History of Middlesex county, Connecticut, with biographical sketches of its prominent men, Part 101

Author: Whittemore, Henry, b. 1833; Beers, J.B. & Company, publishers
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 818

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The influence of this bequest not only hastened the building of the church, but decided its location.

The place selected for the new house of worship was the summit of the hill directly in front of the school house, on Haddam Neck, a beautiful lot of one and a half acres, which was purchased for $225. Ground was broken for the house early in the spring of 1873.

The building committee consisted at first of David Brainerd, Hezekiah Brainerd, and Job E. Brooks, to which was afterward added William F. Brainerd. The contractor was A. H. Allen, of Portland.

Work on this building was commenced late in the autumn of 1873, and progressed through the following winter. It was finished on the outside, with a small ell in front for a porch, which was not satisfactory. In the spring of 1874, H. M. Selden, having drawn a design of a tower and spire in harmony with the house, was appointed a special committee to construct the same and finish the interior.

It was dedicated September 23d 1874. Thus the ancient church of Middle Haddam, just 134 years, lack- ing one day, from its organization on the 24th of September 1740, took up its abode here in this its later home.

It is a steep roofed one story wooden building, facing eastward, 34 by 48 feet in size, the sides 16 feet high, with a tower in front projecting 8 by 12 feet, forming a porch, and surmounted with a belfry and spire.

A hexagonal addition at the rear, 8 by 17 feet, gives space for the choir and pipe organ, back of the desk.

It was at the outset felt that this feeble church could not build a house of worship unassisted, therefore an appeal was made to other churches for aid, and Henry M. Selden and Henry L. Brainerd were chosen solicitors by the ecclesiastical society. They were very successful in this work.

The entire cost of the church, including the site, was about $6,000. Of this $3,500 was raised abroad, partly from non-resident natives of the place.

A bell weighing 800 pounds was purchased in 1877, from subscriptions, avails of a lecture by Rev. Mr. Bell, the singing preacher, then boarding in the place, and a donation of $100 from Mrs. Martha M. Rogers, of Mid- dletown, whose name it bears.

David Brainerd was elected a deacon April 21st 1878, and died in office April 26th 1879, aged 67.

Henry M. Selden was elected a deacon for three years in 1878, and re-elected in 1881.

Henry L. Clark was elected a deacon, May 9th 1881.

Hezekiah Brainerd, a member of the church, who died February 3d 1880, gave to the ecclesiastical society (be- fore his death), certain notes to the amount of $7,448, and also devised real estate to the same. An expensive suit at law with the executor of an alleged later will fol- lowed and finally resulted in a compromise.

Miss Lucy Selden, a member of the church who died December 31st 1882, bequeathed to the ecclesiastical society $250; $200 of which was to be a. fund for the support of the gospel, and $50 to aid in building a par- sonage for the society.

A two story parsonage, 24 by 35 feet in extent, and about one fourth of a mile from the church, was built in 1883.

The 13th pastor of the Congregational church, Rev. Frederick Munson, commenced his labors here the first Sunday in January 1875, and continued until January 1884. He, early in that period, received a call to settle as pastor of the church, but declined. During his min- istry here 23 were added to the church.

Mrs. Mary (Brooks) Clark, widow of Edward R., and mother of Edward D. Clark, a member of the church, died March Ist 1878, and bequeathed to the ecclesiasti- cal society $500 as a fund for the support of preaching. In 1884, the church was variously supplied until Oc- tober, when the present pastor, Rev. Francis Singleton Williston, commenced his pastorate.

Since its organization, September 24th 1740, 837 per- sons have been members of the church. The present number of members is 46, of which 14 are male, and 32 female.

The Sunday school was reorganized October 11th 1874. The superintendents since that time, with term of service, have been:

William H. Graham, 1874-1876; Daniel P. Smith, 1876-1880; Luther N. Arnold, 1880, 1881; Deacon Henry M. Selden, 1881, 1882; Daniel P. Smith, 1882-

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1885. The number of the school, in 1883, was 50. The library numbers 350 volumes.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

The date of the organization of the Methodist Episco- pal Church of Haddam Neck, and the establishment of their house of worship is obscure, but supposed to be not far from the commencement of the present century.

