Papers of Thomas Goode Tucker [manuscript], 1828-1829.

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Papers of Thomas Goode Tucker [manuscript], 1828-1829.

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The papers are comprised of 6 items of Thomas Goode Tucker, while a student at the University of Virginia. Included is a receipt and printed letter regarding fees from the university's proctor, Arthur S. Brockenbrough. Also included are 4 letters from Thomas Goode Tucker to family members regarding a fray between the sheriff of Brunswick County and two men, horseraces, a slave named Sam, a medical treatment called the slick exercise, balls (dance), fires set by students at the university, and family news. Added to this group at a separate time, is a copy of an article published in The Virginia University Magazine entitled, "Edgar Allan Poe while a student at the University of Virginia." As relayed in this story, Tucker and Poe were friends as well as classmates. (See LH 1 .V6 U8, v. XIX, no. 7, 1880 April.).

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