John Butler Papers 1825-1885

ArchivalResource

John Butler Papers 1825-1885

John Butler was a Quaker of Salem, Ohio during the nineteenth century. The collection consists of correspondence, journals and diaries relating to Butler's activities as a delegate from the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Orthodox Friends. Includes material on exemption of Quakers from military service during the Civil War and their opposition to the war; on Butler's meeting with President Abraham Lincoln; and on Butler's trips to Iowa, to the Indiana Yearly Meeting, to freedmen's camps in the South, to Kansas Indian agents and tribes, and other travels on behalf of Indians.

eng,

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6393729

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Butler, John.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d031j8 (person)

Epithet: Bishop of Hereford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000254 Title: 2nd Marquess of Ormonde British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x00011a Epithet: of Add Ch 6125 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x00010b Title: Marquis ...