William Ritchie Whitaker papers, 1855-1886.

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William Ritchie Whitaker papers, 1855-1886.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/368287386

This collection consists of professional and personal papers of William Ritchie Whitaker, who had a long career as judge in the Orleans Parish, Louisiana, criminal court system in the nineteenth century. Included are handwritten letters with postmarked envelopes, programs, funeral notices, certificates, stamped receipts, local newspaper pages and other printed material, licenses for hunting and bearing firearms, voter registration documents, calling cards, and photographs. One of the certificates bears the autograph of President James Buchanan. Correspondents include William Eaton Chandler (1835-1917), and Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893).

2 linear feet (1 box)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7387929

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Orleans Parish (La.). Superior Criminal Court

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Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917

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U.S. secretary of the navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. From the description of William E. Chandler papers, 1863-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982265 U.S. Secretary of the Navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. From the description of Papers [microform], 1876-1882. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 62739785 William E. Chandler, a Republican, was U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1889-1901, Assistant ...

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...

Whitaker, William Ritchie.

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William R. Whitaker was reared in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, coming to New Orleans with Union troops in 1862. He was appointed in 1880 as criminal court judge in Orleans Parish. The collection indicates that he had interest in, and connections to, various freemason lodges. From the description of William Ritchie Whitaker papers, 1855-1886. (Tulane University). WorldCat record id: 368287386 ...