Letter : Mathews Courthouse, to G. N. Tucker, 1930 September 3.

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Letter : Mathews Courthouse, to G. N. Tucker, 1930 September 3.

Cooke offers suggestions relevant to the Robert E. Lee statue to be errected in the Capitol. He also reminisces about Lee's appearence and its impact on him, when they met.

2 p.

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Library of Virginia

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Cooke, Giles Buckner, 1838-1937

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Giles Buckner Cooke (1838-1937) served as a staff officer in the Confederate States Army throughout the Civil War and afterward became an Episcopal minister in Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky. From the description of Papers, 1864-1937. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30891163 From the description of Diary, 1861 April 17-1865 April 13. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30658812 ...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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