NMLP P-034563 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

The Deerslayer, or The First War-Path

James Fenimore Cooper · Lea & Blanchard (Philadelphia) · 1841

Philadelphia (Lea & Blanchard, August 27, 1841) precedes the first English edition (Richard Bentley, London, September 7, 1841) by eleven days; no earlier printing in any other country is recorded.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034563 for "The Deerslayer, or The First War-Path" by James Fenimore Cooper (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034563, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).