The first meeting house was in the chamber of Elisha Day's house, now owned by Warren S. Williams, and was conducted by a presiding elder named Roberts, from Baltimore.

Their first house of worship was a gambrel roofed wooden building, 23 by 24 feet, and previously used for for a dwelling house on Bald Hill, in Chatham, but moved whole to the southeast corner of the second meet- ing of four roads on the town line.

As rearranged it had galleries on three sides. In front of the pulpit was the altar, a square enclosed space, with a door and a bench around the inside.

This was used until 1845, when a new church edifice, 30 by 40 feet, and surmounted by a tower, was erected on the same site, and dedicated June 10th 1846. This has an end gallery over the porch for the choir, and two aisles.

The building committee were Diodate Brainerd, Justin Sexton, and John Brainerd. The church was supplied by circuit preachers, a new one almost every Sabbath, until 1844 or 1845, since which time they have had a resident minister, whose term has varied from one to three years. Their records, under the circuit arrangement, were kept in East Hampton, with those of the Methodist Episcopal church there, and were burnt in 1835.

A parsonage, 22 by 30 feet, was built in 1858, between the houses of Henry L. Brainerd and Alexander Dallas jr., and midway between the Methodist Episcopal church and school house. The superintendents of the Sunday school connected with the Methodist Episcopal church since 1876, have been: Warren S. Williams, 1876-78; M. Gertie Williams, 1879, 1880; Rev. Herbert M. Smith, 1881; John B. Morgan, 1881; Charles O. Gillette, 1882, 1883. The library of the school consists of 225 volumes.

The resident ministers of the church, since 1844, have been: Revs. Andrew J. Robinson, 1845, 1846; Albert Park, 1847; Charles Dixon, 1848; Emerson Etheredge, 1849; John W. Horn, 1849; Thomas G. Brown, 1850; David Bradbury, 1851; Ziba Loveland, 1852; Sewell Lumberton, 1853, 1854; Jesse E. Heald, 1855; Smith, 1856; Thomas G. Brown, 1857; Francis H. Brown, 1858, 1859; Jabez Pack, 1860, 1861; Joel E. Hawkins, 1862, 1863; James H. Cooley, 1864; John W. Case, 1865; Theodore M. House, 1866; Abraham S. Holway, 1867; Nelson Goodrich, 1868: Sanford Amidon, 1869-71; Theodore W. Douglass, 1872; Henry H. Arnold, 1873; E. Learned Latham, 1874; William O. Cady, 1875, 1876; James Tregaskis, 1877; John Cooper, 1878; William O. Cady, 1879; Walter P. Stoddard, 1880; Charles E. Sten- house, 1881; Benjamin F. Elliott, 1882; Frank L. Hay- ward, 1883; no appointment 1884.

SCHOOLS.

It appears that for some time after the settlement of the Neck, the children were educated generally at their homes. The ecclesiastical society of Middle Haddam, not long after its organization, established three schools; one at Knowles' Landing, one at the Center, and,one at the Neck. The one' at the Center was built on the' rocks, just east of, and near the house of Walter Clark, now owned by Joseph Hulberg, and a short distance west of the old first church.

This, tradition says, was raised somewhat, and the space beneath afforded a convenient place of refuge for the wilder young men when liable to arrest. After it was abandoned, a store and shop was erected on or near the site by Walter Clark. The successor, school house No. 2, was built about one half of a mile west of the first meeting house, at the junction of the roads where meeting house No. 2 was afterward built. This, on the erection of the former, in 1812, was moved a short dis- tance eastward, and became the Henry Dingwell house. Deacon Jesse Hurd gave the site for the new and pres- ent school house on the west road, a short distance south of the old one, and built on its removal.

