Received your order receipted by Mr. Shore. If I can be of any further service in the business, let me know. We have had a severe attack of cholic. On the back "Ode IX To Liberty" by St. George Tucker.

I have sent John Barnes of Philadelphia a draft for £36.14.1. Your draft for 6,577 wt. tobacco has appeared.

Congratulates him on return home. Brother visiting self today. Will visit Tuckers on Tucker's return from Richmond. His Epigrammatic ode is devilish good. Freneau has written something similar. Hopes new Congress will check government's rush into monarchy. Quotes verse of self.

Received your letter and James Brown's letter containing his draft on Messrs. Lott and Higbee for £36.14.1.

You owe me £120. Please pay Mr. Nacaulay this amount.

Has obligation of his for 6,100 odd pounds of tobacco borrowed of father. Self owes Matthew Anderson of Williamsburg who owes sum to James Brown of Richmond. Wishes Tucker would settle with Brown and thus clear all debts.

Enclosed is copy of his notice to Captain Holcombe, also other letters. Asks to be informed about bad luck and future operations of business letters can be addressed to care of Messrs. Banks and Hatcher. Enclosure not present. Paper seems to have been used as wrapper.

Harvest not over and is busy settling Burwell's estate, which will ruin him. For want of £700 must expose to sale 1/14 share in Dismal Swamp Co., 500 acres there and mill which cost £900. Sale on 1st Monday of August.

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.