Mary Tyler Jones, Greenway, to Elizabeth J. Galt, Williamsburg, 1836 August 1
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents In a few days, she goes to North Carolina. Loves Bob more than all her other brothers and sisters, for they were children together, and admires him "with all his ecentricity, more than any one I ever saw." Robert and Johnny are "very different in manners tho' their dispositions are pretty much the same, John is rather more thoughtful and calculating." [Note: Mary (1815-1847) and Robert (1816- ) were the two oldest children of John Tyler's (U.S. Representative, Senator, and President, and Governor of Virginia) first marriage. John, the next child, was three years younger than Robert. Both boys attended William and Mary, and seem to have been noted for their pranks. John was especially slow to settle down and caused his family much heartbreak. Mary had a total of six full and seven half-brothers and sisters who lived to maturity.]
Dates
- Creation: 1836 August 1
Creator
- From the Collection: Galt family (Family)
- From the Collection: Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863 (Person)
- From the Collection: Galt, Elizabeth Judith, 1816-1854 (Person)
- From the Collection: Galt, John Minson, 1744-1808 (Person)
- From the Collection: Galt, John Minson, 1819-1862 (Person)
- From the Collection: Galt, Rogers Harrison (Person)
- From the Collection: Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
From the Collection: 129.00 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository