Benjamin Butterworth papers, 1857-1908 (inclusive), 1861-1898 (bulk).

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Benjamin Butterworth papers, 1857-1908 (inclusive), 1861-1898 (bulk).

Lawyer and politician. Scrapbooks of clippings and typed transcriptions of scrapbooks (1882-1898) concerning his career as lawyer, member of Congress from Ohio (1878-1882, 1886-1890) and commissioner of patents (1883-1885, 1897-1898). Included also are twenty letters which were originally part of the scrapbooks. Of these four are family correspondence (1857-1883) and the remainder are letters from political friends (1880-1898). The papers also contain the manuscript (typescript) introduction to The life of Major Benjamin Butterworth by Florence M. Bradford.

2 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022301

Yale University Library

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