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Box 8

 Container

Contains 78 Results:

Gordon Macdonald, Montogomery, Alabama, to John Tyler, Jr., [Tallahassee, Florida], [1875] July 2

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100112
Scope and Contents

Encloses an article from the "Southern Plantation" concerning the Grangers organization. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: [1875] July 2

Mattie [Martha] Tyler, Jerusalem [?], Va., to "Papa" John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 July 16

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100113
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Won't get to Richmond until the fall since she will have visitors most of the summer; wishes she had more money with which to entertain her guests. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 July 16

W. W[atkins] Hicks, Fernandina, Fla., to General [John Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 July 19

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100114
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Gives directions for Tyler's travel to Fernandina; suggests Tyler bring his article for the Educational Encyclopedia.

Dates: 1875 July 19

Invitation for the friends of the late Dr. E. G. Johnson to attend his funeral, 1875 July 23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100115
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 23

R[obert] T[yler], Jr.[sic], Montgomery, Alabama, to John [Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 July 28

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100116
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Has been asked to write some articles for a magazine in St. Louis but will decline the offer and recommend John to write instead; hopes John can make some money off these articles. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 July 28

W. W. Hicks, [New York, N.Y.?], to Sherman Conant[?], n.p., 1875 [July] 30

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100117
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1 p. Telegram. Including ALS. 1 p. from [?], Marshal's Office, Jacksonville, Florida, to John Tyler, Jr., informing him of telegram.

Dates: 1875 [July] 30

Josephus Anderson, Tallahassee, Florida, to John Tyler, Jr., n.p., [18]75 August 2

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100118
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Tells of two sad deaths; hope Tyler will preach in Fernandina but says "don't try those two divorce sermons, whatever you do" and advises Tyler to try and be less severe. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: [18]75 August 2

Robert Tyler, Montogomery, Alabama, to John [Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 August 4

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100119
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Encloses a letter for John to include in his papers; letter states reasons that South should participate in July 4th celebration in Philadelphia. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 4

Invitation to the wedding of Sarah Griswold Gardiner to J[ohn Alexander Tyler, [1875] August 5

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100614
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] August 5

Letty [Letitia Tyler], Baltimore, [Md.], to "brother" John [Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 August 9

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100615
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Expresses wish to sell her house; family news; wants him to put an ad in the newspaper for her boarding school. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 9

Josephus Anderson, Tallahassee, Florida, to Gen. [John Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 August 9

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100616
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Suggests that Tyler "dip your [JT] pen in the oil of love;" thinks Dr. [W.W] Hicks is headed in the wrong direction concerning violence over political differences. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 9

[T.H. Hodgkiss?], Tallahassee, Florida, to Gen. John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 August 10

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100617
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Is glad to see that "Jonathan is much modified:" is alarmed by the yellow fever in Jacksonville. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 10

Robert Tyler, Montogomery, Alabama, to John [Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 August 14

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100618
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Has written to [?] Leftwich referring him to John; Letty [Letitia Tyler] has left for New York wants information on [Dr. E. G.] Johnson's assassination. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 14

L.S. Duval, Chattahoochee, Florida, to General [John Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 August 15

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100619
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Requests that Tyler write a preface for Duval's satirical poems. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 15

Mattie [Martha] Tyler, Jerusalem, Va., to "Papa" [John Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 August 17

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100620
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Has had much company and has been too busy to write; hopes he finds his company enjoyable also. 5 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 17

Ro. H. Armistead, Williamsburg, Va., to John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 August 18

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100621
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Speaks of post-war collection of debts and of the government not protecting property rights. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 18

Josiah D. Hicks, Tyrane, Blair Co., Pa., to John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 August 20

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100622
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Has no interest in moving to the South but will come to visit in October. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 20

W. W. H[icks], Tallahassee, Florida, to General John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 August 23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id100623
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Recommends that Tyler write an article; warns Tyler to be careful what he says; will be home Wednesday or Thursday night. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 August 23

Tho[mas?] H. Hodgkiss, Tallahassee, Florida, to John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1875 September 3

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: id100625
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Has heard that Tyler and the Hon[orable] W[?] met and did not get along very well at all; apologizes for not being able to go [to Fernandina?]. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 September 3

Tho[mas?] H. Hodgkiss, Tallahassee, Florida, to Gen[eral John Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 September 4

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: id100626
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Has heard about some railroad worker who saw what happened at Live Oad[?] and believes Dr. Hicks did nothing wrong; says he believes Tyler's imagination has run wild and that he has made some enemies. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 September 4

Mattie [Martha] Tyler, Jerusalem, Va., to "Papa" [John Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 September 15

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: id100627
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Her company is gone; her friends have asked her to come to Richmond in the fall but she thinks poor people are better off at home; Uncle James [Semple?] is away; other family news. 5 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 September 15

Louis G. Young, Savannah, Georgia, to Rev. John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, 1875 September 16

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: id100628
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The "Advertiser" is for sale and could be bought immediately for $7500 cash; thanks Tyler for his recent contributions to the Observer. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 September 16

Letty [Letitia Tyler Semple], 132 Madison Street, Balt[imore, Md.], to Brother John [Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1875 September 17

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: id100629
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Comments on the "Observer" has had no applications for her girls' school as of yet; will be moving[?] soon; family news. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 September 17

John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, to Mr. President [U.S. Grant], Washington City [sic], D.C., 1875 September 27

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: id100630
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Sends last two issues of the Observer; tells of two more murders in Florida - one being a political assassination; comments on both parties activities. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1875 September 27

John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, to President [U.S. Grant, Washington City (sic), D.C.], 1875 October 4

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: id100631
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Suggests that Grant could take a simple step to recover Alabama [to the Republicans]. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1875 October 4