March 7
Private

My dear Alexander 
Have received your check
on Bank [?] for $141. 6 1/4.
I will certainly attend to your Mother
with a yr at [?] of [pleasure]. 
Buchanan stand a good chance
the best chance for the nomination now I 
think - anything to [?] loss - but
I have got Buchanan so [?]
he can hardly [?].
The Richmond
Convention was complimentary to my
father and sister([Jane])particularly so.
The Convention cheered his name
lustily when it was pronounced.
Truly Yours
Ro. Tyler

A. Gardiner Esqr

Alexander Gardiner Esqr
New York City