Benjamin Franklin Butler letters, 1855-1886.

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Benjamin Franklin Butler letters, 1855-1886.

Typed letter to Converse Clement, dated Sept. 1, 1886, setting the record straight regarding the settlement of quartermaster Captain McClure's accounts with the U.S. Treasury and complaining of the Treasury's incompetence; and note to Moore, dated July 20, 1855, conveying dispatches from Judge Thomas.

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Cornell University Library

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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...

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Clement, Converse.

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