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Alford ButlerBookseller & Bookbinder and Publisher.Lower End of King-Street near the Crown Coffee-House,at the head of the LongWharfBostonMassachusetts (1729-1742) 1.& 2.Father of Alford Butler, Bookbinder. 1.1. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand “from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed.,1967, pg.100. from: The Grolier Club, Catalogue ofOrnamental Leather Bookbindings, pg. 94.2. Alfred Butler “a native of Boston, and an apprentice of Henchman”. J.Leander Bishop, History of American Manufacturer, pg. 191.

Edward ButlerBookbinder153 Walnut StreetPhiladelphiaPennsylvania ( 1811) 1.1. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.111

Mann ButlerBookbinderFrankfortKentucky 1.1. (1818-1820) Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, vol. 24, no. 2.1998. Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts identification number: 72266

Simeon ButlerNorthampton BookstoreNorthamptonMassachusetts 1.1. (1800) ” Wanted at the above place, an Apprentice to the Bookbinding” (sic)Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Massachusetts, November 5, 18002. (1801) Mr Butler is still looking for and apprentice. Hampshire Gazette,Northampton, Massachusetts, June,10, 1801.3. (1804) S. & E. Butler.  Hive, Northampton Massachusetts, January, 17, 18044. (1804) Simeon & Elihu Butler.  Hive, Northampton Massachusetts, October,30, 1804.5. (1807) Apprentice Wanted: S & E Butler: Hampshire Gazette, Northampton,Massachusetts, January 21, 1807.

William L, ButlerBookbinder136 N. First (1842-1847)St Louis 1.1. A Directory of the St Louis Book and Printing Trades to 1850, by DavidKaser, The New York Public Library,1961, pg. 172. Bookbinder at Turnbull & Pray’s Green’s . St Louis City Directory, 1845,pg. 32