James Fenimore Cooper

by Mary Elizabeth Phillips

INTRODUCTION

A life of Cooper, written with some particular reference to the picturesque village among the Otsego hills, where he so long lived and in whose soil he, for some sixty years or more, has slept, has long been needed. That such a book should have become a labor of love in the hands of Miss Phillips is not more interesting than it is fortunate that the task should have been accomplished so conspicuously well. Miss Phillips has borne testimony to the resourcefulness and rare devotion with which the late Mr. Keese assisted her in researches extending over many years. None knew so well as he the personal side of Cooper's whole life story; none so assiduously and so lovingly, during a long life spent in Cooperstown, gathered and tried to preserve in their integrity every significant and interesting detail of it.

The turning point in Cooper's life was reached when he went to Cooperstown, although he was little more than a child in arms. Most

curious is it that his going should have resulted from the foreclosure of a mortgage. This mortgage had been given in the late Colonial period by George Croghan, and covered a vast tract of native forest lands in Otsego. In these lands, through the foreclosure, Cooper's father, soon after the Revolution, acquired a large interest, which led him to abandon his home of ease and refinement in Burlington, New Jersey, and found a new, and, as it proved to be, a permanent one in the unpeopled wilderness at the foot of Otsego Lake. Except for this accident of fortune, Leatherstocking and his companions of the forest never could have been created by the pen of Cooper.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

[JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] From Appleton portrait. By permission of owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq., of Albany, N.Y. Frontispiece

[THE ENGLISH FYNAMORE COUNTRY AND FAMILY ARMS.]

[COOPER'S BIRTHPLACE.] Burlington, N.J. From a photograph by George W. Tichnor

[THE FENIMORE BOX.] (Of light and dark woods, size 12½ X 6¾ inches.) From photograph by permission of owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq., Albany, N.Y.

[THE SUSQUEHANNA.] By W.H. Bartlett

[CHINGACHGOOK ON COUNCIL ROCK.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

[COUNCIL ROCK.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

[THE MANOR.] From outline on first map of Cooperstown, 1788-1790. By permission of owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[ORIGINAL OTSEGO HALL.] From outline on 1800-1808 map of Cooperstown. By permission of owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[JUDGE WILLIAM COOPER.] By Gilbert Stuart. By permission of owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.] From a portrait by Woods, 1812

[WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, 1800.] From "St. Memim's Gallery of Portraits"

[TALLEYRAND.] From a portrait by F. Gérard

[POINT JUDITH.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

["EDGEWATER."] By courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[MR. AND MRS. GEORGE POMEROY.] By the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[THE OLD STONE HOUSE.] By the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[COOPERSTOWN PRIOR TO 1835.] From The Family Magazine, 1836-1837

[DR THOMAS ELLISON]. By the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[ST. PETER'S CHURCH, ALBANY, N.Y]. By the courtesy of Dr. Joseph Hooper, Durham, Conn.

[STATE STREET, ALBANY, N.Y., 1802]. By the courtesy of Dr. Joseph Hooper

["NEAR SHORES" OF NEW HAVEN]. From an old print

[DR. TIMOTHY DWIGHT]. From an old print

[YALE COLLEGE, 1806]. By the courtesy of Professor John C. Schwab, Ph.D., Librarian, Yale University

[WILLIAM JAY IN YOUTH]. By Vanderlyn. From Bayard Tuckerman's "William Jay," etc. By courtesy of author and publishers, Dodd, Mead & Co., N.Y.

[JUDGE WILLIAM JAY.] From a crayon by Martin. Dodd, Mead & Co., N.Y.

[SILHOUETTE OF JAMES COOPER WHEN A STUDENT AT YALE]. By the courtesy of Professor John C. Schwab, Ph.D.

[OUTWARD BOUND].

