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Box 17

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Folder 1, 1884 January-March

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105826
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: 1884 January-March

John Critcher, Washington, D.C., to General John Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1884 January 10

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105828
Scope and Contents

Asks Tyler for a letter of introduction to Senator Coke of Texas; hopes that Tyler and his daughter are well.

Dates: 1884 January 10

B. S. Sockwood, Wash[ington], D.C., to John Tyler, Treasury Dep[artmen]t, Wash[ington], [D.C., 1884 January 11

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105829
Scope and Contents

Informs Tyler of a meeting of the National Arbitration League on Jan. 15. 1 p. ACS.

Dates: 1884 January 11

B[essie?], Washington, D.C., to General John Tyler, Georgetown, D.C., [1884] January 15

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105830
Scope and Contents

Is worried about cousin M.; asks Tyler to tell her not to neglect what she had told her as "it is very dangerous to herself and every body else." 1 p. ACS.

Dates: [1884] January 15

John M. Wright, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Jr., [Washington] City, D.C., [1884 January 15]

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105831
Scope and Contents

Informs Tyler that the S[ons] o[f] J[onahdab] building committee will meet Jan. 16. 1 p. ACS.

Dates: [1884 January 15]

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to William Groome, U.S. Senator, Washington, D.C., 1884 January 28

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105832
Scope and Contents

Encloses a dollar that he had borrowed and returned earlier, but apparently Groome had not received the earlier note. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 January 28

Jno. M. Wright, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Jr., [Washington] City, D.C., [1884 January 29]

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105835
Scope and Contents

Informs Tyler of the Jan. 30 meeting of the S[ons] O[f] J[onahdab] Building Committee. 1 p. ACS.

Dates: [1884 January 29]

J. H. Riley, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Jr., Esq., Washington, D.C., 1884 January 29

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105836
Scope and Contents

Requests the presence of Tyler in his office on Jan. 31 to "receive the part assigned to you at next Thursday's entertainment."

Dates: 1884 January 29

"Opening Hymn of Joy" and "Hymn of Praise to God" - transcript of the opening ceremonies at the Sons of Jonadab Celebration held by "Pioneer Council No.1" in Marinis Hall, Washington, D.C., written in Tyler's hand., 1884 February 4

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105837
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: 1884 February 4

R. Tyler Jones, Richmond, Virginia, to "Uncle" [John Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1884 February 5

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105838
Scope and Contents

Informs Tyler of an offer he received from a "young widow of large money" to tutor her son; believes this to be the best chance he has had in a while; asks Tyler to send $10 at once; sends love to Aunt Letty, Bessie, and cousin Mattie. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 February 5

Lachlane Tyler, Washington, D.C., to General John Tyler, Jr., [Georgetown, D.C.], 1884 February 6

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105839
Scope and Contents

Informs John Tyler that a Mr. Lulley called on him to write asking J. Tyler to pay back immediately the money that is owed him; states that Lulley was particularly concerned by J. Tyler's "ungrateful neglect of him;" urges Tyler to make a settlement with Lulley. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 February 6

R. Tyler Jones, Richmond, Virginia, to "Uncle" [John Tyler, Jr.], n.p., 1884 February 9

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105904
Scope and Contents

Thanks Tyler for the $5 that he sent; wishes that he never had to ask for favors; states that "there is no man more economical than I am." 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 February 9

A.H. Kennedy, Connellsville, Pa., to General John Tyler, Washington, D.C., 1884 March 18

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105906
Scope and Contents

Informs Tyler that he wrote Judy Wend three different times but has received no answer; thinks of the "many pleasant moments we [Tyler and he] have spent together in our lovely and brotherly Council of Jonadabism;" expects "to live on and die the same doing what good I can for others as I go along the rugged pathway of life;" hopes Tyler will give him all the views connected with the order around Washington, D.C. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 March 18

Page Saunders, Washington, D.C., to Mr. John Tyler, n.p., [1884?] March 28

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105908
Scope and Contents

Wants to meet with Tyler to discuss some questions with him; wishes to move to another location and wants Tyler's advice. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: [1884?] March 28

An Address "prepared for the Joint Committees of the Federation of Labour, and the District Labour Assembly" by John Tyler, Jr. to the Senators and Representatives in Congress., 1884 March

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: id105909
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: 1884 March