Includes: Two cartes-de-visite of Butler, 1 with imprint of Warren's Portraits, the other of J.W. Black (trimmed); cabinet card portrait of Butler; stereo view of the wedding party at daughter Blanche Butler's marriage to Adelbert Ames; envelope signed by B.F. Butler as a free frank; book Life of Benjamin Franklin Butler by T.A. Bland, in wrappers (chipped and worn), 1879.

Benjamin Franklin Butler, a native of New Hampshire, gained fame and notoriety for his brutal occupation of New Orleans, where he gained the nickname "Beast Butler"; elected to congress in 1866, he was active in impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson. He ran unsuccessfully for president in 1884.