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Illness and cold weather have delayed his trip to washington, D. C., but will attend to his business there when he arrives. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter.

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Wishes to defend himself against charges that he is seeking to disrupt the Republican party; has always worked for party harmony; is glad he joined the Republicans; will point out his work to the president and other senators. 6 pp. ALS.

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Is working on his behalf, but things go slowly; his senators must approve all appointments in Florida; he must be patient and discreet. 4 pp. ALS.

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Has gotten others to sound out his senators about a place for him; will speak to the commissioner of Internal Revenue about the assessor's office for either him or Mr. Walton; the Sentinel has the potential of being Florida's leading political newspaper. 4 pp. ALS.

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If he receives appointment to the assessor's office, he will raise Tyler's salary to $ 2,500 a year and the management of the Sentinel will remain as is. 2 pp. ALS.

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Has been speaking to Senator O[sborn] about a poet for him of Mr. Walton; they cannot be confirmed in a post without at least one Senator's approval; Osborn fears that he and Walton support Gov. Reed and not himself; Osborn will visit Tyler in Tallahassee; pay no attention to those trying to get him into trouble-that would ruin his chances. 5 pp. ALS.

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Went to see Senator [Oliver Hazard Perry Throck] Morton about the possibilities of someone being appointed over the objections of one's senators; he thinks it "quite doubtful." 2 pp. ALS.

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Mr. Walton and he have made an arrangement suitable to him, so [he should] push for his appointment [to the assessor's office]; plans to make the Sentinel a leading Grant nwespaper in the South. 3 pp. Cy of ALS.

Scope and Contents Mr. Walton's appointment has been delayed; Senators will not confirm appointments unless one of the appointee's senators agrees to it; also need letters sent to Commissioner [of Internal Revenue] Douglass about P.'s [i.e. Purman's] disrupting activities; Washington officials have little interest in local disruptions of the Republican party because there is so much of it in the South; advises him and Mr. Walton to go to the convention in Jacksonville to see how things are, politically...

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,...