[GIBRALTAR]. From "Le Monde Illustré"

[SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR]. From Frank Leslie's Weekly, Vol. I

[OTSEGO HALL GATES]. By courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[BUFFALO BURNT.] From an old woodcut in Spear's "United States Navy"

[THE "VESUVIUS."] From "Life of Fulton," by J.F. Reigart, 1856

[ONTARIO FORESTS.] By W.H. Bartlett

[THE THOUSAND ISLANDS.] By W.H. Bartlett

[THE PORT OF BUFFALO.] From an old print

[CAPTAIN M.T. WOOLSEY.] From Spear's "United States Navy"

[THE PATHFINDER.] By F.O.C. Darley

[A BUBBLE OF A BOAT.] By F.O.C. Darley

[CAPTAIN LAWRENCE.] From a portrait by Chappel

[THE "WASP."] From an old print

[FRAUNCES TAVERN.] By the courtesy of Dr. Joseph Hooper, Durham, Conn

[LIEUT. GOV. JAMES DE LANCEY'S SEAL.] From Vol. I, M.J. Lamb's "History of New York City"

[HEATHCOTE ARMS.] From an old print

[HON. CALEB HEATHCOTE.] From print by V. Belch

[FRAUNCES TAVERN LONG-ROOM.] From "History of New York," by Mary L. Booth, 1857

[BURN'S COFFEE HOUSE.] From an old print

[HEATHCOTE HILL.] By the courtesy of J.W. Clapp, editor Richbell Press, Mamaroneck, N.Y.

[TANDEM.] From a rare old color-print. By the courtesy of George Samuel Tucker, Peterboro, N.H.

[COOPER'S FENIMORE FARM HOUSE.] By the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[ELIZABETH FENIMORE COOPER IN THE OLD HALL HOME.] By the courtesy of Elizabeth Cooper Keese

[COOPER'S ANGEVINE FARM HOME.] From "Homes of American Authors." G.L. Putnam Sons, 1853

[MAMARONECK CREEK SLOOPS.] From Bryant's "History of the United States"

[JUDGE JOHN JAY.] From print of Trumbull portrait

[BEDFORD HOUSE.] From an old print

[BEDFORD HOUSE LIBRARY.] From Vol. II, Lamb's "History of New York City"

[HARVEY BIRCH'S CAVE.] By courtesy of Arthur B. Maurice, author of "New York in Fiction"

[THE LOCUSTS OF COOPER'S TIME.] From Lossing's "Field-Book of the War of 1812"

[THE LOCUSTS OF TO-DAY.] By courtesy of the owner, Lawrence Durham, Esq.

[TITLE-PAGE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF "THE SPY."]

[ENOCH CROSBY.] From "History of Westchester County, N.Y." By Spooner and Shenard

[LAFAYETTE THEATRE.] From New York Mirror, Vol. V.

[COOPER'S HEROINES.] By courtesy of Rev. Ralph Birdsall and Miss Catherine N. Duyckinck

[WINDHURST'S NOOK, UNDER THE PARK THEATRE.] From "History of New York City," by Mary L. Booth, 1859

[JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, 1822.] From a photograph of the J.W. Jarvis portrait. By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq., Albany, N.Y.

[FITZ-GREENE HALLECK.] From print of Inman portrait. By permission of owner, Gen. James Grant Wilson

[JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.] From "Poems"

[CRO' NEST.] From "Poems," by Joseph Rodman Drake

[SAMUEL WOODWORTH.] From a rare lithograph

[THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.] By F.S. Agate

[CITY HOTEL AND WASHINGTON HALL.] From Vol. II, "History of New York City," by M.J. Lamb, and from "Valentine's Manual"

[EARLY BROADWAY.] Old prints

[WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.] By B. Whitechurch

[COOPER'S NEW YORK CITY HOME IN BEACH STREET.] By the courtesy of General James Grant Wilson

[ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL.] From The York Mirror

[OLD LEATHERSTOCKING.] From "The Pioneers"

[NATTY'S CAVE.] From an old print

[GENERAL JAMES CLINTON.] From an old print

[CLINTON DAM.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

["TALES FOR FIFTEEN, OR IMAGINATION AND HEART."] By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[CHARLES WILKES.] From portrait by Thos. Sully

