Letter to John Butler and Eliza (Smith) Butler from Isaac Butler, Sarah A. Butler and Mary Butler

Item

Title
Letter to John Butler and Eliza (Smith) Butler from Isaac Butler, Sarah A. Butler and Mary Butler
Description
A letter from Isaac and Sarah A. Butler and their daughter Mary noting a payment received for the land sale in Illinois, a blight in fruit and oak trees, anxiety for statehood decisions, and state politics forming three parties including National Democrats and Black Republicans. They also relay family news, including word that Ira F.M. Butler is now a judge, Isaac Smith a County Representative, Tom Hutchinson Clerk of the Court, Isaac Butler the County Assessor and other news of the children.
Identifier
butlertranscripts/55
Date
26 May 1858
Creator
Isaac Butler
Type
Text
Spatial Coverage
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois
Source
Butler Family Letters, MSS 2
Western Oregon University Archives
Rights
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