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Supports him for Senator, if he doesn't think he's acting too soon; don't think he [SR] can lend much support to his efforts, but will see Senator [Simon] Cameron and Col. Scott on his behalf. 3 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter.

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Is trying to get enough supporters to call a national constitution convention; is sending him an article about this for him to publish. 2 pp. ALS.

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Advises him to drop support of Walker and to support [William D.] Bloxham; Johnson believes Osborn and his friends will support Tyler for senator; Johnson also says Walker's support will be worth more than Bloxham's. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter.

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Has made prior arrangements to be in Tallahassee on the 8th - can his business wait until then?; requests him to hold off on redistricting [the assistant assessor's territory] until he sees him; thinks he is making "the right impression;" as a senatorial candidate. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

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Will work for his candidacy as Senator; is it true the assessor's job and that of the assistant assessors will be abolished? He must know if he needs to look for another position; what is the political situation in Tallahassee? 3 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

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Asks Tyler for any information he has about the French Spoilation Claims of his father-in-law, Dr. Henry Cutris. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter; replied that didn't remember anything and the Union Army took his papers during the war. 1 p.

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[Senator Thomas W.] Osborn says Hart will give him a judicial appointment; Osborn won't commit himself to support a particular person for his successor, but thinks Henderson the most likely man. 2 pp. ALS.

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Thinks that the assessor districts ought not to be consolidated; his message to Cheney sobered him. 1 p. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

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Has not voted democratic since reconstruction; is Col. Brevard going to join the Republicans? 1 p. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of this letter and that of 7 Dec. 1872. 1 p.

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Has sent him an article proposing a canal across Florida and requests that if he concurs in the wisdom of the plan, to write an article for the Sentinel about it. 2 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

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Thinks he has as much influence on the "Ring"; as any nonmember can have; believes he will be appointed to FloridaSupreme Court; will ask Adkins to support him for the Senate. 3 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter.

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,...