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Box 8

 Container

Contains 78 Results:

John Tyler, Jr., [Ferdandina], Fla., to Mr. President [U. S. Grant], n.p., 1875 December 13

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100647
Scope and Contents

Despite personal interruptions, has finally "finished the whole gang" [i.e. Conover and company] in an enclosed article from the Observer. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1875 December 13

Josephus Anderson, Tallahassee, Florida, to General [John Tyler, Jr., Fernandina, Fla.], [1875] December 23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100648
Scope and Contents

Has been transferred to a church in Helena, Arkansas. 2 pp. ALS. Including ADS from J. Anderson certifying that Tyler was a member of Methodist Episcopal South. 1 p.

Dates: [1875] December 23

Mattie [Martha] Tyler, Jerusalem, Va., to "Papa" [John Tyler, Jr., Fernandina, Fla.], 1875 December 25

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100649
Scope and Contents

Relates that Christmas Day for her is as any other day; hopes he will write her and let her know where to send letters to. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 December 25

AMs John Tyler, Jr. of an extract from the "National Republican of Washington City" [sic], 1875 December 30

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100650
Scope and Contents

Articles state that Tyler is a "blatant hypocrite" and that if the Republican Party is to succeed, they must settle their differences and ignore men such as Tyler.

Dates: 1875 December 30

Mr. and Mrs. [Shear?] to John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 December [?]

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100651
Scope and Contents

Invites Tyler to spend the day with them at Glenwood. 1 p. AC.

Dates: 1875 December [?]

G. H. Hazelton, n.p., to "the Editor" John Tyler, Jr., n.p., [1875]

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100652
Scope and Contents

Encloses material to be published and awaits Tyler's presence at the Centennial. 1 p. PL.

Dates: [1875]

Jonah H. White, Jacksonville, Florida, to "Mr. Editor" [John Tyler, Jr.?], n.p., [1875?]

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100653
Scope and Contents

Requests that he communicate something [?] to [A. Pope?] in Wilmington, N.C. 1 p. AC.

Dates: [1875?]

Robert Tyler, Montgomery, Alabama, to John [Tyler, Jr.], n.p., [1875?]

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100654
Scope and Contents

Questions John about one of the comments he made in a recent letter to Robbie [Robert Tyler, Jr.?]; warns John that he should not make such general comments about Florida politics. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: [1875?]

List of people [Republican leaders?] in the "1st District Va.", [1875?]

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100655
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: [1875?]

Box 8

 File — Box: 8
Identifier: id100084
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: 1844-1899

Folder 1, 1875 January-March

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100085
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: 1875 January-March

Folder 2, 1875 April-June

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Identifier: id100098
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: 1875 April-June

Folder 3, 1875 July-August

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100111
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: 1875 July-August

Folder 4, 1875 September-October

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: id100624
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: 1875 September-October

Folder 5, 1875 November-December

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: id100635
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: 1875 November-December

John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, to W. W. Hicks, n.p., 1875 January 25

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100086
Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsAdvises him to hold the Independents and Southern Republicans together, and to demand that the Republicans either support him [for the U.S. Senate] or accept Governor Stearns. 1 p. ACyS of ALS. Including ANS, John Tyler, Jr., n.p. 29 January 1875, indicating that he has contacted the "National Administration," advising them to back Hicks for the U.S. Senate; also noting that Tyler is not backing Hicks to defeat Stearn, but rather to provide an additional viable...
Dates: 1875 January 25

Letty [Letitia Tyler Semple], Eclectic Institute, Balt[imore], [Md.], to "Dear Brother John" [Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida], 1875 January 26

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100087
Scope and Contents

Contains news of the family, particularly Bessie [Dennison] and "Tootsie" [Priscilla Tyler Goodwin] whose work on stage is being well received; also news of the other children of Robert and Priscilla Cooper Tyler, including Robert, Grace, Letitia, and Lizzie; comments on the deaths of "Cousin John Seawell" and Wat H. Tyler. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 January 26

H. Hodgekiss, Tallahassee, Florida, to Gen[eral] John Tyler, jr., n.p., 1875 February 7

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100088
Scope and Contents

Regards obtaining the keys to Tyler's front door, a table and a trunk. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1875 February 7

John Tyler, Jr., n.p., to Mrs. Dr. Wat H. Tyler, Hague Post Office, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1875 February 14

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100089
Scope and Contents

Notes that he had allowed Wat H. Tyler to wear a watch seal that had been presented to his [JT] grandfather by President Jefferson. 1 p. AL.

Dates: 1875 February 14

L.G. Tyler [Mrs. Watt Tyler], Locust Farm, to "My dear cousin" John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 February 14

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100090
Scope and Contents

Describes her sorrow over the death of her husband, and his affection for him [JT]; gives news on careers and marriages of all her children; assures himthat his grandfather's watch seal [a gift from President Jefferson] will be returned. 14 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 February 14

John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, to U[lysses] S[impson] Grant, n.p., 1875 February 24

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100091
Scope and Contents

Notes Simon Conovers defeats and [Governor] Stearns' continued dealings with the Democrats; bemoans his [JT] not being appointed to the same post by the Republicans. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 February 24

John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, to U[lysses] S[impson] Grant, n.p., 1875 February 25

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100092
Scope and Contents

Conover has failed to position himself to become Governor in 1876, and [Governor] Stearns has failed to position himself for the Senate; now both desire the Governorship; discusses appointments by Stearns; all this rivalry is likely to tear the Republican Party apart. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 February 25

Louis G. Young, Savannah, Georgia, to John Tyler, jr., Tallahassee, Florida, 1875 February 26

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100093
Scope and Contents

Capt[ain] Estill has refused to publish the [Tyler's] letter unless the author's name is given; Col[onel] Sims is offered the letter for his "Journal in Florida;" Sims says the letter is "Spirited and well-written;" but refuses to publish it when he learns that Young offered it to another publisher before he offered it to Sims; Young suggests that Tyler write Sims himself. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 February 26

T. Pearson, Savannah, Ga., to Gen[eral] John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 March 2

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100094
Scope and Contents

Returns papers that Tyler "kindly furnished;" him with; apologizes for not having returned them sooner; offers his services. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1875 March 2

Louis G. Young, Savannah, Georgia, to John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, 1875 March 7

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: id100095
Scope and Contents

Sends word that Col[onel] Sims will publish Tyler's letter "with pleasure" since Tyler wrote to him; returns the letters. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1875 March 7