Papers, 1802-1902.

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Papers, 1802-1902.

Personal correspondence concerning the Whig Party, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Charles Johnson McCurdy, Washington (D.C.) political and social life, and other topics. Correspondents include William Claflin, J.L. Edwards, Abbott Lawrence, Lawrence Collins Lee, Francis Hubbard Litchfield Turnbull, Joseph Warren, and Coleman Yellot.

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Wallach, Richard, 1816-1881

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Lawyer, and mayor of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1802-1902. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273488 Lawyer, Whig Party member, and mayor of Washington, D.C. From the description of Richard Wallach family papers, 1800-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981496 ...

McCurdy, Charles J. (Charles Johnson), 1797-1891

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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