BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, POST-WAR ALS

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Dated “Washington DC / April 11, 1877.”Addressed to “James Parton, Esq.” / Newberry, Mass.” One page, on lined paper in ink, 5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks. Else fine, and featuring a brash bold Benj. F. Butler signature.

Text:  “My dear Parton….In looking over some old papers I find these letter copies of which I send you. If you will tuck them in your drawer some time they may be of use.  Yours truly / Benj. Butler.”

Ben Butler was one of the more colorfully controversial political / military figures of the Civil War and construction era. This brief note dates from the post-war era, as Butler was gearing up to shift political allegiance to the budding “Greenback Party” and make a yet another campaign for the Massachusetts Governorship, which he would finally win in 1882, setting him up to challenge Grover Cleveland unsuccessfully for the 1884 Democratic presidential nomination. Whatever use correspondent James Parton could make of the papers he had been sent, Butler likely calculated that they would be of use in lining the pockets or furthering the political career of Ben Butler.

A solid Ben Butler collectible. In protective sleeve.  [jp][ph:L]

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