Scope and content Correspondence pertaining to his legal practice; letters from his brother John P. Cook concerning his venture into politics as a stump candidate, and his activities in the territorial legislature, and in the Whig and Loco-foco factions in Iowa City; references to Iowa lands, tax sales, and related matters. A letter from H. Powers of Lewiston, New York mentions numerous business failures among his acquaintances in Ithaca, New York, and comments on the need for tariff revision to protect wool...