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Collection Reference Number GLC05258.02
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1890s 
Title James Fenimore Cooper: A Letter Explaining Why He Petitioned to Have His Name Changed.
Date October 1890
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Newspaper article that details a letter written by Cooper that was found in which Cooper petitions to add Fenimore to his name. Prints Cooper's letter in full. Date added in pencil at a later time.
Subjects Literature and Language Arts  Petition  Children and Family  
People Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851)  
Theme Arts & Literature
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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