Lot 1080
Cocke, Philip St. George (1809-1861), Virginia planter, Brigadier General 1861, led 5th Brigade under Beauregard at 1st Manassas, after 8 months service returned in shattered health to his home and killed himself.
5½ x 7½ pre-war partly-printed DS as President of the Virginia State Agricultural Society, Richmond, Oct. 23, 1854, certificate #968, life membership for Dr. Robt. C. Randolph. Rare signature. Steel engraved vignette at top center. Few folds.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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