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Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Giles B. Cooke papers, WLU Coll. 0191, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Rebecca B. Lee.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the following correspondence: Letter to Rev. Cooke from G. T. Bearnegan (1874) thanking Cooke for his journal with reference to Petersburg in 1866; letter to Mr. Cooke from U.A. Jackson (1895) asking Cooke for information about Stonewall Jackson for the republishing of U.A. Jackson's book; letter from Rev. Cooke to Mrs. H.B. Lee (1924) asking for information about an incident in the life of General Lee that was similar to the incident that took the life of Stonewall Jackson; letter from Rev. Cooke to Douglas Freeman (1929) about Freeman's review of 'The Tragic Era' by Claude Bowers; letter dated January 8 (no year) from Natta Lee Goldsborough about the incident between Edwin Lee and General Lee at Harpers Ferry.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)
• Lee, Edwin
• Lee, Rebecca B.
• Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)
• West Virginia -- Harpers Ferry