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Custodial History

This scrapbook was handed down through the family.

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], John Esten Cooke Scrapbook, WLU Coll. 0337, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Susan Randolph Day Dean of Tacoma, Washington in 2002.

Biographical / Historical

John Esten Cooke was an American writer. During the American Civil War, Cooke served as a staff officer in the Confederate States Army cavalry.

Scope and Contents

This scrapbook published by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in four installments, of an otherwise unpublished novel by John Esten Cooke titled Cary J. Hunsdon: The Reflections of a Man; 1776.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Dean, Susan Randolph Day
• Manuscripts
• Scrapbooks