Growth of Cooperstown...
Item # 714373
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DUNLAP'S AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 1791 Page 2 has a lengthy extract of a letter from Cooperstown that describes the abundant natural resources in the area and the related businesses, the prosperity and more.
It includes a glowing observation: "...How highly pleasing it is to see this country, which in 1787 was uninhabited, now fully peopled, improved with roads and bridges, and possessing mills, stores, schools and, in short, every convenience that reasonable men could wish for. I frequently observe numbers of people together at raisings, and other collecting occasions..." & much more.
Four pages, nice condition.
It includes a glowing observation: "...How highly pleasing it is to see this country, which in 1787 was uninhabited, now fully peopled, improved with roads and bridges, and possessing mills, stores, schools and, in short, every convenience that reasonable men could wish for. I frequently observe numbers of people together at raisings, and other collecting occasions..." & much more.
Four pages, nice condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #368 - released for July, 2026
Categories: The 1600's and 1700's, American
Price
$48
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.