Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation . en, New York,March 19, 1839. (VI) William Allen Butler, eldest son ofBenjamin Franklin and Harriet (Allen) But-ler, was born at Albany, New York, February20, 1825. He was a member of the firm ofBarney, Butler & Parsons, long at the headof the law firm of Butler, Stillman & Hub-bard, and later senior member of the firm ofButler, Notinan. Joline & Mynderse, and wasgenerally recognized as oneof the most em-inen
Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation . en, New York,March 19, 1839. (VI) William Allen Butler, eldest son ofBenjamin Franklin and Harriet (Allen) But-ler, was born at Albany, New York, February20, 1825. He was a member of the firm ofBarney, Butler & Parsons, long at the headof the law firm of Butler, Stillman & Hub-bard, and later senior member of the firm ofButler, Notinan. Joline & Mynderse, and wasgenerally recognized as oneof the most em-inent of the New York lawyers. He wasmade president of the American Bar Asso-ciation in 1886, and in 1886 and 1887 waspresident of the Association of the Bar ofthe City of New York. He was long regardedas a leading legal authority in the UnitedStates. Among his cases which decided themaritime law of the country in importantpoints may be mentioned those of the Penn-sylvania (19 Wallace, 125), the Lottawanna(21 Wallace, 558), the Scotland (105 UnitedStates, 24), and the Montana (129 UnitedStates, 397). In all these cases the UnitedStates supreme court affirmed the interpreta-. SOUTHERN NEW YORK 1023 tion of the law argued by Mr. Butler beforethat tribunal. He was a graduate of the classof 1843 of the University of the City of NewYork, and a member of the council of theuniversity from 1862 until 1900, being itspresident at the time of his resignation. Fortwenty years he delivered an annual course oflectures on admiralty law before the lawschool of the university. He also distin-guished himself in letters, both as a poet anda writer of prose. While traveling abroad,from 1846 to 1848, he contributed sketches ofOut-of-the-Way Places in Europe to theLiterary World. The Colonels Club wasa humorous series in the same periodical. Hewrote on Cities of Art and Early Artistsfor the Art Union Bulletin. His poem, TheFuture (1846) was followed by many others,contributed to the Democratic Review an
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