1825 Ann Couper Friendship Album Journal New Castle Delaware, Eakin Family

Description

Delaware. Ann Jane Couper’s Friendship Album with a hand painted little scene of a beehive dated Feb 28., 1826 by one of her friends.
Ann Jane Couper
, (1813-1877) daughter of Dr James Couper (1778–1839) and Hannah McIntire, (1778–1867) was born in New Castle County, Delaware (White Clay Creek). Her parents married in 1800.
Ann Jane Couper owned this Friendship Album believed while a student at the Wilmington Boarding School in Delaware.
Ann Jane
married George Kerr on April 23, 1844, in New Castle, Delaware. They are buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery in New Castle. They had one son James Couper Kerr (1853–1896). Her grandparents were James Couper (1734-1819) and Jane Eakin (1737-1807) who are buried in Pigeon Run Cemetery, New Castle. Ann’s great uncle was Rev. Samuel Eakin, (1745-1783) one of 12 chaplains to the New Jersey Militia in the Revolutionary War, preaching in his church in Penns Neck, Salem County, New Jersey.
Dates range November 1825- 1827
Sampling of entries or Friends identified
Autumn
The Lost Delights of Home recollected by Mary
The Poplars
Hope
The Evening Hour
An Address to the Moon
Improve your time. Our life‘s a dream
The Evening Hour
The Flowers of Life
Song of the Angel by Catherine M Cox Estherton PA (she was Catherine Mary Cox 1810 -1883, who married Judge Augustus Otto Hiester. She was daughter of John & Matilda Cox)
Benevolence
Mary Ann Clark West Malborough
Religion
Happiness
A Pun
My Father at the Helm
Such is Life by Jeremiah Bowman jr.
Pleasures of Hope by John Robeson New Castle to Miss AJ Couper
The Seasons
The Future
Oh thou that hast strayed
Absence
The Graves of a Household
The concluding remarks of the President’s message to congress 1826
Jeptha’s rash Vow
Friendship
Sorrow for the Dead
The Consolation
Melancholy
The Meeting of the Waters
3 items were found tucked inside from her friends at
Wilmington Boarding School
.
1. Thoughts of Death with blue border dated 1825; 2. Happiness with pink border by Ann Moore and 3. Forget Me Not with blue border dated 1825 (watermarked Dobbs 1815) see photo of grouping
{Interesting to note Ann Jane’s sampler and her mothers’ sampler along with grandma Jane’s are held at the Winterthur Museum}
Condition and notes
Contains 90 pages of entries
Moderate external wear to attached boards; soiling, scratches and some abrasion, with back cover exhibiting heavier wear as shown.
Tiny yellow label for AR Poole Fancy Stationer of Philadelphia pasted down inside front cover
Friends signed by name, initials or simply “sincere friend” or unsigned. Some dated some not
Scattered foxing and soiling
Rubbed
Age toned paper
Appears binder made error on her name plate as it appears A. I. Couper however this was Anne Jane as identified as pictured. A small piece laid in “Ann” as pictured in her flowery fancy font
One page was sliced : top 1/4 excised
Several pieces laid in appearing to be patterns for lace, or fancy pen work. Includes a page and a half of her fancy pen work.
Paper in the album has watermark Simmons 1823
About 30 blanks at end
Soiling to marbled edges
Some offsetting of old ink or where papers were placed in
Endpages foxed
Corners bumped and rubbed
Some fading of ink, hand soiling or mild grubbiness
Measures approximately 6 1/2” by 8 1/2”
The folded piece of laid in paper with her design work has tears
Entries in brown ink
No other ownership names, no institutional markings
Additional photos on request
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