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Title: Peter Cooper
The Riverside Biographical Series, Number 4

Author: Rossiter W. Raymond

Release Date: August 31, 2008 [EBook #26498]

Language: English

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The Riverside Biographical Series

NUMBER 4

PETER COOPER

BY

ROSSITER W. RAYMOND

=The Riverside Biographical Series=

1. ANDREW JACKSON, by W. G. BROWN.
2. JAMES B. EADS, by LOUIS HOW.
3. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by PAUL E. MORE.
4. PETER COOPER, by R. W. RAYMOND.
5. THOMAS JEFFERSON, by H. C. MERWIN.
6. WILLIAM PENN, by GEORGE HODGES.
7. GENERAL GRANT, by WALTER ALLEN.
8. LEWIS AND CLARK, by WILLIAM R. LIGHTON.
9. JOHN MARSHALL, by JAMES B. THAYER.
10. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, by CHAS. A. CONANT.
11. WASHINGTON IRVING, by H. W. BOYNTON.
12. PAUL JONES, by HUTCHINS HAPGOOD.
13. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, by W. G. BROWN.
14. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, by H. D. SEDGWICK, Jr.

Each about 140 pages, 16mo, with photogravure
portrait, 65 cents, _net_; _School Edition_, each,
50 cents, _net_.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

[Illustration: (signed) Peter Cooper]

PETER COOPER

BY

ROSSITER W. RAYMOND

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COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY ROSSITER W. RAYMOND.
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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
PREFACE vii
I. ANCESTRY 1
II. BOYHOOD AND YOUTH 10
III. BUSINESS VENTURES 16
IV. INVENTIONS