It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by MARC Bot
September 30, 2020 | History
Edit

William Allen Butler

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

.

Photo of William Allen Butler

Born 20 February 1825
Died 9 September 1902

43 works Add another?

Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks?

  • Cover of: Mark Twain's Library of Humour

    Cover of edition cihm_46494 Cover of edition marktwainslibrar00twaiuoft Cover of edition marktwainslibra00kembgoog Cover of edition marktwainslibrar0000twai_q1a1 Cover of edition marktwainslibrar0000twai Cover of edition marktwainslibrar0000unse Cover of edition marktwainslibrar00twai First published in 1888 — 30 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Nothing to wear: an episode of city life (from Harpers Weekly)

    Cover of edition nothingtowear00butliala Cover of edition nothingtowearepi00butlrich Cover of edition nothingtowearane00butliala First published in 1857 — 8 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: A retrospect of forty years, 1825-1865

    Cover of edition retrospectfortyyrs00butlrich Cover of edition retrospectoffort00butluoft First published in 1911 — 5 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Nothing To Wear: An Episode Of City Life

    First published in 1857 — 4 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Barnum's parnassus

    First published in 1850 — 4 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Book of the family and lineal descendants of Medad Butler, late of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, N.Y.

    Cover of edition bookoffamilyline01butl First published in 1915 — 4 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • 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

    Cover of edition cu31924064833969 Cover of edition revisionofstatut00butluoft First published in 1889 — 4 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Nothing to wear, and other poems

    First published in 1899 — 3 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Two millions.

    Cover of edition twomillions00butlrich Cover of edition twomillions00butlgoog First published in 1858 — 3 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Martin Van Buren: lawyer, statesman and man

    First published in 1862 — 3 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Domesticus: A Tale Of The Imperial City

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Memorial of Charles H. Marshall.

    First published in 1867 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Nothing to Wear: An Episode in City Life.

    Cover of edition nothingtowearan00butlgoog First published in 1857 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Domesticus: a tale of the Imperial city

    First published in 1886 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Oberammergau: 1890

    Cover of edition oberammergau00butlgoog First published in 1891 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Mrs. Limber's raffle

    First published in 1876 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Mrs. Limber's raffle or, A church fair and its victims: a short story

    First published in 1876 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Oberammergau 1890.

    First published in 1891 — 1 edition
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Two Millions

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Memorial of Charles H. Marshall

    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
    Not in Library

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
Photo of William Allen Butler

Born 20 February 1825
Died 9 September 1902

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), Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886), Benjamin F. Butler (1795-1858), Evert A. Duyckinck (1816-1878), John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855), John Duer (1782-1858)

Time

To 1898, 1775-1865, 1815-1861, 19th century

Lists

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

No links yet. Add one?

Alternative names

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

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
March 10, 2014 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
March 10, 2014 Edited by LeadSongDog Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import