Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Seelye” in chapter 3 of Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler:

... Currier was always pronounced as if spelled K-i-a-h, and the highest courts in New Hampshire have judicially determined them to be idem sonans. Goodrich was pronounced as if spelled G-u-t-r-i-d-g-e; Seelye as if spelled C-i-l-l-e-y; and Seabrook as if spelled S-a-y-b-r-o-o-k. These pronunciations show their English tone. They found no imitation in Massachusetts save in Marblehead, a purely English se...
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Seelye 4 2 2 0 0 user votes
Charles H. Seelye 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Elwyn Seelye 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Julius Hawley Seelye 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Laurenus Clark Seelye 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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