History of Middlesex county, Connecticut, with biographical sketches of its prominent men, Part 49

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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partner, Alden Clark, who soon after retired in favor of George Clark, a nephew. In 1867, the partnership was dissolved. The business having increased to such an ex- tent as to require additional facilities, Mr. Stiles removed to Middletown, where he has since remained. Previous to this, he made several improvements in his stamping press, among others an eccentric adjustment, which was a great improvement on other punching presses then in use, and far superior to what was known as the Fowler press. This device he patented in 1864. Parker Bro- thers, of Meriden, who were engaged in manufacturing the Fowler press, adopted Mr. Stiles' eccentric adjust- ment, which involved a long and expensive litigation, re- sulting finally in a compromise and the organization of the Stiles & Parker Press Company, in which Mr. Stiles held a controlling interest. His pluck and perseverance were finally rewarded with success, and he has built up a large and extensive business, involving the necessity of open- ing a branch factory and office in New York city.

In 1873, he attended the Vienna Exposition, through which means he obtained a foreign market for his goods. The presses are now in use in the armories and navy yards of the United States, as well as those of Germany, Austria, Prussia, Sweden, Turkey, Egypt, and Mexico. Among the various classes of manufacturers using these presses, may be mentioned the manufacturers of fire arms, agricultural implements, builders' hardware, locks, brass goods, clocks, sewing machines, and their attach- ments, tin ware, silver-plated and Britannia ware, pocket cutlery, etc .; and in fact nearly every class of metal workers are compelled to use these goods.

During his residence abroad, Mr. Stiles became promi- nently connected with the manager of the Vienna Expo- sition, and was nominated as one of the Advisory Com- mittee, but his position as exhibitor precluded his acceptance. He was a member of the Advisory Com- mittee at the Centennial Exposition held at Philadelphia in 1876. He is one of the seven directors of the United States Patent Association, which includes examiners of

the Patent Office, solicitors of patents, and inventors.

He has interested himself to some extent in the public affairs of Middletown, and served two years as a mem- ber of the Board of Aldermen. He is a member of Cyrene Commandery, Knight Templars, and is also a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity.

On the 23d of March 1864, he married Sarah M., daughter of Henry Smith, of Middletown, by whom he has had three children, viz .: Henry R., Edmund E., and Millie B.

FRANCIS D. EDGERTON, M. D.

Francis D. Edgerton was born at East Hampton on the 26th of August 1838. His early education was at the public and select schools of his native town. Early in life he evinced a taste for the profession his father had for so many years successfully followed, and was afforded every opportunity to acquire a thorough education. At the age of 13 he entered the preparatory school at Wil- heavy loss. He soon started again, taking in, as special | braham, Massachusetts, where he remained for two years. He then went to East Greenwich, Rhode Island, where, in 1857, he delivered the salutatory address before the graduating class at the anniversary exercises.

In 1857, he entered Wesleyan University and gradua- ted in 1861. He subsequently studied medicine with his father, and in 1862 attended a course of lectures at Berk- shire (Massachusetts) Medical College. In 1863, he at- tended a course of medical lectures at the University of Vermont, receiving from that institution his diploma of M. D. Soon after this he passed an examination for as- sistant surgeon of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volun- teers, and received his commission, but was prevented by circumstances from entering the service. In 1863 and 1864, he attended a course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, connected with Columbia Col- lege, New York, where he graduated in 1864, and re- ceived a second diploma. In April of the same year he passed a competitive examination, under the Commission- ers of Charities and Corrections, and spent 18 months in Bellevue Hospital and six months in the hospitals on Blackwell's Island.

On the 6th of July 1866, he came to Middletown and commenced practice as the successor of Dr. John Ellis Blake.

He was secretary and treasurer of the Middlesex County Medical Society from 1873 to 1877; was treasurer of the Connecticut Medical Society from 1876 to 1882; and has been the attending physician at the State Indus- trial School from the date of its organization.

As a representative of the State Medical Society, he delivered the annual address before the graduating class of Yale Medical School, in 1878.

In 1868, he married Amelia Dupont, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, daughter of the late Henry C. Cruger.

