JAMES FENIMORE COOPER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/27/1844 - HFSID 4307
James Fenimore Cooper fills out and signs a check for $70.00 to Moses
Lippitt.
Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "J. Fenimore
Cooper", 6x2½. Cooperstown, "Dec. 27th [18]44". No.
103.
Special Sale Price $200.00
Reg. $280.00
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JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
James Fenimore Cooper fills out and signs a check for $70.00 to Moses
Lippitt.
Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "J. Fenimore
Cooper", 6x2½. Cooperstown, "Dec. 27th [18]44". No.
103. Payable to "Moses Lippitt, on order" for "Seventy" [dollars].
The printed phrase, "or bearer" has been inked out. In 1811, James Fenimore
Cooper (1789-1851) received an inheritance of $50,000 and became a
free-spending wealthy gentleman. By 1819, his fortune was gone and he was
heavily in debt. To recoup his losses, Cooper speculated in land, invested in a
frontier store and, in 1820, began writing the fiction that eventually
brought wealth and world fame. The Spy, published in 1821, was
followed by a series of five novels known collectively as The
Leather-Stocking Tales: The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the
Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840) and
The Deerslayer (1841). The author added "Fenimore" to his name in 1826
to keep his mother's name alive. Endorsed on verso by Moses Lippitt. Bank
stamp touches the "J" and "Feni" of signature and "order" of payee line. "r" of
"Cooper and date "44" are slightly smudged, and there are other nail head sized
ink stains.
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