Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Part 88

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 768

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Matthias Farnsworth, FARNSWORTH the immigrant ances- tor, settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, soon after 1650. He was born in England in 1612, probably in or near Farn- worth, Lancashire. He married, probably as his second wife, Mary, daughter of George Farr, later of Lynn, Massachusetts. Farns- worth was a weaver by trade. He was admitted a freeman of Lynn, May 16, 1670, and died January 21, 1688-89. His widow died 1717. The three eldest children were probably by the first wife. Children: I. Elizabeth, born 1647, probably in England, but possibly in Lynn; married January 16, 1667, James Robertson, or Robinson, born 1632, died December 8, 1720. She died De- cember 22, 1729, aged eighty-two years. 2. Matthias, born 1649: married, 1681, Sarah, daughter of John Nutting. 3. John, born about 1651-52; married, December 8, 1686, Hannah Aldis, of Dedham, Massachusetts, born July 4, 1666; he died October 17, 1729.

4. Benjamin, born 1667 ; mentioned below. 5. Joseph, born November 16, 1657, at Lynn, Massachusetts : died October 31, 1674, 111- married. 6. Mary, born October II, 1660, at Lynn ; married, April II, 1676, Samuel Thatcher, of Watertown, Massachusetts, born October 20, 1648, died October 21, 1726; she died August 17, 1725. 7. Sarah, born about 1663-64, probably at Groton ; married Simon Stone, of Watertown. 8. Samuel, born Octo- ber, 1669; married, December 12, 1706, Mary Whitcomb Willard, widow of Simon Willard. he died 1726-27. 9. Abigail, born January 17, 1671 ; married John Hartshorn, her cousin. IO. Jonathan, born June 1, 1675; married, 1698, Ruth Shattuck, born June 24, 1668, died June 16, 1748. II. Joseph (2d), born 1677; died February 20, 1687.

(II) Benjamin Farnsworth, son of Mat- thias Farnsworth ( 1), born 1667; married, 1695, Mary Prescott, born February 3. 1674, daughter of Jonas and Mary (Loker) Pres- cott. His wife died October 28, 1735. He built his house and lived on the easterly side of the road running on the west side of the broad meadow a little south of the residence lately occupied by Abel Farnsworth, and he owned the stretch of land west of the meadow and south of the road from Farmers' Row across the meadow to the first parish meeting house. The house stood until 1830, though not occupied during its last years of existence. Benjamin was a town officer, selectman for some years. He was a member of the church at Groton, and his children were baptized there. During his last years his wife had the care of him, and was appointed his guardian during his illness. Children, born at Groton : I. Mary, born January 5, 1696; married Lieu- tenant William Tarbell. 2. Martha, born Jan- uary 9, 1698. 3. Benjamin, born January, Patience second

1699; married

Rebecca Pratt, of Malden. 4. Isaac, born July 14, 1701 ; married, April, 1723. Sarah Page, daughter of Samuel; resided at Lunen- burg, Massachusetts, and was town clerk ten years there. 5. Lieutenant Ezra, born Janu- ary 17, 1703; married, April 25, 1726; Elizabeth Loker, daughter of Joseph. 6. Amos, born November 27, 1704; married, No- vember 20, 1735, Lydia, daughter of John and Sarah (Prescott) Longley. 7. Lydia, born September 26, 1706; married, December 19, 1725, Samuel Tarbell. 8. Aaron, born August 29, 1709; mentioned below. 9. Martha, May II, 1728; married Captain John Stevens, and lived at Townsend and Groton. 10. Jonas,

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born October 14, 1713 ; married, 1739, Thank- ful Ward, of Worcester. II. Deborah, born 1715-16; married, March 19, 1735; Samuel Bowers, Jr., who had the first tavern in Groton.

