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Their mutual friend, Judge Isaac Cook, has died. Several weeks before his death Cook joined the Methodist Church. McDonald extols Cook's virtues, but doubts that any of his ideas about religion were actually changed when he joined. [Note: Judge Cook was the grandfather of Lucy Webb Hayes.] McDonald states that they are living in an "age of revolution," citing the railroad and steam engine. The temperance revolution is having a major impact, but lacks distinguished orators and leaders. The Logan Historical Society is dead. Abstract Number - 1159
Abstract Number
1159
Publication Date
3-21-1842
City
Poplar Ridge
Keywords
Temperance Letters; Ohio History; Isaac Cook (1768-1842); Railroads; Logan Historical Society
Recommended Citation
McDonald, John, "Letter from John McDonald to James B. Finley" (1842). Finley Letters. 1142.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1142