To Dr. Edgerton and his wife were born three children: Henry Cruger, born May 21st 1870; Francis Cruger, born July 11th 1873; and John Warren, born February 20th 1875.

TOWN OF CHATHAM.

BY M. L. ROBERTS.

GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

T HE town of Chatham is situated in the northeast corner of the county, and is bounded on the north by Glastonbury, in Hartford county, on the east by Marl- borough, in Hartford county, and Colchester, in New London county, on the south by East Haddam and Had- dam, and on the west by Middletown and Portland. It is separated from Middletown by the Connecticut River, which washes the southwest corner of the town.

The township was originally a part of Middletown, the original grant of which extended three miles in breadth east of the river, and in 1673, by virtue of another grant, it was extended three miles in breadth further east.

This tract was incorporated, at the October session of the General Assembly, in 1767, as a town, and named Chatham, after a town of the same name in England, noted for its ship building, a branch of industry in which it was expected it would some day rival its English name- sake. At the time of its incorporation it embraced the whole of the ecclesiastical parish of East Middletown, a part of the parish of Middle Haddam, the whole of the parish of East Hampton, and a small portion of the par- ish of Pine Swamp, alias Westchester. The name of East Middletown Parish was changed to Chatham, and in 1842 it was set off as a separate town by the name of Conway, but at the same session the name was changed to Port- land.

The township is about nine miles in length from north to south, about six miles in width on its southern border, and three on its northern. Its surface is very uneven and hilly, and in some parts mountainous. The soil is hard and rocky, and better adapted to grazing than to cultivation.

The Bolton Mountains, or rather a continuation of that range, are situated on the western border of the town. Meshomasic or, in colloquial parlance, Somersic Moun- tain, one of this range, situated partly in Chatham and partly in Glastonbury, is famous for its rattlesnakes with which it has abounded from its discovery to the present day. So numerous were these reptiles at the time of the first settlement that the towns were under the necessity of offering a bounty for their destruction, which was

usually " six-pence a tail," to copy the quaint language of the record. The late Dr. Chapin, in his " Glastonbury for two hundred years," published in 1853, says that the Indian name of this mountain testifies to the same peculi- arity, Me-shom-as-sek signifying great rattlesnake. This definition he obtained from "Roger Williams' Key to the Indian Language," Meshom, great, and sesek or assek, rattlesnake, or an abundance of rattlesnakes. The Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, of Hartford, who is considered the best authority on the Indian language in the United States, in a volume published in 1881, entitled, “Indian names of places in and on the borders of Connecticut, with interpretations of some of them," says that there is no foundation for Dr. Chapin's interpretation, but that he can suggest nothing better unless it can, by some steep declivity or deep chasm, be identified with Mas- sawomasog, which denotes a great declivity (literally, down going), and is applicable to a steep ledge, hillside, or high bank, which might easily be found in the vicinity. Of late years these reptiles are not found in any con- siderable numbers, but occasionally, in a hot, dry season, some have been killed even in the center of near vil- lages.

Bald Hill, famous for its rattlesnakes, trailing arbutus, and peculiar kind of quartzite rock much sought after for scythe stones, is situated in the same locality. Great Hill, or Governor's Ring, so called from the supposition that Governor Winthrop obtained gold enough to make a ring from its rocks, is the southwestern terminus of this range. The famous Cobalt Mines, of which more will be said in another place, were excavated in the side of this mountain. A good view of Long Island Sound can be obtained from its summit on a clear day, and, with the aid of a powerful glass, vessels can be seen sail- ing up and down upon its waters, some thirty miles away. Clark's Hill, so called from its having been in possession of families of that name from the first settle- ment of East Hampton Parish to the present day, lies to the eastward of Great Hill. A good view of the sound can also be had from this point.

