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Received his letter by Captain Middleton. Fan (grandchild) reads well though does not go to school. Missed chance to write by Captain Lemon. Mrs. Haley from Virginia gave Natty (Nathaniel Tucker) a report on him. Betty George married Daniel Tucker about 3 weeks ago. Only Bet (Elizabeth Tucker) was invited. Bet sends him preserved oranges.

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Presents his compliments by Captain Briggs. Sends him bunch of bananas which may be rare at this time of year. Hopes he received safely the letters self sent by Doctor Campbell's vessel with dispatches to forward to Boston.

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Ashamed I have been so neglectful in not answering your favors sooner. Mrs. Randle and little ones are very well.

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Sister Fanny and Mr. Tucker are much better' My Fanny and Bet are busy preserving oranges for you. I hope you have spent the Christmas cheerfully and merrily, may you live to see many returns of this season. My Fanny is sending you a pair of silk stockings for a Christmas box.

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I am staying with sister Fanny and Mr. Tucker, they are both quite ill. I am sending two pots of preferred oranges. The great scarcity of sugar prevents my sending more. Cousin Betty and Mr. Daniel Tucker are married.

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Wrote last by Captain Lamont. Tudor Tucker returned from West Indies without money for sloop he sold. Natty (Nathaniel Tucker) mentions Mrs. Haley whom St. George knew at Norfolk. Wants to buy colt from Colonel George Williams Fairfax. Starving condition here. No grain to be sold and prices high. Will try to send oranges and lemons.

Scope and Contents Doctor Campbell's brig sailed. A very great scarcity of provisions lately. Not a bushel of corn or peas for sale in the island. Captain Newbold from Charlestown on way to Leeward Island stopped to put his father-in-law Captain Dickinson ashore and stayed to sell provisions. Rice at 25/ four at 35/. Hear that provisions in Leeward Islands are cheaper than cost in America. Captain Ball arrived from Carioca ? had been taken by French snow from African coast. Self and wife have indifferent...

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There has not been a vessel from Bermuda since Sam Tucker's father came. You should have come down for the Christmas season. We have had two balls.

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Since you judge it proper to publish Bermudian I shall do every thing in my power to promote its success. 330 copies have been subscribed and many in this town have not been applied to. I hope they may amount to 500. I will go to Gloucester to survey a tract of land and hope to procure names in that county. Mr. Page sets out for Mannsfield and I design to give him a subscription paper. Give my compliments to our Friend Innes.

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Long to hear how you have fixed your self for the ensuing year. I shall see you in Williamsburg next week on my way to Gloucester, please apply to Doctor Galt for the balance of my account against him about £12 and pay Mr. Miller for his half year college fee.

Scope and Contents Watson's return furnishes opportunity of writing. Encloses little performances (poems). Accounts of Bermudian, "Epistle to Eleazer", "Hermit" and "Vision." Does not send him satire on government because of its unfinished state. Requests him to thank Henley for correcting Bermudian and prefixing sonnet to it. Approbation of Virginia literati pleasing. It is misfortune not to be intimate with any in province in which he resides. Brother (Thomas Tudor Tucker) far from being in condition to...

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Watson affords opportunity of adding line to what wrote before. Sister Fanny (Mrs. Frances (Tucker) Tucker) and (Henry) better. Natty (Nathaniel Tucker) will perhaps not be able to write. Difficulties of getting bread almost insurpassable. Expenses great and income almost nothing. Borrowing for some time almost his (and Natty's) only resource. Regards to Doctor and Mrs. Archibald Campbell.

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I am surprised that the inspectors refused to deliver the notes to you for the tobacco which I sent you. I owe Mr. Peter Randolph Bland eighty odd pounds. Thomas Bonner is looking after the money for Mr. Bland. I didn't have the money but I told Mr. Bonner I had a tract of two hundred acres that I wanted to sell to raise money. I would like to give you an absolute bill of sale for the 200 acres of land.

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Is pleased with charitable application of new fund and generous delicacy Tucker showed in the Resolves on the occasion. Members honored self by appointing him agent on the occasion but self will share it with Lewis? Burwell. Will try to execute Tucker's plan. Left town without getting Burgess' wages. Probably refers to Flat Hat Club?

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Concerning the F.H.C. Also, Mr. Cocke was obliging enough to take your order to present to the treasurer immediately.

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Is homesick to see him. The day he left self would have gone to sisters to see him had not Governor Bruere been there. Asks if he has uneasiness in head and ears of he complained of. Wrote four weeks ago by Captain Smith.

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Frances (Tucker) Tucker better. Captain Briggs had bad weather and got into Carolina. Just heard two vessels sailed from Bermuda to Virginia without their knowledge. Harry and wife (Frances (Bruere) Tucker) are in town. Have two boys.

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Sister Fanny is much better since the birth of her little daughter. I leave for the city tomorrow to stay with Henry's wife.

Scope and Contents His letter came by Captain Williams. Sister Frances (Tucker) Tucker had daughter on January 27. Frances (Bruere) Tucker had son on February 11. Account of expenses from Doctor Campbell exceeded expectations. will Write more by Sam Tucker. Requirements for lawyer. President could help him in colony. Mrs. Montresor said she had received Natty's Bermudian. Disapproves of his association with Mother Jacob's Henry and others of low class. Recent occurrences: Daniel Hunt married Moley Jones, the...

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A vessel arrived from Bermuda. Father had a letter from Billy Hall, he has purchased a lot in Portsmouth and expects to bring his family here some time this month. I imagine your time is taken up with the General Court.

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Encloses letter Briggs forgot to take. Has little girl. Tucker's brother (Henry Tucker) has little boy. Mentions Cousin Betty's courtship (Betty George married Daniel Tucker) Billy Hall goes to Virginia in Uncle Hinson's sloop Passenger. Hall had bought lots at Portmouth of Captain Savage. Endorsed: April 23: May 16, 1773.

Scope and Contents Friend Washington's departure for Philadelphia gives opportunity of writing. He tells self there are frequent opportunities from thence to Virginia. Likewise to and from this place. Suggest St. George direct letters to acquaintances in Philadelphia to be forwarded by water. Will save both expense of postage. His letters by Watson last ones received. Sent large budget to St. George by Watson. Brother Tommy (Thomas Tudor Tucker) well. Sister Fanny (Mrs. Frances (Tucker) Tucker) and (Henry...

Scope and Contents Washington sails for Philadelphia tomorrow. Giving him line to St. George as understand post from thence to Virginia more regular and certain than from Charleston. Hears own sister Fanny (Mrs. Frances (Tucker) Tucker) delivered of daughter. Brother Harry's (Henry Tucker) wife (Mrs. Frances (Bruere) Tucker) delivered of son. If Deity is just, even without benevolence, He must in future state compensate for evil underservedly suffered in present. Is Pythagorean and believes every animal will...

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Has suffered much since last letter. Has fine little girl (birth January 27). Frances (Bruere) Tucker has child. Bet (Elizabeth Tucker) had tooth drawn. Mr. Gilbert, Billy Hall and Harry Hinson sail for Norfolk. Smallpox prevalent in town.

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Fanny is much better and she has a new daughter. Bet and Fanny sent you some preserved oranges. Grandmother Butterfield sent you some lemons. We have heard from Tommy (Thomas Tudor Tucker) and Natty (Nathaniel Tucker) frequently this winter.