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McFerrin [Secretary, Board of Missions] congratulates him on his ministry and advises him to concentrate wholly on that. 2 pp. ALS.

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Is sorry his situation is no better; will not comment on his sermons as he would not like what she would say; Bessie [Dennison] is at White Sulpher Springs and feeling better; Priscilla [(Cooper) Tyler] is in Virginia and her daughter "Tootsie;" [Priscilla]; Mr. Corcoran has offered to let her [LTS] stay in "Louise House." 4 pp. ALS.

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Informs her of the death of Mr. Parker; describes the pleasant time she had at a dance; notes on Jamie's health. 2 pp. ALS. Including ALS, Sue, n.p., to Mattie, n.p., n.d., asking not to say anything to Willie [Wiliam Shands] about "those [books?]"; Mr. [General] Shands thinks he understands Lizzie. 1 p.

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Asks and arranges for him to preach at Quincy on the fifth Sunday of the month. 1 p. ALS.

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Asks him to send a geneological story of the Tyler family; expects to remain at the University two more years and receive his A. M. and B. L. 2 pp. ALS.

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Informs him of the damage done to the Republican Party in Florida by Governor Stearns and Senator Conover, which they are now rectifying for their own, and not the party's good; urges him to run for a third term, and argues the need for "Caesarism" to avoid chaos, believes the military and capitalists would support it. 3 pp. ALS.

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Regards the election for the Florida Senate and discusses possible candidates, including Bisbee, Jones, and Osborn himself; notes Governor Stearn's blundering in the matter of this nomination. 4 pp. ALS.

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Concerns the possibility of Tyler being given the position of the U.S. Court Clerkship by Judge Frasier; Osborn doubts it will work as two of Frasier's personal friends, C. L. Robinson and J. C. Greeley have applied for it. 2 pp. ALS.

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Asks him to send the material referred to in his last letter [family geneology]; "Sister Priscilla;" [Priscilla (Cooper) Tyler] and her daughter, Mrs. Goodwyn [sic] [Priscilla (Tyler) Goodwin] are here, and the latter gave a good dramatic recital; he [LGT] will receive his M.A. soon, study law, and hopes to practice in New York. 2 pp. ALS.

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Notification that the formation of the "Peoples Republican ticket" for the Legislature [Florida State] with candidate Judge Samuel Walker, was not intended to defeat the Wallace ticket and elect the Stokes ticket; nor did Tyler support this formation because Wallace would not support him for the U.S. Senate. 3 pp. AMsM. Including PD, post 17 October 1874, announcing the formation of the People's Republican Ticket in Leon Co., Fla.

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,...