A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library Manuscript Number MS 1942.4
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Colonial Williamsburg Foundation P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 USA Phone: (757) 565-8520 Fax: (757) 565-8528 Email: speccoll@cwf.org URL: http://www.history.org
Tucker was a Revolutionary soldier, author, lawyer, and judge, of Port Royal,
Bermuda, and Williamsburg, Va. Came to Virginia in 1771 to attend the College of
William and Mary, remained, and established close personal or social connections
with many of the leading Virginia families. Married first Frances (Bland) Randolph,
and second, Lelia (Skipwith) Carter.
Miscellaneous items including Tucker's poetry copybook, with his poems and those of
Nathaniel Tucker (1750-1807), and Frances Lelia Coalter (1803-1821); also, six
letters to John Page, 1789-1801, discussing personal matters and current politics;
business papers for 1818; certificate of appointment of Tucker as U. S. District
Court Judge, 11 February 1789; letters to Tucker from Peter Pelham, Jr. and Henry
Tazewell; Tucker's letters to Mathew Carey, Robert Wash, and the Standing Committee
of the '76 Association, Charleston, S. C.; and a letter from Anne Frances Tucker
Coalter to John Randolph, 1798 May 27.