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,...

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Sends seasons greetings. 1 p. ALS.

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Asks Tyler to come to her house at 4 o'clock on a business matter. 1 p. ALS.

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Acknowledges receipt of Tyler's note and enclosed slip of 1 January. 1 p. LS.

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Thanks Tyler for the newspaper clippings containing Tyler's speech upon the character of the late Alexander Eagleton. 1 p. ALS.

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An invitation for 8:00. 1 p. ANS.

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Describes the occasion of the resignation of President Tyler's Cabinet in 1841. 1 p. Df incomplete.

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Thanks Tyler about Bolts; asks "who was the old housekeeper at Greenway after grandmother's death in 1797;" asks him to look at his article in American History magazine. 1 p. ACS.

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Thanks Tyler for the articles he sent. 1 p. ALS.

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Returns the dollar that Tyler borrowed from Lamar last year. 1 p. ACyS of ALS.

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Discusses the two trunks left by Tyler at the Ford's Hotel which he picked up; describes what he placed in the trunks; encloses receipt from Ford's Hotel; states that he shipped the trunks today to Tyler C.O.D. 2 pp. ALS. Including ADS, Tyler's IOU for $17.60, 1 p. and ALS, from Rosere acknowledging receipt of same. 1 p.

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Discusses the claim of Tyler's sister, L. Semple, to a piece of property now owned by the College of William and Mary; promises to look into the matter; asks if Mrs. Semple might have any pertinent documents that might help substantiate her claim.

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Apologizes for not visiting Tyler while he was in D.C., but explains that he was called home on urgent business; describes future plans of the Southern Historical and Benevolent Association; asks Tyler for contribution of material. 2 pp. ALS.