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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His letters to Dr. Silas Reed have been forwarded to Cheyenne, Wyoming. 1 p. ALS. Including AN, summarizing contents of a letter, from Silas Reed, Cheyenne, Wy[oming] T[erritor]y, to John Tyler, Jr., [Tallahassee, Florida]. 23 December 1871. 1 p.

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James M. Ray asked him to tell him [JT] that he should write Grant a letter requesting an appointment; Sec[retar]y [of the Interior, Columbus] Delano will present his case to Mr. Douglass; the Greely movement will fizzle. 3 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

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Has written to Sec[retar]y Delano about his appointment - Delano and Douglass support him; will have Grant appoint him when the Senate adjourns so Senator Osborn can't interfere with it. 1 p. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

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Encloses a review written by Frank Alfriend [of Gov. Wise's memoir of President Tyler]. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of this letter and one of 3 July 1872, from same to same. 1 p.