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William Cooper was an American merchant, land speculator and developer, the founder of Cooperstown, New York. A politician, he was appointed as a county judge and later served two terms in the United States Congress, representing Otsego County and central New York. He was the father of James Fenimore Cooper, who became a noted writer of historical novels related to the New York frontier. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. December 1754 – 22. December 1809
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“To have a great capital is not so necessary as to know how to manage a small one, and never to be without a little.”

William Cooper (judge)

A Guide in the Wilderness, Gilbert & Hodges, 1810, p. 38 https://books.google.com/books?id=zNDTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA38.

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