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This series is currently being added to the Box/Folder List section of the finding aid. Please check back periodically for updates. This series contains the correspondence of St. George Tucker, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman, and Nathaniel Beverley Tucker. The series is arranged in chronological order.

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Received your letter by Ephraim. I complied with your request, shaking Alexander Shaw by the hand and remembering you to Colonel Banister. Thomas Armistead was with me two or three days last week. I have not seen Jack Ruffin ? since you left. If Nancy Blair has returned from Hanover, I would like for her to give me her history.

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I should have answered your letter by last post. I shall do all in my power to promote your subscriptions and I think I can get near a hundred. Please send me the proposals.

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Frances (Bruere) Tucker now at Port Royal. Only letter received from him was one by Captain Seymour on day of his arrival. Case of Mrs. Jones versus Mrs. Mitchell's house settled in favour of Mary Anne Smith. A Mr. Adams of Virginia is here and makes his addresses to Honora Smith.

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Our family and friends at Port Royal are well. Father is sending you a copy of Natty's (Nathaniel Tucker) letter which contains a summary of the proceedings against Tommy (Thomas Tudor Tucker). We think the sentence was rather harsh and severe.

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Captain Seymour waits while I write this. Commander ? and Harry left us in January bound to the West Indies. Mr. Gilchrist died.

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To oblige a favorite Lady, will you send down the second volume of "Peregrine Pickle"  and the "Hermit" by one of the Nelson boys. My compliments to the Major.

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As yet no account of publication of Bermudian in Virginia. Already printed it in Edinburgh. Dr. Blacklock praised it. Good sale would furnish Natty (Nathaniel Tucker) with sum for twelve-month abroad. Was sentenced for sending challenge and putting up libel at coffee house. Court partial to Robert Williams. Regards to Doctor and Mrs. Archibald Campbell.

Scope and Contents Ever since received his letter by Captain Gorham waiting to hear from him. Encloses one of copies of Bermudian from Edinburgh. No letters from Doctor Blacklock with account of its success. Harry Tucker desires St. George to send him 200 more copies. Wishes he would enquire about Gorham, captain of this vessel. Shall write to Major and Beverley Randolph? by Captain John Dickinson. Inquires if has done anything with "The Philosophical Anchorite" which is new title of "Hermit." Requests St....

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Received letter intended by Captain Stowe by Mr. Burch. Captain Outerbridge disposed of iron at low rates. Glad Mr. Nelson mentioned St. George to Mr. Page. Thinks he should reply to letter self wrote. Wrote St. George by Samuel Smith, Captain Seymour and Captain Simmons. Sam Dickinson and family lost at Madeira. Reported 20 sail lost. Advises him not to mention homesickness to mother.

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You and some of my friends have not treated me kindly by not writing. My acquaintances here think that a decent subscription may be made for a Lectureship in Norfolk. How are Innes, Yates, Jones, and the other brethren of the F.H.C. (Flat Hat Club). The first day of March, I think, was the time mentioned to pay twenty shillings into the Treasury.

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"O, my St. George, this Cruel Separation Deprives me of every Satisfaction in this Life. Since I wrote the above we have received letters from you dated December which must have been wrote upon your first arrival. I am glad to find you were received with so much tenderness and affection from your friends in Virginia. Heaven grant you may never be Destitute of a Friend." Typescript only.

Scope and Contents Received his of December 2nd. Mr. Gilchrist's death mysterious, but manner adds honour to scene. Heard by way of Leeward Islands that Bostonians threw 300 casks of tea into sea. Reserves comment but thinks it hazardous. Main trouble seems to be objection of Americans to taxes imposed by Parliament. Asks if boycott of taxed articles would not have been better. This will aggravate rather than conciliate. Virginians have deported themselves with consistency. Admits to prejudice in favor of...

Scope and Contents Glad to hear that you have paid our friends in Bermuda a visit. The fourth of last month I presented my husband with a little boy. I hope to return in a few days to our retreat with the two boys and little Fanny. My sister Belle married a Mr. Burton, who is well acquainted with your two brothers in Carolina. They have just gone to Brunswick where they will live. We are to have a very grand Ball tomorrow night as a compliment to Mrs. Tryon who leaves next Thursday. My Aunt Colden's death, we...

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Just returned from St. George's, Bermuda. Acknowleges his favor by Bell. Requests copies of Bermudian. Not a person of discernment has seen it, but is delighted with it and desirous of procuring copy. Sends love to his brother Thomas Tudor Tucker. Includes note from Nathaniel Tucker to St. George Tucker.

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Number of copies of Bermudian requested by Henry Tucker of Scrogham's Point totals 400. included on letter from Henry Tucker to Nathaniel Tucker his date.

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Certificate of the admission of St. George Tucker to practice in the county and inferior courts in Virginia. Signed by John Randolph and George Wythe.

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Written in French.

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I have received the box for Charleston. Gorham does not sail until ten days. No vessel from Bermuda except a brig of Mr. McAlestir's. Please send me my classical books and Doctor Witherspoons Lectures on moral Philosophy.

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I am sorry I did not see you. Enclosed are letters from Bermuda. Your Aunt is much better.

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George Tucker informed them he intended to settle at Petersburg. Betty (Elizabeth) Tucker has Nancy Tucker under her care. Patty Gilbert has son. Uncle Frank's wife will lie in soon.

Scope and Contents George Tucker obliged to stop here to stop leak. Heard that St. George intended to be admitted as county court lawyer this April and would leave Williamsburg for Petersburg. Hopes his removal to remote part of country will not cause him to lose friendship of Nelson and advantages obtained thereby. Few days past received advice from London that he had been admitted as student to Inner Temple. Has certificate. Original in hands of Harford and Powel, London merchants. Thomas' (Tudor Tucker)...

Scope and Contents I am sorry to find you were so much deceived in the value of your Clerkship, it must have fallen infintely short of your expectations. Better that Mr. Nelson has promised you an absolute one upon a vacancy. You must tell us about Petersburg. Natty (Nathaniel Tucker) has been unfortunate in an attempt on a Lady's heart. He sent us a copy of The Bermudian which has been printed in London. Tommy (Thomas Tudor Tucker) triumphed over that worthless fellow Williams. The dispute has made him...

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Your client ought to be informed of any error in the proceeding which he may take advantage of. I can't see how you are restrained from doing so by an agreement to which you were not a party.