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In Memoriam Robert Tyler Born September 9th, 1816 : Died Dec. 3d 1877

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    John Tyler, Gloucester Place, letter to Robert Tyler :

    Manuscripts

    Tyler sends advice on behavior to his sons Robert and John Jr. while students at the College of William & Mary; also mentions Robert's work on volume 1 of "the rebelllion."

    mssHM 23115

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    John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, Virginia, letter to Robert Tyler :

    Manuscripts

    Letter to his son regarding the crops at the Sherwood Forest plantation, activities of his wife and other children; also discusses strategies for the 1860 presidential convention in Charleston, cotton, his presidency, and current president James Buchanan.

    mssHM 23233

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    John Tyler, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia :

    Manuscripts

    Tyler's letter to his son at the College of William & Mary is primarily an eye-witness account of the attempted assassination of President Andrew Jackson on January 30 at the funeral of Representative Warren R. Davis; also includes some family matters. Some text has been crossed out.

    mssHM 23120

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    Robert M. Lee et al, Philadelphia, letter to John Tyler

    Manuscripts

    Letter signed. From a committee desiring to make arrangements for Tyler's visit to Philadelphia; signed by 16 committee members. (2 pages)

    HM 71048

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    Robert Tyler Lee family photographs

    Visual Materials

    Photographs of the Lee family at home, portraits of the family, and photographs taken on various trips including Yosemite, Lake Superior, and others.

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    John Tyler papers

    Manuscripts

    This collection primarily consists of letters to John Tyler, from 1842 to 1852, many of them invitations to visit or attend various cities, clubs, societies, and celebrations. Correspondence also concerns the Democratic Party, politics; and the 1844 election, party division, and Tyler's withdrawal from the race. Also present are financial records of White House expenses while Tyler was in office in 1844, Tyler's opinion on the published correspondence of Henry Clay, and a document in Tyler's hand regarding the 1830s military leave of absence case of a Lieutenant Schamberg. In addition, the collection contains an 1838 copybook belonging to Benjamin Harker, the son of Benjamin Harker, founder of the Harker Pottery Company in East Liverpool, Ohio.

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