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William Allen Butler

20 February 1825 - 9 September 1902

Butler was the son of U.S. Attorney-General Benjamin Franklin Butler and the father of William Allen Butler Jr. All three were leading figures in the New York legal community. In addition to his writings on legal topics, William Sr. wrote fiction, history, and humour both in poetry and in prose.[1] He was a founding member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.[2]

[1]: http://books.google.ca/books?id=wZczV8ZxgL4C&lpg=PA66&pg=PA65 in American National Biography [2]: https://archive.org/stream/memorialofwillia00holt memorial

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  • Cover of: Nothing To Wear: An Episode Of City Life

    First published in 1857 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Book of the family and lineal descendants of Medad Butler, late of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, N.Y.

    First published in 1915 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition bookoffamilyline01butl
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  • Cover of: Sea scribblings, b a souvenir of the "Bothnia" (June 1-11, 1881), and of the "Gallia" (October 8-18, 1881)

    First published in 1881 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1858 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition twomillions00butlrich Cover of edition twomillions00butlgoog
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    First published in 1867 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Nothing to wear: an episode of city life (from Harpers Weekly)

    First published in 1857 8 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition nothingtowearane00butliala Cover of edition nothingtowearepi00butlrich Cover of edition nothingtowear00butliala
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  • Cover of: Nothing to wear, and other poems

    First published in 1899 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1871 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Miss M'Flimsey, or, Nothing to wear: an episode of city life.

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  • Cover of: Samuel J. Tilden: Memorial read before the Association of the bar of the city of New York, Tuesday, December 14th, 1886

    First published in 1886 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Our great metropolis: its growth, misgovernment, and needs: A lecture delivered before the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York, February 6th, 1879

    First published in 1880 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1914 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Oberammergau 1890.

    First published in 1891 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1894 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Book of the family and lineal descendants of Medad Butler: late of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, N.Y.

    First published in 1887 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1850 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The revision of the statutes of the state of New York and the revisers: An address delivered before the Association of the bar of the city of New York, January 22, 1889

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  • Cover of: Oberammergau: 1890

    First published in 1891 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition oberammergau00butlgoog
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Subjects
Fiction, Lotteries, Biography, Politics and government, American fiction (collections), American poetry, American wit and humor, American wit and humor, social life and customs, Children's poetry, Church fund raising, Clothing and dress, Codification, Death and burial, Fiction, historical, general, Genealogy, History, Humorous stories, Law, Lawyers, Legal ethics, New York (State), New York (State). Commissioners Appointed to Revise the Statute Laws of the State of New York, Oberammergau passion-play, Oberammergauer Passionsspiel, Parodies
Places
United States, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), Rome (Italy)
People
Charles Henry Marshall (1792-1865), Benjamin F. Butler (1795-1858), Evert A. Duyckinck (1816-1878), John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855), John Duer (1782-1858), Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886)
Time
To 1898, 1775-1865, 1815-1861, 19th century

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  • William Allen Butler
  • W. A. Butler
  • William Allen Butler Sr.
  • W. A. Butler Sr.

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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March 10, 2014 Edited by LeadSongDog Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import