Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

St. George Tucker Collection, , Manuscript #MS 1942.4, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Gift and purchase, 1942-1967.

Biographical Information

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.

Scope and Content

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.

Arrangement

The items are arranged chronologically.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Barksdale, Nelson
• Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
• Coalter, Anne Frances Bland Tucker, 1779-1813
• Coalter, Frances Lelia, 1803-1821
• Coalter, Frances Lelia, 1803-1821, Poetry
• Page, John, 1744-1808
• Pelham, Peter, Jr.
• Randolph, John, 1773-1833
• Tazewell, Henry, 1753-1799
• Tucker, Nathaniel, 1750-1807
• Tucker, Nathaniel, 1750-1807, Poetry
• Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827
• Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827, Correspondence
• Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827, Poetry
• Wash, Robert, 1790-1856

Corporate Names:

• '76 Association. Standing Committee
• United States. District Court (Virginia : Eastern District)

Subjects:

• Judges - Selection and appointment
• Poetry

Geographical Names:

• United States - History - Revolution - 1775-1783