A Guide in the Wilderness; or, The History of the First Settlements in the Western Counties of New York, with Useful Instructions to Future Settlers. In a Series of Letters addressed by Judge William Cooper, of Cooperstown, to William Sampson, Barrister, of New York.
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Link Singerman ID: supp2801
Year: 1897
Entry: Cooper, William (1754-1809). A Guide in the Wilderness; or, The History of the First Settlements in the Western Counties of New York, with Useful Instructions to Future Settlers. In a Series of Letters addressed by Judge William Cooper, of Cooperstown, to William Sampson, Barrister, of New York. Dublin: Printed by Gilbert & Hodges, 1810 [reprint, Rochester, N.Y., for George P. Humphrey, 1897]. viii, 41, [1] p.
Author/Editor: William Cooper
Location: Rochester, NY
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: A Guide in the Wilderness; or, The History of the First Settlements in the Western Counties of New York, with Useful Instructions to Future Settlers. In a Series of Letters addressed by Judge William Cooper, of Cooperstown, to William Sampson, Barrister, of New York.
Printer/Publisher: for George P. Humphrey
Language: English
Notes: The introduction, signed James Fenimore Cooper (not to be confused with the famous author who died in 1851), cites from what appears to be a personal letter sent to William Cooper from a former resident of Otsego County living in Philadelphia: "We are busy about electing a senator in the state legislature. The contest is between B. R. M--, a gentleman, and consequently a federalist, and a dirty stinking anti-federal Jew tavern-keeper called I. I--" (p. v). An edition of 300 copies.