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3 Lyon Gardiner Tyler, The Letters and Times of the Tylers [i] (1896)

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THE


LETTERS AND TIMES



                OF


THE


TYLERS


BY


LYON GARDINER TYLER, M. A., LL. D.,

    President of William and Mary College, Author of  Par-
ties and Patronage in the United States, Editor of William
and  Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Member
of the Executive committee of the Virginia Historical Socie-
ty, Member of American Philosophical Society, etc.



    JOHN TYLER-  He became his station as President singularly
                 well.-Charles Dickens.
                    The most felicitous among the orators I
                 have known. -,Jeferson Davis.
                   His own state papers compare favorably in
                 point of ability with those of any of his predeces-
                 sors.-Alexander II. Stephens.
                   One of the most fascinating men I had ever
                 known-brilliant, eloquent, even more charming
                 than Mr. Calhoun in conversation.-H/on. ien-
                 ry IV. Hilliard, Author of  Pn Pitaites,
                 ( . S. .1ImInter to Brad/.





               IN  THREE VOLUMES

                    VOL. III.





            WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA:


1896,