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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Fragments of poems written about James. R. Tyler. 1 p. ANS.

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Invitation to the wedding of Emma M. Ridley and George P. Burgwyn. 4 items. PC. Also including a card listing numbers and names. 1 item.

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Invitation to the wedding of Julia Tyler and William H. Spencer, PC.

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Has not yet seen the archbishop about publishing his letter; invited him to attend the labor union's convention in Philadelphia. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, but John Tyler, Jr., summarizing contents of the letter.

Scope and Contents Inexcusable of him not to print a retraction of the slander against him [JT] sooner than he did; was in the hospital to undergo surgery, not for intoxication, yet he [OKH] mistakenly assumes that poor people are intemperant; family [of JT] was left destitute after the war and he was barred from his former profession; has very moderate habits; Harris' slander is a result of political differences, envy, and hate; General George H. Thomas is a relative and can help at anytime; may be poor, but...

Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsConcerning a place for Tyler in the Norfolk and St. Nazaire Steam Navigation Co. 1 p. ALS. Including ANS, by John Tyler, Jr., these apers were returned at his request; his application is still to be considered. 1 p. Also including AN, a memo to Charles H. McCormick and others in Chicagoabout the steamship line and to write Professor Maury. 1 p. Also including AN, enclosed is an outline of the Norfolk and St. Nazaire Steamship Transatlantic Line; also two...

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If she is still unmarried on 8 oct. 1870, he is to give her 2 books; if she marries on or before that date, she is to give him a coat. 1 p. ADS.

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Mr. George Alfred Townsend's remark about him in the Chicago Tribune was a lie, and he is surprised the Evening Star printed it, knowing it was such; he wishes to print a refutation. 1 p. ALS.

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Took his enclosure to Mrs. Ames, but was unable to see her; she is rumored to be going out with a Memphis lawyer; wishes Tyler could "win her affections" and gain access to her fortune by marrying her; "fraug, violence, and, and plunder [are] the order of the day." 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, by John Tyler, Jr., summarizing contents of letter.

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DeBow's Review is concerned chiefly with recording the progress of the South; his article on U.S. diplomatic relations with Central and South America sounds useful, but there are no guaranties of a regular column. 2 pp. ALS.

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Will accept the position as associate editor of the National Intelligencer as a man with conservative political views, provided he is allowed freedom in writing and is paid $500 per quarter; if Alexander Delmar agrees, let him sign this. 1 p. ALS. Including ANm, by John Tyler, Jr., this was his ultimatum to Mr. Delmar

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Glad to hear he recovered from his recent illness and hopes things will go better for him; hopes that the late war won't result in the ruin of all the old families; "wholesale thievery [is] the basis of American life today" moved to Greenville so children could get an education; after 2 hard years of struggling on his plantation is able to relax a little now; rewrote the manuscript and hopes to get it published; tell Roane he wrote him. 4 pp. ALS. Including AN, letter answered. 1 p.

Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsIncluding ANS, by John Tyler, [Jr.,], his reply to the slander was not published. 1 p. Also including AN, copied out of the Daily Chronicle, 28 August 1869, "the slander of the Chronicle upon muself." 2 pp. Also including ALS, from Tom Florence, Washington, D.C., to [Col. Io Severns?, Washington, D.C., Sept.? 1869], General Tyler will give him his defense against the slander, which defense is to be published in the Constitutional Union; some of the language may...