Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

St. George Tucker to Matthew Carey Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 03/23/2006.

Biographical Note

St. George Tucker (1752-1827), was born in Bermuda and emigrated to Williamsburg, Virginia where he attended the College of William and Mary. He served in the Revolutionary War, as a judge of the General Court of Virginia, and as professor of law at the College of William and Mary. He was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Tucker was appointed to the federal district court for Virginia. He married, firstly, Frances Bland Randolph who was the mother of John Randolph of Roanoke. Ann Frances Bland Tucker (who married John Coalter), Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784-1851), also professor of law at the College of William and Mary, and Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848), jurist, were their children. St. George Tucker married, secondly, Lelia Skipwith Carter. Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/St._George_Tucker

Scope and Contents

Letter from St George Tucker to Matthew Carey regarding the circulation of a printed letter written to Jedediah Morse "...vindicate the Inhabitants of this city from a most cruel and unprovoked attack...", about Carey's periodical "Guthrie's Grammar" and  publication, "The American Museum." Dated July 31, 1795.19.5 cm x 22.5 cm

Related Material

Mss. 40 T79Tucker-Coleman Papers, 1664-1945Acc. 2005.21 St. George Tucker to Joseph Cabell Letters.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Letters (correspondence)

Geographic Name:

• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century.

Personal Name:

• Carey, Matthew
• Morse, Jedediah (Reverend)

Title:

• Guthrie's Grammar

Additional Information