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,...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Correspondence of David Gardiner Tyler including correspondence with Julia McLachlan Gardiner, Julia Gardiner Tyler, John Alexander Tyler, Julia Tyler Spencer, and Harry Beeckman concerning the freezing of the James River in 1857; "enrollment" of men in the Confederate army; his separation from the family and his inability to communicate with them; the "kind" care of Mrs. Clopton; results of the Civil War; "My Life During The War Between The States," details of his service...

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Correspondence of David Gardiner Tyler including correspondence with Lachlan Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler and Julia (Tyler) Spencer concerning his affiars at school in Germany [Prussia]; his excursions in Germany; accounts of Washington [and Lee] College after the Civil War; his attempts to obtain enough money to return to America; discussions of the state of the South' the beginning of war in Prussia. 50 items.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Correspondence of David Gardiner Tyler including correspondence with Julia Gardiner Tyler, Julia (Tyler) Spencer, Lyon G. Tyler, John Alexander Tyler, and James A. Semple concerning the "struggle" for "independence" in Germany; his return to American and his settling in lexington, Va.; the Governorship of Virginia; the career prospects for young Southern men; the 1869 State fair; social affairs in and around Lexington. Va.; the "demoiselles: of Richmond, Va. and Lexington,...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Correspondence of David Gardiner Tyler including correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler, Julia (Gardiner) Tyler and Robert Fitzwalter Tyler concerning narratives of his life as a lawyer; daily life at "Sherwood Forest"; Harry Beeckman's attempts to settle on a plantation; a continuing legal case concerning "Sherwood Forest"; commentaries on the poltical situation in Virginia, as well as the rest of the South; comments on teh political situation evolving from the Boss Tweed...

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Scope and Contents Correspondence of David Gardiner Tyler including correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler, Robert Fitzwalter Tyler, Pearl (Tyler) Ellis, Annie Baker (Tucker) Tyler, Robert S. Montague and James Lyons concerning life at "Sherwood Forest"; his and Julia Gardiner Tyler's financial affairs; Lyon Tyler's existence at the University of Virginia; political issues of the South; Lyon Tyler's new wife Anne "Annie" Tucker; plans for the College of William and Mary. 42 items.