COOPER, James Fenimore L.a.s. à Gilbert de Motier, marquis de Lafayette Williamsburg, [1826] 1 p. 1/2 in-8
Estimation :
2000 / 3000
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
“I have called five or six times since you get out of the lieux (?), to express my sympathy but always without success. This morning, Mr Breevort of New York, who addressed a memorial to your kind care in the case of Mr Grecie desired me to accompany him to the rue d’Anjou, in order simply to inquire what course you had been keen to take. If you can see us, for two minutes this morning, or will say when you can see us, you will oblige us. We are at my room, rue Saint Florentin, n° 13 (^) if you will, in any manner the most convenient to yourself, say wether you have done any thing with the memorial, you will oblige your very sincerely and respectfully". In 1824, General de Lafayette arrived from France as the nation’s guest aboard the Cadmus at Castle Garden in New York City. Cooper witnessed his arrival and later was one of the Active Committee of Welcome and Entertainment. In 1826, Cooper moved his family to Europe, where he sought to gain more income from his books as well as provide better education for his children. While overseas, he continued to write. His books published in Paris include The Red Rover and The Water Witch, two of his many sea stories. During his time in Paris, the Cooper family was seen as the center of the small American expatriate community. During this time he developed friendships with the painter Samuel Morse and Lafayette.
