The John Couper Family at Cannon's PointMercer University Press, 1996 - 240 páginas Volume five of the Mercer Commentary on the Bible comprises commentaries on the deuterocanonical/apocryphal books which Martin Luther called useful and good for reading yet did not consider of the same authority as Scripture. Volume five of the Mercer Commentary on the Bible includes commentaries from the critically acclaimed Mercer Commentary on the Bible and appropriate articles from the equally well-received Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. This convenient yet thorough edition is for the classroom and for anyone who wishes to focus study on these particular texts.Drawing upon original document from the United States and Scotland, Ferguson has assembled a biography of John Couper, a St. Simons Island plantation owner renowned for his humane treatment of slave, bold horticultural experiments, lifelong civic service, and his far-reaching generosity. |
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Life in St Augustine | 31 |
New Beginnings | 43 |
From Liberty County to St Simons Island | 53 |
Settling In at Cannons Point | 63 |
An Elegant Cultured Life | 77 |
Slave Life My People | 93 |
A Pioneer Agriculturist | 141 |
In His Fathers Footsteps James Hamilton Couper at Hopeton | 159 |
The Devastation of the Civil War | 175 |
A Benefactor to the People and the Soil Alike | 183 |
The Writings of John Couper | 189 |
Acknowledgments | 207 |
Bibliography | 213 |
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Términos y frases comunes
acres agricultural Altamaha River American Ann Giudici Fettner Anne Sarah Couper Atlanta Augustine British brother Brunswick Buchanan Caroline Couper Charleston Christ Church coastal Georgia Coastal History colony cotton Couper family Couper Traylor Thiesen Couper wrote crop Darien dated daughter early East Florida Fanny Kemble Fanny Kemble Butler father feet Frederica Georgia Historical Society Georgia State Archives Giudici Fettner Collection Glasgow Glynn County Greenoch Hopeton Plantation Indenture James Hamilton Couper John and Rebecca John Couper land Legare letter Liberty County Library lived Lochwinnoch Loyalists Lundy Mary Couper Traylor Morison mulberry Museum of Coastal negroes North Oglethorpe oxen Paisley Parish Pierce Butler planted planters Press purchased Rebecca Couper Rebecca Maxwell Couper Reverend Couper rice ruta baga Savannah Scotland Scottish seed ships Simons Island slaves South Carolina Southern Agriculturist Sunbury tabby Thomas Spalding town Traylor Thiesen Collection turnips Ware County wife William Audley Couper York young
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Página 13 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
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