Benjamin F. Butler papers, (Record no. 43453)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 82014514 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | W |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Butler, Benjamin F. |
| Fuller form of name | (Benjamin Franklin), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1818-1893. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Benjamin F. Butler papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1778-1929 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1861-1893). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 190,000 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 263 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 4 |
| Type of unit | oversize. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 90 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged in 9 series. Series 1: Personal File, 1778-1893; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1830-1894; Series 3: Legal File, 1841-1891; Series 4: Speeches and Writings, circa 1859-1892; Series 5: Subject File, circa 1830-1909; Series 6: Printed Matter, 1858-1929; Series 7: Letterbooks, 1861-1893; Series 8: Miscellany, 1810-1889; and Series 9: Oversize, 1858-1884. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, letterbooks, order books, reports, notebooks, newspaper clippings, charts, maps, photographs, and other papers concerning Butler's Civil War commands, service as U.S. representative from and governor of Massachusetts, and candidacy for U.S. president in 1884. Documents Butler's participation in military operations in Maryland, 1861; Fort Clark and Fort Hatteras, Outer Banks, N.C., 1861; Petersburg, Va., 1864-1865; and Fort Fisher, N.C., 1864-1865. Also documents his service as military governor of New Orleans, La.; his activities as chairman of the congressional committee in 1867 investigating the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and as manager of the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson; and his career as a lawyer. Includes material pertaining to cases such as Ex parte Milligan (Lambdin P. Milligan) and United States v. Farragut (David Glasgow Farragut). Also includes Pinkerton's National Detective Agency reports and other files concerning the breach of promise case, Oliver v. Cameron (Mary S. Oliver and Simon Cameron). |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Includes a letter with a detailed account from Charles Augustus Leale, a surgeon who witness Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre and remained with him until his death; and correspondence with French and Spanish consuls in New Orleans and Butler's wife, Sarah Butler. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Some maps |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Army officer, state legislator and U.S. representative from Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, and military governor of New Orleans. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127</a> |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Card index to a portion of the correspondence available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Butler, Sarah Hildreth, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1816-1876 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cameron, Simon, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1799-1889 |
| General subdivision | Trials, litigation, etc. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Farragut, David Glasgow, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1801-1870 |
| General subdivision | Trials, litigation, etc. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Johnson, Andrew, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1808-1875 |
| General subdivision | Impeachment. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lincoln, Abraham, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1809-1865 |
| General subdivision | Assassination. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Milligan, Lambdin P. |
| General subdivision | Trials, litigation, etc. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Oliver, Mary S. |
| General subdivision | Trials, litigation, etc. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Breach of promise. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Consuls |
| Geographic subdivision | France |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Consuls |
| Geographic subdivision | Spain |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Habeas corpus |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Martial law |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Trials (Conspiracy) |
| Geographic subdivision | Indiana |
| -- | Indianapolis. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) |
| General subdivision | Siege, 1864-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Louisiana |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Maryland |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Massachusetts |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 19th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | New Orleans (La.) |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | North Carolina |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Outer Banks (N.C.) |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Petersburg (Va.) |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Siege, 1864-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| General subdivision | Claims. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 1865-1900. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Virginia |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Army officers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Governors |
| Geographic subdivision | Massachusetts. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Legislators |
| Geographic subdivision | Massachusetts. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Military governors |
| Geographic subdivision | Louisiana |
| -- | New Orleans. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Representatives, U.S. Congress |
| Geographic subdivision | Massachusetts. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127.3</a> |
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