Presumably a portrait of Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of President John Tyler.
Letitia Christian Tyler, wife of President Tyler, died two years into her husband's term; her daughters, Elizabeth and Letitia, and her daughter-in-law, Priscilla, acted as hostesses of the White House until the president married Julia Gardiner in June 1844. According to a note on the back of t...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/8288 |
| Summary: | Letitia Christian Tyler, wife of President Tyler, died two years into her husband's term; her daughters, Elizabeth and Letitia, and her daughter-in-law, Priscilla, acted as hostesses of the White House until the president married Julia Gardiner in June 1844. According to a note on the back of this image, Letitia Tyler Semple gave it to two of her nieces in 1895: "The photograph is taken from the portrait by 'Charles King' while 'Lady of the White House.'" |
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