Papers of the Cocke family [manuscript] 1823-1866.

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Papers of the Cocke family [manuscript] 1823-1866.

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The collection contains over 60 letters of Sally Faulcon Cocke Brent and Arthur Lee Brent from friends and family particularly Anne Blaws Cocke Cabell, John Boudoin Cocke, Philip St. George Cocke, John Hartwell Cocke, John Hartwell Cocke, Lucy Oliver Cocke, Thomas T.L. Brent, and William Brent. They convey news of family and friends, health, education of their children, daily routine and local events. Among special topics discussed are an 1823 wedding of Cocke slaves, the 1832 cholera epidemic, the training of a physician, the mishandling of James River & Kanawha Canal funds, an 1855 Episcopal Convention in Lexington, Va., the Union capture of Roanoke Island in 1862 and requisitioning of supplies for the Confederacy. A farm diary, 1853-57, of Arthur Lee Brent at Bremo Recess is included. Also of interest are a record of graves in the Cabell Cemetery at Liberty Hall, and a memo of medicine used in the treatment of diptheria.

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There are 14 Entities related to this resource.

Cocke, Philip St. George, 1809-1861

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Agriculturist and Confederate officer. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George cocke [manuscript] 1829-71. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966449 Virginia planter, Confederate general. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript], 1848-1850. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823315 From the description of Letters from his wife, son, and daughter [manuscript] 1849-1856. (University of V...

Cocke, John Hartwell, 1804-1846.

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Bremo Recess (Fluvanna County, Va.)

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Brent, Sally Faulcon Cocke, 1816-1879,

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Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

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Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

Cocke, John Bowdoin, 1836-1889.

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Confederate officer, Fluvanna County, Va., planter. From the description of Papers of John Bowdoin Cocke [manuscript], 1859-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647827799 ...

Cabell, Anne Blaws Cocke, 1811-1862,

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Cocke, Lucy Williamson Oliver, 1816-1899.

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Brent, William.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Brent, Thomas T. L.,

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Cocke family.

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Cabell Cemetery

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Brent, Arthur Lee,

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