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George D. Cock Family Papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
SC.174
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Language:
English
Date:
1843-1932-bulk 1843 (inclusive)
Creator:
Cock, George D., 1816-1872 and Cock, Marion, d. 1938
Abstract:
This small collection includes George D. Cock's journal in two bound volumes of his trip in 1843 from his home in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, through Quaker communities in the East, including Philadelphia and Baltimore. The journal includes comments on his courtship of Susan W. Smith, who he married in 1845. The collection also includes a balance sheet from 1843 on freight carried, his marriage certificate, and a letter from his daughter, Marion Cock, which includes family information.

George D. Cock, a Hicksite Quaker, was born in 1816 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the son of William and Elizabeth Cock. He married Susan W. Smith, daughter of Amos and Rebecca Smith at Little Falls Monthly Meeting, Maryland, in 1845. Cock worked on a riverboat on the Monangahela River, and later as a businessman in Baltimore, Maryland. He died in 1882.

Acc. 97-058.

Source of acquisition--Marion Cock. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1932.

Source of acquisition--Edwin B. Cox. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1997.

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