Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Explains the delay in receiving JGT's last letter from Washington; agrees that "all the courtesy and kindness has departed from Washington"; gives news of JGT's children from Staten Island; comments on JGT's trip to Lexington; discusses the "late raid into Pennsylvania...conducted by Gen. Jenkins"; discusses how "gay" New York has been despite "the scenes of distress at the South"; expresses releif at hearing that the "beautiful estate of Shirley has not been destroyed";...

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Scope and Contents Gives a detailed accounting of JGT's duties as the executrix of the estate of John Tyler. 4pp. ALS. Incomplete. Including TCy of ALS. Incomplete.

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Scope and Contents Typescripts of correspondence between Julia Gardiner Tyler and her mother concerning JGT's children, the January 1861 Peace Conference in Washington, D.C.; the death of John Tyler, and various hardships endured by JGT. Also includingan inventory of John Tyler's estate and correspondence between JGT and various officials cooncerning possession of property and settlement of John Tyler's estate. 10 items. TCys of ALSs.

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Scope and Contents Typescrips of correspondence betwen Julia Gardiner Tyler and her mother concerning JGT's reurn to "Sherwood Forest,"; JGT's children, conditions in Virginia and New York. Also including a poem "To Mrs. Ex-President Tyler" and correspondence with friends and officials concerning wartime conditions and GT's desire to return to New York. 16 items. TCys of ALSs.

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Scope and Contents Typescripts of correspondence between Julia Gardiner Tyler and her mother, friends, and various officials concerning JGT's return to New York, sale of JGT's cotton, JGT's children, problems with settling John Tyler's estate, the release of Capt. Gayle and wartime conditions. 17 items. TCys of ALSs.

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,...