Authors

Benjamin Butler

Files

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Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated October 6, 1871, is written from Benjamin Butler, an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer and businessman from Massachusetts, to an unknown person. The letter authorizes publication of Butler's lecture. This letter was found tipped into volume five, between pages 282-283 of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

10-6-1871

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1870-1879

Subjects

Butler, Benjamin, 1818 – 1893

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 leaf

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V5_1871-10-06_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5, pages 282-283

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Letter, Benjamin Butler to unknown, October 6, 1871

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