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Scope and Contents Accepts invitation to attend the committee meeting at bedofrd on the 27th of July; is obstructed from many of the duties of his office by a wound he recieved to his right hand as a result of a fireworks explosion on the 4th of July. 1 p Cy of Al.

Scope and Contents Acknowledges receipt of letter from Seawell; complains of all the rain they have been having; relates news of their mututal friends in Williamsburg; the Vice-President is tolerably well, and is "I believe daily expecting a visit from General Harrison -- what between public and private matters everyminut of his time is employed and for the most part unhappily employed. For the cares of his office are already little less than the cares of the man and it is absurd to suppose that any man of his...

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Scope and Contents Recommends Ferris as a good man for the surveyorship; notes that a possible opponent of Ferris' is Eli Moore, who is a friend of Polk; warns against filling positions with too many from the same clique. 3 pp. AL. incomplete.

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Scope and Contents Asks Gardiner to lend money to newspaper editor, Thomas Dunn English; speaks of Polk and two poltiical associates. 3 pp. ALS

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Scope and Contents Apologizes for taking so long to reply, but a "serious indisposition" has kept him from being able to write; sends his regars to Gardiner's family and a special note to Margaret; planning a trip to Philadelphia. 2 pp. ALS.

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Scope and Contents Has given with great pleasure his last letter to the President; has "good will" for the German population. 1 p. ALS

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Scope and Contents Asks Gardiner to ask Gov. Van Ness if Mr. Cooper can be given a position other than the one alloted to him of inspector because he cannot now climb sides of ships or [?] the burdens of such an office; reports that both me and Mr. Cooper are bad off financially; says Mr. Polk is partly responsible for this by "annihilating all my expections." 2 pp. ALS

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Defends his father and himself against an article written in the New York Herald accusing them of trying to thwart Polk and his administration; suggests that the author of the article was paid; "The ex-President has never uttered a word, I am sure, about Mr. Polk good, bad or indifferent and does not give the subject of Politics a thought now that the Texas question is settled. After much toil and sacrifice for his country...have only tortured and reviled him, he has...

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Scope and Contents Sends his best to Gardiner's family;comments on rumors of the "bloody war"; informs him that he received a letter from former Pres. Tyler, who is well; comments that "Polkey and Spoils [Spoils system] should feel small now." 1 p. ALS

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Scope and Contents Plans to be in New York City soon; informs Gardiner that "Polk has at last been caught" as he predicted. 1 p. ALS

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Scope and Contents Tells Churchill he had come to town that day; asks him to bring a deed with him from the clerk's office that "settles Longwood on Macy Cooper." 2 pp. ALS

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Scope and Contents Offers to send his father a picture of Priscilla; says he doesn't want it being a fixture in the house; thinks he is feeling better; New York politics. 2 pp. ALS.

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Scope and Contents Asks Gardiner to see that a speech he has written is published; has heard from the Ex-President and Mrs. Tyler who are both doing well; "He says something about some expression used in one of my letters that has annoyed Julia. I have written him that it was altogether unintentioned, Madame Juliua is too sensitive"; tells David Gardiner and him to get married. 2 pp. ALS

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Scope and Contents Asks Gardiner to "procure a copy" of the paper containing the annoucement of [his father-in-law, Thomas Abthorpe] Cooper's death; wants to write a short biography of Cooper; sends his love to Gardiner's mother and Margaret. 1 p. ALS.

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Scope and Contents Concerning strike by laborers on the coal wharves and its handling by police in Richmond. 8 pp. ALS

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Scope and Contents Kiffee Chose the "Old Keystone" as his future home; finds Pennsylvania men agreeable; accepts an invitation to address Bigler Club in Lancaster. 2 pp. ALS. Including Df. concerning the "Southern" position of Pennsylvania and the transference of Pennsylvania to a "semi-abolitionist" state by the election of James Pollacky. 1 p. Including Df concerning disagreement with George Bancroft's interpretation of political basis of the settlement of Virginia. 4 pp.

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Scope and Contents Declines invitation to address a Bigler Club in Colomia, Pa. [?]; feels that Col. Bigler will "not only be nominated by the Democratic State Convention," but will also be elected by the people in the fall to the "gubernatorial office"; he is first always for Pennsylvania. 4 pp. ALS. Printed in Auchampaugh

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Bigler Club report including letter from Robert Tyler read at the meeting. 1 p. NwsCl. Including TCy of above NwsCl. 2 pp.

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Scope and Contents Has contacted "friends in high quarters" concerning the best "flue tobacco" in the country; will write them soon at length. 1 p. ALS.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1716-1944, of the John Tyler family of "Sherwood Forest," Charles City County, Va. The collection contains correspondence, 1818-1862, of John Tyler concerning politics, War of 1812 claims, presidential election of 1840, land purchases in western Virginia, Kentucky and Illinois, "Sherwood Forest," business matters and his family. Some of the children of John Tyler and his first wife, Letitia Christian Tyler, are represented in the collection: Robert Tyler (and wife,...

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Scope and Contents Accepts invitation to attend democratic festivities at Eagle Station on the 20th of August. 1 p. ALS. Including Cy of same letter

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Scope and Contents Requests that the Governor present an address for the release of Irishman Smith O'Brien. 2 pp. ACys of ALS.

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Scope and Contents Defends his father against two articles attacking his administration. 5 pp. ALS. including TCy of ALS. 20 July, 1852. Printed in Auchampaugh

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Scope and Contents Declines an invitation for the New Hampshire Convention due to "circumstances of a private nature"; proclaims success of the Democratic Party in November; commends Pierce as the right choice for the Democratic nomination. 2 pp. ALS. Printed in Auchampaugh

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Scope and Contents Wants response to a letter Tyler sent in reference to "certain offensive remarks said to have been made" by him at Harrisburg, [Pa.]; asks for a response to that letter; Cameron must deny or retreat. 1 p. ALS