Travel diary of John Hartwell Cocke [manuscript] 1826 Feb. 28-March 2.

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Travel diary of John Hartwell Cocke [manuscript] 1826 Feb. 28-March 2.

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Cocke gives an account of a trip up the Schuylkill River from Philadelphia to inspect the Union Canal, about which he relates a great many statistics. He describes a newly discovered coal bed found near a tunnel above Lebanon. The book also contains a household inventory, 1854-56 [15 p. ms.], a tiny household and garden account book 1869-86 [22 p. ms. 12 cm.] -- Lectures, ca. 1830-40, on astronomy by Charles Bonneycastle at the University of Virginia [53 p. ms. 20 cm. 1/2 leather bound]. The remainder of the volume is filled with personal and household accounts, 1851-61, possibly kept by Arthur Lee Brent.

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Bonneycastle, Charles, 1792-1840.

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Cocke, John Hartwell, 1804-1846.

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Brent, Arthur Lee,

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Orf, Frances Campbell,

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