Manuscripts

Ned Myers; or, A Life Before the Mast: final draft; with preface

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1843.
Call number: mssHM 34532
Creator: Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William K. Bixby sale, 1918.
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