14631George Tucker to James Madison, 3 June 1835 (Madison Papers)
Your volumes of newspapers, which I return by the stage to morrow, I have kept an unreasonable time—but in truth I found that they communicated so much information which it was important for me to possess, and which I could obtain no where else, that I ventured to trespass thus on your goodness. The delay was somewhat increased by an injury which one of them sustained in its binding by a fall...
14632To Thomas Jefferson from George Tucker, 23 February 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I yesterday received a letter from M r Jos: C. Cabell requesting me to inform you whether I accept the offer of the Professorship of Moral Philosophy in the University, which you & M r Madison were pleased to make me through him some time ago. While I must frankly own I would rather continue in my present situation, yet imperious considerations of prudence have determined me to accept, and I...
14633George Tucker to James Madison, 1 February 1836 (Madison Papers)
Your long intimacy with Mr. Jefferson, your accordance with him in the principles of civil government, your cordial co-operation in carrying those principles into effect, and lastly, the kindness with which you have answered my inquiries and guided my researches, make it peculiarly proper that I should address to you the following pages. In submitting to you the biography of that friend of...
14634To James Madison from George Tucker, 19 February 1827 (Madison Papers)
I at length return you Dr. Cooper’s new work with many thanks for your goodness in giving me so early an opportunity of seeing it, & not without some self-reproach for keeping it so long. A wish however to give it a close examination tempted me thus to abuse the permission you gave me. It is a good introduction to the study of political economy. The doctrines are at once liberal & sound, and...
14635To Thomas Jefferson from Henry St. George Tucker, 12 March 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I hasten to acknowlege the receipt of your obliging letter communicating my appointment to the chair of the professorship of Law in the University of Virginia, and beg leave thro you to present to the board of Visitors my warmest thanks for this distinguished and flattering Evidence of their good opinion. Looking, from the moment the great plan of the University was devised, with sincere...
14636To James Madison from Henry St. George Tucker, 10 November 1819 (Madison Papers)
When Judge Holmes was in Orange he forwarded to me a claim of yours on the Messrs. Baldwins to bring suit on, which I accordingly did without delay. It is with great regret I now inform you that they have at length declared themselves insolvent, and I fear a recovery from them is hopeless. The object of this note is to request your directions on this subject. Should you wish the suit...
14637To James Madison from Henry St. George Tucker, 18 December 1817 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to enclose to you a hasty sketch on a constitutional question, which it has fallen to my duty to draw up. The pressure of circumstances which it is unnecessary to detail have prevented a more extended investigation of the question, and may perhaps have led to inaccuracies which might otherwise have been avoided. Tho retired from public life you cannot be indifferent I am assured to...
14638To James Madison from St. George Tucker, 22 November 1826 (Madison Papers)
I can not forward to you my few short notes, in compliance with your request by Mr. Cabell, at Warminster, without offering to yourself, and your most excellent Lady the most cordial and respectful good Wishes both of Mrs. Tucker & myself. Never as long as memory remains to us shall we forget those friendly feelings which our former personal Acquaintance created. Believe me ever, My Dear Sir,...
14639To James Madison from St. George Tucker, 22 December 1826 (Madison Papers)
I wrote to you from Richmond about a month ago, and enclosed you a fragment of the Journals of our house of Delegates, at one Session within the period mentioned in your note by Mr. Cabell, which I found in one of my Books in possession of Mr. Coalter. I now do myself the pleasure to enclose you another Fragment, which I found a few days ago, of the Journals of that house in 1784–5, together...
14640To James Madison from St. George Tucker, 4 January 1827 (Madison Papers)
Since I wrote to you last, I have had the pleasure of recieving both of your favours of the 23d. & 30th. of December, with the Enclosures in the last, and am very sorry I was not able to furnish you any further Information from the Journals in my possession, than what I had before transmitted from Richmond: nor can I now find any thing further on the subject. It is much to be regretted that...