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Relationships of Butler, George

To explore the relationships between the various bohemian writers and artists who frequented Pfaff's bar, select a person or group, and then select a relationship type. This section of the site is currently under construction; new content is being added on a regular basis.

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antagonists

Winter, William (1836-1917)

Winter, William. Other Days; Being Chronicles and Memories of the Stage. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908. [pages:116-117]

Butler offered Winter an annual salary of $2,500 to drop an occasional good word about Fisk into the papers. Winter rejected the offer.

family

Eytinge, Rose (1838-1911)

"[Obituary of George H. Butler]." The Hunterdon County Democrat. 18 May 1886.

Butler was once married to Rose Eytinge.

"[Obituary of George H. Butler]." The Hunterdon County Democrat. 18 May 1886.

Rose Eytinge was once married to George H. Butler.

Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske, eds. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume II, Crane-Grimshaw. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888. [pages:396]

Butler married Rose Eytinge.

Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske, eds. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume II, Crane-Grimshaw. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888. [pages:396]

Eytinge and Butler were married.

Wingate, Charles E. L. Shakespeare's Heroines on the Stage. New York: T.Y. Crowell & Company, 1895. [pages:173]

Butler and Eytinge were married.

Wingate, Charles E. L. Shakespeare's Heroines on the Stage. New York: T.Y. Crowell & Company, 1895. [pages:172]

Eytinge's second marriage was to George H. Butler, the U.S. Consul-General to Egypt.

friends

Clapp, Henry Jr. (1814-1875)

"Current Memoranda." Potter's American Monthly. 01 Sep. 1875: 710-715. [pages:714]

Identified as one of "the friends of Henry Clapp in the city of New York," but not necessarily a Pfaffian.

G. J. M. "Bohemianism: The American Authors Who Met in a Cellar." Brooklyn Eagle. 25 May 1884: 9. [pages:9]

Butler is credited with contributing towards a granite monument for Clapp's grave site.

Miller, Tice L. Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981. [pages:40]

Butler was one of several Pfaffians who organized Clapp's funeral.