ext_36709 ([identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] steepholm 2012-07-20 07:04 am (UTC)

Re: Daniel Southwell/Weeden Butler

Dear DrGrandpa,

I don't have anything else in my possession about Daniel, beyond the letter he wrote about the battle, and a brief reference to his recovering from smallpox as a child. (Note that the reference to "sailor Daniel" in that link is to his uncle, Daniel Butler.)

As you will probably have seen, I did write an entry about him, but that was compiled from sources on the web.

I believe however that my great*2 grandfather, Weeden's grandson, Thomas Butler, who spent a long career at the British Museum, deposited some at least of Weeden's correspondence there (now presumably in the British Library). It seems to me that this would be the place to go in search of Southwell/Butler correspondence. If you want to email me, you can find me at cathcbutlerATgmail.com.

Steepholm

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