(III) Aaron Farnsworth, son of Benjamin Farnsworth (2), born at Groton, August 29, 1709, died there July 7, 1769. He was a farmer in his native town. He married first, March 29, 1739, Hannah Barron, died 1743. He married second, 1744, Sarah - -, died 1747. He married third, 1749, Elizabeth Parker, died December 12, 1766, aged forty- seven. He married fourth, June 16, 1767, Sarah Bement, born 1723. His widow Sarah married Bolton, and died June 24, 1822, aged ninety-nine years ten months. Children, born at Groton: I. Zaccheus, born November 29, 1729; married, at Pepperell, Abigail Whitney. 2. Sybil, born November 12, 1730; died 1751, unmarried. 3. Mary, born March 29, 1732 ; married March 2, 1767, Colonel Asmyn Baker; settled in Charles- town, New Hampshire. 4. Hannah, born June II, 1734; married, December 17, 1753, James Locke, Jr. 5. Eunice, born November 26, 1735 ; married Joseph Weston, of Concord. 6. Samuel, born August 13, 1737. 7. Esther, born July 24, 1739; married, November I, ·1759, Josiah Parker, Jr. Child of Aaron and Sarah: 8. Aaron, born January 5, 1745; mentioned below. Children of Aaron and Elizabeth: 9. Timothy, born July 28, 1751. IO. Sybil, born 1752-53.

(IV) Aaron Farnsworth, son of Aaron Farnsworth (3), born January 5, 1745; mar- ried, September 17, 1767, Abigail Johnson, of Worcester, Massachusetts. He married sec- ond, Bathsheba - He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Henry Farwell's company of minute-men, Colonel William Prescott's regiment, on the Lexington alarm. Children, born at Groton: I. Timothy, born October 6, 1770; married Elizabeth Robb; second, Sally Clary ; resided at Petersborough and Dublin, New Hampshire. 2. Aaron, born October 20, 1772; married Catherine Vader ; lived at Schenectady, New York. 3. William, born April 6, 1774, died young. 4. Solomon Johnson, born February 6, 1776; mentioned below. 5. Sally, born February 28, 1778; married Josiah Scripture, of Townsend. 6. Samuel, born December 8, 1779 ; married Eliz- abeth Dadman, October 2, 1808: died Novem- ber 26, 1828, at Schenectady, New York. 7. Jonathan, born September 19, 1781; married Lucy Kittridge. 8. Abel, born December 4,

1783, died young. Children of Aaron and Bathsheba : 9. Charles, born October 15, 1786; married Kittridge. IO. Marquis de Lafayette, born July 22, 1788; married September 23, 1809, Sally Tarbell ; resided in Petersborough, New Hampshire. II. Fanny, born July 15, 1790; married Bruce. 12. David, born September 14, 1792. 13. John, born September 1, 1794. 14. Clarissa, born June 3, 1797. 15. Sukey, born October 5, 1800.

(V) Solomon Johnson Farnsworth, son of Aaron Farnsworth (4), born in Groton, Feb- ruary 6, 1776, died February 9, 1844. He set- tled at Petersborough, New Hampshire, and Methuen, Massachusetts. He married, at Reading, Massachusetts, Betsey Nichols, born December 22, 1781, died November 9, 1864. Children: I. Timothy. 2. Francis. 3. Park- er. 4. Sally. 5. Jane. 6. Eliza. 7. Eleanor. 8. Moses. 9. Jeremiah H., mentioned below.

(VI) Jeremiah H. Farnsworth, son of Sol- omon Johnson Farnsworth (5), was born at Townsend, Massachusetts, January 29, 1812. He was educated in the common school, and worked in his youth at the cooper's trade with his father. When he was about twenty-one he embarked in business for himself as a shoe manufacturer in Methuen, Massachusetts, and continued there until 1843, when he removed to Haverhill and established a mant- facturing business there in partnership with Jared Howe, under the firm name of Farns- worth & Howe. The firm also conducted a grocery business in the same building in which their shoe factory was located. After a few years Mr. Howe retired from the business, and Mr. Farnsworth continued the business successfully until about 1876, when he turned it over to his son, Sylvester P. He was a director of the Haverhill Savings and Nation- al Bank. He was a member of the Center Congregational Church, and later of the North Congregational Church. He was entirely a self-made man, highly respected and honored by his townsmen. He married, November 23, 1835, at Pembroke, New Hampshire, Clarinda B. Carter, born at Corinth, Vermont, 1813. Children : I. Newton Haskell, born October 2, 1838, died November, 1875; was a manu- facturer of boots and shoes in Haverhill. 2. Sylvester P., mentioned below.

