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Barraud, Philip, 1757-1830. Letters, 1791-1827, to St. George Tucker.

Title: Letters, 1791-1827, to St. George Tucker.

Letters written from Williamsburg and Norfolk concerning Simon Bernard, John Hartwell Cocke, Bishop James Madison and John Randolph of Roanoke; Barraud's medical practice, life in Williamsburg and Norfolk; a trip to Jamestown; yellow fever epidemics in 1800 and 1821; the College of William and Mary; Chesapeake-Leopard affair and the court-martial of James Barron; the War of 1812; and the University of Virginia. Also includes letters written by Anne Blaws (Hansford) Barraud, Daniel Cary Barraud, Otway Byrd Barraud, Thomas Jefferson, J.T. Mason, Bishop James Madison and William Tazewell and letters written to Joseph C. Cabell, Thomas Jefferson and Lelia (Skipwith) Carter Tucker.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. ; cm.

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Bowdoin, Susan, d. ca. 1835. Letter, 1812 May 11, Williamsburg [Va.] to Robert Wash, St. Louis, Louisiana [now Mo.].

Title: Letter, 1812 May 11, Williamsburg [Va.] to Robert Wash, St. Louis, Louisiana [now Mo.].

Written while staying with the family of [St. George] Tucker. Discusses the death of Bishop James Madison and the election of John Bracken as President of the College of William and Mary. Mentions death of [Samuel] Tyler and the appointment of Robert Nelson as Chancellor. Russell died. She has lost many friends on the Eastern Shore: Mrs. Eyre, Dr. Lyon, Dr. Evans, and W[illia]m Savage. Writes about the escape of Maria [Teackle] Parker from the Richmond Theater Fire of 1811. Eliza is with Charlotte Dickson on a visit to [Robert] Saunders and Mrs. Mary Anne Hunter. Has been with Tuckers since November 1. Will stay until going back to the Eastern Shore in July. F[erdinand Stewart] Campbell married [Elizabeth Corbin Griffin] Gatlief. Doctor C[harles] Carter has returned to Williamsburg. S[arah Trebell] Galt married [William] Browne. Sends good wishes from Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Skipwith, Mrs. Cocke, Mrs. Tazewell and love from [Frances Bland Tucker] Coalter. [John] Coalter has [St. George] Tucker's seat on the Court of Appeals and his family will move to a farm within two miles of Richmond.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 26 cm.

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Susan Bowdoin Letters to Robert Wash, 1811 March 8 - May 11

Title: Susan Bowdoin Letters to Robert Wash 1811 March 8 - May 11

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