[JOHN PAUL JONES.] From portrait by C.W. Peale

[LONG TOM COFFIN.] F.O.C. Darley

[BRYANT, WEBSTER AND IRVING.] From sketch by Daniel Huntington by the courtesy of owner, Mr. Day, Boston

[THE LANDING OF LAFAYETTE, 1824.] From "Complete History of Lafayette," 1825 edition

[LAFAYETTE.] Portrait by Sully

[LAFAYETTE'S BRANDYWINE VASE.] From an old print

[JOB PRAY.] By F.O.C. Darley

[THE BURNING OF CHARLES TOWN.] From an old print

[WHIPPLE HOUSE, AT PROVIDENCE, R.I.] From an old print

[MRS. JAMES MONROE.] By the courtesy of General James Grant Wilson

[PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1825.] From an old print

[SUNRISE AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN.] Drawn by Harry Fenn for D. Appleton and Co., N.Y.

[GLENS FALL'S CAVERNS.] From "The Hudson," by Lossing

[HONORABLE MR. STANLEY.] Portrait by G. Harlow, 1833

[GLENS FALL.] By W.H. Bartlett

[LAKE GEORGE, OR "THE HORICAN."] By W.H. Bartlett

[THE WAGER SEAL (1 X 1-1/8 inches).] By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[BRYANT.] Portrait by Barrett

["NATTY, THE TRAPPER."] By F.O.C. Darley

[HENRY CLAY.] From a daguerreotype, engraved by Buttre

[CHANCELLOR KENT.] Portrait by Chappel

[THE U.S.S. "HUDSON.".] By W.J. Bennett

[WHITEHALL WHARF, 1826.] From "Valentine's Manual"

[KEEP OF CARISBROOK.] By J. and F. Harwood, London, 1841

[HAVRE, BY NIGHT.] From "Meyer's Universum"

[WINDMILLS OF MONTMARTRE.] From an old French print

[THE CONVENT ST. MAUR.]

[HOTEL DE JUMIÈGES.] Found, verified and photographed for this Life of Cooper by kindness of Mrs. T. Henry Dewey of Paris, France

[SIR WALTER SCOTT.] Portrait by G.S. Newton, 1824

[MISS ANNE SCOTT.] Portrait by W. Nicholson

[JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] After portrait by Madame de Mirbel, 1830

[PIERRE JEAN DAVID D'ANGERS.] Portrait by D'Aubrey. By courtesy of General George T. Cruft

[JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] From a photograph of the bust by David d'Angers, Paris, 1828. By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[MRS. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] From a photograph of a drawing made at Paris, 1890. By permission of James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] From a photograph of a drawing made at Paris, 1827. By permission of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[PROF. GEORGE WASHINGTON GREEN.] By special permission of Mr. William Dean Howells and Harper & Brothers

[P.T. DE BÉRANGER.] From a rare old print

[TALLEYRAND.] From an old engraving

[DUCHESSE DE BERRI.] From Soule photograph

[CHARLES X of FRANCE.] From Soule photograph

[COOPER'S SUMMER HOME, ST. OUEN, 1827.] Found, verified and photographed by the kindness of Mrs. T. Henry Dewey, Paris, France

[COOPER'S ST. OUEN TERRACE STUDY.] Found, verified and photographed by the kindness of Mrs. T. Henry Dewey, Paris, France

[OLD MILL AT NEWPORT.] From an old print

[THE STRUGGLE.] By F.O.C. Darley

[THE NEWPORT BOX.] By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART.] By Pickersgill

[NATTY'S LAST CALL.] From an old print

[THE PRINCESS BARBARA VASSILIEWNA GALITZIN.] From print of portrait by Hein Friedr. Füger

[LA GRANGE, COUNTRY HOME OF LAFAYETTE.] From an old print

[LA GRANGE ARCHWAY ENTRANCE.] From "Complete History of Lafayette"

[HÔTEL DESSEIN, CALAIS, FRANCE.] From a rare old print

[CLIFFS OF DOVER.] By C. Stanfield

[CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR.] From Soule photograph

[GREEN GATE, CANTERBURY.] From Port Folio, 1814

[ST. JAMES PLACE, LONDON.] From Thornbury's "Old and New London"

[SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY.] From European Magazine, 1822

[SAMUEL ROGERS.] Portrait by Thomas Lawrence

[ROGERS' LONDON HOME.] From "Bohn's Handbook of London"

[ROGERS' BREAKFAST-ROOM.] From Illustrated London News, 1857

[CHARLES ROBERT LESLIE.] From an old print

[SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH.] Portrait by Thomas Lawrence

[HOLLAND HOUSE.] By Stockdale

[LIBRARY OF HOLLAND HOUSE.] By Charles R. Leslie. Used by permission of the British Museum. From left to right, portrait of Addison, Lord Holland, Lady Holland, Dr. John Allen, Librarian Doggett

[GILT CHAMBER OF HOLLAND HOUSE.] From lithograph by Richardson

[ROGERS' SEAT.] From Leichenstein's "Holland House"

[LORD GREY.] From a portrait by Thomas Lawrence

[MRS. JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART.]g From a portrait by W. Nicholson

[JOANNA BAILLIE.] From "Life and Works of J. Baillie"

[SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.] From the Academy sketch, 1829

[HOUSE OF THE GILLMAN'S, HIGHGATE, LONDON.] From Hall's "Book of Memories"

[BOOM KEY AT ROTTERDAM.] From an old etching

[MT. BLANC.] By J.M.W. Turner

[LA LORRAINE VIEW OF BERNESE ALPS.] From Swiss print

[NAHL'S MEMORIAL TO MADAME LANGHAN.] From European Magazine, 1786

[NARRA-MATTAH.] By F.O.C. Darley

[CONNECTICUT EMIGRANTS.] From an old print

[FALL OF THE STAUBBACH.] From an old water color

[THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE.] By W.H. Bartlett, 1836

[FERNEY, VOLTAIRE'S LAKE LEMAN HOME.] From European Magazine, 1786

[THE SIMPLON PASS.] By Lory

[FLORENCE, ITALY.] From an old print

[PALAZZO RICASOLI, FLORENCE, ITALY.] From special drawing by G. Amightti. By courtesy of Signor Agusto Ticci, Florence

[HORATIO GREENOUGH.] From portrait in Boston Athenaeum. By courtesy of Mr. Charles K. Bolton, Librarian

[BUST OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] By Horatio Greenough, in Boston Public Library. By courtesy of the Librarian, Mr. Horace G. Wadlin, and photographed by Arthur Pierce Truette

[CHANTING CHERUBS.] Detail from Raphael's Madonna del Trono

[LEOPOLD II, GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY.] From Ballou's "Pictorial," Vol. XVII

[PITTI PALACE, FLORENCE, 1828.] From water color, 1830

[COUNT ST. LEU.] From "La Jeunesse de Napoleon III" by Stefane-Pol

[LETIZIA BOUNAPARTE.] From color print by de Delpech

[MADAME MÈRE.] From print of drawing by Princess Charlotte, in Vol. XX, L'lllustration

[CHURCH OF ST. ILLARIO AND NARROW LANE.] From photograph obtained by Sig. Agusto Ticci, Florence, Italy

[VILLA, ST. ILLARIO.] From special photograph obtained by Mrs. T. Henry Dewey, Paris, France

[CHARIOT RACES, FLORENCE.] From an old print

[GENOA.] By Vocher

[LEGHORN.] From an old etching

[NAPLES.] From an old water color

[CASA TASSO AT SORRENTO.] From "Vita di Torquato Tasso" by Angelo Solerti

[CASA TASSO TERRACE-STUDY.] From "Vita di Torquato Tasso," by Angelo Solerti

[ST. PETER'S, EXTERIOR, ROME.] From an old print

[ST. PETER'S, INTERIOR.] From an old print

[ADAM MICKIEOWICZ.] From the "Life of the Poet"

