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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During and immediately following the Civil War concerning his return to Virginia after leaving his family in New York; his attempts to join the confederate navy; his sentiments towards the war; his life and studies in Germany after the war. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother, Julia Gardiner Tyler, pleading for money, letters, and clothes. 27 items.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Including letters to mother Julia Gardiner Tyler, sister Julia (Tyler) Spencer, brother David Gardiner Tyler, and to James Semple while attending school in Germany concerning family matters; financial problems; illness; his military srevice in the German army; advice to his sister Julie not to "turn Catholic"; frequent requests for money and letters; discussion of the American political situation; the war raging in Europe; including letters to mother Julia Gardiner Tyler,...

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Scope and Contents Concerning news of his sister's [Julia Tyler Spencer] tragic death; completion of his studies in Germany; his continued financial problems and fears of debtors' prison; pleas to his mother Julia Gardiner Tyler for financial help; his reutnr to the United States and search for employment; his marriage to Sarah Griswold Gardiner; his job as government suveyor. 26 items.

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Including letters to Julia (Gardiner) Tyle, David Gardiner Tyler, and Lyon G. Tyler concerning her marriage to John Alexander Tyler; her husband's financial and employment struggles' her difficulties following his death in 1883; family news; social news; the frequent illness of her own children; her plans to erect a monument to her late husband. 8 items.

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Scope and Contents Concerning family news; the "jolly time" she had in Florida; her photograph and autograph collections. 3 items.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Including correspondence concerning her active social life and her many suitors; news of family and friends; her schooling at Sacred Heart Convent; her brothers [John Alexander Tyler and David Gardiner Tyler] and cousin Harry Beeckman in Germany; her courtship and marriage to William H. Spencer. In addition are poems which she composed, an invitation to her wedding, a newspaper clipping describing her wedding ceremony, love letters from William H. Spencer, and two callign...

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Concerning his courtship of Julia Tyler; her sudden death; his attempts at sheep farming in Colorado and California after her death; his hopes to make a proper home for his infant daughter, Julia Tyler Spencer. 19 items.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Including correspondence with sister Pearl (Tyler) Ellis, Robert Fitzwalter Tyler, Annie (Tucker) Tyler, Lyon G. Tyler and Sue (Ruffin) Tyler discussing various Tyler family mattersl her life with Fluerot relatives in Europe after her grandmother's Julia Gardiner Tyler death; her close relationship with her Aunt Pearl [Pearl Tyler]; concern for her Uncle Fitz [Robert Fitzwalter Tyler]; her first marriage to her cousin Feorge Fluerot; her many travels throughout Europe and...

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Including correspondence with brother Lachlan Tyler?, brother David Gardiner Tyler, mother Julia Gardiner Tyler, and brother Lyon Gardiner Tyler concerning news of family and friends; financial poblems; social news; his search for a profession; his caretaking of the family home in New York; his medical studies at columbia; the death of his sister [Julia Tyler Spencer]; his anger over his brother's [John Alexander Tyler] decision to join the German Army. 22 items.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Concerning news of the family; social and political news; the completion of his medical studies and various attempts at practicing medicine; his many financial problems; the health of his wife, Georgia Powell and his mother Julia Gardiner Tyler; his hope that his rother [Robert Fitzwalter Tyler] might settle on "some fixed purpose" in life and his sister [Pearl Tyler] might find her own "particular niche"; the bitterness felt towards his step-brothers and sisters;...

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Including receipts and correspondence with family and acquaintances. Most of the letters are to his brother, Lyon G. Tyler, discussing the family financial matters; his job with the New York State Health Department; financial problems of his brother, Robert Fitzwalter Tyler; local and state politics. Also, there is a letter from George Fluerot to Lyon G. Tyler concerning Lachlan Tyler's death in 1902. 33 items.