Letters from his wife, son, and daughter [manuscript] 1849-1856.

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Letters from his wife, son, and daughter [manuscript] 1849-1856.

Letters from Sally Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin Cocke, John Bowdoin Cocke, and Louisiana Barraud Cocke discuss family travels, activities, illnesses, crops, and servants. Items of interest include the death of former slaves in Liberia, cholera and dysentery outbreaks and resulting deaths, a trip to Washington and Philadelphia, Bishop Meade, and the trial of Charles B. Christian for the murder of VMI cadet Thomas Blackburn.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7933140

University of Virginia. Library

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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...

Cocke family.

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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 ...

Meade, William, bishop, 1789-1862.

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Cocke, Sally Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin, 1815-1872.

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Kennon, Louisiana Barraud Cocke, 1837-

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Christian, Charles B.

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