Finding aid for the Consul Willshire Butterfield Papers
Title:
Consul Willshire Butterfield Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Butterfield, Willshire
Dates:
1849-1890
Quantity:
1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
Abstract:
 Consul Willshire Butterfield (1732-1782) was an editor and historian. The collection includes diaries, research materials, and original ms. copies or printed editions (with handwritten revisions) of books and articles by Butterfield. Includes 6 diaries kept on a trip to California (1849), diary kept on a trip to San Francisco (1851), and Butterfield's writings on William Crawford, the Washington-Crawford letters, La Salle and La Durantaye, Simon Girty, and Jean Nicolet.
Identification:
MS 0055
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Consul Willshire Butterfield Papers, 1849-1890, consist of diaries, research materials, and original manuscript copies or printed editions (with handwritten revisions) of books and articles by Butterfield, including 6 diaries kept on a trip to California (1849), diary kept on a trip to San Francisco (1851), and Butterfield's writings on William Crawford, the Washington-Crawford letters, La Salle and La Durantaye, Simon Girty, and Jean Nicolet.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the life of Consul Willshire Butterfield and the books and articles he wrote. Those interested in travel in California, specifically San Francisco, in the mid-nineteenth century will find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type.

Restrictions on Use

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899.
California -- Description and travel.
Crawford, William, 1732-1782.
Crawford, William, 1732-1782. Correspondence.
Girty, Simon, 1741-1818.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
Nicolet, Jean, 1598-1642.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description.
United States -- Description and travel -- 1848-1865.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Correspondence.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 55 Consul Willshire Butterfield Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection



Consul Willshire Butterfield Papers, 1849-1897; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
History of The Girtys, original manuscript, 1897




Box 1 / Folder 2-5
LaSalle and LaDurantaye, original manuscript, undated




Box 2 / Folder 1-3
History of Williamson's Expedition, original manuscript, undated




Box 2 / Folder 4-8
Crawford's Campaign Against Sandusky, original manuscript, undated




Box 3 / Folder 1
Life of William Crawford, undated




Box 3 / Folder 2
Simon Girty, research material, undated




Box 3 / Folder 3
Diary, trip to California, 1849




Box 3 / Folder 3
Diary, trip to San Francisco, California, 1851




Box 3 / Folder 4
Bound volume by Consul Willshire Butterfield, History of the Exploration of the Northwest in 1634, 1881




Box 3 / Folder 4
Bound volume by Consul Willshire Butterfield, The Washington-Crawford Letters Concerning Western Lands (revised edition), 1896