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ALS in French, signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 4.25 x 6.25, no date. In part (translated): “Sir, The epitaph is not the same in both languages. But it is, I suppose, quite accurate. The lines are found in Shakespeare's play Tempest, Act I, Scene II. It is Prospero speaking to his daughter Miranda. If there is a generally accepted translation of this play, it would be better to place it in the title. It relates to the novel in this way [...] Someone made an error in the second page.We say in English The Waters of the Atlantic…that’s to say the waters which are tributaries to these seas. For example we say The Waters of the Mississippi which is a great river with tributaries. We mean, in that case, all the waters which are tributaries to the Mississippi.Thus I said it gave us (the possession of Louisiana) a thousand routes/paths to internal commerce and to the waters of the Pacific Ocean. I know nothing of French style, but the idea is more exact and true, it seems to me, in the original than in the translation. -I salute you.” In fine condition.
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