Charles Butler papers, 1819-1929 (bulk 1825-1894).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 2,172 items; 5 containers; 4 microfilm reels; 3 linear feetSubject(s): - Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 -- Correspondence
- Bard, William, 1778-1853 -- Correspondence
- Bigelow, John, 1817-1911 -- Correspondence
- Bissell, Edward C. -- Correspondence
- Bronson, Arthur -- Correspondence
- Bronson, Isaac, 1760-1838 -- Correspondence
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858 -- Correspondence
- Butler, Eliza A. Ogden -- Correspondence
- Croswell, Edwin, 1797-1871 -- Correspondence
- Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 -- Correspondence
- Farnsworth, Elon, 1799-1877 -- Correspondence
- Fiske, John, 1842-1901 -- Correspondence
- Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878 -- Correspondence
- Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851 -- Correspondence
- Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857 -- Correspondence
- Morgan, William, 1774-approximately 1826
- Ogden, William B. (William Butler), 1805-1877 -- Correspondence
- Olcott, Thomas W. (Thomas Worth), 1795-1880 -- Correspondence
- Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 -- Correspondence
- Whiting, Bowen -- Correspondence
- Antimasonic Party
- New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
- Agricultural credit
- Canals
- Debts, Public -- Illinois
- Debts, Public -- Indiana
- Debts, Public -- Michigan
- Freemasonry
- Maps
- Railroads
- Transportation
- Illinois -- Description and travel
- Indiana -- Description and travel
- Michigan -- Description and travel
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
- Businessmen
- Lawyers
- Philanthropists
- Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 16,610.
Open to research.
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.
Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 16,610.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
Entrepreneur, lawyer, and philanthropist.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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