Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Benjamin F. Butler papers, 1778-1929 |
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Span Dates | 1778-1929 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1861-1893) |
ID No. | MSS14514 |
Creator | Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Framklin), 1818-1893 |
Extent | 190,000 items ; 263 containers plus 4 oversize ; 90 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Army officer, state legislator and U.S. representative from Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, and military governor of New Orleans. Correspondence, letterbooks, order books, reports, notebooks, newspaper clippings, and other papers concerning Butler's Civil War commands, his service in the United States Congress as a representative from Massachusetts, his election as governor of Massachusetts, and his candidacy for president. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82014514 |