[Tucker], N[athaniel] B[everley 1820-1890] in Paris (the Hotel Des Deux Montes) to his wife [Jane Shelton (Ellis) Tucker] Checking in with his wife but “must write no politics.” Sent letters to his family from Havana and Los Lagos in Cuba, and St. Thomas this past January, and then in England. Happy to be near his sons (in England) but has not been able to see them, and is looking for a way to get them home. Distressed about Gifford who supposedly left for America on a steamer in December, “throwing all the business on me." No news of his (Gifford) safe arrival. “He left before he received any letter from us or the enclosures we sent him through various sources…I cannot be more explicit.” Refers cryptically to “the great question, which so interests me” and he is disappointed in not having heard from “Carrington C.” “in reference to the very important matter of extension.” Accession Number 2008.27