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Requests him to donate $100 to the Republican Party for campaign purposes. 1 p. PL. Signed by J.D. Enos, Asst. Secretary.

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Should he continue writing letters for the Sentinel?; the South should not support Greeley; the Independent National Democratic Committee is working for Grant; he would like to send the letter he wrote to Dr. Wat Henry Tyler of Westmoreland, Va., to Mr. Henry C. Page for publication in his paper, the N.Y. Era. 4 pp. Cy of ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter.

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Has sent his letter to Dr. [Wat Henry] Tyler to Henry C. Page of the N.Y. Era; the letter will appear at the right place at the right time. 1 p. ALS. Including a Cy of ALS, from William Archer Cocke, Monticello, Florida, to Henry C. Page, Ed[itor of the] N.Y. Era, 3 Oct. 1872. Am enclosing a letter from John Tyler, Jr., for publication; he is a fine person and a devoted Grant man.

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Thanks him and the president [for removing Marshall Conant and Att[orne]y Bisbee]; urges him to tell the president he will always serve him. 1 p. Cy of ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter.

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He [WHL] was not nominated [for the state legislature] because Mr. McGrath backed out on his promise to support him; he can control at least 2 of the 3 nominees; talk about proposing a ticket uniting conservative Republicans and Democrats - should he do it?; it will be an all-white ticket to oppose the nominated all-black one. 3 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter.

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Has received his letters of 22 August and 1 Oct. 1872 requesting $50 and $100; since the committee has not invited him to speak (except once) and since they did not support his appointment as assessor, he sees no reason to send the money. 2 pp. Cy of ALS. Including AN, by John Tyler, Jr., summarizing contents of letter.

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Replies to his letter of 3 Oct. 1872; has not been invited to speak because in Florida it is customary for those wishing to speak to volunteer and not wait to be asked; he had nothing to do with the arrangements of the convention in Jacksonville; the committee did nothing either to hinder or to help his appointment as assessor. 2 pp. ALS.

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Please critique the enclosed article which he wrote; for the Sentinel is writing a paper on Hart; use Hart's influence for Grant. 2 pp. ALS.

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Requests a donation of $100 to the Republican campaign fund. PL. Signed by J.D. Enos, Asst. Secretary. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter, receipt enclosed. Also including ANS, by J.C. Greeley, 16 Oct. [18]72, receipt for Tyler's contribution of $100 to the Rep[ublican] Ex[ecutive] Com[mittee]. 1 p.

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Would prefer a judgeship to the post office position; Gilman might be able to help him; Judge Hilton could write editorials for him; Dyke might sell his newspaper. 2 pp. ALS.

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,...