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Box 19

 Container

Contains 89 Results:

A. R. Shands, n.p., to Miss Mattie [Tyler], Washington, D.C., [1894 June 29]

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: id107690
Scope and Contents

Encloses a prescription for her father and explanation for its use. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: [1894 June 29]

Hugh V. Washington, Macon, Ga., to Gen[eral] John Tyler, Washington, D.C., 1894 July 10

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: id107691
Scope and Contents

Asks Tyler if he knows of any connection between his wife's family - the Hammonds, and the Tyler family; gives a geneology of the Hammond family. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1894 July 10

Announcement of the wedding of Miss Mary Wignall, sent to General and Miss Tyler., 1894 June 23

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: id107693
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: 1894 June 23

Dr. Theo[dore] Hansmann, Washington, D.C., to General John Tyler, Jr., Washington, D.C., 1894 August 3

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: id107695
Scope and Contents

Informs Tyler of the arrangements he made to have a medium visit Tyler; states that the meeting must be totally private. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1894 August 3

[Miss Mattie Tyler?], n.p. to [?], [1894 September? 3?]

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: id107696
Scope and Contents

Appeals for another favor in her father's behalf; describes her father's life and past accomplishments; asks that legislation be passed to award her father some money. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: [1894 September? 3?]

May C. Williams, Washington, D.C., to "Cousin John" [Tyler] and Cousin Mattie [Tyler]., [1894] September 19

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: id107698
Scope and Contents

Announces her wedding to Mr. J. A. Settle on September 20; regrets that she missed Mattie this evening; invites Mattie down to her new house. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: [1894] September 19

Announcement from Mrs. Thomas G. Williams of the marriage of her daughter, Mary Curtis, to Mr. J.A. Settle., 1894 September 20

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: id107700
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: 1894 September 20

John Tyler, Jr., Georgetown, D.C., to Sydney L. Wilson, U.S. Pension Agent, Washington City, D.C., 1894 December 3

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: id107701
Scope and Contents

Asks for a voucher for his Mexican War pension. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1894 December 3

John Tyler, Georgetown, D.C., to Bachellor J. Johnson, Syndicate Publishers, New York., 1895 January 1

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: id107703
Scope and Contents

Sends the title page of an article for his acceptance; refers Johnson to Mr. Wilkins of the Washington Post for further information. 1 p. L.

Dates: 1895 January 1

Helen D. Brace, n.p., to John Tyler, [Jr.], n.p., 1895 April 29

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: id107705
Scope and Contents

Remembers her ride in the countryside with Tyler 11 years ago for his birthday; believes God to have wanted everyone to be happy; sends some money for "gooddies;" sends her best wishes to Tyler and Miss Mattie. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1895 April 29

Invitation to an open house of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Gresham, Herndon, Va., 1895 July 22

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: id107706
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: 1895 July 22

A. Geary Johnson, Washington, D.C., to Gen[eral] John Tyler, Washington, D.C., 1895 August 22

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: id107708
Scope and Contents

Quotes the current prices on coal; advises Tyler to buy now as prices are due to go up. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1895 August 22

William Christian Tyler, Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Tyler, Esq., Washington, D.C., 1895 September 21

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: id107710
Scope and Contents

Relates how he was informed by an article after his father's death, of the existence of an estate in England left to his father and the father of John Tyler, Jr.; asks if Tyler knows anything about his matter. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: 1895 September 21

Announcement from Mrs. Susan Tyler Hyde of the marriage of her daughter, Sue Tyler, to Mr. Eben Grant Dodge., 1895 November 21

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: id107711
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: 1895 November 21

[?] to John Sherman, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 1899 March 30

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: id107712
Scope and Contents

Asks Sherman to rmember the "inhuman treatment;" oh his father by the previous administration; describes how the death of his father left him without home or employment; mentions the Post Office in the area where he would like to be appointed. 2 pp. L.

Dates: 1899 March 30

Helen D. Brace, Georgetown, D.C., to "Dear friend Tyler," n.p., 1899 October 11

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: id107713
Scope and Contents

Discusses dress prices and styles; is sorry that "you have cut the Tylers" as she thinks "they are respectable people for all;" believes 'friend Tyler' should get a room near the office in winter; gossips about Elisha; notes that "my relatives and friends are dropping rapidly by the wayside." 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1899 October 11

John Tyler, Jr., n.p., to Mr. Secretary [U.S. Treasury?], Washington, D.C., undated

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: id107715
Scope and Contents

Asks for the appointment of Inspector of Customs that he held earlier instead of his present position on the Destruction Committee. 2 pp. AL.

Dates: undated

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to John Shands[?], U.S. Senate, Washington City, D.C., undated

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: id107716
Scope and Contents

Believes Albert Evedays[?] in the House of Representatives will be an asset to the Republicans. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: undated

S[ydney] Wilson, n.p., to General [John Tyler], n.p., undated [1890s?]

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: id107718
Scope and Contents

States that Mrs. Wilson did not remember the name of the caterer, but gives the address; believes Charles Eckles to know what Virginia people like. 1 p. ALS.

Dates: undated [1890s?]

John Tyler, Jr., West Washington, D.C., to Joseph Wheeler, n.p., undated

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: id107719
Scope and Contents

Wishes to be Wheeler's clerk; is "anxious to get back to my proper status as a Southern man and old Confederate;" mentions his involvement in the Sons of Jonadab; believes the "Yankees are driving the country into another civil war." 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: undated

John Tyler, Jr., n.p., to Postscripts Office, Washington Post., [ca. 1890]

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: id107720
Scope and Contents

Encloses a "compliment in verse inscribed to a Washington Lady well known to the social circles of the City;" omits her name from a "sense of delicacy." 1 p. AL.

Dates: [ca. 1890]

Asks for some occasion for cake to be made and to invite Mr. and Mrs. Patterson; written in Tyler's hand., [1890s]

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: id107722
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: [1890s]

Misc. incompletes., undated

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: id107723
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: undated