(VII) Sylvester P. Farnsworth, son of Jeremiah H. Farnsworth (6), was born at Methuen, Massachusetts, May 29, 1840. He was educated in the public schools of Haver- hill, Massachusetts, and New London, New

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Hampshire. He was engaged with his father in the manufacture of boots and shoes until September 16, 1861, when he enlisted in the Twenty-second Regiment Massachusetts Vol- unteer Infantry, known as Henry Wilson's regiment, and took part in many battles and engagements. He was in the battle of Han- over Court House, the Seven-day fight, the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, the Wilder- ness, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and Welden Railroad. He was mustered out of service September 16, 1864.

After the war Mr. Farnsworth returned to Haverhill and worked for his father in the business of manufacturing shoes, succeeding him in business. In 1883 Mr. Farnsworth decided to give up business, and since then he has lived retired at his home in Haverhill. He is a member of the Haverhill Board of Trade. He is a member of the Grace Methodist Epis- copal Church, and of the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a Republican. He belongs to the Union Veteran Union of Haverhill. He married first, Mary W. Witherell, and second, Sarah May Lent, born 1864, daughter of Gil- bert and Frances (Johns) Lent. He has no children.

CHEEVER All of the old families of the surname Cheever in New England appear to come from the same stock. There were sev- eral immigrant ancestors, but all nearly related.

Bartholomew Cheever, born in England, settled in Boston, a shoemaker by trade, admitted freeman May 26, 1647, and to the church May 31, 1646, died 1693; his will, dated October 21, proved December 28, 1693, bequeathed to wife Lydia, brother Daniel, mentioned below, and his seven children by name; to cousin Ezekiel Cheever, the school- master of Boston, mentioned below, and Rich- ard Cheever with his son Bartholomew; to cousins Elizabeth Harwood, William and Samuel Barrett. William Thwing, Benjamin Marsh; to Stephen Palmer that married brother Daniel Cheever's daughter Elizabeth ; to the children of cousin Ballantine and to the poor of the old church ; his widow Lydia was a sister of William Barrett: her will was proved March 14, 1701 ; they had no children.

Daniel Cheever, born in England, brother of the preceding, was a husbandman at Cam- bridge, deposing April 7, 1664, that he was aged about forty-three years ; his wife Hester was a member of the church; he died March,

1703-04 ; his will dated April 30, 1698, proved June 21, 1704, refers to brother Bartholomew Cheever, of Boston, deceased, bequeathis to sons Israel and James ; daughters Lydia Lux- ford, Elizabeth Palmer and Hannah Barrett, wife of William Barrett, son-in-law of Joseph Champney. Children: 1. Mary, born Febru- ary 14, 1645-46. 2. Lydia, born November 26, 1647. 3. James, born at Sudbury, Decem- ber 7, 1649. 4. John, baptized July 31, 1659. 5. Esther, born and died 1660. 6. Israel, bap- tized January 26, 1661. 7. Hannah, born and died 1664. 8. Elizabeth, born and died 1664. 9. Elizabeth, baptized August 6, 1665.

Ezekiel Cheever, the famous and worthy schoolmaster of Boston, was born in London, January 25, 1614-15, resided in Boston in 1637, in New Haven in 1638. Ipswich in 1650, Charlestown in November, 1661, and again in Boston, January 6, 1670. President Eliot, of Harvard College, has recently written a book about him. He was an interesting figure in the early history of the colonies. He married, first. in 1638, Mary - -, who died at New Haven, January 20, 1649; second, November 18, 1652, Ellen Lothrop, sister of Captain Thomas Lothrop, of Beverly. She died Sep- tember 10, 1706. He died at Boston, August 21, 1708; his will, dated February 16, 1705- 06, and proved August 24. 1708, bequeathed to wife Ellen, children Samuel, Mary, Eliza- beth, Ezekiel, Thomas and Susanna, to grand- son Ezekiel Russell. Children: 1. Samuel, born September 22, 1639. 2. Mary, baptized November 29, 1640, married William Lewis. 3. Ezekiel, baptized June 12, 1642. 4. Eliza- beth, baptized April 6, 1645; married Samuel Goldthwaite. 5. Sarah, baptized September 21, 1646. 6. Hannah, baptized June 25, 1648. 7. Abigail, born July 1, 1655. 8. Nathaniel, born June 23, 1657. 9. Thomas, born August 23, 1658. 10. William, born and died 1664. II. Susanna, married June 5, 1693, Joseph Russell.

