Tucker-Coalter Family Letters, 1794-1821.

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Tucker-Coalter Family Letters, 1794-1821.

Collection of letters chiefly written by John Randolph, known as "Randolph of Roanoke," to various family members, including his half-sister Frances Bland Tucker Coalter, John Coalter, and Henry St. George Tucker. Other correspondents include St. George Tucker, Edmund Randolph, and William Wirt, Attorney General of the U.S. Topics cover family matters, Washington and Virginia politics, legal matters, illnesses, and child-rearing. Another letter mentions "automata," mechanical men Randolph observed while a law student in Philadelphia.

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Wirt, William, 1772-1834

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William Wirt (November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. He was the longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history. He was also the Anti-Masonic nominee for president in the 1832 election. Wirt grew up in Maryland but pursued a legal career in Virginia, passing the Virginia bar in 1792. After holding various positions, he served as the prosecutor in Aaron Burr's...

Randolph family.

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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. ...

Coalter, John, 1769-1838

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Note: The following subscripts are genealogical citations separating generations within the same family. A more extensive biography on the Brown, Coalter and Tucker families can be found by accessing the Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I), Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Coalter Family John Coalter 1 (1769-1838), was born in 1769 to parents Michael Coalter and Elizabeth Moore. He held the postion of tutor to th...

Randolph, Edmund, 1903-

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Edmund Randolph left Princeton University for Wyoming in 1924 and in 1925 took a homestead near Birney, Montana. He entered the livestock business with Albert G. Brown, forming the Brown-Randolph Cattle Company, 1924-1929. During the 1930s, he worked as a Wall Street stock broker with Walter Price. In 1940 Randolph returned to his homestead in Birney and formed a partnership with Matthew Tschirgi (the Antler Cattle Company, 1940-1951). Randolph and Tschirgi planned a cattle operation in Chihuahu...

Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848

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U.S. representative from Virginia, jurist, educator, and soldier. From the description of Henry St. George Tucker correspondence, 1822 November 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980667 Henry St. George Tucker, b. Mataox, Chesterfield County, Va., served in the War of 1812; graduated William and Mary where he studied law; professor of law at UVA where he introduced the Honor Code in 1842; served in the Virginia House of Delegates, practiced law and was chancellor of a priv...

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Coalter, Frances Bland Tucker.

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Coalter family.

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