William Cocke Commission as Secretary of the Colony of Virginia by George I. Original and typed transcription. Original glued to cardboard backing. Original has 3 paper seals. Dated as the first year of the reign of George I and mentions that "the late Royal Sister Queen Anne...at Westminster the five and twentieth day of January in her 10 year of her reign give and grant...William Cocke...the office and place of Secretary of and in her colony of Virginia."