| Summary: | The Butler family papers consist of correspondence, legal papers, manuscript writings, financial papers, printed items, records, and photographs that chronicle the lives of the Butler family members from their arrival in Mississippi and Louisiana in 1809 through the mid-twentieth century. Early documents such as depositions, legal papers and correspondence pertain primarily to the political and judicial career of Thomas Butler, a congressional representative, attorney, and judge. Other antebellum material, family and business correspondence, records and financial papers, reflect social life and customs and the economics of the planter and slave-owning class. Records include slave lists and a deposition on the health of a slave. Financial papers consist of accounts, receipts, bills, and acts of sale for both land and slaves.
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