Manuscripts
John Tyler, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia :
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- Description
- 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.
- Production date
- 1835 January 31.
- Call number
- mssHM 23120
- Provenance
- Purchased from Anderson Galleries 2397/1490, 1920.
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