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University of Virginia
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Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
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American literature, antiquarian and contemporary, American history (Southeastern United States), Virginiana, British literature, Sporting books and manuscripts, World War I, Bibliography, the book arts, history of the book and typography
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The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library administers over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, as well as approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm; and substantial holdings of audio recordings, motion picture films, and ephemera.

The major emphasis of the Department’s collections are American history and literature, with additional substantive collections in Virginiana, British literature, African-American history, book arts, the history of sporting and World War I, among others. In addition, the library serves as the University Archives, holding records of historic significance to UVA.

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Cocke and related families Papers 1846-1860

Four letters, 1846-1860, chiefly concerning the family of Philip St. George Cocke. In her letter of February 9, 1846, Courtney Barraudof Norfolkwrites her cousin, John Bowdoin Cocke, that she has heard about "the big house" being begun and knows that "cousin Philip" will be very busy as "no one ever was more totally emersed in building." This refers to the onset of the construction of " Belmead" in Powhatan County, designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis, based on a suggestion by Philip St. George Cocke. From the newly erected " Belmead, " a letter dated March 15, 1848 from Sally Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin Cocketo her son, John Bowdoin Cocke, who was enrolled at Bremo Academyin Fluvanna County, mentions his father's meeting with "a Committee appointed to make arrangements for building a new Ct House." Richard F. Wilson's letter on March 23, 1857 is in answer to a request from [ John Hartwell Cocke] in Green County, Alabama, concerning the replanting of cedar trees according to Cocke's direction and clearing the graveyard at Mount Pleasant. He mentions a cenotaph, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, on which was inscribed the names of members of the Cocke family buried at Mount Pleasantin Surry County. In an undated letter to her father, Philip St. George Cocke, Louisiana Barraud Cockeis apparently defending Richard Byrd Kennon, whom she married on June 21, 1860; she relates that she "asserted my pride & dignity as a woman should" by speaking to Kennon about the conversation between him and her father, and that she is satisfied that he is sincere and that she has not been "the dupe of anybody." This letter may have been written in September 1860 as it seems related to the letter dated September 19, 1860 by Kennon ( >#640, Box 63) in which he refers to a resolution "taken at the request of one whom I now hold dearer than life itself."

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Cocke and related families Papers 1846-1860

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Four letters, 1846-1860, chiefly concerning the family of Philip St. George Cocke. In her letter of February 9, 1846, Courtney Barraudof Norfolkwrites her cousin, John Bowdoin Cocke, that she has heard about "the big house" being begun and knows that "cousin Philip" will be very busy as "no one ever was more totally emersed in building." This refers to the onset of the construction of " Belmead" in Powhatan County, designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis, based on a suggestion by Philip St. George Cocke. From the newly erected " Belmead, " a letter dated March 15, 1848 from Sally Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin Cocketo her son, John Bowdoin Cocke, who was enrolled at Bremo Academyin Fluvanna County, mentions his father's meeting with "a Committee appointed to make arrangements for building a new Ct House." Richard F. Wilson's letter on March 23, 1857 is in answer to a request from [ John Hartwell Cocke] in Green County, Alabama, concerning the replanting of cedar trees according to Cocke's direction and clearing the graveyard at Mount Pleasant. He mentions a cenotaph, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, on which was inscribed the names of members of the Cocke family buried at Mount Pleasantin Surry County. In an undated letter to her father, Philip St. George Cocke, Louisiana Barraud Cockeis apparently defending Richard Byrd Kennon, whom she married on June 21, 1860; she relates that she "asserted my pride & dignity as a woman should" by speaking to Kennon about the conversation between him and her father, and that she is satisfied that he is sincere and that she has not been "the dupe of anybody." This letter may have been written in September 1860 as it seems related to the letter dated September 19, 1860 by Kennon ( >#640, Box 63) in which he refers to a resolution "taken at the request of one whom I now hold dearer than life itself."

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