Request for Spicy Personal Reminiscences of General Benjamin "The Beast" Butler Requested by Boston Publishers A.M. Thayer & Co.
Boston: [ca. 1891]. [1] sheet. 5 x 4 inches. Very good, minor edge wear, occasional soiling. Item #45435
A printed request for stories and reminiscences pertaining to General Benjamin Butler, from A. M. Thayer & Co., who would then be sued.
"Many instances of spicy personal reminiscences, stories, and saying evoked by chance occurrences, like many of Lincoln's stories, pass current among friends and acquaintances of General Butler but have never been published.... We invite any person having knowledge of such incidents to transmit them to us...We will be especially indebted to such contributors and it will be our pleasure to reciprocate the favor at any time when opportunity offers... Authors are requested to submit manuscripts, which will receive careful consideration and liberal offers for publication."
Known as "The Beast," Union Army Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818 -1893) played an instrumental role in the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, and held a few political offices, serving as a member on the US House of Representatives (1867-1875; 1877-1879), and was elected as Massachusetts Governor (1883-1884)
A.M. Thayer & Co. published "Butler’s Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler" in 1892, after being sued, along with Butler, by C.F. Jewett Publishers, claiming Butler had a contract with them, stole manuscript pages from them, and then made a contract with Thayer. (New York Times, October 5, 1891, p 9.
Price: $125.00