The first school house on the Neck was built on the northeast corner of the highway, where four roads met, between the present houses of Oliver B. Arnold and Justin M. Smith. This had two chimnies, one in the northwest and one in the southeast corner, with a stout post in the center, called the Whipping Post. The door was on the south side near the southwest corner. This in time became dilapidated, and was abandoned. Its successor, school house No. 2, size 16 by 20 feet, was built across the road from the former, and on the north- west corner, and had also two chimnies. This is now used for a barn, near its original site. School house No. 3, the present one, was built in 1822, on the southeast corner, where four roads met, a mile south and half a mile west from the former location. This is 24 by 30 feet, surmounted with a tower and is in excellent condi- tion. The ancient seats have given place to those of the. most approved modern construction. A school library of 50 volumes belongs to the district. The building of the new house so far away from the old site caused a di- vision, and the people of the northern 'portion of the district continued to use the old house until 1825, when, by a union with a portion of Chatham and the establish- ment of a new school district, by the name of Pine Brook, they had built a school house in Chatham, one- half of a mile from the town line between Haddam and Chatham. Middle Haddam Center District was and is composed of a portion of Chatham and the northwest part of Haddam Neck. The northeast part of Haddam Neck was finally set off to Leesville school district in East Haddam. The southern portion of the Cold Meadow on the Neck is set to the Shailerville school in Haddam. The ecclesiastical society continued the supervision of the schools in the parish until by the or- ganization of school societies their charge was super- seded.

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The school district situated wholly on the Neck con- tinued to be called Middle Haddam South, until by a ' more recent change the towns were given the supervision 'of the schools, when it was called the Haddam Neck District, or No. 14 in the town.

COLLEGE GRADUATES.

The names of the college graduates, natives of this place, with dates, etc., are:

Rev. Chiliab Brainerd, Yale, 1731, a settled minister in Eastbury, Conn .; died in 1739.

Rev. David Selden, Yale, 1782, third pastor of the' Congregational church in Middle Haddam; died Janu- ary 15th 1825.

Edward Selden, Esq., Yale, 1783, a justice of the peace in Haddam, and moved to Windsor where he died.

Rev. Israel Brainerd, Yale, 1797, pastor in Guilford and Derhy, Conn., and Verona, N. Y.

Rev. David Almeron Strong, Williams, 1845, pastor in South Deerfield and Coleraine, Mass.

Austin Arnold, Yale, 1848, died.

Cyprian Strong Brainerd, Yale, 1850, a lawyer in New York.

Rev. Jacob Hurd Strong, Williams, 1854, pastor in New Preston, Oxford, and Torrington, Conn., and Soquel, Ferndale, Oakland, and Pescadero, Cal.

Emerson Gilbert Clark, A. M., C. E., Union, 1876.

Adelbert Thomas Golden Clark, A. M., C. E., Union, 1876.

Evelyn Marcelon Andrews, B. P., Yale, 1876.

BRIDGES.

The first bridge over Salmon River, at Leesville, was built of wood, by Jonathan Kilbourn. This was in use many years, and was carried away by a flood. Previous to its construction, the crossing was by fording, some dis- tance below. The second bridge was constructed of long and large spars of pine laid horizontally and spliced together, with iron bands around the splicing, which sup- ported the floor. It was afterward strengthened by piers under the center, and it lasted many years. This was succeeded by a stone arch bridge, built by Col. Elijah Bingham and Silas Brainerd, for $2,100. This fell when the temporary supports beneath were removed, from the arch being too crowning. The contractors put up on the same site another stone arch bridge, which stood two years and then fell in a great flood, before the time guaranty expired. They then built another stone arch bridge, which stood three years, and then fell. These different bridges were built at the expense of the towns of Haddam and East Haddam, Salmon River being the dividing line. At this juncture there was a disagreement between the towns, and the sheriff of the county was ordered by the Superior Court to build a wooden bridge on the same site at the expense of the two towns.

This was a beautiful structure, and stood many years. The frame and floor were arched, and the sides were protected by open work railing. This was in time suc-

ceeded by a heavy horizontal wooden bridge with high sides, constructed of a double series of plank placed at intervals, crossing each other diagonally, pinned together at each crossing, and boarded on the outside. The whole was covered by a shingle roof. It at length be- came weak, and was strengthened by the insertion of heavy arches, one at each side, from which suitable iron bolts at intervals extended downward and were fastened to the floor timbers.

