Letter from James Fenimore Cooper, Paris, France, to sister Nancy : autograph manuscript signed, 1826 July 24.

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Letter from James Fenimore Cooper, Paris, France, to sister Nancy : autograph manuscript signed, 1826 July 24.

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Describes sea voyage; lands at the Isle of Wight, where he gives a description of some of its historical spots; lands at Southampton, where he leaves his family and journeys to London on business; gives some impressions of the English; lands at Havre; stops at Rouen, the cathedral of which he describes at length; takes an apartment at Paris, and places the girls in school. Postscript dated August 26, 1826, wherein Cooper states that his wife and Caroline have been very ill; will send soon a description of Paris which she may hand to Prentiss.

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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...