The Cook counterfeit gang of colonial Virginia / Carol Cooke Darrow, Samuel Cook, Thomas Goggin.
| Author/creator | Darrow, Carol Cooke author. |
| Other author | Cook, Samuel, author. |
| Other author | Goggin, Thomas, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Manufacture | [Place of publication not identified] : [Lulu.com], [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | vi, 55 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Counterfeiting ring identified -- John Cook, father of the Cook gang -- Counterfeiting redux -- The strange case of Joseph Mabry -- The gang splits up -- Benjamin Cook, Jr. -- Military bounty land of Shem Cook -- Joseph Cook -- The next generation -- Cook Family Cemetery, Snow Creek, Virginia. |
| Abstract | The history of a group of counterfeiters--including Benjamin Cooke, Joseph Cooke, James Cooke, Benjamin Woodward, and Peter Medley--who operated out of a workshop in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and were arrested on February 23, 1773. |
| ISBN | 9781300359791 |
| ISBN | 130035979X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | Item being cataloged | F229 .D37 2025 | Item being cataloged |