Title |
Butler, William H. |
Date |
b. ca. 1854 |
Description |
William H. Butler, lithographer and partner in Packard & Butler, was born in New York ca. 1848. In 1880, he relocated to Philadelphia
with his wife Lena (b. ca. 1854) and resided with his new partner Hebert S. Packard (1850-1912) at his residence at 1918 Mt.
Vernon Street. By 1884, Butler settled at 1832 North Twenty-First Street (North Philadelphia); his residential address until
the end of his listings in Philadelphia city directories ca. 1893.
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Butler remained with Packard & Butler, later Packard, Butler & Partridge, until May 1885 when he assumed management of the
firm previously operated by Thomas Hunter (former partner of S. C. Duval). Despite Butler's departure from Packard, Bulter
& Partridge, his name remained associated with the Packard partnership until January 1886 when fire claimed the building tenanted
by the establishment at 715 Arch Street. According to newspaper reports, Butler was fully insured for $45,000. Only a month
earlier, Butler was also in the news when he filed charges against the financially troubled "Godey's Lady Book" proprietor
J. H. Haulenbeck for false pretenses regarding a credit of $1800 worth of goods. Butler continued as a Philadelphia lithographer
until ca. 1893.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See Packard & Butler. |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1880 |
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Last, 217 |
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Library Company of Philadelphia research file |
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Pennsylvania, Vol. 158, p. 327, R.G. Dun & Co. Collection, microfilm, Hagley Museum & Library |
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Philadelphia City Directories 1879-1893 |
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The New York Times, December 31, 1885 |