Autograph letter signed : Paris, to the London bookseller and publisher John Miller, 1824 Apr. 4.

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Autograph letter signed : Paris, to the London bookseller and publisher John Miller, 1824 Apr. 4.

Commenting on Cooper's The Pilot and its success, discussing American copyright problems and his partiality for Carey and Lea as publishers.

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