University of Virginia Library

HARRISON HENRY COCKE PAPERS, #1587, 1762-1904

Chiefly personal correspondence of Cocke, planter and U.S. naval captain of Prince George County, Virginia, and of his family. Included are papers relating to Harrison Cocke's activities in the late 1840s when he commanded the U.S.S. St. Louis in the suppression of the illegal slave trade. Microfilm available.