Papers, 1862-1885 / John Butler.

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Papers, 1862-1885 / John Butler.

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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 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.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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