Box 14
Contains 12 Results:
Folder 1, 1879 June
John Sherman, Treasury Department, Washington, [D.C], to John Tyler, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1879 June 2
Informs Tyler that "Mr. Jewett has no authority to speak for me or in my name;" acknowledges receipt of Tyler's letters. 1 p. LS.
John Sherman, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Jr., New Orleans, La., 1879 June 9
Discusses Senator Kellogg's position; believes it to be too soon to act upon Tyler's suggestions; approves the course of action of Mr. Foote and Tyler; discusses the need to "secure conservative support among white men...willing to give to the colored people their Constitutional rights;" believes Tyler should talk with Dumont and Dirkgrave; gives support of Col. Anderson. 5 pp. LS.
R. B. Burroughs, Jacksonville, Florida, to General John Tyler, n.p., 1879 June 9
Thanks Tyler for his letters; gives news of their home in Jacksonville; notes that he is "still as poor as a church mouse;" family news. 4 pp. ALS.
John Tyler, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, to John Sherman, Secretary U.S. Treasury Department, Washington City, D.C., 1879 June 12
John Tyler, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, to John Sherman, Secretary U.S. Treasury Department, Washington City, D.C., 1879 June 14
Expresses desire to relate all his observations which concern Sherman's interests in the area in regard to the election of 1880; gives a lengthy account of influential people and positions in the area and gives suggestions of courses of action for Sherman to promote his interests; complements Mr. Pitkin's paper on the election issue of 1880 [in a postscript]. 14 pp. ACys of ALS.
John Tyler, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, to John Sherman, Washington City, D.C., 1879 June 17
John Tyler, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, to John Sherman, Washington City, D.C., 1879 June 18
Mentions the Centennial Address made by Marshall Pitkin; believes Pitkin to still be the best man for the job of Collector. 1 p. ACyS of ALS.
J. D. Wade, Tallahassee, Florida, to General John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1879 June 21
Informs Tyler of Mattie's wedding to Charles R. Chaires; asks for money to repay a loan needed for the wedding; describes job problems; sends regards from family. 3 pp. ALS.
A note accompanying Nwscl., [1879? June 21]
1 p. N. Including Nwscl, "The Tilden Conspiracy, How it was Frustrated," New Orleans Times [21 June 1879], interview with Gen. Stewart L. Woodward concerning the steps taken to "defeat any attempts to inaugurate Mr. Tilden in this city [New York] as president of the United States on the 4th of March, 1877." 1 p.
John Tyler, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, to John Sherman, Washington City, D.C., 1879 June 24
John Tyler, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, to John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington City, D.C., 1879 June 24
Acknowledges receipt of Sherman's letter of the 19th of the month; assures Sherman that his actions have been entirely legitimate and that he has never had "a mere pecuniary motive" for his actions. 2 pp. ACyS of ALS.