John Tyler, Jr., Williamsburg, Virginia, to John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington City, D.C., 1880
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- Box 15, Folder 2
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Encloses letters from Colonel Ewell, President of William and Mary College; discusses the upcoming election and the Mahone movement; urges the Republican party to join forces with Mahone to create "a true National attitude in the Senate" and to crush out the Bourbon Democracy and break up the South; discusses prospects for local elections [Virginia]; asks for a commission to be restored to him. 5 pp. ACys of ALS.
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