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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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

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

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.