- Gender
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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
- Affidavit from Wilson Law and Others, 4 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 11. Court Ruling, 5 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 4. Joseph Smith, Petition for New Arrest Warrant, 31 December 1842
- 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
- Docket Entry, circa 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- 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]
- 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 Sr., 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
- Letterbook 2
- Minutes, 25 May 1844
- Minutes, 6–9 October 1843