Abraham Cheever, brother of Bartholomew, died in 1669. Richard Cheever, of Boston, mentioned by Bartholomew, died in 1709, his widow Abigail being appointed administratrix August 8, 1709. The eldest son of Ezekiel, Rev. Samuel Cheever, minister at Marblehead, Massachusetts, was called cousin of Peter Cheever, mentioned below.

(I) Peter Cheever, the immigrant ancestor, was a nephew of Ezekiel Cheever, the school- master, and closely related to the other Cheever immigrants, though much younger. He was probably of age in 1668 when his

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name appears on a petition to the general court concerning imposts, signed by the citi- zens of Salem where he was then living. He was a soldier in King Philip's War in the com- pany of Captain Samuel Brocklebank in 1675. His name appears next to that of Ezekiel Cheever on the list of members of the Salem old troop in 1678 in a petition to Major Deni- son. He was a glover by trade and appears to have remained at Salem all his active life. He died in 1699. His will dated July 15, 1699, proved August 7, 1699, mentions his cousin Samuel, of Marblehead. Children: 1. Sam- uel, baptized August, 1688. 2. Peter, bap- tized, August, 1688; mentioned below. 3-

Daniel, married Sarah -; he was bap- tized an adult March 3, 1728; children: i. Daniel, baptized August 20, 1727; ii. Desire, baptized August 3, 1729.

(II) Peter Cheever, son of Peter Cheever (I), was baptized in Salem, August, 1688. He married first, Margaret second, Sarah He was in Salem in 1746 when he bought of Benjamin Lynde a piece of land probably at what is now the corner of Brown and Winter streets. The homestead was afterwards owned and occupied as a tan- nery by his son Samuel. Children, baptized at Salem : I. Margaret, October, 1731. 2.

Peter, February II, 1732; died 1801, at And- over: married first, Margaret Ives; second, Martha Osgood. 3. Daniel, February II, 1735; mentioned below. 4. Samuel, October 30, 1737 ; died March 19, 1814; married Sally Ring, of Scarborough. 5. Hannah, Septem- ber 13, 1741. 6. Margaret, June 5, 1743. 7. Benjamin, baptized at the Tabernacle January 25, 1746; married Mary Card (nee Barr). 8. Lydia, July 1, 1750. 9. Henry, February 2, 1752.

(III) Daniel Cheever, son of Peter Cheever (2), was born February, 1732. He was a soldier in the revolution, second sergeant in Captain Samuel King's company in 1775; quarter gunner in Captain John Simonds's company of gunners ; also in Captain Samuel King's company at Salem and Lynn in 1775. He married Sarah Hawthorn (See p. 249. Vol. 22 Essex Inst. Coll.) Children, baptized at Salem: I. Daniel, December 25, 1763. 2. Joseph, December 30, 1764, died young. 3. Joseph, July 5, 1767. 4. John, August 9, 1767. 5. Nathaniel, June 4. 1769. 6. Ebenezer, August II, 1771 ; mentioned below. 7. Joseph, August 26, 1777. 8. Nathaniel, September 6, 1778 ; died November 6, 1813; married Abi- gail Hutchinson. 9. Captain Joseph, August

26, 1781 ; died at Beverly, March 7, 1823, aged forty-two years ; married, June 30, 1805, Nab- by Herrick.

(IV) Ebenezer Cheever, son of Daniel Cheever (3), was baptized at Salem, August II, 1771, and died October 1, 1842, aged sixty- seven years. He married, May 26, 1799, Han- nah Herrick. They resided at Beverly, Mass- achusetts. Children, born at Beverly: I. John, born May 20, 1800; mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer, born June 28, 1802; died June 16, 1803. 3. Ebenezer, born January 28, 1804; died November 4, 1807. 4. Hannah, born April 4, 1807. 5. Sally, born December 22, 1809. 6. Edward, born December 27, 1812. 7. Mahala, born October 22, 1814.

