Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 to Peter Gansevoort

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Type
Letters
Date
19 April 1820
Author/Creator
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
Title
to Peter Gansevoort
Place Written
Scarsdale, New York
Pagination
2 p. : address ; Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Discusses New York state politics, specifically Westchester County. States that the majority of the Federalists will vote for De Witt Clinton, the New York state Governor, who ran for President in 1820 but was defeated by James Monroe. Mentions Daniel C. Tomkins, who ran on the Republican ticket in the 1820 election with Monroe. Signed James Cooper. He did not have his name legally changed to James Fenimore Cooper until 1826.

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