Letter, 1851 December 13, New York, to Daniel Webster, Washington.

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Letter, 1851 December 13, New York, to Daniel Webster, Washington.

Praises Webster as a man of letters. Requests his participation in memorial for Mr. Cooper.

2 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 22 cm.

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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly befo...

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