A Guide to the William Allen Butler Collection Butler, William Allen. 7160-a

A Guide to the William Allen Butler Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7160-a

University of Virginia Library

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

7160-a

Title

William Allen Butler Collection 1858-1894

Extent

10 items

Creator

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

William Allen Butler Collection, Accession 7160-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit 1964 May 22

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Cephas Brainerd
Daniel E. Sickels
Evert A. Duyckinck
George E. Jardine
Henry Paret
Howard M[alcolm] Ticknor
J[oseph] H. Richards
John Lyons
W. B. Kern
William Allen Butler
[Charles] O'Connor
[F.] K. Howell

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Boston
New York
New York City
Newark, New Jersey
Yonkers, New York

Item Listing

Letters

D. Appleton & Co. , New York , to Dear [Sirs ?]
1858 Jul 21
ALS, 2 p.

[Includes advertising circular; considers credit risks of [Lee and Carl ?] who have "paid promptly" and [ W. B. Kern ?] whom "it is not prudent to trust."]
William Allen Butler to J[oseph] H. Richards
1860 Jun 25
ALS, 1 p.

[Intends to lend an article on Palermo, written for the Independent , to Richards for his weekly paper.]
William Allen Butler , New York , to Howard M[alcolm] Ticknor , Boston
1868 Apr 2
ALS, 1 p.

[Says he sent pieces appropriate for [Our] Young Folks to Ticknor at Mr. Fields' suggestion; requests their return, as he has received no response after a month.]
William Allen Butler , New York , to George E. Jardine
1878 Dec 26
ALS, 1 p.

[Writes that poem in question was written between 1868 and 1871 and published in Harper's Monthly Magazine as well as in Butler's volume of poems.]
William Allen Butler , New York , to [F.] K. Howell , Newark, New Jersey
1879 Jun 11
ALS, 1 p.

[Responds to request for address of John Lyons by suggesting the inquiry should go to another William Allen Butler who perhaps handled the land transaction.]
William Allen Butler , [ New York ], to John M. [Bush ?] [Burt ?]
1889 Aug 8
ALS, 1 p.

[Responds to request for his autograph and autograph of Evert A. Duyckinck by sending his own and referring the correspondent to others for Duyckinck's.]
William Allen Butler , Yonkers, New York , to Cephas Brainerd
1894 Jul 18
ALS, 3 p.

[Thanks him for volume of New World containing account of the "MacKenzie case," suggests it was written by Daniel E. Sickels ; sends brief, prepared by his father and [Charles] O'Connor , and a copy of the log of the ["Somers"] which records proceedings resulting in the mutineers execution.]
William Allen Butler , Yonkers, New York , to Henry Paret
1894 Oct 27
ALS, 1 p.

[Sends requested photograph, refers to engraved "likeness" of himself in the American Portrait Gallery . ]
William Allen Butler , [ New York City ], Cephas Brainerd
1894 Oct 31
ALS, 1 p.

[Thanks him for volume of the New World containing and article on the "Somers" case; mentions another magazine piece on the topic.]