Couper and Fraser Family Papers, 1810-1894, undated.

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Couper and Fraser Family Papers, 1810-1894, undated.

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This collection consists of letters, business records, and miscellaneous papers of members of the Fraser and Couper families. Most of the correspondence contains news of family and friends. Included are letters of condolence to Anne Fraser upon the occasions of the death of her husband and some of her children; correspondence dealing with Anne Fraser's penion from the British government and concerning damages done to Anne Fraser's house and property during the Civil War. Several letters discuss the War of 1812. There are numerous Civil War letters in the collection including some from prisoners of war. This collection is arranged chronologically. Family correspondents within the collection include John Couper (1759-1850) and his wife Rebecca Maxwell Couper (1775-1845); John Fraser (1791-1839) and his wife Anne Sarah Couper Fraser (d. 1866) and some of their children: Anne Rebecca Fraser (Mrs. Paul Demere) (1817-1841), James William Lovat Fraser (d. 1845), John Couper Fraser (d. 1863), Selina Fraser (b. 1836), Rebecca L.M. Fraser (b. 1834), Frances Fraser, Susan Fraser. Other family correspondents include William Fraser (1794-1837), James Hamilton Couper (1794-1866), Isabella Hamilton Couper (1815-1841), Theodore B. Bartow, Robert H. Couper, Hamilton Couper, and Isabelle Stiles. Other correspondents include Julia Datty, Isabella Wilson, Louisa C. Shaw, daugher of Nathaniel Green; Fanny Kemble Butler; Sir Georgie Cockburn; Charles Menzies; Lula Habersham; M.W. Menzies; Sir Frederick Bruce; F. Hazard; Grace Minto; and others. In addition to correspondence, there are several bills of sale for slaves, listing the slaves by name; an account of the sinking of the Pulaski by John Hamilton Couper (published without attribution in George White's Historical Collections of Georgia, 1854, 353-364); a speech by John W. Quincy on the Confederacy and its flag; genealogy of the Maxwell family by James Audley Maxwell; history of Christ Church on St. Simons Island by Caroline G. Couper; reminiscences of an unidentified soldier who served under General John C. Breckinridge; reminiscences about John Couper by Margaret Fraser Demere; information on John Fraser, James WIlliam Lovat Fraser, and William Fraser by Margaret Davis Cate; recipes; medicinal cures; photographs; needlework patterns and a piece of needlework; poems; and miscellaneous business records.

1 box ; .5 cubic feet.

Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Maxwell family.

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Fraser family.

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Cockburn, George, Sir, 1763-1847

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Couper, J. Hamilton (James Hamilton), 1794-1866

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James Hamilton Couper of Glynn County, Ga., was a white manager and part owner of Hopeton, Altama, and Elizafield plantations that were based on a workforce of more than fifty enslaved people. Additionally, Couper was a scientific agriculturalist and some of the volumes contain extracts from agricultural journals and observations related to the crops grown at the plantations; chiefly cotton, rice, sugar cane, corn, and peas. James Hamilton Couper was born 4 March 1794, the son of John and ...

Cate, Margaret Davis, 1888-1961.

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Margaret Davis Cate (1888-1961), Georgia historian, poultry business owner, resident of Sea Island, Georgia. From the description of Margaret Davis Cate papers, 1890-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477300 ...

Bruce, Frederick W. A. (Frederick William Adolphus), Sir, 1814-1867

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British diplomat. Born in Scotland, he served on missions to Washington, D.C. and China, was colonial secretary at Hong Kong, lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland, consul-general and charge d'affaires to Bolivia, charge d'affaires to Uruguay, agent and consul-general in Egypt, ambassador and chief superintendent of British trade in China, and an ambassador to the U.S. From the description of Papers, 1860. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38744909 ...

Couper, John, 1759-1850

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Couper family.

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Fraser, Anne Sarah Couper, d. 1866.

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