A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library Manuscript Number MS 1985.3
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Colonial Williamsburg Foundation P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 USA Phone: (757) 565-8520 Fax: (757) 565-8528 Email: speccoll@cwf.org URL: http://www.history.org
St. George Tucker (July 10, 1752–November 10, 1827) was a lawyer and professor of law
at the College of William and Mary. Born in St. George, Bermuda, he traveled to
Virginia to study law at the College of William and Mary in 1772 and was approved
for the bar on April 4, 1774. He then settled permanently in Williamsburg and began
practice in the county courts.
Mentions the Jay Treaty, the French Directory, the "Gallic Caesar" {Napoleon
Bonaparte}, a dinner at the Eagle Tavern in Richmond on the occasion of John
Marshall's departure to France, Richmond politics, and the prospect of peace between
Austria and France.
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