Royall Tyler collection, 1753-1935.

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Royall Tyler collection, 1753-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36062402

The collection includes Royall Tyler's correspondence, 1787-1825; papers relating to Tyler's involvement in Shays' Rebellion, 1787; legal forms and accounts, 1792-1821; court dockets of Windham County, Vt., 1815-1818; and manuscripts of Tyler's literary works. There is also an early diary of John Adams (1735-1826) that Tyler presumably acquired during his brief engagement to John's daughter, Abby. Mary Palmer Tyler is represented in the collection by her diary, 1821-1842, as well as in correspondence with her husband and children. There is also a daguerreotype of Mary and several other photographs and silhouettes of Mary, Royall, and their children. The collection encompasses a large correspondence file of the Tyler family, including letters written and received by children and descendants of the family, as well as affiliated families such as the Palmers, the Boardmans and Meigs, and the Browns. Particularly well represented in the correspondence are Thomas Pickman Tyler, Guy Brown, and Diane Brown Tyler. There are also copies of commonplace books kept by various family members, and copies of sermons. Helen Tyler Brown, Royall Tyler's great-granddaughter, spent her life researching Tyler and her notes and drafts of a drama about him are in this collection. Also included are notes and reviews of Mary Palmer Tyler's autobiography which Brown and Frederick Tupper edited and published in 1925 as "Grandmother Tyler's Book."

9 linear feet.

Vermont Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376829

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Adams, John, 1735-1826

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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...

Meigs family.

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Tyler, Amelia.

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Tupper, Frederick, 1871-1950

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Brown, Guy C.

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Tyler, Charles Royall, 1812-1896.

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Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826

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Tyler was a playwright and jurist whose career included terms on the Supreme Court of Vermont (1801-1813). From the description of Deed to Joseph Woodward, 29 November 1786. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235157483 American novelist, dramatist and jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor [Vermont], to Samuel Williams in Rutland, 1799 Feb. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573729 American jurist, novelist, a...

Tyler, Mary Palmer, 1775-1866

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Author. Full name: Mary Hunt Palmer Tyler. From the description of Autobiography of Mary Palmer Tyler, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068511 ...

Tyler, Diane.

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Boardman family.

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Palmer family.

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Brown family.

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Tyler, Gertrude.

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Tyler family.

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Brown, Allan, d. 1904.

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Brown, Helen Tyler, 1864-1935.

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Wilbur, James B. (James Benjamin), 1856-1929

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Tyler, Thomas Pickman, 1817-1892

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