Scope and Contents From the Collection: Series 1: Group A, Acc. 78 T97 and 1992.63:  Papers, 1856-1895, of John Tyler, Jr., post Civil War Republican Party activist. Subjects covered by the collection include alcoholism, Republican Party politics, Presidential elections, political patronage, Reconstruction, Methodist Episcopal Church, Florida, Braxton Bragg, and the Fenian Brotherhood. Prominent correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Chester Alan Arthur, Pierre G. T. Beauregard, James Gillespie Blaine, James Buchanan,...

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The President has directed the Secretary of State's attention to a "paper signed by the delegation of Maine, in both houses of the Congress, and the Senators from Massachusetts, relating to the alleged violations of the 3d Article sof the Treaty of Washington, by the British Government", received from Farifield. 1p. LS.

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Asks her to ask her daughters to write for her; hopes to make their children better friends; thanks her for handkerchiefs and Japanese writing, wants to find out more about the Japanese; country air good for nervous diseases; had to teach for five years because of financial situation; encloses music composed by her friend Mr. Bolling. 3pp. ALS.

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Invitation to the 1856 anniversary celebration of the Institute. 1 p. PM.

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to Colo[nel] Smith, [Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.]. Entrusts her son James Rochelle Tyler to Col. Smith's love and care; James has not had regular schooling for one year because family unable to locate proper teacher, so is unaccustomed to wordly ways; please inspect his clothing to make sure he has everything he needs. 3 pp. ALS.

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Her daughter Mrs. Tyler has much improved in health since she came to the mountains; however she plans to leave soon; please prevail on her to remain at least ten more days in order to avoid the poor climate of eastern Virginia. 2 pp. ALS.

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Unable to write the article on "Consummation of the Telegraph" reminiscences of the first trial of the telegraph in December 1843, sending President Tyler's annual message to Baltimore; President Tyler's part in promoting science, inventions, and letters. 4 pp. ALS.

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Requests an at-large appointment to West Point for his son James Rochelle Tyler. 1 p. ALS.

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Eva and her are expecting company on the 6th; she and her sister [Martha Rochelle] are also invited. 1 p. ANS.

Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsEncloses your appointment to West Point, the letters of application to the President, and a letter thanking the President; please accept the aoointment-the military is a good profession and with the U.S. expanding into an empire and because of the possibility of sectional conflict, military men will be in great demand. 3 pp. Cy of ALS. Including a PDS from John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., to James R. Tyler, Narch 1859, appointing him as a cadet...

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James. R. Tyler reported for duty today. 1 p. PDS.