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Box 17

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

Folder 4, 1884 September-December

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105958
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 September-December

Alfred E. Wild, Judge, K[nights] [of] L[abor] A[ssociation] 2672, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Judge Advocate, Court K. L. A. 2672., 1884 September 7

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105959
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Requests that Tyler formulate the charges of E. M. Blake against G. W. Sargent and issue the necessary documents; asks to meet with Tyler to discuss the case as soon as is convenient.

Dates: 1884 September 7

J. P. Palmer, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, n.p., 1884 September 11

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105960
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Discusses the rooms he is offering to Tyler; asks to hear from Tyler as soon as possible. 2 pp. ALS. Including ACyS of ALS - Tyler's reply to above letter; states that he has found other accommodation; dated 12 September 1884. 1 p.

Dates: 1884 September 11

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to Mrs. J. P. Palmer, Washington, D.C., 1884 September 11

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105961
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States his intention to take the front rooms at $35 per month; asks her to write at once in answer. 2 pp. ACyS of ALS.

Dates: 1884 September 11

Oliver N. Bryan, Marshall Hall, Md., to General John Tyler, Washington, D.C., 1884 October 7

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105962
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Relates the story of how he attempted to remove Tyler's letter from publication [in the National View] but to no avail; calls Cromdle a "traitor to our cause;" states that Tyler's letter and General Parson's letter will be published in the next [National] View. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 October 7

William S. B. Henry, Wash[ington], D.C., to General Jno. Tyler, Jr., n.p., 1884 October 16

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105963
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Gives a history of past work and associations; sends his daughter to ask "the helping hand of the Government." 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 October 16

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to Thmoas A. Hendricks, Indianapolis, Indiana., 1884 November 8

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105964
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Congratulates Hendricks and Cleveland upon their election; encloses "herewith my last blow against General Butler;" relates the events at the Indianapolis convention; mentions the power and influence of the labor movement. 2 pp. ACyS of ALS.

Dates: 1884 November 8

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to Allan Campbell, New York City, [N.Y.], 1884 November 10

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105965
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Believes Campbell's letter to Secretary Folger to have been the reason Tyler obtained his present position in the Treasury Department; sends copies of letters to and from Thomas A. Hendricks from the Presidential campaign; mentions his involvement in the Sons of Jonadab and the Labor movement. 2 pp. ACyS of ALS.

Dates: 1884 November 10

Lyon G. Tyler, Richmond, Virginia, to General [John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C.], 1884 November 13

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105966
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Asks John Tyler to send his answer to Parmalee in the Atlantic Monthly; urges haste as the first chapter of Lyon's work is at the printer's. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1884 November 13

Lachlan Tyler, Washington, D.C., to General Jno. Tyler, [Georgetown, D.C.], 1884 November 14

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105967
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States that Lyon [Tyler] requested him to tell John Tyler that he has the proof sheets of the 1st chapter and that he needs to hear from Tyler as soon as possible to make the addition suggested; gives the present address of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 November 14

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to Grover Cleveland, Governor of New York, Albany, New York., 1884 November 15

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105968
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Congratulates Cleveland upon his election as president; offers his views on the influence of the Independent Republicans, the Prohibitionists, and the Greenback and Labor elements on his election; describes General Butler's activities. 4 pp. ACyS of ALS. Including Nwscl, the National View, articles on Butler. 2 pp. Including Df of ALS of above letter. 3 pp.

Dates: 1884 November 15

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to L.Q. Lamar, United States Senator, Oxford, Mississippi., 1884 November 16

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105969
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Encloses copies of his letter to Cleveland and newspapers and articles sent with the letter; states that the "enclosures explain themselves." 1 p. ACyS of ALS. Including Ns, names and addresses of the recepients of similar letters. 2 pp.

Dates: 1884 November 16

Alfred E. Wild, Judge Local Court 2672, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Jr., Judge Advocate, K[nights] [of] L[abor] A[ssociation] Court 2672, 1884 November 17

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105970
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Requests Tyler to formulate the charges and carry out the procedures incolved in the case of "Bro[ther]s Blake, Trader and Traylor against Bro[ther] G. W. Sargent." 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1884 November 17

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to T. V. Powderly, Grand Master Workman K. L. Order, Senator Pennsylvania, n.p., 1884 November 24

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105971
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Relates the case brought against a member of the Knights of Labor for breaking a boycott against the New York Tribune; asks under what law he can be prosecuted as he can find nothing in the Constitution or bylaws relating to it; refuses to become an "instrument of Tyranny." ACyS of ALS.

Dates: 1884 November 24

W. S. Wandby, Washington, D.C., to John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., [18]84 December 1

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105972
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Informs Tyler that he will be at the Fed[eration] of Labor Hall on Tuesday evening and that he will have his stamp with him. 1 p. ACS. Including N, address of W. S. Wandby and William Turner. 1 p.

Dates: [18]84 December 1

W. H. Parsons, Baltimore, Md., to Gen[eral] John Tyler, [West Washington, D.C.], 1884 December 12

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105974
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Mails copy of the Baltimore Times of Dec. 13; discusses the Blaine and Butler issue. 1 p. ALS. Including NwsCl of the Times, 13 Dec. 1884 on "Butler's Treachery" and "Butler's Defeat."

Dates: 1884 December 12

W. H. Parsons, Baltimore, Md., to Gen[eral] John Tyler, n.p., 1884 December 12

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105976
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Thanks Tyler for the copy; sends 20 sopies of the Times for Tyler to "dispose of them where they will do the most good;" discusses the "depression," states that his "sole work now is to defeat McCulloch's policy." 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1884 December 12

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to Arthur P. Gorman, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., 1884 December 15

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105977
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Believes that there were three political factors that influenced Cleveland's election: the Independent Republicans, the Prohibitionists, and the Greenback and Labor popular elements; discusses the Blaine and Butler issue; sends articles from the Times and the National View on topics mentioned. 4 pp. ACyS of ALS. Including NwsCls from the National View. 5 pp.

Dates: 1884 December 15

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to Chester A. Arthur, President, Washington, D.C., 1884 [December 25]

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105978
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Asks Arthur to "confer an official favor, worthy of yourself as President, upon the Son of a President;" describes his past activities. 2 pp. ACyS of ALS.

Dates: 1884 [December 25]

[?], n.p., to John Tyler, n.p., [1884?]

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: id105979
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Asks Tyler to send Miss Norma S. Lively "one of your most encouraging letters and send her some papers;" mentions her debut as a teacher. 1 p. AL.

Dates: [1884?]