J. Tyler
U.S.S.
Robert Tyler
Student Wm & Mary College
Williamsburg
Virginia
Jan 26, 1832

J. Tyler
U.S.S.

Robert Tyler
Student William & Mary College
Williamsburg
Virginia

Washington January 26, 1834

My Son:

Your letter of the 22nd reached me in due season. Your 
anxiety on the subject of attending W. Rodger's senior class, as a 
mere spectator and auditor, is without just foundation. This is a 
priviledge which I have no doubt he would readily grant not only 
to every student at College, but to the whole town. You manifest 
however a very becoming delicacy on the subject, and to put you 
at rest I have written to W. Rodgers as the enclosed letter will 
show. Whether he charges a fee or not is, and ought to be so 
considered by you, perfectly immaterial. You impose upon him 
no additional trouble-and I hope you will continue to attend him 
throughout the year. Him and myself will fully adjust the whole 
matter. If however you are willing to assume the labor of being 
a regular student in his senior class, I have no objection to your 
becoming so, altho' I think that when you shall have Mr. 
Dew's half course you will have your hands full and I do 
not think that much good will arise from overburdening your
self. Whatever you undertake you should learn thoroughly.
In your letter you say nothing of a remittance of fifty dollars I made you for W. Brown. I hope it came safely to hand. Enclosed you will receive ten dollars-half of which I wish you to give to your sister-the other half is for yourself.

yours go as far as you can - you should always so manage as 
to keep a dollar or two by you - and this can only be done by never
spending a cent wastefully - It gives me the greatest pleasure
to learn that you still morecute your studies with zeal and apt
duty - Doctor Sameth is here and gives me this account of you -
recreation at your age is necessary. But I am sure you will
not carry it too far - your lectures first - and then you are ready
for go tell society - avoid the idle as you would a pestilence.
I suppose that Albert is by this time married and that no
frolicking will soon be over - Present my congratulations to him
and with him and his wife every horrible happening - your
sister will hardly be able, I suppose, to tear herself from Williams
burg - When she returns she should send for John to accompany
her, unless you could get a conveyance to york, in which case
you could see her safe over the Ferry and John could meet her
on the opposite side - I have some ideas of bringing her on with
me when I go home - which however cannot be until the weather
becomes milder - I should have been highly pleased could you
have heard Wr. Preston sheat the other day in the Senate - Any
a son of General Preston of Va. and a great nephew of Patrick
Henry and may be greatly considered one of the most elegant
man in America - He is one of the Senators from S. Carolina
My love to your wife
Yr. Father
Ly Tyler
My health is better although I still
have a very bad cold