Major General Benjamin F. Butler Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER
Born: November 5, 1818 in Deerfield, New Hampshire
Died: January 11, 1893 in Washington, District of Columbia
Died: January 11, 1893 in Washington, District of Columbia
A well-known lawyer and political leader and a Brigadier General of the Massachusetts militia, Butler (1818-1893) entered the Civil War in a dramatic way. Leading the 8th Massachusetts, he broke the blockade of Washington five days after the bombardment of Ft. Sumter. President Abraham Lincoln rewarded him with an appointment as the first volunteer Major General. Butler was appointed Military Governor of New Orleans in May of 1862, but he served only until December, earning the sobriquet "Beast Butler" from angry Southerners. He returned to combat duty with command of the Army of the James in 1863. He proved to be inept against General P.G.T. Beauregard at the Battle at Bermuda Hundred (May 16, 1864), and Grant sent him to New York. Butler resigned his commission in January of 1865. He was a member of the House of Representatives (1867-1875, 1877-1879), where he played a prominent part in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. He changed political parties several times, and was elected Massachusetts' Democratic Governor (1882-1884). In 1884, Butler, who advocated an eight-hour workday, ran unsuccessfully for president on an anti-monopoly platform.
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER. Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass" as U.S. Congressman, 4x2¾. Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) served intermittently as a Massachusetts Congressman from 1867-1879. read more...Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Page signed by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass". 4¼x1¾ signature affixed to a 7¼x4¼ album leaf. read more...Sale Price $288.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Album leaf signed by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass". Pencil marks and notations in unknown hand. 6¾x8 album leaf with rounded right corners. According to the notations on this leaf, Butler signed it on Feb. 1, 1888. read more...Sale Price $288.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Signature of Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler, affixed to an album leaf Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass". 4¾x2¼ ruled paper, affixed to a 7½x4¾ album leaf. read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Small slip of ruled paper signed by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass". 3¼x2¼ ruled paper. A well-known lawyer and read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Small card signed by Union General Benjamin F. Butler Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass". 3½x2¼ card. A well-known lawyer and political leader and a Brigadier General of the Massachusetts militia, Butler (1818-1893) entered the Civil War in a dramatic way. read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Card signed by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass". 3¼x1¾ ruled paper. A well-known lawyer and political leader read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Card signed by the Union Civil War General Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass". 4x2½ card. A well-known lawyer and political leader and a Brigadier General of the Massachusetts militia, Butler (1818-1893) entered the Civil War in a dramatic way. read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER. Signature: "Benj. F. Butler", 2x¾. Butler, a Brigadier General of the Massachusetts militia, entered the Civil War in a dramatic way. Leading the 8th Massachusetts, he broke the blockade of Washington five days after the bombardment of Ft. Sumter. read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Framed signature of the Civil War General and politician. Signature: "Bejn. F Butler/Mass" as U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, 3½x1½. Accompanied by engraving, b/w, 4½x2½. Captioned: "Engd. by J. read more...Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Signature of Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler in black ink. Signature: "Benj. F Butler/Mass". 4½x2¼. A well-known lawyer and political leader read more...Sale Price $288.00
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MASSACHUSETTS IN THE CIVIL WAR: GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, ISAAC H. STEARNS, GEORGE C. HIGGINS, GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESCOTT and ELIZABETH EMERSON BRADBURY STEARN Album leaf signed by three Massachusetts soldiers from the American Civil War: General Benjamin F. Butler, surgeon Isaac H. read more...Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Benjamin F. Butler signature. Signature: "Benj. F. Butler/Mass./March 15th 1869", 5x3. General Butler commanded land forces in the capture of New Orleans on May 1, 1862. read more...Sale Price $288.00
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this long letter to his law partner Oliver D. Barrett in 1889 regarding a case brought by Samuel Strong and about his house being "possessed" on Inauguration Day. read more...Sale Price $2,635.00
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Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1854 to say that he had "a man to work for his board through the winter" available and that he didn't want the recipient to stay at his mother's home for pay, because "Mother has Kept. Boarders long enough and is at present not obliged so to do" read more...Sale Price $2,188.75
$2,575.00
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1876 to Charles P. Thompson, U. S. Representative from Massachusetts. It accompanied a resolution about a private claim against the British Government, not included, and detailed Butler's reasons why it should be supported. read more...Sale Price $2,188.75
$2,575.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Union General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter to Charles A. Dana, former Assistant Secretary of War, in 1884 to apologize for not meeting him when he was in New York City. Autograph letter signed "Benj. F Butler". 1 page, 4¼x6¾, 1 sheet folded. June 21, 1884. read more...Sale Price $1,742.50
$2,050.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1882, when he was Governor of Massachusetts, for information about two Supreme Court cases. Autograph letter signed "Benj F. Butler". Pencil notations at bottom edge and black ink notations on verso, both in unknown hand. read more...Sale Price $2,188.75
$2,575.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Autograph note by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler - "I was in the Senate of Massachusetts in 1859" - affixed to a green sheet of paper Autograph note signed "Benj L Butler". Black ink notations in unknown hand on mounting paper. read more...Sale Price $378.00
$420.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Quotation from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Maud, signed and dated by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler in 1878 Autograph quotation signed "Benj. F. Butler/Mass/Aug. 9th 1878". Pencil notations at bottom edge in unknown hand. 1 page, 6½x8. read more...Sale Price $1,997.50
$2,350.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Closing clipped from a manuscript letter on ruled paper, signed by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler Autograph sentiment signed "Yours Truly,/ Benj F. Butler". 5x1½ ruled paper. read more...Sale Price $288.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Congressman Benjamin F. Butler wrote this telegram to Secretary of the Treasury William A. Richardson about "public business" in purple ink in 1874. Autograph Telegram signed: "Benj F Butler" in purple ink. Blue ink notation in unknown hand. read more...Sale Price $1,742.50
$2,050.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER $297.95 check signed by Union General Benjamin F. Butler in 1877, when he was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts Check signed "B. F. Butler". With unknown endorsement on verso. Pencil notations in unknown hand on verso. 7¼x2½. May 23, 1877. read more...Sale Price $722.50
$850.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER $260 check signed by Union General Benjamin F. Butler in 1876 Check signed: "B.F. Butler". Unknown endorsement on verso. 7¼x2½. Nov. 2, 1876. Drawn on his account at Merchants National Bank, payable to H. M. Bissell or order for $260. read more...Sale Price $722.50
$850.00
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Union General Benjamin F. Butler signed this railroad pass for a disabled soldier to travel from Washington, D. C. to Baltimore, Maryland. Accompanied by a 5¼x8 full-length engraving of Butler in uniform. read more...Sale Price $1,742.50
$2,050.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Union General Benjamin F. Butler signed this railroad pass for a disabled soldier to travel from Washington, D. C. to Baltimore, Ohio. Document signed "Benj F Butler" as Manager N. A. D. V. S. 1 page, 4x2¼. Headed: "Coupon to be Detached by Railroad Official". read more...Sale Price $1,742.50
$2,050.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Benjamin F. Butler signed this document in 1873, when we was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts, to order copies of his speech on the Alabama claims. Document signed "Benj F Butler" as Subcriber. With five other unknown signatures. read more...Sale Price $1,742.50
$2,050.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER As Governor of Massachusetts, he certifies Samuel B. Spooner's election as Register of Probate for Hampden County. Also signed by Henry B. Peirce as Secretary of State. Document signed: "Benj Butler" as Governor, "Henry B. read more...Sale Price $1,997.50
$2,350.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER As a Massachusetts congressman, The Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signs a free frank addressed to the Daily Advertiser, Boston. Free frank signed: "Ben F. Butler/MC", in brown ink. 5½x3¼. Postmarked December 11, (no year), Washington, D.C. read more...Sale Price $488.75
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this manuscript letter in New York City in 1892, one year before his death, to request information on how a railroad got into and out of receivership. Manuscript letter signed "Benj F Butler". 1 page, 5¾x8¾. New York City, Feb. read more...Sale Price $1,997.50
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