- Gender
- Male
Butterfield, Justin
Biography
1790–Oct. 1855. Teacher, lawyer. Born in Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Moved to Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York, ca. 1810, where he taught school and studied law. Admitted to bar, 1812, at Watertown. Practiced law in Adams, Jefferson Co., and Sackets Harbor, Jefferson Co. Married Elizabeth Pierce, ca. 1814, in Sackets Harbor. Moved to Hounsfield, Jefferson Co., by 1820; to New Orleans; back to Watertown, 1826; and to Chicago, 1835. An original trustee of Rush Medical College, Mar. 1837. District attorney of Illinois, 1841–1844. As U.S. attorney, instructed to resist JS’s bankruptcy petition, 1842, and negotiated proposed settlement. Defended JS, Dec. 1842–Jan. 1843, at Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, when Missouri authorities attempted to extradite JS to be charged as accessory in attempt to kill former governor Lilburn W. Boggs. Partner in law firm of Butterfield & Collins, as early as 1843, in Chicago. Died in Chicago.
Links
- Account of Hearing, 4 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Declaration, circa 7 June 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 17 March 1842
- Docket Entry, 30–31 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–B ]
- Docket Entry, Affidavit, Motion, and Continuance, 2 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, circa 18 July 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Judgment, 11 June 1842–30 January 1851 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Motion Overruled and Discharge, 5 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, 4 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Docket Entry, Petition and Order for Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Docket Entry, Return of Habeas Corpus, Bond, and Order, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Introduction to United States v. Haws et al.
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from James Adams, 14 March 1843
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 10 April 1843
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 17 December 1842
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 27 March 1843
- Letter from Thaddeus Keeler Jr., 10 June 1844
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 14 June 1843
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 January 1844
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 March 1843
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 25 May 1844
- Letter to Richard S. Blennerhassett, 17 March 1843
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 11 October 1842
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 2 August 1842
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Sidney Rigdon, 20 October 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letterbook 2
- Minutes, 25 May 1844
- Minutes, 6–9 October 1843
- Notice, 28 April 1842
- Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Report of United States Attorney for District of Illinois, circa June 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Report of United States Marshal, 24 January 1843 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- Song, 7 January 1843
- Transcript of Proceedings, 6 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 11 June 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in Reports [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in the Sangamo Journal [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Wilson Law and Others, Affidavit, 4 January 1843, Justin Butterfield Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]