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Contains 90 Results:

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to John M. Johnston, President of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1867 August 29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id83064
Scope and Contents Has been concerned about his efforts "...to save the Republic and to preserve Constitutional liberty..."; wishes to offer suggestions on how to preserve his power; he must control the War, Navy, Treasury, and Post Office departments by putting in strong and loyal men; beware who Republicans want for their next president; recommends William T. Sherman to be head of the War Department; must control Treasury in order to control the pursestrings; must control the post office in order to keep...
Dates: 1867 August 29

John M. Binckley, Washington, D.C., to Col. W. H. Lamon, 1867 September 12

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id83065
Scope and Contents

Has just listened to a paper by John Tyler, Jr.; thinks it should be published by the New York Herald in order to advance the acuse of the constitution. 1 p. Cy of ALS. Including AN, stating that the letter was delivered to Lamon on 13 Sept. 1867. Also including AN, by John Tyler, Jr., about the second letter to President Johnson of 14 Sepot. 1867. 1 p.

Dates: 1867 September 12

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C.. to Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, 1867 September 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id83066
Scope and Contents In last letter warned him about the dangers around him [AJ]; in this letter wishes particularly to address the problem of who can disenfranchise those white Southern men to whom Johnson had issued pardons; by counting only the black voted in the South, the Radicals will degrade the presidential office by permitting a black man's president to be elected rather than a white man's; he must arrange his cabinet so as to prevent the Radicals from overthrowing the presidential authority and...
Dates: 1867 September 14

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to "Mr. President" [Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C.], 1867 October 11

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id83067
Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsEncloses a copy of a communication from residents of the District of Colombia to Johnson, signed by many residents; believes he can rally the people to support him. Cy of ALS. Including ALS, Native and Naturalized Citizens of the United States resident in Washington City and Georgetown, Washington City, D.C., to Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. 29 September 1867. Appreciates his efforts "...to maintain the Supremacy of the Federal...
Dates: 1867 October 11

John Tyler, Jr., Washington, D.C., to President Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., 1867 November 6

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83069
Scope and Contents

Cannot extend congratulations to him if the recent elections [in New York] support the Radical Republiacns, but can if the elections support the Democratic party; his correspondents in Alabama say they need more federal troops there. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, saying the letter "...expresses teh real danger just now to the Democracy." 1 p. Also including AN, summarizing contents of the letter.

Dates: 1867 November 6

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to Judge Patterson, Washington, D.C., 1867 November 9

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83353
Scope and Contents

Rarely talks about literature or politics, especially the latter, since he cannot vote. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, that this letter was in reply to several of his remarks. Patterson is brother-in-law of Andrew Johnson.

Dates: 1867 November 9

S.S. Burch, Lynchburg, [Va.], to Major John Tyler, [Jr., Washington, D.C.], 1867 November 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83354
Scope and Contents

Tyler owes him $18; please pay at once; is having a hard time making a living. 1 p. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter.

Dates: 1867 November 14

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to President Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., 1867 November 26

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83355
Scope and Contents Is at the mercy of his enemies because he supports him [AJ]; the Radicals must be put down in order to preserve peace; even if [Samuel P.] Chase is thwarted in his ambitions, he and Grant will have to watch out for George H. Thomas. 4 pp. Cy of ALS. Including a NCI from the Constitutional Union, 26 Nov. [18]67, about the constitutional convention in Alabama; President Johnson and General Grant will not receive any support from Alabama unless they do something about the situation there. 1 p....
Dates: 1867 November 26

[Robert Tyler], Montgomery, Alabama, to John Tyler, Jr., Washington, D.C., 1867 December 2

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83356
Scope and Contents

About Alabama politics. 2 pp. AL.

Dates: 1867 December 2

John Tyler, Jr., Washington, D.C., to Andrew Johnson, President [of the] U[nited] States, Washington, D.C., 1867 December 2

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83358
Scope and Contents

Encloses extracts from a letter of Robert Tyler giving his views of impeachment of President Johnson, and how the blacks in South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana can take over those states without armed force; recommends he take on Robert Tyler as a writer to support his position. 3 pp. ALS. Including AN, saying that Robert Tyler's articles were attached ti the letter sent to President Johnson.

Dates: 1867 December 2

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to The President [Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C.], 1867 December 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83359
Scope and Contents

Received a letter from Robert Tyler, the contents of which would probably interest him; the different possible candidates for the 1868 election: Grant, Sweard, Chase, Seymour, and Thomas; encloses newspaper articles. 2 pp. ALS. Inluding AN, summarizing contents of letter.

Dates: 1867 December 7

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to Charles A. Eldridge, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 1867 December 12

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83360
Scope and Contents

Enjoyed his speech made on 10 December, upholding the Constitution; thanks him for his defense of white Southerners; Radicals unfit to uphold the constitution; there are many who have been left "...without a State, or a Status..." by the actionas of the Radical Republicans. 2 pp. [Df? or] ALS.

Dates: 1867 December 12

John Tyler, Jr., Washington, D.C., to Andrew Johnson, the President, Washington, D.C., 1867 December 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83361
Scope and Contents

If he continues the way he is going, he will not be reelected, and probably [Samuel P.] Chase will be; he needs to spend money in the South on behalf of the Democratic party in order to get some support among blacks. Cy of ALS.

Dates: 1867 December 14

John Tyler, Jr., Washington, D.C., to Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., 1867 December 27

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83363
Scope and Contents

Encloses newspaper articles; suffering of people in South and North; threat of anarchy. 2 pp. Cy of ALS. Including AN, saying that two articles from DeBow's Review were enclosed. 1 p.

Dates: 1867 December 27

John Tyler, Jr., Washington, City, D.C., to Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., 1867 December 30

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id83364
Scope and Contents

Received a letter from Robert Tyler-says that the white people in Alabama are standing together politically; white Southerners support President Johnson; everyone, white and black, is ruined; encloses a newspaper article. 2 pp. Cy of ALS. Including AN, summarizing contents of letter.

Dates: 1867 December 30