Couper, James Hamilton, 1794 - 1866 (American planter and slaver)

Person

Dates

Existence: March 5, 1794 - July 3, 1866

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook No.129, 3 January 1846 - 10 January 1846

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/129

Scope and Contents Notebook No. 129 was kept by Lyell during his trip to America in 1845-6, mostly written in pencil, after his lecture tour, with visits to Hopeton Plantation, St. Simon's Island, and Georgia. It contains his observations while he visited several plantations worked by enslaved people extracted from undocumented regions of Africa, and bought at auction. Mr. and Mrs. Lyell stayed with James Hamilton Couper at Hopeton plantation for two weeks in January 1846. Couper was a member of the British...

Dates: 3 January 1846 - 10 January 1846

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.132, February 1846 - February 1846

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/132

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from January 28 to February 6 1846 while traveling from Montgomery to Mobile (Alabama) via the Alabama River on the steamer Amaranth. He stops at Centerport and Clairborne, with overland excursions to Macon and Clarksville. He then continues his journey to Mobile on the Amaranth. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-115 and 6 uncounted pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. ...

Dates: February 1846 - February 1846