[29 February 1844]. M.E. Van Ness to [the Rev. Clement M. Butler]. Has been requested by Mrs. Gen. Henderson to beg you to call on Mrs. [Elizabeth (Upshur)] Upshur, "The fearful casualty of yesterday has of course shattered her terribly..." 1 March 1844. Rich[ard] Coxe [n.p.] to Rev. [Clement M.] Butler, Georgetown, D.C. On behalf of the committee appointed to oversee the funeral, invites him to perform the last sacred rites over the victims of the explosion at the President's Mansion; committee would like the Rev. Dr. Laurie of the Presbyterian Church to participate also. 4 March 1844. Richard Coxe, Washington, D.C. to Rev. C. M. Butler. On behalf of the committee, thanks him for delivering the discourse on Saturday and requests a copy of the address for publication. 6 March [18]44. Septimus Tuston, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, to Rev. Mr. Butler, Rector of St. John's Church, George Town, D.C. Forwards letter from brother of Thomas W. Gilmer; hopes he will furnish for publication the remarks made at the funeral; Gilmer was a communicant of his church and was "eminently catholic in his own and feelings toward other Evangelical Denominations." 13 April 1844. Secretary of the Treasury. J[ohn] C. Spencer, Washington [D.C] to Rev. Clement M. Butler. Thanks him for the copy of his remarks at the funeral of Messrs. Upshur, Gilmer, Kennon, and Gardner; praises his address; sorry that he will be going to a church in Boston.