ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 4.5 x 3, no date but circa 1836. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “The Grand Jury have formd[sic] a bill against Domingo Joseph Dos Santos for being concerned in fitting out the brig San Nicholas as a slaver.” Matted and framed with a portrait of Cooper to an overall size of 10.5 x 14.5. In fine condition. In 1836, charges were brought against Dos Santos and associates for equipping and loading the Brig San Nicholas as a slave-trading vessel, intending to travel to Africa and procure ‘50 negroes, 50 mulattos, and 50 persons of color’ for the purpose of selling them as slaves in the United States; Cooper served as the foreman of the grand jury. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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