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1834–1851: Nathaniel Beverley Tucker

Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, son of the former professor of law St. George Tucker, graduated from William & Mary with a degree in law in 1801. He then departed to Missouri and became a territorial circuit judge. After returning to Virginia in 1833, Beverley accepted the vacant position of professor of law at the College of William & Mary in 1834.

Tucker was a monumental force in shaping legal education. Whereas leading legal institutions taught law with a broad, national focus, ignoring particular distinctions of state law, Tucker concentrated the legal curriculum at William & Mary on Virginia statutes and case law, with common law the foundation of both. Tucker also sought to train attorneys to be leaders rather than mere professionals. He used his father’s edition of Blackstone’s Commentaries in lectures, but often came to conclusions starkly opposite those of his father, who advocated moderation. A strong proponent of states’ rights, Beverley Tucker often lectured on matters invoking the Constitution, including slavery, nullification, and secession. Before he could see his ideas tested in action, Beverley Tucker died in 1851.

N. Beverley Tucker's publications are available by searching this repository.

Publications from 1851 1851

Book Review of The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, N. Beverley Tucker

(21 Southern Quarterly Review 41-61 (1851))

South Carolina: Her Present Attitude and Future Action, N. Beverley Tucker

(21 Southern Quarterly Review 273-298 (1851))

Publications from 1850 1850

Review of An Oration, Delivered Before the Two Societies of the South-Carolina College, N. Beverley Tucker

(17 Southern Quarterly Review 37-48 (1850))

The Present State of Europe, N. Beverley Tucker

(16 Southern Quarterly Review 277-323 (1950))

Publications from 1849 1849

Book Review of The History of England, From the Accession of James II, N. Beverley Tucker

(15 Southern Quarterly Review 374-410 (July 1849))

Publications from 1847 1847

Judge Tucker's Address, N. Beverley Tucker

(13 Southern Literary Messenger 568-570 (September 1847))

Publications from 1845 1845

Gertrude (Chapter 16-18), N. Beverley Tucker

(11 Southern Literary Messenger 257-265 (1845))

Gertrude (Chapter 23), N. Beverley Tucker

(11 Southern Literary Messenger 690-694 (1845))

Gertrude (Chapters 12-15), N. Beverley Tucker

(11 Southern Literary 219-230 (1845))

Gertrude (Chapters 19-20), N. Beverley Tucker

(11 Southern Literary Messenger 377-382 (June 1845))

Gertrude (Chapters 20-22), N. Beverley Tucker

(11 Southern Literary Messenger 434-441 (1845))

Gertrude (Chapters 24-25), N. Beverley Tucker

(11 Southern Literary Messenger 705-712 (1845))

Gertrude (Chapters 9-10), N. Beverley Tucker

(11 Southern Literary Messenger 178-186 (1845))

Publications from 1844 1844

An Essay on the Moral and Political Effect of the Relation Between the Caucasian Master and the African Slave, N. Beverley Tucker

(10 Southern Literary Messenger 329-339 (1844))

An Essay on the Moral and Political Effect of the Relation Between the Caucasian Master and the African Slave (Part II), N. Beverley Tucker

(10 Southern Literary Messenger 470-480 (1844))

Editor's Table: Review of Sawyer's Life of Randolph, N. Beverley Tucker

(10 Southern Literary Messenger 262 (1844))

Gertrude: An Original Novel (Chapters 1-2), N. Beverley Tucker

(10 Southern Literary Messenger 513-519 (1844))

Gertrude: An Original Novel (Chapters 3-5), N. Beverley Tucker

(10 Southern Literary Messenger 641-647 (1844))

Gertrude: A Novel (Chapters 6-8), N. Beverley Tucker

(10 Southern Literary Messenger 705-713 (1844))

Publications from 1842 1842

Temperance, N. Beverley Tucker

(9 Southern Literary Messenger 439-444 (1842))

Publications from 1839 1839

A Lecture, Delivered to the Law Class of William and Mary College, June 17, 1839, Being the Last of a Course of Lectures on the Philosophy of Government and Constitutional Law, N. Beverley Tucker

(5 Southern Literary Messenger 587-592 (1839))

Political Science: A Discourse on the Questions, "What Is the Seat of Sovereignty in the United States, and What the Relation of the People of those States to the Federal and State Governments Respectively", N. Beverley Tucker

(5 Southern Literary Messenger 559-566 (1839))

Publications from 1838 1838

A Discourse on the Genius of the Federative System of the United States, N. Beverley Tucker

(4 Southern Literary Messenger 761-769 (1838))

Washington's Writings: Review of The Writings of George Washington, N. Beverley Tucker

(4 Southern Literary Messenger 328-335 (1838))

Publications from 1837 1837

A Lecture on Government, N. Beverley Tucker

(3 Southern Literary Messenger 209-216 (1837))

Book Review of Nick of the Woods, or the Jibbenainosay, N. Beverley Tucker

(3 Southern Literary Messenger 254-257 (1837))

Book Review of The Pickwick Papers, N. Beverley Tucker

(3 Southern Literary Messenger 525-532 (1837))

Bulwer's New Play: Review of The Duchess de la Valliere, N. Beverley Tucker

(3 Southern Literary Messenger 90-95 (1837))

Review of Henrietta Temple, N. Beverley Tucker

(3 Southern Literary Messenger 325-331 (1837))

To Our Readers: Review of President Dew's Address, N. Beverley Tucker

(3 Southern Literary Messenger 268-270 (1837))

Tulrumble and Oliver Twise: Review of The Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble and Oliver Twist, N. Beverley Tucker

(3 Southern Literary Messenger 323-325 (1837))

Publications from 1836 1836

Charlot Tayon, N. Beverley Tucker

(2 Southern Literary Messenger 71-74 (1836))

Slavery: Review of Slavery in the United States and The South Vindicated from the Treason and Fanaticism of the Northern Abolitionists, N. Beverley Tucker

(2 Southern Literary Messenger 336-339 (1836))

To--, N. Beverley Tucker

(2 Southern Literary Messenger 87-88 (January 1836))

Translation, N. Beverley Tucker

(2 Southern Literary Messenger 93 (January 1836))

Publications from 1835 1835

Book Review of Anna Brownell (Murphy) Jameson's The Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 312-314 (1835))

Book Review of George Bancroft's A History of the United States, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 587-591 (1835))

Book Review of Jared Sparks' The Writings of George Washington, vols. II-VI, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 591-594 (1835))

Christian Education, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 432-435 (1835))

Extract From Reminiscences of a Western Traveller, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 336-340 (March 1835))

Literary Notices: Book Review of Alessandro Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi, or the Betrothed Lovers, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 520-522 (1835))

Note to Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol. I. Page 423, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 227-231 (1835))

Original Literary Notices, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 307-312 (1835))

Professor Beverley Tucker's Valedictory Address to his Class, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 597-602 (1835))

The Romance of Real Life, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 271-272 (1835))

To Contributors, Correspondents, &c.: From the Author of the 'Note to Blackstone's Commentaries': Extract of a Letter from the Reviewer of Messrs. Adams' and Everett's Orations, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 388 (1835))

Publications from 1834 1834

Law Lecture at William and Mary, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 145-154 (1834))

Western Scenery: Extract of a Letter from a Western Traveller, N. Beverley Tucker

(1 Southern Literary Messenger 139 (December 1834))