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Title: Hook Family Collection
Dates: 1861-1940
Collection Number: 1993.102
Creator/Collector:
Hook, James S
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: The Hook Family Collection contains newspaper clippings and receipts.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
Hook Family Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
Newspaper clippings and receipts,from 1861 to 1940, and receipts from the 1880s to 1904 for purchases by James S. Hook and
Mrs. James Hook. Newspaper clippings mention Elijah Hook and Ada Hook; a newspaper photograph shows a Donner Party memorial
plaque which lists William Hook as one of the victims and Solomon Hook as one of the survivors. (Note: Solomon and Elijah
Hook may be the same person, Solomon Elijah Hook.)
Donner Party
Earthquake, 1868
Pacheco
newspaper clippings
receipts