A Guide to the Papers of James Fenimore Cooper, 1826-1850 Papers of James Fenimore Cooper 6245-q

A Guide to the Papers of James Fenimore Cooper, 1826-1850

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clifton Waller Barrett Library
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Accession Number 6245-q


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
6245-q
Title
Papers of James Fenimore Cooper, 1826-1850
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of 24 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

This item was purchased from the Seven Gables Bookshop on 15 February 1966.

Scope and Content Information

This collection of James Fenimore Cooper papers includes letters and invitations.

Contents List

Letter from Cooper to Carey, Lea, and Blanchard 13 April 1838
ALS

Cooper to Carey, Lea, Blanchard, regarding Homeward Bound and Home as Found .

Letter from Cooper to Mrs. Peter A. Jay 15-20 September 1826
ALS
Printed invitation to Cooper from MMe la Mise de Dolomieu 6 February 1831
TN
Letter from [Cooper?] to Armand Carrel [7?] March 1832
ALS

Cooper to Armand Carrel, for Le National (Paris), [missing 3/27/68].

Letter (invitation) from...to Cooper 16 February 1835
ALS, 1 page.
Letter from Cooper to M. Dubois (invitation) 3 March 1835
Physical Location: AN, 1 page
Letter from ... to Cooper 25 September 1835
ALS
Letter from Cooper to Lewis Gaylord Clark 12 July 1845
ALS

Cooper to Lewis Gaylord Clark, regarding Bunker Hill in Lionel Lincoln . This is found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper , Volume V, 46.

Letter from Cooper to Richard H. Dana, Sr. 30 October 1845
ALS, 2 pages. Blue Slipcase in Barrett Room mislabeled "Oct 20, 1845."

Cooper to Richard H. Dana, Sr., lecturing to the Mercantile Library Association of Boston, regarding naval history. This is found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper , Volume V, 92.

Letter from Cooper to George Robertson, Jr. 9 November 1846
ALS

Cooper to Geroge Robertson, Jr., declining to lecture.

Letter from Cooper to Horace Greenough 6 May 1847
ALS

Cooper to Horace Greenough, introduction for W. W. Campbell. (Samuel F.B. Morse?), family affairs.

Letter from Cooper to George P. Putnam 10 December 1847
ALS

Cooper to George P. Putnam, regarding medal Cooper struck by Commodore Elliott after the Battle of Lake Erie controversy was settled. Mentions Mr. Adams and Hist. Soc. of R.I. [ca. 1848?] P.S. regarding Free Soil agitation, with Cooper autograph pasted on bottom.

Letter from Cooper to John Fagan 19 October 1849
ALS

Cooper to John Fagan, regarding financial and legal affairs.

Letter from Cooper to John Fagan 7 March 1849
ALS

Cooper to John Fagan, regarding new edition of The Spy . "The work must equal Irving's Sketch Book ..." Important. Also Sea Lions . This is found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper , Volume VI, 15.

Letter from Cooper to John Fagan 21 November 1849
ALS

Cooper to John Fagan, mentions The Ways of the Hour, Red Rover, Pioneers, Mohicans, Prairie.

Letter from Cooper to William Starbuck Mayo February 1850
ALS, typescript; original is pasted in book.

Cooper to William Starbuck Mayo, regarding friends: Gen. Scott, Read, Kearny, Shubrick.

Letter from Cooper to George P. Putnam [19?] June 1850
ALS

Cooper to George P. Putnam, regarding Rural Hours. This is found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper , Volume VI, 195.

Letter from Cooper to James Hackett 23 October 1850

Cooper to James Hackett. This is found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper , Volume VI, 229.

Letter from Cooper to Henry F.C. Atkins 13 December 1850
ALS, autograph.

This is found in James Franklin Beard's Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper , Volume VI, 247.

Letter from Cooper to Mrs. [H] Fish 1 August n.y.
ALS, autograph, 3 pages.

Cooper to Mrs. [H] Fish, regarding personal and family news.

Letter from Cooper to M. De Voraign ALS, in French, 1 page
Letter from Charles Mathews to Cooper n.d.
ALS

Charles Mathews, actor, to Cooper, invitation. Signed "Mat."

Letter to press on taxation n.d.
AMs, 3 pages folio, with typescript and newspaper clipping

Letter to press on taxation, Lafayette's opinions, etc. Newspaper clipping on Cooper's libel suit.

Letter from Cooper to M. Dubois n.d.
AN, 1 page.

Cooper to M. Dubois, invitation.