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1Title:  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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