Scope and Contents Received your letter from Turks Island. What money you may have left let Messrs. John Lawrence and Co. take it and draw bills for it here upon us. If this scheme could not be executed, then we think rather than leave the money in the Government hands or take Continental money, you had better purchase new tobacco and let it remain in the warehouses, as it will be a more certain thing than the paper currency, should things take a bad turn against America. However you will be on the spot. You...

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As the affairs of America are very critical at this time we think you should endeavor to get the best security for any money you may have left after purchasing your cargo. Thomas Tudor Tucker arrived with us a few days past. He narrowly escaped being taken by the Galatea Tell Willis Morgan of the danger about this coast and let all our countrymen know that sails.

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Reports say generally that the Americas are laying down their arms. I wish that a people who had taken arms in support of their liberties should lay them down with no discredit to themselves.

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I cannot omit an opportunity of giving you a welcome to Virginia again. Since you left here, I have been to the Northward as far as New York, where I spent two months, after having passed one at Philadelphia, during which time no such occurences happened to me.

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Father very ill yesterday at Mr. Jobs ? I should be much obliged to you to go down to Mr. Armistead's and to give him every ?

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Written in French.

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Concerning insurance for the sloop Dispatch, Thomas Tucker Master.

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On Tuesday (28th) moved from Jamestown to Westover. Alarm that men of war were within few miles. Lying here in idleness until hear from Tucker. Was in Williamsburg few days ago. Mr. Jameson had written Tucker the men of war were at Point Comfort. Wish to hear from him immediately.

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I am enclosing an invoice of goods which I wish you to procure for me I am sorry you could not call on us on your way down the country.

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I have this day chartered my vessel the Dispatch to Norton and Beall to take a full cargo of tobacco on their account from James River or Appomattox River and to be delivered to their order in Curacao for the freight of fity five shillings sterling per hogshead. I bind myself to Norton and Beall in the sum of five hundred pounds sterling. John Page test. Insured for £ 1,000.

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My father wrote you by Mr. Richard Prudden to get insured for Doctor Archibald Campbell five hundred pound Bermuda currency on the brig bound from Bermuda to Turks Island and from there to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. When Mr. Prudden arrived at Turks Island, there was a tender there which obliged him to destroy the letter. I have taken this opportunity to inform you.

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I sent your letter on to the Doctor. My wife Frances Page scribbled off the enclosed for an invoice. If the Doctor will go over tomorrow, I will see you before you go to Carolina. I have serious thoughts of accepting your offer and putting in £100. One page invoice follows which is a list of items signed by Frances Page.

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Order of Council. The Board finding it absolutely necessary in order to procure arms and other articles for the use of this State, to lodge a Sum of money in the West Indies. And for that purpose have employed St. George Tucker esq. to negotiate ...

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Doctor ? and self windbound today at Mr. Burwell's quarter. Ate oysters and hoecake and was merry. Thinks they may become rich from the war.

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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.