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James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper: A Setting of His Own.
James Fenimore Cooper was born James Cooper on September 15, 1789. His father was William Cooper, a prominent landowner and founder of Cooperstown. His mother was Elizabeth Fenimore, a young heiress. His young life was relatively comfortable for a new settlement such as Cooperstown. The only experience they had of the “savage enemies,” the Indians was the stories of traveling merchants. Most of the Indians had been thoroughly beaten by the revolution. His father acquired a judgeship as well as a seat in congress as a Federalist. The Coopers were a fairly wealthy family. They lived in a formidable brick mansion named Ostego Hall. James went to school under an Episcopal clergyman with two van Rensselers, a Livingston, and a Jay, all of whom were from incredibly wealthy families from before and after the revolution. In 1803, James began to attend Yale College at the age of thirteen. In his junior year he was expelled for ...

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