[PORTA RIPETTA.] From an old etching

[ROMAN FORUM.] By Sargent

[PORTA DEL POPOLO.] From an old print

[FALLS OF MARMORA AT TERNI.] From an old print

[ANCONA.] By S. Prout

[LORETO.] From an old print

[SCALLA MINELLI, VENICE.] From an old print

[VENICE.] By J.B. Pyne

[PIAZZA SAN MARCO.] By Chilone

[PALACE OF THE DOGE.] From an old print

[TASSO'S WELL.] Special photograph by Marjorie Elizabeth Parks

[THE BRAVO.] By F.O.C. Darley

[GLORY OF THE ASSUMPTION.] By Titian

[ABSOLUTION OF ANTONIO.] By F.O.C. Darley

[ALT MARKET, DRESDEN.] From 1830 print by permission of owner, Mayor of Dresden, and courtesy of Herr Rudolf Drescher, Hanau-on-Main, Germany

[LAFAYETTE'S PARIS HOME, RUE D'ANJOU.] From special photograph obtained by Mrs. T. Henry Dewey, Paris, France

[LAFAYETTE'S BED-ROOM.] From "Complete History of Lafayette"

[LOUIS PHILIPPE.] From "Galerie Napoléon"

[GENERAL LAFAYETTE.] From lithograph by Delpech

[QUEEN MARIE AMÉLIE.] From an old print

[S.F.B. MORSE.] From L'Illustration, Vols. XXXI and XXXII

[N.P. WILLIS.] By S. Lawrence

[TUILERIES GARDENS.] From an old print

[TENIER'S WIFE.] Portrait by Tenier. From photograph of original by permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[MRS. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER AND HER SON PAUL.] From a photograph of a painting done at Paris, 1831. By permission of owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[THE CHILDREN OF MR. AND MRS. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] From a photograph (given by Mr. George Pomeroy Keese) of a drawing made in Paris by Miss Susan Cooper. By permission of owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq. From left to right, Caroline Martha (Mrs. H.F. Phinney), Susan [unreadable] Fenimore, Anne Charlotte, Maria Frances [unreadable] Cooper

[THE ANGELUS.] By J.F. Millet

[EUGÈNE-JOSEPH VERBOECKHOVEN.] From a print

PETER PAUL RUBENS. Portrait by the artist [not captured]

[RUBENS' COLOGNE HOME.] From Fairholt's "Homes and Haunts of Artists"

[CONVENT OF NUNNENWORTH.] By Tombleson

[WATCH TOWER ON THE RHINE.] From The Art Journal, 1880

[HEIDELBERG AND CASTLE.] From 1840 print

[VEVAY SHORES OF LAKE LEMAN.] From New England Magazine

[FÉTE DES VIGNERONS.] By courtesy of Mrs. Rufus A. Kingman

[NOAH'S ARK VEVAY.] 1833 By courtesy of Mrs. Rufus A. Kingman

[HOSPICE ST. BERNARD.] By Major Cockburn

[BAY OF NAPLES.] By James Hakywill

[NEW YORK HARBOR.] By W.H. Bartlett

[COOPER'S OTSEGO HALL HOME.] By courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[COPY OF COOPER'S GARDEN SEAT.] From photograph by A.J. Telfer

[COOPER'S LIBRARY AT OTSEGO HALL.] From drawing by Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[JUDGE NELSON.] From photograph by A.J. Telfer

[WILD ROSE POINT OR THREE MILE POINT.] From a photograph by the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[COOPER'S NEW YORK CITY HOME, ST. MARK'S PLACE.] From a print by the courtesy of owner, General James Grant Wilson

[HORACE GREELEY.] From a portrait by J.C. Buttre

[PARK BENJAMIN.] From a portrait by J.C. Buttre

[THURLOW WEED.] From a portrait by C.B. Hall

[JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] From a daguerreotype by Brady. By permission of owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[COLONEL JOHN TRUMBULL.] From portrait by Waldo and Jewett.

[CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.] From a Paris print

[COLUMBUS' FLEET.] From an old print

[THE GLIMMERGLASS.] From photograph by courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[OTSEGO LAKE.] Inset, Leatherstocking Falls and Natty Bumppo's Cave, from photographs by A.J. Telfer, Cooperstown, N.Y.

