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

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: May 26, 1858
Creator: Isaac Butler
Type: Text
Spatial Coverage: Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois
Source: Butler Family Letters, MSS 2; Western Oregon University Archives
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Subject: Isaac Butler; Sarah A. Butler; Mary Butler