Pocotopaug Lake, northeast of the village of East Hampton and near to Marlborough line, is a beautiful

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sheet of water, nearly nine miles in circumference, fol- lowing the circuitous windings of its shore. Its waters average about eight feet in depth and enclose several small islands. Its Indian name was always supposed by the inhabitants of the town to mean " clear water," as its waters are very clear and transparent; but Mr. Trumbull, in the work before mentioned, says that the meaning of the name is obscure, but the interpretation which seems most probable is "divided pond," Pohqutae- paug, the pond having the appearance of being double, composed of two nearly circular ponds, united by a short narrow strait. This pond was in the line of the old bridle path between Providence and Middletown, and travelers were taken across this strait on a raft. This bridle path entered the town just north of the present dwelling house of Morris Colbert, and passing down the hill in a westerly direction ascended the Bear Swamp ledges through what is now known as the Dug- way, and, swinging to the northward of Great or Baker's Hill, so-called, it came out on the shore of the lake, on Markham's Point, where it crossed to what is now called Hinkley's Point, then turning to the left and northward of the lake crossed the summit of Clark's Hill, and thence in a westerly direction toward Middletown. The waters of this lake abounded with pickerel, perch, bull- heads, roach, and dace for a number of years after the settlement of the town, but the introduction of black bass, a game fish, into'its waters a few years since, has had a tendency to diminish the original denizens, both in size and number. There are no inlets, of any size, to Pocotopaug Lake, it being fed probably by low springs, as rains that do not run off the ground do not affect its height materially. There is a beautiful legend connected with this lake, that an Indian maiden sacrificed herself here by direction of the Great Spirit, and the promise to her was that no person should ever be drowned in its bosom. Taking the legend for what it is worth, it is a well established fact that up to the time of writing, no person, so far as known, has ever been drowned there.

To the east of this lake rises a bare round hill, known as Baker's Hill, from a family of that name that live near its summit. On the top of this hill a well was dug some 40 feet in depth for some parties in New York, who were intending to build a summer house here, but for some reason failed to do so. This well is now nearly filled with stones and debris dropped in by visitors to this locality. A good view of Colchester, Westchester, Marlborough, Gilead, and East Haddam can be obtained from this point. A chain of ledges skirts along the eastern side of this hill and runs in a northerly direction into the town of Marlborough. At the foot of these ledges lies Bear Swamp, a locality where bears were plenty at the time of the first settlement of the town, and which is almost impenetrable on account of the thick growth of underbrush that covers its face. Bear Swamp Brook, a continuation of what is known further south as Potash Brook, runs through this swamp in a northerly direction into Marlborough where it loses itself in Dickin- son's Stream. Flat Brook, near the eastern border of

the town, flows southerly under the Rapallo Viaduct on the Air Line Railroad, and empties into Salmon River near the Colchester line. Salmon River, the two prin- cipal sources of which rise in Hebron and Lebanon, flows through the parish of Westchester and across the southwestern corner of the town, separating the parish of East Hampton from Westchester, and the town of East Haddam from Haddam, and empties into the Connecti- cut near Mount Tom. On either side of this steam rise abrupt hills covered with groves of hemlock, oak, and chestnut. In Connecticut Land Records, volume III, page 85, this river is described as the west bound of Jeremy Adams' farm in Colchester, in a grant to him from Uncas, in 1-662, and is called the Tatamacuntaway. Pine Brook, the only outlet of Pocotopaug Lake, is re- corded in Connecticut Land Records, volume 1, page 456, as Niuppaquashneag Brook. This word, evidently corrupted, properly represents Wunni-appoquasinne-auke and means good flag place or where flags (Appoqua- sinash, for making mats, etc.) are plenty (Trumbull's In- dian Names, page 1). This steam flows in a soutli- westerly direction, furnishing power for the many thriv- ing industries of East Hampton, and empties into Salmon River a few miles from its mouth. Muddy Gutter Brook and Green River flow through the central part of the town in a southerly direction, and empty into Pine Brook. Cobalt Brook, rising near the Cobalt Mine, flows through the village of Middle Haddam and empties into the Connecticut River near the old ship-yard. Taylor's Creek, flowing down from Great Hill Meadow, in the east part of Portland, divides the two towns. Glen Falls, where the water flows over a precipice 30 feet in height, is on this stream. Eastward from the Connecticut River, the ground rises, in some places gradually, and in others precipitously for about a mile, the height bearing the name of Hog Hill from the fol- lowing circumstance. Soon after the settlement of this locality the hogs belonging to the early settlers were suffered to roam at large, under certain restraints. Dur- ing a severe storm they took refuge in the basement of the first meeting house in Middle Haddam Parish, which stood near the southern extremity of this hill. This house, standing on a side hill, was stoned up underneath, leaving a vacant place under the church, a small aper- ture being left in the wall for ingress and egress. Some party or parties closed this aperture and imprisoned these animals, who were not discovered until the following Sabbath, when their grunting disclosed their presence, and they were released from their prison. East of this hill, and about a mile distant from summit to summit, rises another to about the same height, known as Chest- nut Hill. Through the valley, between these two hills, Green River flows, uninterrupted to its mouth. South of East Hampton village is Miller's Hill, so called from an early settler of that name, and to the south and east of this are the ranges known as the Smith Hills. Mill Brook rises between these two hills, and flows southerly to Salmon River. Bevin Hill, in the western part of East Hampton village, and Mott Hill, north of the lake, were

