05110cpcaa2200733 4500 mm 82014514 DLC 20260227111712.0 cr ||||||||||| 821109|||||||||||| eng mm 82014514 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893. Benjamin F. Butler papers, 1778-1929 (bulk 1861-1893). 190,000 items. 263 containers plus 4 oversize. 90 linear feet. 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. Open to research. 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). 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. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Army officer, state legislator and U.S. representative from Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, and military governor of New Orleans. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127 Card index to a portion of the correspondence available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Butler, Sarah Hildreth, 1816-1876 Correspondence. Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Trials, litigation, etc. Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870 Trials, litigation, etc. Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Impeachment. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Assassination. Milligan, Lambdin P. Trials, litigation, etc. Oliver, Mary S. Trials, litigation, etc. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Breach of promise. Consuls France Correspondence. Consuls Spain Correspondence. Habeas corpus United States. Martial law United States. Trials (Conspiracy) Indiana Indianapolis. Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) Siege, 1864-1865. Louisiana History Civil War, 1861-1865. Maryland History Civil War, 1861-1865. Massachusetts Politics and government 19th century. New Orleans (La.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865. Outer Banks (N.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Petersburg (Va.) History Siege, 1864-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Claims. United States Politics and government 1865-1900. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. Army officers. itoamc Governors Massachusetts. itoamc Legislators Massachusetts. itoamc Military governors Louisiana New Orleans. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Massachusetts. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012127.3 43453 43453