Saturday morning.  "I am but too well acquainted with the irascibility of your disposition not to dread the affects of your wrath, should I neglect to write. May Heaven preserve you my Dear Brother, and send you a Prosperous and happy voyage."

Expects to embark this week. The Galatea has taken two prizes, one a Bermudian, and retaken two other West Indian vessels. Hopes we will not have an encounter with her. (Original in the Morristown, New Jersey National Park Library.)

Bearer is from Augusta. Recommended to Mrs. Cary as capable of managing weaving and spinning. Has employed her for the estate though Mrs. Randolph desired a woman. Her terms are £30 for managing spiners, instructing weavers who need teaching, and weaving all fine cloth herself. Will be £40 if employed constantly in weaving. Recommends former. Old lady and Betty send love. Asks when chair will be done.

I request you to have the sum of one hundred pounds sterling insured upon the sloop Enterprize and Virginia or South Carolina on my account. Messrs. Henry Tucker and Son desires me to request that you would have the like sum insured on the same vessel on their accounts.

I have had your vessel registered but not by the name you desired. I hate a name which speaks the intention too much. I have spoke to the Governor about a Mediterranean pass and believe I can have one, if it should be thought necessary.

Richard and John Jennings, Henry Tucker of Somerset, and Henry Tucker and Son giving St. George Tucker their power of attorney for business of the sloop Dispatch.

I purchased £100 worth of good ginned cotton I have taken on board 2,817 bushels of salt. On the passage here we were chased near the west end of Grand Caicos by a vessel cruising in those parts.

Is enclosing account of sales of four hogsheads of rum (not enclosed). Insurance ordered on the sloop Enterprize has been made.

Has sent him the pork. Carpenters will be at his service after Christmas. Intends to go to Petersburg if Mrs. Waller has commands for Miss Clary.

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.