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There is a schooner in from Bermuda. Do you wish to send any thing back?

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Can I do any thing about the horses? Elizabeth writes that she has not heard from you. You should leave Williamsburg

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Health. Details on condition of his mouth. Religious manuscript. Expanded on Erskine.

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Attended to your order. Could not find the cranberries or preserved fruits.

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Letter has been to Fredericksburg and back. Eliza Naylor is on her way to S C. with Mr. Harper.Will be here until the middle of June. Mrs. Kemp can furnish you with two rooms. Please leave that climate. St. George Tucker endorses that he has written regarding the death of Fanny Tucker due to lightning strike.

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Received D.C. Barraud’s check for $1078.98. Deposited it to your credit.

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Jokes about a new profession for John Coalter. Moved three weeks ago to Dr. M.? Has cistern. Analyzes speech of John Randolph of Roanoke which had classical references.

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Received your check for $82.63. A brig arrived today from Bermuda

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Received your check for $150 which will be placed to your credit.

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We are lodging at Mr. Coplands. Shall leave here this day week. I will attend the meeting Monday on Mr. Jefferson’s lottery. The corn is retailing at $3.50. Parke is quite well and pleased at going home with us.

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Arrived here from New York after 10 days. Have you heard of the death of my aunt Fanny?

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Received your check for $35.37 ½ which was placed to your credit. Father’s health continues as usual.

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Was not able to take Chapman to Dardens because river was too high. Dr. Means says Nathaniel Beverley Tucker has chance to extricate himself from his debts. Has made 300 barrels of whiskey and has 1000 barrels of corn. Trip to Virginia. Please send injunction by Frank.

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Sorry to hear of the fate of your relative in Bermuda. Hope to hear you have commenced your journey. Hope Lelia will stay with us some. Our season has been healthy.

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Reached home two days ago. Found family benefitted by trip to Hazelfield. Extract from cousin Richard’s letter sent by father. Reached them a few hours before a thunderstorm. He mourns with the living (in Bermuda). Knows of a father in Ohio who lost four at once. Few as old as self who have not longed for end of the road.

Scope and Contents Apprehend St. George’s silence occasioned by sickness unless stopped for visit on way from Norfolk. Grieved at his sufferings and those of sister (Mrs. Lelia (Skipwith) Carter Tucker). Thought Austin’s remedy afforded relief from piles. Extract from Richard J. Tucker’s letter distressing. Cannot think of event (death of Fanny due to lightning strike?) without shuddering. Fears sister’s (Elizabeth Tucker) latter days to be embittered by it. Will attend to St. George’s observations respecting...

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Will leave here next Friday. My wife has been ill. Had to send a doctor from Fredericksburg to the Wilderness for her. Heat has been great here. Hope you arrive before I set out. The Amblers are sick. Sorry to hear the bad news from Bermuda. Lightning deaths and fires in Richmond and Chesterfield. Illness of Judge Brooke and Cabell.

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Arrived here on the 13th. Am very tired. The drought has destroyed the crops from Bremo to this place. Had good rain last night and this morning. Hope the corn and tobacco will grow. Your house is ready. His wife requests glue and tacks to tack down the carpet.

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Received the enclosed letter (letter is on same sheet of paper) from Richard J. Tucker, Jr., June 9, 1826.

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Remitted $148 the amount of your dividends to the Bank of Virginia.

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Received checks of $190 and $148 which are placed to your credit.

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Have remitted to the Bank of Virginia $185 for your credit.

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The tract of land devised by Donald Campbell’s will to be sold has been sold. There has been some difficulty in getting the exact boundaries. How did Donald Campbell’s father come to possess it? The surveyor could only find 165 acres. There was supposed to be between 300 and 400 acres.

Scope and Contents Felt for fatigues of St. George’s and sister’s journey. Hopes Austin’s remedy will afford him relief. Suggests consulting surgeon. Uneasy lest despondency of sister (Elizabeth Tucker) produced by shocking scene she witnessed by protracted. Thanks for aid in codicil to own will. Encloses letter from niece (Mrs. Jane (Boswell) Tucker ?) Election of Henry St. George Tucker as director in East India Company. Seems consummation of her wishes. It appears of more importance than election of...

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The news of the death of our sister reached me two weeks before your letter. Glad your health is better. Byrd and I hope to visit you while you are at Mr. Cabells. Henry will go to school near Charlotte. My brother has not been well. St. George Coalter is well.