Papers, 1878-1918.

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Papers, 1878-1918.

Misc. letters to William D. Northend, a lawyer of Salem, Mass., on a variety of personal subjects and a few letters to his wife following his death. Correspondents include Benjamin F. Butler, William C. Endicott, and Egbert C. Smyth.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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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...

Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1826-1900

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William Crowninshield Endicott was Secretary of War from 1885 to 1889. Josiah Royce was author of California, from the conquest in 1846 to the second vigilance committee in San Francisco, which was published in 1886. From the description of Letter to Josiah Royce, 1885, Apr. 9. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122288820 ...

Smyth, Egbert Coffin, 1829-1904

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Congregational clergyman and educator; professor at Andover Theological Seminary and Bowdoin College. From the description of Letter to H.O. Houghton & Co., 1887 September 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49322036 Congregational minister, professor at Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Papers, 1851-1903. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11925041 ...

Northend, William Dummer, 1823-1902

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William Dummer Northend was born 26 February 1823, in Byfield, Massachusetts, and died 29 October 1902, in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Bowdoin College, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar (1845), married Susan Stedman Harrod (1846), and practiced law in Salem, Massachusetts. Northend was a member of the Massachusetts Senate (1861-1862), and politically was a "Copperhead" during the Civil War. He became president of the Essex County (Massachusetts) Bar Association (1880s), a trustee...