son of Adam Cooke, was educated as a physician at the University of Pennsylvania and practiced medicine in Fredericksburg. He was the author of A Sketch of the Autumnal Fever, as It Prevailed in the Town of Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1821 (Philadelphia, 1822). For a time he ran a grocery business in Fredericksburg with his father (Warren, “Col. William G. Cooke,” Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 9 [1906]: 211; Fredericksburg Virginia Herald, 2 Jan. 1822).