Coming to America, Dickinson College 1794-1815

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Cooper first came to America in 1793 in order to find a suitable land for fellow dissentors-in-exile. He was accompanied by James Preiestly's son and together they concluded Northumberland Valley in Centeral Pennsylvania had fertile soil and an active political climate. In 1794, he returned to Northumberland with his family and Priestly's family to establish residency. They constructed a large, frame house that sat on the banks of the Susquehanna River.

-Cooper admired the American Government. He praised, "There is little fault to find with the Government of America, either in principle or in practice: we have very few taxes to pay, and these are of acknowledge neccessity, and moderate in amount: we have no animosities about religion, it is a subject about which no questions are asked. The government is the government of the people, and for the people."

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