Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Overview Correspondence and papers of a major political figure dealing largely with politics in Virginia, West Virginia, and Virginia in the Confederacy. Bennett, a lawyer and legislator, was a member of the Virginia General Assembly, 1852-1853; president of the Weston Branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia; auditor of Virginia, 1857-1865; member of the senate of West Virginia, 1872-1876; and a member of the commission appointed to adjust the Virginia debt question in 1871. Correspondents include...

Overview Correspondence, research notes, and manuscripts of a professor of history at West Virginia University (1907-1946), professor emeritus (1946-1971), and author of several college history textbooks and biographies. Subjects include book publishing, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence with legislators and congressmen, personal correspondence, former students, and the Democratic Convention delegate selection in 1928. Also included are materials on Chitwood's books JOHN TYLER: CHAMPION...

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Research notes and copies of the correspondence of John Tyler collected by Oliver Perry Chitwood for his biography, "John Tyler, Champion of the Old South" (1939), from manuscripts in private collections and the New York Public Library, Huntington Library, and Duke University Library.

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Microfilm of records of the Old White Sulphur Springs Hotel (now the Greenbrier Hotel), including ledgers for 1816 and 1827, an account book for 1830-1831, and guest registers for 1896-1898, 1910, 1911, and 1913-1914. These records have entries for many prominent nineteenth century Americans including Henry Clay, Stephen Decatur, John Tyler, John Floyd, and General John Preston.