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Start Over Collection John Tyler, Jr. Papers, 1800/1928 Date range 1881

Letter, 1881 Box 49, Folder 11

John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C. to His Excellency Rutherford B. Hays, President of the United States, Executive Mansion [COPY]. Tyler knows what the President probably thinks of him, and even though there has been cause in the past to believe such impressions, there was no cause for terminating his employment with the Treasury Department last June. After the war, he aligned himself with the Republicans and the national cause to set a good example for other Southerners, and though he has been made to pay for that decision ever since, including being slandered and having his home set on fire, Tyler refuses to back down. Carpetbaggers and Senators have been conspiring to prevent Tyler from holding office for their own motives. He would be most grateful if the President were able to do something about the problem before he leaves office. Envelope included.

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