Box 3
Contains 12 Results:
John Tyler, "Sherwood Forest," (Charles City County, Virginia), to David L. Gardiner, 1857 April 6
Scope and Contents Farming news and notes celebration on 13 May in Jamestown of its founding by settlers, for which he must prepare a history of Virginia. 2 pp. Pst of ALS.
John Tyler, Norfolk, Virginia, to Col. David L. Gardiner, Castleton, North Shore, Staten Island, New York, 1858 May 28
Scope and Contents Business matters, which he asks Gardiner to look into; states that he is looking for a residence for his wife, who doesn't want to live at "Sherwood Forest," (Charles City County, Virginia) forever. 3 pp. ALS
John Tyler, "Sherwood Forest," (Charles City County, Virginia), to Col. David L. Gardiner, Castleton, North Shore, Staten Island, New York, 1857 October 28
Scope and Contents Business matters, including difficulties in getting a loan from the bank; asks Gardiner to talk with someone in New York 3 pp. ALS.
W. Farley Grey, New York, New York, to the Honorable John Tyler, 1857 December 22
Scope and Contents Reports meeting agenda. 3 pp. ALS
John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to "my dear son" (Robert Tyler), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1858 July 14
John Tyler, "Villa Margarett," Hampton, Virginia to Col David L. Gardiner, 1858 August 21
Scope and Contents Brief business note asking Gardiner to give enclosed check to portrait artist; predicts hard times due to bad crop. 2 pp. ALS. Including ALS, Julia Gardiner Tyler, "Villa Margarett," [Hampton, Va.], to Col. David L. Gardiner Asks her brother to have Margaret's portrait sent as soon as possible and to put it directly in the care of the steamer's captain. 1 p.
John Tyler, Richmond, Virginia, to Col. David L. Gardiner, Castleton, North Shore, Staten Island, New York, 1859 April 12
Scope and Contents Brief note asking Gardiner to conduct some bond exchanges for him. 2 pp. ALS.
John Tyler, "Sherwood Forest," Charles City County, Virginia, to David L. Gardiner, Castleton, North Shore, Staten Island, New York, 1859 May 4
Scope and Contents Business matters, including the payment od debts and a trip to Raleigh, [N.C.], during which he gave 3 speeches; discusses his poor health and the flourishing wheat crops. 4 pp. ALS.
John Tyler, "Villa Margarett," Hampton, Virginia, to son Robert Tyler, Esq., 1859 April 25
Scope and Contents Reference to a party going to Jamestown to plant ivy around the old church steeple, led by Edward Everett; mentions difficulties of son, John; comments on Virginia gubernatorial race; his address at the College of William and Mary forthcoming and the rebuilding of the college is estimated to cost $18,200, and will be completed Oct. 1, 1859. 4 pp. ALS. Includes engraving of John Tyler, 1 item.
John Tyler, "Sherwood Forest," (Charles City County, Virginia), to President of the College of William and Mary, Benjamin S. Ewell, Esq, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1859 October 31
Scope and Contents Tyler agrees that a meeting of the Board would prove detrimental to his objective of re-establishing the law scool on solid footing; also inquires if books from West Point [Academy] arrived. 2 pp. ALS. Including TCy of the above ALS. 1 p.
John Tyler to Robert Tyler, 1860 April 16
Scope and Contents Comments on the 1860 presidental election and how the Virginia delegates stand on the candidacies of [Robert M.T.] Hunter, Henry A. Wise, and Stephen Douglass; his speech at a Richmond banquet was highly applauded; Mrs. Tyler's ill health, and his son's handwriting which rivaled Napoleon's.
Inventory of property at his death, John Tyler, "Sherwood Forest," Charles City County, Virginia, 1862 January, circa 1863
Scope and Contents Detailed inventory of property/belongings on estate at his death. 2 pp. D.