Papers, 1849-1890 / Consul Willshire Butterfield.

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Papers, 1849-1890 / Consul Willshire Butterfield.

Diaries, research materials, and original ms. copies or printed editions (with handwritten revisions) of books and articles by Butterfield. Includes 6 diaries kept on a trip to California (1849), diary kept on a trip to San Francisco (1851), and Butterfield's writings on William Crawford, the Washington-Crawford letters, La Salle and La Durantaye, Simon Girty, and Jean Nicolet.

1.0 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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La Salle, René Robert, sieur de, 1643-1687

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Nicollet, Jean, 1598-1642.

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Interpreter and clerk for the Compagnie de la Nouvelle France, explorer, and liaison officer between the French and the Indians. Nicollet arrived in Canada in 1618, and, at the request of Champlain, spent two years at Allumette Island in the Ottawa River, learning the Huron and Algonkin languages. After nine years among the Nipissings, and four years in Huron country, he settled in Trois-Rivières and Québec in 1633 as a clerk of the Compagnie. Between 1634 and 1635, he...

Girty, Simon, 1741-1818

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Crawford, William, 1732-1782

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Army officer. From the description of William Crawford correspondence, 1761. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450020 ...

Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899

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Historian and editor. From the description of Papers, 1849-1890 / Consul Willshire Butterfield. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19916915 ...