Diaries of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript], 1853 and 1860.

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Diaries of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript], 1853 and 1860.

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Cocke's August 11-18, 1853 pocket diary records a visit to Lexington and Warm Springs, Virginia, describes a tour of the improvements at the Virginia Military Institute, and contains some notes on the Warm Springs Company. His diary for April 25-May 3, 1860, describes meetings of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors and the Virginia Armory Commission in Richmond followed by a tour to the Frankfort Arsenal in Philadephia and the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts. His expense account for the tour is included.

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