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Sources consulted for the biography of:John Tyler (1790–1862)
Primary Sources
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1815–1816 session), 24, (1825–1826 session), 17, (1826–1827 session), 22, 97, 131, (1832–1833 session), 184, (1835–1836 session), 171–175.
- Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829–1830 (1830), 22, 548–549, 711–712, 842, 882.
- Annals of Congress, 15th Congress, 1st session, 907–913, 2d session, 925–935, 1309–1328, 16th Congress, 1st session, 1382–1394, 1952–1963.
- Register of Debates, 22d Congress, 1st session, 335–367, 2d session, 360–377, 688, 23d Congress, 1st session, 663–679, 24th Congress, 1st session, 636.
- Journal of the House of Representatives, 27th Congress, 3d. session, 157–163.
- George H. Reese and William H. Gaines Jr., editors, Proceedings of the Virginia State Convention of 1861 (1965), 1:636–681, 3:299–301, 4:144.
- George H. Reese, editor, Journals and Papers of the Virginia State Convention of 1861 (1966), 1:240–241, 264.
- John Tyler Executive Papers, Record Group 3, Accession 42267, Library of Virginia.
- John Tyler Papers, MSS 43489, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Secondary Sources
- Lyon G. Tyler, The Letters and Times of the Tylers (3 vols., 1884–1885, 1896).
- Oliver Perry Chitwood, John Tyler: Champion of the Old South (1939).
- Harold D. Moser, John Tyler: A Bibliography (2001).
- Dan Monroe, The Republican Vision of John Tyler (2003).
- Edward P. Crapol, John Tyler: The Accidental President (2006).
Newspapers
- First marriage in Richmond Enquirer, Apr. 13, 1813.
- Second marriage in New York Herald, June 27, 1844.
Obituaries
- New York Herald, Jan. 22, 1862.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, Jan. 20, 1862, Jan. 21, 1862, Jan. 22 1862.
- Daily Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 20, 21, 22, 23, 1862.
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