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Box 7

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Contains 12 Results:

T[azewell] Tyler, No. 55 2nd St., S[an] Francisco, [Calif.], to "My Dear Gen'l" [John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida], 1873 January 3

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98965
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Wishes him luck in the Senate race; hopes things will go better for him this year; is trying to remain sober; sister Letty [Letitia Tyler Semple] is angry with him because he owes her money; please send the temperance lecture. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1873 January 3

William Archer Cocke, Monticello, FLorida, to Gen. John Tyler, Jr., [Tallahassee, Florida], 1873 January 4

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98966
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Will not ask the governor [Hart] for a position - will wait for him to offer him a place; men of mind and statesmanship "support the governor-elect and the Republican Party because of their principles." 3 pp. ALS. Including AN, [by John Tyler, Jr.], summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

Dates: 1873 January 4

T[azewell] Tyler, No. 55 2nd St., S[an] F[rancisco, Calif.], to General John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida., [18]73 January 18

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98967
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Fears treachery will kill his chances for the Senate sear; is still remaining sober. 1 p. ALS. Including NCl, letter from Tazewell Tyler, San Francisco, to the Editor of the Chronicle, 17 January 1873. President Tyler was not bankrupt when he became president. 1 p.

Dates: [18]73 January 18

H.J. Miller, Ayletts P[ost] O[ffice], King William Co., Va., to Maj[o]r John Tyler, Jr., Ta[l]lahassee, Florida, 1873 January [i.e. Feb?] 15

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98968
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Is blind in one eye and rapidly losing sight in the other; has no means of support and is having to ask friends for money - can he help? 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1873 January [i.e. Feb?] 15

Augustus [?] Egbert, No. 2 Woodland Terrace, Philadelphia, Penn[sylvani]a, to General Jno. Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, 1873 January 31

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98969
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Hopes the gun suits him - it is a very good one; is going to Washington soon, so please send the letters. 3 pp. ALS. Including ANS, by John Tyler, Jr., summarizing contents of this letter, a bill for hack hire, and another letter by Lt. Egbert about the cost of the gun.

Dates: 1873 January 31

S.B. Conover, n.p., to "Dear Gen'l" [John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida], [1873?] January 31

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98970
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Can't remember if they had an engagement; must work for the defeat of the Ring. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: [1873?] January 31

Robert Tyler Jones, 132 W. Madison Str[ee]t, Baltimore, Md., to Maj. John Tyler, Jr., Tallehassee [i.e. Tallahassee], Florida, 1873 February 2

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98971
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Wishes Tyler to find out about an annexation expedition to San Domingo; needs a job that pays something. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1873 February 2

A. C. Tyler, Episcopal O[rphan?] Home, [St. Louis, Mo.?], to Maj[o]r John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, 1873 February 3

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98972
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Brother Thomas has died; sister and he are getting a house where they can rent rooms as they have no other means of support; how is the family? 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1873 February 3

Mr. A. C. R[ogers], Atlantic Publishing Company, New York City, New York, to S. B. Conover, U.S. Senator Elect, Tallahassee, Florida, 1873 February 3

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98973
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Requests a biographical sketch for the second edition of representative Men, North and South. 2 pp. ALS. Including PD, prospectus for the aforementioned book. 1 p. Including AN, summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

Dates: 1873 February 3

J. C. Greeley, Ass't Assessor's Office, United States Internal Revenue, Jacksonville, Florida, to Gen. John Tyler, Jr., Assessor, U.S. Int[ernal] Rev[enue], Tallahassee, Florida, 1873 March 6

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98974
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Does not think any wine is being made in his district. 1 p. ALS. Including AN, endorsing letter. 1 p.

Dates: 1873 March 6

W. H. LeCain, Ass't Assessor's Office, United States Internal Revenue, Ocala, Florida, to J[ohn[ Tyler, Jr., Assessor, U.S. Int[ernal] Rev[enue], Tallahassee, Florida, 1873 March 10

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98975
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No wine or wine imitations are being made in his district. 1 p. ALS. Including AN, summarizing contents of letter. 1 p.

Dates: 1873 March 10

Folder 1, 1873 January-March

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: id98964
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,...
Dates: 1873 January-March