The bridge, partly by its weight and the force of wind, had sagged down stream considerably, and to prevent this increasing long iron rods connected it with rocks and trees above. The eastern abutment was washed away in the great flood of March 1876, and the bridge fell and was carried down stream and broken up. That abutment had always been insecure from its not resting on a rock.

A strong and beautiful iron bridge was built several rods below, in the summer of 1876, from plans by George M. Clark, of Higganum, with heavy stone abutments laid solid in cement, and resting upon a rock foundation on each side. The highway approaches on each side were changed and graded.

POST OFFICE.

The post office at Haddam Neck was established in 1853, by the appointment, as postmaster, of Samuel House, who kept the office in his dwelling house, on the corner near the Methodist Episcopal church. The mail was received on alternate days, and the mail route ex- tended from Middletown to Moodus, 16 miles. Mr. House resigned in 1860, and Henry M. Selden, the pres- ent incumbent, was appointed December 30th 1860. He also keeps the office in his house, and one-fourth of a mile south from its former location. The mail is re- ceived every day. The present mail route extends from Cobalt, on the Air Line Railroad, to Moodus, II miles. The mail for the place was formerly received from the adjoining post offices.

MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE.

The members of the Connecticut Legislature from Haddam, residing on the Neck, since 1776, have been: Deacon Ezra Brainerd Esq .. Lieut. Josiah Brainerd, Edward Selden Esq., Capt. Elias Selden, Reuben R. Chapman Esq., Ansel Brainerd, Diodate Brainerd, Capt. Charles S. Russell, Capt. James S. Selden, Capt. Warren S. Williams, Chauncey Arnold, Washington K. Smith, William F. Brainerd, Francis A. House.

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

In the spring of 1775, stirring news invaded these quiet regions.

One Sabbath morning, signal guns were heard an- nouncing the beginning of the contest. Blood had been shed at Lexington and Concord, and there was a prompt response of pastor and people. He (Rev. Benjamin Boardman) and others immediately left for the camp. Seventeen men are said to have gone from the Hill, where the old church stood, and from both the Haddam

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Neck and Chatham portions of the society young men and old went forth into the conflict to such an extent that scarcely enough were left to assist the women in securing the crops. Only a few of their names can now be recalled.

Of those from the Neck, serving in the army or en- gaged in privateering, were: Freeman, Sergts. Jabez. Joseph, and Master Gunner Samuel Brown Prince Ar- nold; Asa, Lieut. Josiah, Dr. and Deacon Thomas, Cor- nelius, Jonathan jr., Lieut. Shubael, and Lieut. Simon Brainerd; Capts. David and Samuel Brooks; Reuben Rowley Chapman, Esq., Nathaniel and probably Elihu and Jonathan Cook jr., Leveus Eddy, Isaac Loomis, Captain Elias Selden, James and Nathaniel Stocking, and probably John Smith. Of these, Free- man, baptized August 26th 1764; Sergt. Jabez, bap- tized September 12th 1762, died at East Haven August 9th 1779, and Master Gunner Samuel B. F. Arnold, were brothers and sons of Jabez and Martha (Freeman) Arnold, of the Neck. Joseph was a son of Dr. Joshua and Elizabeth Arnold, of the Neck. Asa, and it is believed Sergt. Simon jr., who was born November 9th 1752, and afterward became a captain, were sons of Simon and Hepzibah (Spencer) Brainerd. Lieut. Simon lived awhile in Chatham, but moved to the Neck, where he built a house. Cornelius, born June 26th 1756, and Lieut. Shubael Brainerd, born January 12th 1752, were sons of Abijah and Esther (Smith) Brainerd, of the Neck. Lieut. Shubael married Ruth, daughter of Capt. Abner Stocking, of Middle Haddam, December 7th 1775, and moved to Higganum, probably to assist in the building of the Samson. He was first lieutenant on the Samson, and died in the Jersey prison ship at New York, June 4th 1782. Lieut. Josiah Brainerd, born May IIth 1711, a son of William and Sarah (Bidwell) Brainerd, of the Neck, served also in the two preceding French and Indian wars, and was with Gen. Wolfe at the capture of Quebec. He married (1) Sarah and (2) Hannah Spencer. Among his children were Deacon Ezra and Deacon Israel Brainerd. He died July 8th 1792. Dr. and Deacon Thomas Brainerd, born February 9th 1751, son of Nathan and Sarah (Gates) Brainerd, of the Neck, was a surgeon in the army and a deacon in the Middle Haddam Congregational Church. He moved to Ludlow, Mass., in 1814, where he died. Jonathan Brainerd jr., baptized August Ist 1762, was a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Stocking)' Brainerd, of the Neck. He died about June 4th 1785, in the Jersey prison ship in New York. Capt. David Brooks, com- mander of the United States sloop of war Samson, lived in Higganum until his marriage with Jemima Stocking, of the Neck. He died in the Jersey prison ship at New York about June 4th 1782. Capt. Samuel Brooks, born January 20th 1745, was a son of Jabez and Eunice Brooks, of the Neck. He commanded the privateer Harlequin, and went on many sea voyages, and was be- loved by his men, who always fared as well as he did. He was a pleasant and genial man in peace, but in war a strong and determined fighter.