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so called from early settlers of those names. North of Pocotopaug Lake is a stream known as Wells' Brook, which flows in a southerly direction, and empties into Dickinson Stream in Marlborough. All the streams de- scribed abounded with delicious brook trout at the time of the early settlement, but in many of them they have long since disappeared, and their number greatly dimin- ished in the others.

FROM THE TOWN RECORDS.

The first town meeting was held in Chatham on " De- cember ye 7th 1767." The following extract is from the record of this meeting:

"Upon the Request of Robert Stevenson in a memorial Laid before this meeting that he might have the previlidg of Erecting a Store house and Wharf upon the Shore near the place Called Indian Hill; after Due Consideration this meeting Granted him Comitce upon his own Cost To View the Circumstances of s'd place and to make Report to the next Meeting the Comitee Chosen for the purpose are Mr. John Cooper Capt. Samll Hull and Mr. Ebnezer White.

" Whereas Robert Stevenson in the former part of this mecting Ex- hibited a memorial to the town of Chatham Requesting that he might have Liberty to Erect a ware house and wharfe in a Certain place in s'd town this meeting appointed him a Comitee To View the Circumstance of s'd place and upon the Report of S'd Comitee this Meeting Voted he might have the priveledge Requested in S'd memorial Provided he Ever maintain a publick Road for passing and Repassing Between his Ware house and wharfe when erected.

"To the Inhabitants of the Town of Chatham To be Convined by Legal warning on the 10th Day of Janr. 1785. Gentlemen Whereas a Considerable Number of the inhabitants of this Town who Live at the Extreme part of the Town Sonth of Salmon River and at a Great Dis- tance from the place Where Annual and freemans meetings are attended in s'd Town who have not only To ride Twelve or fourteen miles in an exceeding bad Road to attend s'd meetings but Likewise a very Bad Mad River To ford and many Times is by no means fordable which must needs Deprive us of those Priveledge which mankind in General Do injoy to Remidy which we most Earnestly Entreat and Request of s'd Town To pass a vote that they will not oppose us at the General as- sembly in having all the Lands South of Salmon River in s'd Town with the Inhabitants thereon Living Annexed To Some other Town Where we Can Enjoy our Town Priviledgs Equaly with the rest of mankind in Riding about four or five miles in Good Roads which will Greatly ease the Burdens we Labour under and merrit the Harty Thanks of your Humble petitioners Benjamin Trobridge Thomas Williams Abner Brainerd Stephen Brainerd Sam'll Ackley Joshua Brainerd Robert Usher Zephianiah Miehel Asce Miehel Lemuel Seovel Joshua Briggs.

"The above petition being Laid Before the meeting and after Due Consideration the meeting by major Vote Granted their Request."

January 10th 1785, it was

" Voted by this mecting To Chuse a Commitee in order to prefer a memorial To the General Assembly To Grant the Liberty of Seting up a Lotery in order to Raise Money for the purpose of Building a Bridge across Salmon River.

"The Com'ee ehosen and appointed are Doctor Robert Usher Capt. Stephen Brainerd and Capt. Elijah Smith."

CIVIL LIST.

