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