Title:: St. George Tucker to Matthew Carey Letter 1795

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

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.

Summary

Extent:
0.01
Creator:
Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 arrangement
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

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

Biographical / historical:

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

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 03/23/2006.
Physical description:
1 item

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Letters (correspondence)