Representatives .- The following is a list of the repre- sentatives for the town of Chatham from 1768 to 1884, inclusive:

David Sage, 1768 M .- 1769 M., 1771 M., 1772 M., 1774 O .- 1775 O .; Nathaniel Freeman, 1769 M., 1770 M .- 1771 O .; Ebenezer White, 1769 O .- 1770 O., 1771 O .- 1774 M., 1775 M .- 1778 M., 1779 O., 1780 M., 1781 M .- 1782 M., 1783 M .- 1784 O., 1785 O .- 1786 O., 1788 M., 1788 O., 1789 O., 1791 M .; Elisha Cornwell, 1769 O .; Silas Dun- ham, 1772 O .- 1774 O., 1778 O., 1780 O .; John Penfield, 1776 M .- 1777 M., 1778 M., 1779 M., 1780 O., 1781 M., 1787 M., 1787 O., 1789 M., 1789 O .; Jeremiah Bradford, 1778 O .; Joseph Kellogg, 1779 M .- 1780 M .; Chauncey Buckley, 1781 O., 1782 M., 1783 O., 1784 M., 1785 M.,

1786 O., 1788 M., 1788 O., 1791 M., 1791 O., 1792 O., 1793 M., 1794 O., 1796 M., 1797 O., 1799 M., 1800 O., 1801 O .; Moses Bartlett, 1782 O .; James Bill, 1782 O., 1783 M., 1784 O., 1787 M., 1787 O., 1789 M .; 1790 M., 1790 O., 1792 .M., 1795 O., 1798 M., 1798 O .; Joseph Blake, 1785 M .; Bryan Parmelee, 1785 O., 1802 M .; Eli- jah Smith, 1786 M .; Hezekiah Goodrich, 1790 M., 1790 O., 1791 0 .- 1797 M., 1798 O., 1799 M., 1800 O .- 1803 M., 1805 M .- 1806 M., 1809 O .- 1812 M .; Timothy Rog- ers, 1793 O., 1794 M .; Joseph Sage, 1795 M .; Moses Cook, 1796 O., 1797 M., 1801 M .; Daniel Shepard jr., 1797 O., 1798 M .; Seth Overton, 1799 O., 1800 M .; Stephen Griffith, 1799 O., 1814 M .; Robert Usher, 1800 M., 1804 O., 1805 M .; David Clarke, 1802 O., 1803 M., 1814 O .; Enoch Sage, 1803 O .- 1804 O., 1806 0., 1816 M .- 1820; John H. Strong, 1803 O., 1804 M .; Benjamin Hurd, 1805 O., 1806 M., 1809 M., 1810 M., 1810 O., 1812 M., 1812 O., 1817 M., 1817 O., 1819 M .; Nathaniel Markham, 1806 O., 1807 M .; Daniel Cheeney, 1807 M., 1807 O .; Jonathan Bowers, 1807 O., 1808 M .; Isaac Conkling, 1808 M .; Abel Penfield, 1808 O., 1809 M., 1812 O .; Jesse Hurd, 1808 O., 1813 M .; Constant Welch, 1809 O .; Jabez Comstock, 1811 M., 1811 O .; Asahel H. Strong, 1813 M .- 1814 M .; David Churchill, 1813 O., 1814 O .; Samuel Hall, 1815 M., 18:5 O .; Joseph Dart, 1815 M, 1815 O .; Nehemiah Gates, 1816 M., 1816 O., 1818 M., 1818 O., 1820, 1867, 1868; George White, 1821; Ira Lee, 1821; Nathaniel Markham jr., 1822, 1824, 1827, 1829, 1831; Guy Cooper, 1822, 1823, 1828, 1829, 1836; Ralph Smith, 1823, 1825, 1826; Phillip Sage, 1824, 1825, 1830; Franklin G. Comstock, 1826; Elijah Colton, 1827; John Stewart jr., 1828, 1830; Joseph Hall, 1831; David Williams, 1832, 1833; John Markham, 1832; Nathaniel C. Smith, 1833; Selden Cook, 1834; John Markham jr., 1834, 1836, 1838, 1851; Edward Lewis, 1837, 1838; Laz- arus Watrous, 1837; William R. Smith, 1839, 1840; Francis Young, 1839; Braddock Strong, 1840, 1842; Ralph Goodrich, 1841; Elijah Clark, 1841, 1842; Cyrus Hurd, 1843, 1844; Daniel B. Niles, 1843; Lewis Utley, 1844; Hiram Markham, 1845, 1846; William Bevin, 1845, 1852, 1854; William G. Buell, 1846, 1847; Charles Jacobs, 1847; Alfred Brooks, 1848; Nathaniel C. Smith, 1848, 1849, 1850; Levi Bunce, 1849, 1850; Amasa Carpenter, 1851; Martin Roberts, 1852; Washington S. Ackley, 1853; A. B. Cone, 1853; John Stuart, 1854; Elijah Clark 2d, 1855; Hiram Veazey, 1855, 1877; John Carrier, 1856, 1857, 1860; William Veazey, 1856; Henry M. Dun- ham, 1857, 1874; William B. Brown, 1858, 1859; Henry W. Clark, 1858; Charles A. Buell, 1859, 1860, 1864, 1866; Charles A. Strong, 1861; Jarvis Boies, 1861; A. N. Niles, 1862; John P. Purple, 1862; John W. Tryon, 1863; Charles L. Strong, 1863; Alexander Bailey, 1864; Har- rison Brainard, 1865; Chauncey Bevin, 1865, 1866; Ben- jamin B. Hopkinson, 1867; Stephen A. Loper, 1868, 1869; Martin L. Roberts, 1869; E. A. Brainerd, 1870; D. B. West, 1870; Samuel North, 1871; B. D. Hurd, 1871; E. M. Simpson, 1872; Sylvester Bailey, 1872; Robert L, Young, 1873; Abner G. Bevin, 1873; William H. Shep- hard, 1874; Clark O. Sears, 1875, 1876; Leverett D.

