Skip to main content

Box 12

 Container

Contains 21 Results:

James H. Burst, Jacksonville, Florida, to John Tyler, [Jr., Richmond, Virginia], [18]77 November 1

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102149
Scope and Contents

Hasn't heard any news yet about the position of P[ost] M[aster] General. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: [18]77 November 1

B. H. Webster, Jacksonville, Florida, to John Tyler Jr., [Richmond, Va.], 1877 November 1

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102150
Scope and Contents

Mentions [James H.] Burst; requests that Tyler use his influence to help him [Webster] to find a job. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1877 November 1

John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, to John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington City [sic], D.C., 1877 November 5

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102151
Scope and Contents

Concerns reception of President Rutherford B. Hayes in Richmond during the "Agricultural Fair." 11 pp. ACyS.

Dates: 1877 November 5

Henry Leonard, Tallahassee, Florida, to John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, 1877 November 6

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102153
Scope and Contents

Concerns money Tyler owes him. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1877 November 6

ADS, by Jno. R. [Purdis?], Christ Church, Smithfield, [Va.?], 1877 November 9

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102156
Scope and Contents

Concerns request by St. Luke's Church, Jerusalem, [Va.?], for the services of Chris Church's "Rector." 1 p.

Dates: 1877 November 9

M[oses] J. Taylor, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, 1877 November 21

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102158
Scope and Contents

Requests money that Tyler owes him. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1877 November 21

Cha[rle]s W. Blew, Jacksonville, Florida, to John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, 1877 November 28

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102160
Scope and Contents

Concerns his [CWB] application for the Senate. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1877 November 28

L. G. Foster, Montgomery, Alabama, to John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, [Va.], 1877 December 4

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102162
Scope and Contents

Announces the death of Col. [Robert Tyler]. 1 p. Telegram.

Dates: 1877 December 4

John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, to the Editors of The State, Richmond, Virginia, 1877 December 4

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102164
Scope and Contents

Announces death of his brother Robert Tyler. 1 p. ACyS.

Dates: 1877 December 4

John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, to L.G. Foster, Montgomery, Alabama., 1877 December 4

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102165
Scope and Contents

Wishes to comfort Mrs. Robert Tyler and children. 1 p. ACyS. Including Nwscl. from The State newspaper of Richmond, Virginia, announcing Robert Tyler's death.

Dates: 1877 December 4

Nwscl. from the Adviser and Mail, Montgomery, Alabama, entitled "Robert Tyler.", 1877 December 4

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102167
Scope and Contents

Biographical article about Robert Tyler.

Dates: 1877 December 4

Grace T. [Tyler] Scott, Montgomery, Alabama, to "Uncle" John [Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia], 1877 December 6

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102171
Scope and Contents

Describes her father Robert Tyler's activities just before his death, including his having served on the "U.S. Grand jury;" family mourns. 7 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1877 December 6

Letty [Letitia (Tyler) Semple], Washington, D.C., to "brother" [John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia], 1877 December [6?]

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102174
Scope and Contents

Concerns death of Robert Tyler; mentions possibly being related to Elizabeth Finch. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1877 December [6?]

Nwscl. "Report of the U.S. Grand Jury" from the Advertiser and Mail, [?], [1877 December 8]

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102177
Scope and Contents

Recounts last report drawn up by Robert Tyler.

Dates: [1877 December 8]

Bessie Denison, Aylett, K[in]g William Co., [Va.], to "uncle" John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1877 December 13

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102179
Scope and Contents

Discusses death of Robert Tyler; family news. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1877 December 13

John Sherman, Secretary, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, 1877 December 17

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102182
Scope and Contents

Fires John Tyler, Jr. because of his "extreme indulgence in intoxicating drinks." 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1877 December 17

E. P[riscilla (Cooper)] Tyler, Montgomery, Alabama, to "brother" John [Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia], 1877 December 21

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102185
Scope and Contents

Expresses her love for husband Robert Tyler and sorrow at losing him; Robert left nothing. 6 pp. ALS. Including a lock of Robert's hair.

Dates: 1877 December 21

Cha[rle]s W. Blew, Jacksonville, Florida, to John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, 1877 December 26

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102187
Scope and Contents

Is still quite ill; returns some papers to Tyler. 1 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1877 December 26

AN, by John Tyler, Jr., undated

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102188
Scope and Contents

Concerns some letter concerning Robert Tyler's death from John to his sister Letitia [Tyler] Semple; the letter was apparently printed in some newspaper. 1 p.

Dates: undated

Nwscl., entitled "Large Fortune in England for the Finch Family.", [1877?]

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102190
Scope and Contents

Concerns Finch family estate.

Dates: [1877?]

Folder 1, 1877 November-December

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id102148
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: 1877 November-December