Reuben R. Chapman Esq., born October 15th 1758, only child of Robert and Mehetable (Rowley) Chapman, of the Neck (who was a soldier in the French war, and served in one or more expeditions to Canada), Cornelius Brainerd, Leveus Eddy, and Lieut. Simon Brainerd, af- terward a captain, were in the battle of Long Island. They, also, with perhaps the exception of Cornelius Brainerd, but with the addition of Thamar Rowley, probably Ithamar, and a number from Middle Haddam, went on a privateering expedition to Long Island, to capture some goods stored by the British, of which they had been apprised by spies, who represented a probable easy capture. Arriving in the vicinity at night, they passed up a small creek and concealed their boat in the bordering bushes. After a careful reconnoisance, they found the goods had been removed and a strong guard stationed around the house in wait for the expected in- vaders. The enemy had been informed of their inten- tion. They were discovered and with difficulty eluded their pursuers in the darkness. They ran to the woods, where they hid several days, and all finally escaped, but without booty. Chapman afterward enlisted for the war as a trumpeter, but being an only child his parents pro- cured a substitute in the person of John West, of East Hampton. He afterward served in the commissary de- partment, during which he took a drove of fat beeves, for Gen. Henry Champion, deputy commissary general, to Newport, for the supply of Count Rochambeau's forces. When a detachment of the latter passed through Lebanon and encamped on Taylor's Plains, in Portland, he visited them there. He married Mary Doane, of Middle Haddam, December 19th 1781; served many years as justice of the peace; three half year terms in the Legislature, and died August 3d 1846

Jonathan Cook jr., son of Jonathan and Deborah Cook, was baptized April 26th 1752. Isaac Loomis was wounded in the war, and said he should carry British lead in him to his grave. He resided on the rocks west of and near Leesville Bridge. "Loomis Rocks " are named from him. Captain Elias Selden, born August . 22d 1758, a son of Captain Thomas and Rebecca (Walk- ley) Selden, was discharged for disability at White Plains, then a private, afterward a captain of militia. He mar- ried, May 23d 1781, Ruth Kirby, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Esther (Wilcox) Kirby, of Cromwell, and died July Ist 1781. He was a brother of the celebrated Rev. David Selden, of Middle Haddam.

From the Chatham portion of the society as far as the data at hand shows were: Rev. Benjamin Boardman, pas- tor of the Congregational church; Elijah and Abel Abell, Thomas Aikens jr., Major Jonathan Bowers, Sergt. Othniel and Seba Brainerd, Capt. Joseph Dart, George Carey, Timothy Clark, Seth Doane sen., Timothy and Seth Doane jr., Robert Dingwell, Dol- phin, a slave of Capt. Joseph Dart; Leveus Eddy, Wil- liam Exton, Abijah Fuller sen., Richard Flood, a man by the name of Gilbert, Elijah Green, Capt Joshua Grif- fith, Heman, Moses, Seth Higgins sen., and Seth Higgins jr., Elihu and Sergt. Thomas Hubbard, Capts. Joseph,

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Benjamin, and Jacob Hurd (brothers), Seth Knowles, Richard Mayo jr., Daniel Morgan, Elisha and John Niles, Rowland Percival, Nathaniel Roberts, Amos jr. and Nathaniel Rich, Capt. David and Michael Smith, John Snow, Lieut. John Harris Strong, Capt. Abner Stocking, Jesse Swaddle, Elisha Taylor jr., Sergt. Beriah Wheeler, Samuel Young jr., and John Wright.

