General Butler
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2017
You may have already seen a post from me showing the letter out of NO by a Union soldier saying Butler plays fast and loose and that he saw a ship full of supplies travel across Lake Ponchatrain at night and then come back the next day empty...cha-ching.
Now here is a letter from Ben dated May of 65...yes the war was barely over in VA and technically Ben was still a General. Here Butler with a $5 million capitalization is president of the firm that is supposed to have invented a way to separate precious metals from their ore. With additional investors and company trustees from both the Lincoln and Grant administration, the invention would save miners $5k a day...supposedly.
Furthermore Butler states that he has invested in the NYC subway, or underground railway.
Quote the eye for cash.
Next is an 1866 letter concerning his deep investment in the Penn oil fields and how tracking the streams is so important .of course Penn oil would be Huge.
Finally you see the investment stock certificate for the Georgia Alabama Investment Development Co from 1891 where Butler seeks to invest in the literal rebuilding of the war torn south.
This of course doesnt address Butler owning the Union Cartridge Co, the Bunting Mill, the Cape Ann granite firm that supplied tons of granite to DC bldgs and monuments.
So dont scratch your head about his millions and slough it off to corruption during the war.
He was also a highly sought after and high fee lawyer.
Just sayin
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Now here is a letter from Ben dated May of 65...yes the war was barely over in VA and technically Ben was still a General. Here Butler with a $5 million capitalization is president of the firm that is supposed to have invented a way to separate precious metals from their ore. With additional investors and company trustees from both the Lincoln and Grant administration, the invention would save miners $5k a day...supposedly.
Furthermore Butler states that he has invested in the NYC subway, or underground railway.
Quote the eye for cash.
Next is an 1866 letter concerning his deep investment in the Penn oil fields and how tracking the streams is so important .of course Penn oil would be Huge.
Finally you see the investment stock certificate for the Georgia Alabama Investment Development Co from 1891 where Butler seeks to invest in the literal rebuilding of the war torn south.
This of course doesnt address Butler owning the Union Cartridge Co, the Bunting Mill, the Cape Ann granite firm that supplied tons of granite to DC bldgs and monuments.
So dont scratch your head about his millions and slough it off to corruption during the war.
He was also a highly sought after and high fee lawyer.
Just sayin
.