Letters from William Tudor to his mother, Delia Jarvis Tudor,

Three letters written to his mother about items of clothing he wishes to have and an electrical shock machine his father had sent the family from England. Two letters written while he was apparently visiting Robert Hallowell Gardiner before his marriage to Tudor’s sister, Emma.

Letters from William Tudor to his mother, Delia Jarvis Tudor,

Four letters written from London and Bordeaux in which Tudor relays his impressions of the London weather, and seeds and plants he will send home to Rockwood, as well as details about his capture by a French privateer.

Letters from William Tudor to his mother, Delia Jarvis Tudor,

Four letters written from Paris, in which he describes his capture by a French privateer and discusses virtues and vices of French society and culture. He also relays details about social visits, including a meeting with the Marquis de Lafayette. Included is an undated list of packages and trunks he was sending home. Content is obscured in some places from loss, and dates are missing from two of the letters, but presumably they were sent in the summer of 1800.

Letters from William Tudor to his mother, Delia Jarvis Tudor,

Four letters written to his mother while she was traveling in Europe with sister Delia. He provides updates on the well being and activities of his siblings and father, including a coal mining venture undertaken by brother Frederic at Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard. He also reports on the "miserable" state of the family’s finances and suggests marrying sister Delia to an Englishman with a fortune.

Letters from William Tudor to his mother, Delia Jarvis Tudor,

Two letters in which Tudor describes a visit he made to a church, and relays the news that his father had lost his office of secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Letters from William Tudor to his mother, Delia Jarvis Tudor,

Two letters written from Birmingham, England, in which Tudor describes the town and his lodgings: "My establishment consists of a woman cook well recommended, [and] a housemaid....I am looking out for a cat, and have already a Newfoundland dog of Herculean dimensions." He also writes of his plans to leave England for New York.