Statistics for occurrence #1 of “William Butler” in chapter 4 of John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History:

...rd times of 1837-39, and stagnation of business imposed a rigid economy on all classes. If we may credit tradition, this was one of the most serious crises of Lincoln's life. His intimate friend, William Butler , related to the writer that, having attended a session of the legislature at Vandalia, he and Lincoln returned together at its close to Springfield by the usual mode of horseback travel. At one of ...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
William Butler 232 6 34 0 0 user votes
Charles William Butler 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
William Butler Yeats 4 0 0 0 0 user votes

† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.