Nathaniel Tucker, Port Royal, Bermuda to St. George Tucker, 1774 August 1
Scope and Contents
Wrote letters by Captain Cliffe and Captain Peaton enclosing copy of "Paramythia." Also informing of intended excursion to Bermuda. Captian James Cox brought packet of newspapers from St. George. He told them St. George was at Norfolk. Sorry disturbances in America retarded his plan of practicing at courts. Wishes Lord North at devil before tea scheme entered his noddle. Agrees with quotation from Churchill's poem called "Night." Passage to Bermuda only 7 days with John Conyers. Tom's (Thomas Tudor Tucker) marriage to Esther Evans was several days before own departure. Not to return to Carolina until October. Sister Betty's (Elizabeth Tucker) tongue going ever since sat down. They saw Miss Aitcheson's "Epithalanium" in Norfolk paper. Suspicion that it is no distant relation to Miss Galloway's "Eulogium." Sister Bet has eaten much of Aunt Hinson's roast pig. Wrote Beverley and Major per Cliffe.
Dates
- Creation: 1774 August 1
Creator
- From the Collection: Tucker-Coleman Family (Collector, Family)
- From the Collection: Coalter, John, 1769-1838 (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Randolph, John, 1773-1833 (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848 (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
From the Collection: 124.00 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository