TY - GEN AU - Butler,Charles TI - Charles Butler papers, KW - Bancroft, George, KW - Bard, William, KW - Bigelow, John, KW - Bissell, Edward C. KW - Bronson, Arthur KW - Bronson, Isaac, KW - Butler, Benjamin F. KW - Butler, Eliza A. Ogden KW - Croswell, Edwin, KW - Curtis, George William, KW - Farnsworth, Elon, KW - Fiske, John, KW - Hopkins, Mark, KW - Lyon, Lucius, KW - Marcy, William L. KW - Morgan, William, KW - Ogden, William B. KW - Olcott, Thomas W. KW - Van Buren, Martin, KW - Whiting, Bowen KW - Antimasonic Party KW - New York Life Insurance and Trust Company KW - Agricultural credit KW - Canals KW - Debts, Public KW - Illinois KW - Indiana KW - Michigan KW - Freemasonry KW - Maps KW - Railroads KW - Transportation KW - Description and travel KW - New York (State) KW - Politics and government KW - 1775-1865 KW - Businessmen KW - itoamc KW - Lawyers KW - Philanthropists N1 - Open to research; Microfilm edition available, in part; no. 16,610; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service N2 - Correspondence; travel diaries (1833) of a trip to Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana; legal, financial, and business papers; and maps, newspaper clippings, and other papers documenting Butler's involvement in New York politics and his interest in such matters as anti-Masonry, public debts in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, loans to farmers by the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, legal cases (particularly the William Morgan kidnapping), and improvements in transportation, especially in roads, canals, and railroads. Family correspondents include his wife, Eliza A. Ogden Butler, his brother, Benjamin F. Butler, and his brother-in-law, William B. Ogden. Other correspondents include George Bancroft, William Bard, John Bigelow, Edward C. Bissell, Arthur Bronson, Isaac Bronson, Edwin Croswell, George William Curtis, Elon Farnsworth, John Fiske, Mark Hopkins, Lucius Lyon, William L. Marcy, William Morgan, William B. Ogden, Thomas W. Olcott, Martin Van Buren, and Bowen Whiting UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001038 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001038.3 ER -