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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Parke Rouse "The Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to the South" Manuscript, WLU Coll 0018, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Parke Rouse, Jr

Biographical Note

Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. was born in 1915 in Smithfield, Virginia. He was a journalist, writer, and historian. He died in Williamsburg, Virginia on March 6, 1997.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a typed manuscript copy of Parke Rouse's book "The Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to the South" that was received by book editor Robert Stewart in 1972. The copy includes Stewart's editorial notes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Rouse, Parke Shepherd, Jr.