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Lot 455

Tyler, John (1790-1862) 10th President of the United States; the first U.S. vice president to assume the office of President upon the death of his predecessor (William Henry Harrison). Autograph letter signed ("J. Tyler"), 1p, 8 x 5¼ in., Richmond, 18 Apr. 1861. To his son, Robert, expressing concern about newspaper reports of Robert's activities: "What have you done to merit threats of the vigilante Comm….Better leave than be under suspicion and surveillance. The report is that persons are not permitted to pass on south through Washington. Vir[ginia] is no longer a state of the old Union. She went out on the 16th…." Very good; a few letters affected by paper loss and some contemporary ink smudging. Matted with a portrait of Tyler and framed to an overall size of 17 x 19½ in.

Tyler chaired the Virginia Peace Convention in February 1861, which tried to find a way to avoid civil war. On the 16th of April, the delegates of the Virginia Secession Convention met to determine Virginia's reaction to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops to put down the uprising; the Ordinance of Secession actually passed on the 17th of April and Virginians ratified the ordinance on May 23rd. Western Virginia did not want to secede and was admitted into the Union as West Virginia on June 20, 1863. Tyler was a member of the Confederate House of Representatives when he died in 1862.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000.

 
Realized $5,175



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