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Including correspondence concerning a pension for Presidents' widows; news from friends and relatives; her childre; her financial and legal affairs; her ancestry. 21 items.

Scope and Contents Including correspondence chiefly between her son Lachlan Tyler and her; concerning news of friends and relatives; his progress in his studies; "Carter's Grove" plantation; President Garfield's death; her illness. 31 items.

Scope and Contents Including correspondence concerning her active social life and her many suitors; news of family and friends; her schooling at Sacred Heart Convent; her brothers [John Alexander Tyler and David Gardiner Tyler] and cousin Harry Beeckman in Germany; her courtship and marriage to William H. Spencer. In addition are poems which she composed, an invitation to her wedding, a newspaper clipping describing her wedding ceremony, love letters from William H. Spencer, and two callign cards. 33 items.

Including receipts and correspondence with family and acquaintances. Most of the letters are to his brother, Lyon G. Tyler, discussing the family financial matters; his job with the New York State Health Department; financial problems of his brother, Robert Fitzwalter Tyler; local and state politics. Also, there is a letter from George Fluerot to Lyon G. Tyler concerning Lachlan Tyler's death in 1902. 33 items.

Including correspondence with Annie (Tucker) Tyler, Lyon G. Tyler and Mary Morris (Jones) Tyler; Christmas cards; calling cards; bills; real estate transactions; poetry; recipes. The letters concern family news; his poor health; his far; financial difficulties; his need for further employment; news of his sister-in-law's [Annie Tucker Tyler] death. 40 items.

Including correspondence with family and friends; sale receipts; a recipe for catsup; and two wedding invitations--one being to his sister's [Pearl Tyler] wedding in November, 1884. The letters concernfamily news; his farm; financial mattrs; social news. 20 items.

Scope and Contents Including correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler, John Tyler, Jr., Annie (Tucker) Tyler, E.C. Madison, John Lamb, Robert Shaw Oliver, and Robert Fitzwalter Tyler, including correspondence concerning his Judgeship of the 14the Circut Court in Charles City County, Virginia; state and local politics; family affairs; financial concerns; affairs of the College of William and Mary; real estate interests; his medical record; announcement of his daughter Margaret's marriage to Stepher Fowler Chadwick; an address delivered to the reunion of Confederate veterans, 1 June 1915, in Richmond, Va.; a eulogy of Gardiner given upon the presentation of his portrait to the 14th Circut Court, 19 April, 1928. 49 items.

Scope and Contents Including fragments of ltter written from Germany soon after the Civil War; a poem of unrequited love composed by him; a letter to his mother, Julia Gardiner Tyler, in which he refers to Catholic priests as "useless drones" and "stinging hornets"; a complete biography of his life; local and national politics; his studies in Germany and at Washington [and Lee] College; romantic interests and family concerns. 13 items.