Chainbearers, old & new

First published in 1845, James Fenimore Cooper's Chainbearer; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts is a novel about surveyors, love triangles, and the transformation of early America.

Here's a cover from the 1873 edition, available at archive.org:

And here's a rather different cover from the print-on-demand publisher Bibliobazaar that I found at paperbackswap.com:

The plot is pretty convoluted. Warren S. Walker has provided a helpful guide.