Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

St. George Tucker Letter to John Page, Manuscript #MS 1985.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1985

Biographical/Historical Information

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.

Scope and Content

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.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Marshall, John, 1755-1835
• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
• Page, John, 1744-1808
• Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827

Corporate Names:

• Eagle Tavern (Richmond, Va.)
• Great Britain.Treaties, etc.,United States,1794 Nov. 19

Geographical Names:

• Austria-Foreign relations-France
• France-Foreign relations-Austria
• France-History-Directory, 1795-1799
• Richmond (Va.)-Social life and customs