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Letter, 7 November 1881
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-170-0006
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7 November 1881 (Creation)
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- Cooke, R. P. (Richard Plunkett), 1824-1892
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- Carillon (Québec)
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(1824-1892)
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Richard Plunkett Cooke was born on October 12, 1824, in Parsonstown, Ireland.
He studied engineering at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1852, he came to Canada and obtained a position as assistant engineer on the Toronto and Guelph Railway that subsequently became part of the Grand Trunk Railway. Cooke became a divisional engineer in charge of the line west of Toronto. In 1858, he was transferred to the central division and had charge of the Grand Trunk line between Montreal and Toronto. In 1861, he became General Manager of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway. About 1869, he participated in the successful completion of the Boston, Barre & Gardner Railroad in Massachusetts. He spent the last three years of his life working on many important projects in Vancouver, B.C. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Columbia and President of St. Patrick's Society in Vancouver. In 1888, he was elected a member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.
In 1853, he married Anna Maria Plunkett (1827-1893). He died on January 27, 1892, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Letter from R.P. Cooke to John William Dawson, written from Carillon, Quebec.
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- Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899 (Recipient)