Commission, ca. 1715.

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Commission, ca. 1715.

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Photographic reproduction mounted on cardboard of a commission to appoint William Cocke, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia. Cocke had been previously appointed by Queen Anne.

1 p. ; 48 cm.

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