New Releases by Mary Tyler

There are papers concerning an egg project run by the Cheeks as part of the war effort during the Second World War.

Mary Mann, widow of Horace Mann, writes William Lloyd Garrison to inquire if he has in his possession amongst his Liberator files copies of two letters written by her husband in 1853 on the subject of "how a conscientious man could vote & hold office under a Constitution that allowed slavery". Mann requests that Garrison forward these to her, if possible, as she is presently engaged in compiling and preparing her late husband''s political papers for publication.

Letter, dated April 20, 1832 in Washington, D.C., from John Tyler (later, president of the United States from 1841-1845), to his daughter, Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Tyler speaks of his regret at hearing of the fire which destroyed the historic Old Capital in Richmond, where Patrick Henry first protested British misrule. He also advises his daughter to tell people who question her about her father''s political views that he is a Jackson man, who refuses to deal with anything regarding Van Buren or Calhoun, and who is motivated by public rather than personal interests. He relates the latest political news, noting especially the trial in the House of former Tennessee governor [Samuel] Houston, accused of assaulting a Mr. Stanberry in the street; and the possible appointment of [Andrew] Stevenson as minister to England. The letter concludes with family news of the visit to Washington of Maria [possibly Tyler''s sister, Maria Henry Tyler Seawell], and the recuperation at home of another Tyler daughter, Alice.