Author: Tucker, St. George; Butterfield, L. H.
Title: A Letter from St. George Tucker, Esq. Professor of Law in the College of William and Mary, to the Reverend Jedidiah Morse, Author of the American Universal Geography (Written May 28th, 1795). Originally Printed in Richmond in 1795 and Now Reprinted by the William Byrd Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Viriginia.
Description: Richmond, VA: The William Byrd Press, May 1953. May 1953. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed brown wraps & sewn with brown cord. The wraps are slightly bumped & rubbed with rippling to the bottom edge of the rear wrap. vii & 17 pages. Near fine.

First edition.

A lengthy introduction by L. H. Butterfield recounts the background to the letter, in which St, George Tucker takes Morse to task for his "highly unfavorable account of manners and morals in Williamsburg" in his "American Universal Geograpjhy". Fine .

Keywords: AMERICANA; LETTER; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; ST. GEORGE TUCKER; REV. JEDIDIAH MORSE; THE AMERICAN UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY; WILLIAMSBURG, VA; INSTITUTE OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE; L. H. BUTTERFIELD; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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