A Guide to the Legal Papers of James Fenimore Cooper, 1832-1859
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Accession Number 6245-l
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Preferred Citation
Legal Papers of James Fenimore Cooper, Accession # 6245-l, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This item was purchased from John E. Fleming on 15 January 1965.
Scope and Content Information
Papers of James Fenimore Cooper, including legal documents with notes regarding Cooper's libel case against James Watson Webb, book reviews, and letters, including letters written by Susan F. Cooper.
Contents List
James Fenimore Cooper to Peter A. Hay, regarding cholera, family affairs, financial affairs with Carey & Lea, wines. Mentions Headsman , St. Bernards. This is not found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper .
Document relating to Cooper's lawsuit against James Watson Webb, editor of The Morning Courie r and New York Enquirer .
Review of Homeward Bound and Home as Found: a Sequel to Homeward Bound by James F. Cooper. Clipped from The New World .
Indictment and affadavits brought against James Watson Webb, editor of The Morning Courier and New York Enquirer , by James F. Cooper.
S. [Cuffin?] to James Watson Webb [concerning Cooper's Libel suit against Webb].
Notes regarding Cooper's libel case against James Watson Webb [ Homeward Bound and Home As Found ].
Notes on a lawsuit between Turner and Prentiss, probably made in connection with one of Cooper's libel suits.