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Willey, 1875; Elisha N. Ackley, 1876; David H. Selden, 1877; Hubert E. Carpenter, 1878, 1879; Frank A. Clark, 1878; Frederick H. Dunham, 1879; Franklin D. Strong, 1880; John L. Watrous, 1880; Philo' Bevin, 1881; John H. Selden, 1881; Delos D. Brown, 1882; Nathaniel C. Johnson, 1882; Henry P. Markham, 1883; Titus E. Ar- nold, 1883; Henry S. Gates, 1884; Irvin N. Tibbals, 1884.

Town Clerks .- The following is a list of the town clerks of Chatham from 1767 to 1884:

Jonathan Penfield, 1767-94; Daniel Shepard jr., 1794- 1802; Zebulon Penfield, 1802-36; Edward A. Penfield, 1836-41; John Markham, 1841-42; Nathaniel C. Smith, 1842-66; Seward Willey, 1866-67; Festus E. Adams, 1867-69; Charles H. Strong, 1869-73; William H. Bev- in, 1873-84.

ROADS.

The original north and south highways, extending the entire length of the town, were situated one mile apart, from the river eastward. Some portions of these old highways are in use now, in different parts of the town, but their original width is nowhere maintained. Quite a number of highways also extended across the township in the opposite direction, but were irregularly laid out to suit the convenience of the settlers. Some of them were mere bridle paths and though traveled considerably, it is probable that none of them were Appian Ways.

The Hebron and Middle Haddam Turnpike was char- tered in 1802, with a capital stock of $8,000. It ex- tended from Hebron Meeting House, through Marl- borough, and entered the town to the eastward of the residence of the late Capt. Eleazer Veazey, and swinging to the southward of Pocotopaug Lake, terminated at Mid- dle Haddam Landing.

The Colchester & Chatham Turnpike Company was chartered in 1808, with a capital stock of $9,000. It ex- tended from Colchester, through the parish of Westches- ter, and, entering the town at Comstock's Bridge, it kept a northerly direction over Miller's Hill, and, leaving the present limits of the town near the Cobalt Manufacturing Company's works, terminated at Middletown ferry. For a short distance it used the highway of the Hebron & Middle Haddam Company, and both companies united in maintaining a toll gate where the railroad now crosses, near the residence of Capt. N. C. Johnson.

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History of Middlesex county, Connecticut, with biographical sketches of its prominent men, Part 49

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