Margaret Butler correspondence, 1847-1880.

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Margaret Butler correspondence, 1847-1880.

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Letters from family and friends reflect the life of the prominent Louisiana Butler family in the antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Antebellum letters depict plantation life and religious life in the Episcopal church. Several members of the family served in the Confederate army and corresponded with Margaret, describing the life of army personnel. Later correspondence illustrates social and economic conditions after the war.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Butler family.

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Butler, Margaret, 1821-1890.

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Margaret Butler, daughter of Louisiana judge Thomas Butler and Ann Ellis Butler lived at the Cottage in West Feliciana Parish near Saint Francisville. The Butlers were sugar and cotton planters. From the description of Margaret Butler correspondence, 1847-1880. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244097501 ...