[JESSE D. ELLIOTT'S LAKE ERIE MEDAL.] From Spear's "History of the United States Navy"

[MEDAL GIVEN TO JAMES FENIMORE COOPER BY JESSE D. ELLIOTT.] From photograph by the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[ISLAND OF ELBA.] From an old print

[ELBA HOME OF NAPOLEON.] From Abbott's "Napoleon"

[BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE.] From painting by W.H. Powell

[COOPER'S DIAGRAM OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE.]

[COOPER'S DIAGRAM OF THE BATTLE OF "BON HOMME RICHARD" AND THE "SERAPIS."]

[BATTLE OF THE "BON HOMME RICHARD" AND THE "SERAPIS."] By J. Rogers

[STUMP EXTRACTOR.] From "The Hudson," by B.J. Lossing

[THE CHÂLET FARM.] From photograph by the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[THE ESCAPE.] From "Wyandotte." By F.O.C. Darley

[MISS CAROLINE ADRIANCE FOOTE, AGE 13.] From a daguerreotype by the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[MISS ALICE TRUMBULL WORTHINGTON.] From a daguerreotype by the courtesy of owner, Mrs. Alice Worthington Synnott

[LIEUT. ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE.] From Duyckwick's "Cyclopedia of American Literature"

[HELL GATE.] From "Pages and Pictures," by Susan Augusta Cooper

[NIAGARA FALLS.] By W.H. Bartlett

[JUDGE BAZIL HARRISON OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.] From Hearth and Home, 1870

[HON. GERRIT SMITH.] From an old print

[WILLIAM BRANDFORD SHUBRICK.] From Lossing's "Field-Book of the War of 1812"

[CHARLES MATHEWS.] From "Memorials of Charles Mathew" by Mrs. Mathews

[JAMES H. HACKETT.] From "Modern Standard Drama"

[STEWART'S MARBLE PALACE.] From an old print

[MISS SUSAN AUGUSTA COOPER, ABOUT 1850.] From a daguerreotype. By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq.

[OTSEGO LAKE PARTY IN 1840.] By J.L. Pease

[JOE TOM.] From a photograph by the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

[NATTY'S CAVE.] From an old print

[OTSEGO HALL—BACK VIEW.] From "Pages and Pictures," by Susan Augusta Cooper

[JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] From a daguerrotype by Brady. By permission of the owner, [unreadable] Cooper, Esq., Albany, N.Y.

[THE SWEDISH NIGHTINGALE (JENNY LIND).] Portrait by J.W. Orr From Soule photograph

[JENNY LIND AT CASTLE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, 1850.] From an old print

[DR. JOHN WAKEFIELD FRANCIS.] From portrait by J. Goldbruam

[DR. FRANCIS' HOME IN NEW YORK CITY.] By Richardson

[CHRIST'S CHURCH, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

[FENIMORE COOPER'S SCREEN GIFT.] From a print by courtesy of Miss Alice Bailey Keese

[BISHOP WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DE LANCEY.] From Scharf's "History of Westchester County, NY"

[DE LANCEY COAT OF ARMS.] From "A God-Child of Washington," by Katherine Schuyler Baxter

[THE NEW HOME AND THE OLD HOME.]

[INDIAN HUNTER.] By J.Q.A. Ward

[COOPER GROUNDS.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

[THE CHILDREN'S TRIBUTE.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

[LAKE OTSEGO.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

[LEATHERSTOCKING FIGURE OF COOPER MEMORIAL.] From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

[LEATHERSTOCKING MONUMENT.] By R.E. Launitz, N.A. From a photograph by A.J. Telfer

[GEORGE POMEROY KEESE.] From a photograph by permission of Mrs. George Pomeroy Keese

[BERRY POMEROY CASTLE.] By courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese

Acknowledgment is due The F.A. Ringler Company of New York City and Messrs. John Andrew and Son of Boston, Mass., for the care and interest they have shown in making the cuts used in this volume.

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