THE

LIVES AND OPINIONS

OF

BENJ'N FRANKLIN BUTLER,

United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York;

AND

JESSE HOYT,

Counsellor at Law, formerly Collector of Customs for the Port of New York:

WITH ANECDOTES OR BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF STEPHEN ALLEN-GEORGE P. BARKER-JACOB BARKER-
JAMES GORDON BENNETT SAMUEL R. BETTS-ISAAC W. BISHOP-F. P. BLAIR-WALTER BOWNE-C.
C. CAMBRELENG-MOSES I. CANTINE-J. I. CODDINGTON-W. H. CRAWFORD-EDWIN CROSWELL
-JOHN W. EDMONDS-AZARIAH C. FLAGG-LORENZO HOYT-JEROMUS JOHNSON-ISAAC
KIBBE-CORNELIUS W. LAWRENCE-ISAAC Q. LEAKE-CHARLES L. LIVINGSTON-

EDWARD LIVINGSTON-WILLIAM L. MARCY-MORDECAI M. NOAH-THAD-

DEUS PHELPS-ELIJAH F. PURDY-ROGER SKINNER-PETER W. SPICER

-SAMUEL SWARTWOUT-ENOS T. THROOP-HENRY ULSHOEF.

FER-JOHN VAN BUREN-MARTIN VAN BUREN-PROSPER

M. WETMORE-CAMPBELL P. WHITE-LEVI WOOD-

BURY-SILAS WRIGHTSAMUEL YOUNG;

AND THEIR FRIENDS AND POLITICAL
ASSOCIATES.