Manuscript - Benjamin Franklin Butler , the topic of the paper, was the great great grandfather of the author, Mr. Stevens. Butler was from Lowell, MA became a lawyer, a general in the Civil War, congressman, Lowell business man, land owner. The paper is full of personal, and anecdotal details. The author concludes, " On balance, my great-great grandfather, though he may have had the potential to be one , was a prominent but not a great man. he made his mark on history as one of the outstanding lawyers and politicians of the day..."
Creator
Stevens, Edward B.
paper, typed
Relations
See accession number 2003.084 for related material.