(V) John Cheever, son of Ebenezer Cheever (4), was born at Beverly, May 20, 1800, and died September 29, 1851, at Blue Hill, Maine. He married Betsey Lovett Gardner, born at Beverly, December 22, 1803, and died October 19, 1886, at Andover, bur- ied in North Andover. Children, born at Blue Hill: 1. Betsey J., born March 12, 1824; died April 7, 1857; married Reuben George W. Dodge, of Blue Hill. 2. John Gardner, born June 28, 1826; followed the sea. 3. Sarah Susan, born December 15, 1829; died November 20, 1896; unmarried. 4. Horace Walter, born November 14, 1833. 5. Austin Whitney, born June 7, 1836; died December, 1858, at Haverhill, Massachusetts. 6. George Batchelder, born May 26, 1838; served in the civil war, Thirty-fifth Regiment, Massachu- setts Volunteer Militia : was confined a long time in the Lincoln Hospital and died soon after leaving the hospital, January 19, 1866. 7. Ella T., born January 29, 1845, now living in Andover. John Cheever was educated in the district schools and learned the trade of shipbuilder. He followed shipbuilding as a business, though for a time he had a grocery store at Blue Hill. He was the most promin- ent man of that section for a number of years. He built and owned a number of ships used in foreign trade. One of his vessels was called the "Sarah Jackson" and another the "Equa- tor," of which he was owner of two-thirds and all its cargo when she was lost at sea without insurance, causing him to lose a con- siderable part of his savings. He was a faith- ful and devout member of the Congregational church.

(VI) Horace Walter Cheever, son of John Cheever (5), was born at Blue Hill, Maine, November 14, 1833. He received his educa- tion in the district schools and worked on his

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father's farm in his youth. Before buying the farm mentioned below he dealt in shoe soles, etc. When he left home he bought a farm in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and fol- lowed farming the remainder of his active life with marked success. In politics he was a Republican ; in religion a Congregationalist. He married Hannah Frances Cole, born in Lowell, March 29, 1840, daughter of Timothy Cole, who lived in Haverhill. Children: I. Lilla G., born December 28, 1859; married James I. Steel, of Haverhill; have two chil- dren. 2. John Austin, born September 23, 1861 ; died April, 1902, unmarried. 3. Minnie Susan, born March 2, 1864, unmarried. 4. Alice Brown, born January 9, 1867 ; married, 1895, Louis P. Benson. 5. Hattie C., born June 14. 1869; married Frank E. Drew, of Haverhill. 6. George Horace, born April 15, 1872 ; died November 19, 1903. 7. Clara, died in infancy. 8. Infant son, died young. All of the children were born in Haverhill.

The ancestors of the sub- TEWKSBURY ject of this sketch were influential among the set- tlers of Manchester-by-the-Sea, in old Essex county, Massachusetts, in the closing decades of the seventeenth century. The old world ancestors were English farmers, and, while records are obscure, it is generally conceded that the first immigrants of the name came from Gloucester county, England, where the old market town of Tewkesbury is located. The traceable line of descent begins and con- tinues as follows :

(1) Thomas Tewksbury seems to have come to the town about the year 1680, and was the first of the name to become active in the affairs of that ancient colonial township. He represented the town of Manchester in the colonial legislature of 1692 and again in 1693, and was one of the selectmen in charge of town affairs during the same years. The pay of legislators was not tempting in those days, for it is recorded that he collected a sum equal to about seventy-five cents per day for his services at the colonial general court. (II) Thomas Tewksbury, son of Thomas (I), was born in Manchester, about 1690. He married Rebecca Foster, December 27, 1722.

(III) John Tewksbury, son of Thomas (2) and Rebecca, one of eight children, was born in Manchester, in 1728. He married first, Elizabeth Tilton, who died June 1I, 1772; and second, Ruth Masters, who died Septem-

ber 15, 1793. He died in 1775. He was clerk of the land proprietors of the township, served many years as town clerk and select- man, and was one of the committee of safety appointed in the town in 1774 before the actual outbreak of the Revolutionary war. He was for many years a deacon in the old Congre- gational church.

