1829 · Bremen [ME]
by Tucker, Samuel
Bremen [ME], 1829. Very good, folded, minor punctures and soiling along margins, remnants to verso, contents clean.. 1 sheet. 7.5 x 8.5 inches. Dated and signed August 12th, 1829. by [Commodore] Samuel Tucker who writes to Samuel Thatcher, following a visit from Thatcher's sons, George and Benjamin, who had expressed interest in writing a biography on Tucker's life. Tucker tells Thatcher, "I must say I am heartily sorry, I gave them any encouragement but the moment must be alleged to my imbecility, as I had heretofore declared ever having any such manuscript, go to the press, for such a thing if ever it was to be done, Doctor Moses Shaw has a great claim (truncated)