Letters from Mrs. Frances Bland Tucker Coalter, Elm Grove, to John Coalter, 1811 April-May
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents In April Mrs. Frances Bland Tucker Coalter writes, "I very much fear I shall never be reconciled to our fate"--of separation for such long periods when John Coalter is absent on the court circuit. (A month later John Coalter was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals.) Also mentions a "terrible whipping" their two year old son St. George Tucker Coalter had "for obstinacy."
Dates
- Creation: 1811 April-May
Creator
- From the Collection: Brown, Coalter, and Tucker Family (Family)
- From the Collection: Archer, William Segar, 1789-1855 (Person)
- From the Collection: Brown, Frances Bland Coalter, 1835-1894 (Person)
- From the Collection: Brown, Henry Peronneau, 1883-1942 (Person)
- From the Collection: Bryan, Elizabeth Tucker Coalter, b. 1805 (Person)
- From the Collection: Bryan, John Randolph, 1806-1887 (Person)
- From the Collection: Coalter family (Family)
- From the Collection: Coalter, John, 1769-1838 (Person)
- From the Collection: Coalter, Judith H. Tomlin, d. 1859 (Person)
- From the Collection: Coalter, Maria Rind, d. 1792 (Person)
- From the Collection: Coalter, St. George Tucker, 1809-1839 (Person)
- From the Collection: Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hoge, Moses Drury, 1818-1899 (Person)
- From the Collection: Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871 (Person)
- From the Collection: Munford, William, 1775-1825 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pleasants, John Hampden, 1797-1846 (Person)
- From the Collection: Randolph, Judith Randolph, fl. 1792-1813 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tucker, Lelia Skipwith Carter, 1767-post 1833 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tyler, John, Jr., 1819-1896 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
From the Collection: 12.50 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository