Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 to Daniel Wheelwright Gooch

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02464.01 Author/Creator: Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 Place Written: Lowell, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

General Butler writes to Gooch, United States Representative from Massachusetts (1857-1866 and 1873-1874). Encloses a testimony he gave before a committee on the conduct of war (enclosure not included). Thought he had previously returned the testimony to Gooch's clerk, but was mistaken.

Gooch, Daniel Wheelwright, 1820-1891
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources