Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript] 1823-1868 (1918).

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Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript] 1823-1868 (1918).

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The papers pertain to Cocke's purchase and ownership of Belmead, his Powhatan Co. land and include deeds, 1823-1860, letters with legal opinions, a land plat, summons, promissory notes, and receipt, farming memoir and an agreement with the Little and Big Deep Creek Navigation Co. regarding a mill dam built by Cocke. The collection also contains a compiled list (and some synopses) of the deeds, legal opinions, letters, etc, pertaining to the acquisition of Belmead. A photograph of U. Va. professor Armistead Mason Dobie is included.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Belmead (Powhatan County, Va. : Estate)

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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...

Little and Big Deep Creek Navigation Co.

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Dobie, Armistead M. (Armistead Mason), 1881-1962

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1881. Educated at the University of Virginia and Harvard University. Taught law at the University of Virginia, 1907-1939; dean of the School of Law, 1932-1939. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1939; Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1940-1956. Died in 1962. From the description of Papers, 1902-1963, bulk 1939-1956. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 704076515 Born...