Of these, Thomas Aikens jr., son of Thomas and Han- nah (Brainerd) Aikens, was baptized June 2d 1754. Major Jonathan Bowers, was a son of Rev. Benjamin and Sarah (Newell) Bowers, the first pastor of the church, baptized April 28th 1754, and wounded in the battle of Bennington. Elijah and Abel Abell were brothers, and the former was wounded at Point Judith. Sergt. Othniel and Seba Brainerd were sons of Othniel and Lucy (Swaddle) Brainerd, of Middle Haddam. The former was born September 19tli 1755, and served seven years in the war, and died May 27th 1832. Seba was born April 14th 1763, and served some time during the latter part of the war, and became a colonel of militia, and died about 1845, aged 82. Capt. Joseph Dart was probably a son of Cyrus. He served in the commissary department, and became a captain after the war.

Seth Doane jr. and Timothy Doane were brothers, and sons of Seth and Marcey Doane, of Middle Haddam, and both baptized December 30th 1759. Seth Doane jr. died at his father's in Middle Haddam, January 30th 1777, after he had returned from captivity. Elijah Green was a son of John and Rachel Green. Capt. Joshua Griffith was father of Capt. Stephen Timothy Clark, son of Jonathan and Zilpah (Brainerd) Clark, of Middle Haddam, was baptized May 4th 1760, an officer on the Samson, was wounded and died in consequence.

Deacon Jesse and Captains Joseph, Benjamin, and Jacob Hurd were brothers, and sons of Jacob and Thank- ful (Hurlbut) Hurd.

Leveus Eddy, son of John and Elizabeth (Brainerd) Eddy, was baptized June 14th 1759, resided at the time in Young street, in Chatham, but afterward moved to the Neck.

Capt. David Smith was probably a son of Benjamin and Hannah Smith, and born about 1738. Michael Smith lost a limb in the service. He married and settled in East Hampton after the war, and could never speak of the British with any degree of complacency. Lieut. John Harris Strong was a son of Joseph Strong. He was one of the men engaged in the action at Stony Point, and endeavored to be the first who should pull down the ensign of St. George, that floated over the fortress. In this he was unsuccessful, but always af- firmed that he aided the successful aspirant. He mar- ried Elizabeth Carey after the war, and in 1811, removed to Euclid, Ohio, where, in 1817, he was chosen judge of the Court of Common Pleas, an office he held until his death, April 28th 1823. Jesse Swaddle was a son of John and Susanna Swaddle. Sergt. Beriah Wheeler, son of Moses and Rebecca Wheeler, was baptized May 6th 1759. Samuel Young jr., son of Samuel and Rebecca

Young, was baptized July 7th 1745. Amos Rich jr., a son of Amos Rich (deceased at the time of the record) and Mary, his wife, was baptized February 4th 1754.

In the latter part of the year 1776, a number of men from this society, who had been kept as prisoners in the Jersey prison ship at New York, were released by ex- change. They were told that their last meal before they went should be a good one. Savoury soup was set be- [fore them, and they all partook of it except one of two brothers named Doane, from Middle Haddam Landing, who did not like onions, with which it was flavored, and who returned comparatively well. Of those who ate, all died, either on the way home, or soon after arrival, evi- dently the result of some-slow poison introduced with their food. Jesse Swaddle died in December, on the journey home. John Smith and John Snow, having crawled as far as Milford, there died in January 1777. Joseph Arnold also expired before reaching home, Jan- uary 3d 1777. Seth Doane jr. and Elisha Taylor jr. only reached their homes to lie down and die.

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History of Middlesex county, Connecticut, with biographical sketches of its prominent men, Part 101

Author: Whittemore, Henry, b. 1833; Beers, J.B. & Company, publishers Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 818

Author: Whittemore, Henry, b. 1833; Beers, J.B. & Company, publishers
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 818