A Guide to John Esten Cooke Manuscript
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 38-599 and -a
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
A Guide to John Esten Cooke Manuscript, Accession 38-599, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
The collection was a gift to the Library on October 15, 1970 , from Mariah Pendleton Duval of Staunton, Virginia .
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Scope and Content
This collection contains the handwritten manuscript of John Esten Cooke 's novel, Mohun , as well as the introduction to a lost manuscript, and a few assorted pages. Mohun is a fictional saga of the Civil War, and describes the last days of Robert E. Lee and his paladins. The separate introduction concerns the women of the Civil War period and their efforts during the war.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- John Esten Cooke
- Mariah Pendleton Duval
- Robert E. Lee