(IV) John Tewksbury, son of John Tewksbury (3), was born in Manchester, November 11, 1753. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Andrew Mas- ter's company of minute-men from Manches- ter, responding to the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, marching to Medford; was also in Captain Joseph Whipple's company, 1775. in sea coast defense duty at Gloucester and Man- chester : was in the navy in 1780, on the brig- antine "Griffin," Captain Gideon Henfield. He married Sarah Lendall, of Manchester, by whom he had ten children. At the close of the Revolutionary war he removed, with many other families of the vicinity, to the town of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, and remained there until his death.

(V) Joseph Tewksbury, son of John (4), one of a large family, was born at Hopkinton, New Hampshire, in 1797, and resided there until his death in November, 1866. He was an industrious and hard working farmer, content to be faithful over a few things, but was a man of quick perception and of strong common sense. When once convinced that he was right he could not be moved from his position. At one time he was the pioneer abolitionist of the town, and for twenty years he was a deacon of the Baptist church. He married Eliza Butler, of Essex, Massachu- setts, who died in 1874.

(VI) Robert Haskell Tewksbury, son of Joseph Tewksbury (5), and Eliza Butler, one of seven children, was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, April 11, 1833. The schools of that town gave him his only educational advantages. In 1852 he left home and located in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he has since lived. During nearly all his active life he has served as a cashier and accountant. For two years, 1863 and 1864, he was an assessor of taxes; for a period of ten years from 1864 to 1874 was city treasurer and col- lector of taxes ; in 1875 was mayor of Law- rence, and, on closing his official term, accept- ed the position of cashier, accountant and land agent with the Essex Company, the cor- poration that developed the water power at Lawrence, which company owned, improved

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and sold' much of the land underlying the city. In this position he continued after thirty-three years of service. In addition to his regular duties he has served the city of Lawrence for five years as a mem- ber of the board in charge of public water works, and for six years as a member of, and clerk of, the Lawrence school building commissions, having charge of the erection and equipment of the high school building and two principal grammar school houses. He is also president of the Lawrence Savings Bank, and was for a quarter of a century sec- retary of an association of pioneer citizens known as The Old Residents' Association. He is a Veteran Odd Fellow, a member of Monadnock Lodge. In politics he has always been a Republican, with independent leanings.

He married first, November 24, 1859, An- gelia Catherine Hawthorne, daughter of Cal- vin and Rachael (Jackman) Hawthorne, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire. He married second, June 14, 1894, Amelia Burkinshaw, daughter of William H. Burkinshaw and Ruth Parkin, of Sheffield, England. The children by the first marriage are Willis H. and Robert L. There are no children by the second marriage.

Mr. Tewksbury is deeply interested in all matters pertaining to the history of the Merri- mack Valley, and is frequently called upon to address historical societies and literary clubs. On the fiftieth anniversary of the incorpor- ation of the city of Lawrence, in 1903, Mr. Tewksbury was selected to write and deliver the historical poem commemorating the occa- sion, which was published in the Eagle and Tribune souvenir volume, and is reproduced below.

A CITY OF TODAY.

Anniversary Poem Written by Hon. Robert H. Tewksbury. Read at City Hall. June 1, 1903.

We chant no ancient, mystic rune Of mail-clad knights of old, Of searchers for the holy grail, Or fabled fleece of gold ; We trace no faint heraldic lines, No legends strange and dim, But sing in simplest form and phrase, Plain Labor's triumph hymn.

We meet beside our mountain stream, On this rare day in June, When beauty touches every scene And true hearts beat in tune, And here, beneath an open heaven, Where the free winds have play, Stands Lawrence, on the enduring rock- A CITY OF TODAY.

Eight years have passed since we proclaimed Our first glad, festal time,

And sang, as now, a glad all-hail' While joy-bells pealed in chime;

Then came the ring of EATON's voice, In words the years rehearse,

The song of WETHERBEE flowed out In pulsing waves of verse;

Now, they, in undiscovered worlds, From toil and care made free,

Sail on, among the enchanted isles That gem a crystal sea.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Part 88

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 768

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 768