A Guide to the Letters of James Fenimore Cooper, 1847-1850 Cooper, James Fenimore, Letters of 6245-u

A Guide to the Letters of James Fenimore Cooper, 1847-1850

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6245-u

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Processed by: Special Collections Department

Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

6245-u

Title

Letters of James Fenimore Cooper, 1847-1850

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 4 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Letters of James Fenimore Cooper, Accession # 6245-u, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop on 24 May 1968.

Scope and Content Information

In a series of letters, 1847-1849, James Fenimore Cooper writes to John Fagan, stereotyper, regarding financial matters and his books, The Crater, The Pilot, The Red Rover, The Sea Lions, The Spy , and The Way of the Hour . In a letter, 1850 December 3, Cooper, Broadway Hotel, New York City, writes to C.H. Morse, Boston, regarding his daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper and her book Rural Hours .

Contents List

James Fenimore Cooper to John Fagan 10 June 1847

ALS, 1 page

Cooper to John Fagan, regarding printing of unidentified books. This item is not found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper .

Letter from James Fenimore Cooper to John Fagan 8 August 1848

ALS, poor condition, short note, 1 page

Cooper to John Fagan, regarding Sea Lions . This item is not found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper .

Letter from James Fenimore Cooper to John Fagan 17 October 1849

ALS, 3 pages

Cooper to John Fagan, regarding financial matters. Mentions The Spy, The Pilot , etc. This item is not found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper .

Letter from James Fenimore Cooper to C.H. Morse 3 December 1850

ALS, 1 page

Cooper to C.H. Morse, regarding his daughter. This item is not found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper .