Box 1
Contains 156 Results:
John Henry, Red Hill, Charlotte County, Va., to John Tyler, Charles City, 1860 May 2
Scope and Contents Crayon portrait of his father, Patrick Henry which hung in capitol for several months and was lost; understands there is a portrait of his father in the Tyler family; please send him a description of that one.
John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to John Henry, 1860 May 14
Scope and Contents Reply to Henry's letter of 2 May 1860 regarding the portrait of his father.
St. George Tucker to his wife Lizzie, 1861-1862 and undated
Scope and Contents Civil War letters written from Yorktown, Young Mill, Camp Deas, Williamsburg, and Richmond. Including resolution of sympathy to family of lt. Col. St. George Tucker upon his death, Jan. 1863; requests slave Jim, other mention of Jim.
Thomas Walker Gilmer, to his wife, Shepherdstown, Virginia, undated
Scope and Contents Family news; mentions he has seen the President.
Julie Gardiner Tyler to G.L. Custis, undated
Scope and Contents Her husband's papers destroyed in the burning of Richmond; relationship between Tyler and Webster re Ashburton Treaty.
2 Ms poems, 1 by St. George Tucker, undated
Scope and Contents Bound scrapbook of letters collected by the Tyler family. Among the correspondents are: St. George Tucker, A.P. Upshur, Thomas R. Dew and Charles Yancey. A separate inventory is included with the scrapbook. 138 pp. MsV. Included, 10 items in a separate folder, loose manuscripts also collected by the Tyler family and included at the end of the inventory of the scrapbook. 10 items.OCLC #23170451