| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | John Butler Papers
| | | | Creator: | Butler, John | | | | Dates: | 1825-1885 | | | | Abstract: | John Butler was a Quaker of Salem, Ohio during the nineteenth century. The collection consists of correspondence, journals and diaries relating to Butler's activities as a delegate from the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Orthodox Friends. Includes material on exemption of Quakers from military service during the Civil War and their opposition to the war; on Butler's meeting with President Abraham Lincoln; and on Butler's trips to Iowa, to the Indiana Yearly Meeting, to freedmen's camps in the South, to Kansas Indian agents and tribes, and other travels on behalf of Indians. | | | | Call #: | MS 0559 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Butler, John H., fl. 1862-1885. | Quakers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Quakers -- Ohio -- Diaries. | Conscientious objectors -- United States. | Freedmen -- United States -- Social conditions. | Indians of North America -- Social conditions. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Conscientious objectors. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Protest movements.
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