Williamsburg Va July 10 1840
Dear Sir;
I have been honord by your letter of the 24th
June and have to express my acknowledgements to the 10th Ward
Tippecanoe Club for the polite notice which they have been pleased 
to take of me in conferring upon me the rights of honorary mem
-bership and in the satisfaction they express at my nomina-
tion for the Vice Presidency.  In regard to the last, which was
up to the moment of its being made, wholly unanticipated
by me, I must be permitted to say that I regarded the honour
as greatly enhanc'd by the association of my name with that 
of the illustrious individual who has been nominated for 
the Presidency.  Independent of the fact that our birth places
were within the short distance of Five miles of each other,
and that our fathers had been Colleagues in important
deliberative bodies during the Revolution, I had servd
with him in both branches of Congress, and for a portion
of time, we were fellow boarders under the same roof.  The 
fullest opportunity has therefore been afforded me of
becoming intimately acquainted with him, and that ac-
quaintance has deeply impressed me with an exalted opinion
of his private and public worth. That he is a man to be
lovd and esteemd, all who know him can well avouch.  That
he is a patriot whose whole soul is devoted to the advancement
of the prosperity and glory of his country, a long life of use-
fulness can well attest and that he will if elected, restore
the Constitution to its legitimate and proper meaning, I will

not for a moment doubt.  It will be for him to set an example 
of more value than can well be estimated to the future success of 
our institutions, in limiting the Presidential term to a simple 
term of four years.  The President thereby will become separated 
from party, and carefully abstaining from bringing his patro
-nage to bear on the succession, the whole and undivided efforts
of his administration will be directed to the good of his country
and the establishment of his own claims to the gratitude of poste
-rity.  Whether such a consummation is to be atchievd or not
depends upon the people, since it is for them exclusively to
decide in the selection of their agents.
With Sentiments of High Respect
I have the honour to be
Dear Sir
Yr [?]
John Tyler

George E. Belcher Esqr
Cor. Sec. 10th Ward Tip. Club
City of N. York

Received
July 14th 1840

Geo. E. Belcher Esqr.
301. Browne Street
New York