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

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

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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.

4 p. ; 26 cm.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Hunter, Mary Anne, d. 1815.

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Tyler, Samuel, 1776-1812.

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Coalter, John, 1771-1838.

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Stewart, Elizabeth Griffin Gatlief Campbell, 1779 or 80-1854.

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Saunders, Robert, 1761-1835

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Coalter, Frances Bland Tucker, d. 1813.

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Bowdoin, Susan, d. ca. 1835.

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Carter, Charles, 1765-1829

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Browne, Sarah Trebell Galt, ca. 1782-1844.

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Nelson, Robert, 1778-1819.

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Madison, James, 1749-1812

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First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. From the description of James Madison papers, 1792-1970s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659814628 President of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., and bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1787-1808. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19902858 First Episcopal bishop of Virginia and president of the College of William and Mary. ...

Savage, William F.

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Parker, Maria Teackle, d. 1815.

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Bracken, John, 1745-1818.

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Tucker, Lelia Skipwith Carter, 1767-1837.

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Stewart, Ferdinand Stewart Campbell, 1789 or 90-1854.

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Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827

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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. ...

Dickson, Charlotte.

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Wash, Robert, 1789-1857.

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Browne, William, 1787-1855.

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