Edwards Pierrepont papers, 1862-1866.

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Edwards Pierrepont papers, 1862-1866.

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The Edwards Pierrepont Papers relate to the case of Samuel Smith v. Major General Benjamin F. Butler, who during the federal occupation of New Orleans had confiscated $50,000 in gold from Smith's bank to pay Federal soldiers. Letters deal with Smith's institution of the suit and subsequent dismissal of it after he received restitution from the federal government. Included in the collection is a clerical copy containing the proceedings of a commission of inquiry at New Orleans in 1862 relative to the case, a steel engraving of Butler in uniform, and a copy of the New York Tribune for April 28, 1862 reporting the capture of New Orleans and the panic and destruction of property accompanying it.

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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...

Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892

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Lawyer, of New York, N.Y., U.S. attorney general, and ambassador to Great Britain. From the description of Papers of Edwards Pierrepont, 1847-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81338859 A prominent New York lawyer and politician and Democrat who was against secession and supportive of the use of force to protect the Union. President Lincoln appointed him to try the cases of those who had been imprisoned in the North for suspected disloyalty to the Union cause and after the...

Smith, Samuel

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Epithet: Curate of Wye, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000195 Epithet: son of W Smith MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x00038f ...