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Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) [Signature on a card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02878.04.12 Author/Creator: Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) Place Written: s.l. Type: Signature Date: no date Pagination: 1 card ; 5.5 x 8.7 cm. Order a Copy

On verso, contains the name of [Dr.?] E. Swift, United States Army. All text on verso has been struck.

Butler served as a Union General during the Civil War. Following the War, he was a United States Representative from Massachusetts 1867-1874 and 1877-1878.

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893

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