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| Genre/Form: | Personal narratives |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Cocke family.; Zachary Taylor |
| Material Type: | Biography, Manuscript |
| Document Type: | Book, Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles Hartwell Cocke; Philip St George Cocke; Sally Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin Cocke; John H Powell; John Bowdoin Cocke; Betty Burwell Page Cocke; M Louise Cocke; John Hartwell Cocke |
| OCLC Number: | 647967202 |
| Description: | 35 items. |
Abstract:
Most of the papers consist of letters and receipts from John H. Powell, of the Richmond Female Institute, to John Bowdoin Cocke, and Betty Burwell Page Cocke, regarding tuition for their daughters. There are also letters from Charles Hartwell Cocke to M. Louise Cocke mentioning the burning of the Rotunda; from Philip St. George Cocke to John B. Cocke regarding an epidemic at U. Va., and a trip to Europe; and from Sally Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin Cocke to Philip St. George Cocke and John Hartwell Cocke mentioning a reception for Zachary Taylor during a visit to Baltimore and Washington in 1850 and commenting on John Hartwell Cocke as "being at last weaned from the Yankees ..."
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by kurtisschaeffer updated 2011-01-15
