Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 43

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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GOULD In 1235 Thomas Gould signs a document as trustee of the church, and this is the first rec- ord found of the name in England. Of the family here described, the first to whom their ancestry can be traced is Thomas, who lived at Bovingdon, a village in Hertfordshire, not far from London, and who died in 1520. From him the family record is found for sev- eral generations in England, and Richard, of the fifth generation, born about 1553, had four children, two of whom, Jeremy and Zaccheus, emigrated to America.

(I) Zaccheus Gould, according to his depo- sition made in Topsfield, Massachusetts, was born in 1589, and lived at Hemel Hempstead, and later at Great Missenden, Bucks county, England, where he was assessed in 1629. A number of his kindred came to New England about the same time as he, and January 29, 1639-40, his name is found signed as witness to a will. In 1644 he petitioned the general court to set aside part of Ipswich in a village by itself. and this later became Topsfield, Massachusetts. Between 1639 and 1644 he lived at Lynn, Massachusetts, and in 1640 owned a mill on the Saugus river ; about this time he signed a petition that husbandmen should be exempt from training in seed, hay and harvest time, and the general court so regulated the dates of training as not to inter- fere with the proper care of their crops. He took the oath of fidelity in 1651, but never be- came a freeman, which required a man be a churchi member. He had many friends among the Baptists and Quakers, both of whom were proscribed, and in 1659 he was fined three pounds for entertaining Quakers, one of them being his nephew. He died between April 30 and November 13, in the year 1668, being probably the largest land-holder in that region, being possessed of about three thousand acres in what was then known as Rowley Village, incorporated later as a separate town under the name of Boxford, upon land purchased from Captain Daniel Patrick (one of the two salaried captains sent by England to instruct

the colonists in martial matters). He built his block house north of the Ipswich river and east of Fishing Brook, and later built his sec- ond and more comfortable house, where his son and grandchildren later lived. His wife Phebe died at Topsfield, Massachusetts, in 1663. Their children were as follows: I. Phebe, baptized at Hemel Hempstead, Eng- land, September 27, 1620. 2. Mary, December 19, 1621. 3. Martha, June 15, 1623. 4. Pris- cilla, probably born at Great Missenden. 5. John.

(II) John, the only son of Zaccheus and Phebe Gould, was born June 21, 1630, probably at Great Missenden, England, and died Janu- ary 26, 1710. In 1663 he was selectman at Topsfield, Massachusetts, also in fourteen sub- sequent years and in 1702. In 1682 Rev. Joseph Capen records him as fifth in seniority of the males of the church, and his wife second in seniority of the females. He was a promi- nent man in the community of Topsfield, and his name occurs frequently in the town, county and court records. When a stock company was formed to carry on the smelting of iron ore, he became one of the members, but the venture was not successful. In 1675- 76 he took part in the Narragansett campaign, enlisting under Captain Hutchinson in the Three County Troop, and again under Captain Wheeler. In the J years following King Philip's war the colonists were much excited over affairs in the mother country, and about 1686 when Dudley took a prominent part in ruling them, and John Gould held a lieutenant's commission he became very out-spoken in his views, for which he was imprisoned in Boston, charged with treason. He finally signed a petition for his release, in which he expressed sorrow for the idle words he had uttered. Soon after this Governor General Andros came to Massachusetts and took charge of affairs. In 1689 John Gould was re-elected selectman, and in 1690 and afterwards he was chosen deputy from Topsfield to the general court. He took great interest in the welfare of the community, was a man of literary habits, and wrote a very good hand for those times. In 1660 he mar- ried Sarah, daughter of John Baker, born March 9, 1641, died January 20, 1708-09, and they had eight children, as follows: I. John, born December 1, 1662, married Phebe French. 2. Sarah, December 18, 1664, married Joseph Bixby. 3. Thomas, February 14, 1666, mar- ried (first ) Mary Yates and (second) Widow Mary Stanley. 4. Samuel, March 9, 1669-70, married Margaret Stone. 5. Zaccheus, see for-

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ward. 6. Priscilla, November 2, 1674, married John Curtice. 7. Joseph, August 24, 1677, married Priscilla Perkins. 8. Mary, June 16, 1681.

(III) Zaccheus (2), son of John and Sarah (Baker) Gould, was born March 26, 1672, at Topsfield, Massachusetts, died April 29, 1739. For many years he was selectman. He mar- ried, January 21, 1701-02, Elizabeth, daughter of John Curtice, born December 15, 1679, died June 21, 1740. They had nine children: I. Elizabeth, born February 13, 1702-03, married Edmund Towne. 2. Mary, March II, 1704-05, married Jacob Robinson. 3. Priscilla, August 4, 1707, married Samuel Smith. 4. John, Jan- uary 29, 1709-10, married Widow Esther Bixby. 5. Sarah, January 28, 1711-12, married Isaac Estey. 6. Abigail, August 12, 1715, mar- ried Jonathan Stanley. 7. Zaccheus, Novem- ber 7, 1717, married Rebecca Symonds. 8. Eliezer, see forward. 9. Susanna.

(IV) Eliezer, son of Zaccheus (2) and Elizabeth ( Curtice ) Gould, was born May 29, 1720, and about 1761 moved to Douglass, Massachusetts. In 1758 he served in an expe- dition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point. He married (first) April 17, 1740, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Curtis) Smith, born July 8, 1718, died March 27, 1753, and ( second) February 25, 1755, Phebe, daughter of John and Phebe ( Towne) Gould, of Boxford. By his first wife he had seven children, and by his second wife four, as fol- lows: I. Eliezer, born September 23, 1741, married Sarah Bigelow. 2. Elizabeth, Novem- ber 12, 1742, died young. 3. Zaccheus, Feb- ruary 5, 1743-44, married Anne Brown. 4. John, see forward. 5. Huldah, August 1, 1748, died young. 6. Elizabeth, September 22, 1749, married Thomas Lyon, of White Plains, New York. 7. Rebecca, December 31, 1752, mar- ried Amos Foster. 8. Bezaleel, July 4, 1756, married ( first ) Bathsheba Robinson and ( sec- ond) Widow Dinah Hill. 9. Jedediah, April 7, 1758, died young. 10. Aholiab, June 24, 1759, was killed in 1777 by a cannon ball at capture of Burgoyne. II. Ebenezer, 1760, married Anna Cook.

(V) John (2), third son of Eliezer and Elizabeth (Smith) Gould, was born March 5, 1745-46, at Topsfield, Massachusetts, died June 26, 1816. 111 1789 he removed from Douglass, Massachusetts, to Wardsboro, Vermont, set- tling in the part now called Dover. He marched to Lexington, April 19, 1775, in Captain Joseph Gould's company. He married, December 3, 1772, Jane, daughter of John and Mary

(Cressey) Palmer, of Rowley, born May 26, 1753, died December 10, 1825, and they had eight children, as follows: I. Enos, born Sep- tember 5, 1773, married Betsey Johnson. 2. John, July 29, 1775, married Polly Stearns. 3. Aholiab, October 10, 1777, married Jane Sears. 4. Silas, see forward. 5. Huldah, April 2, 1782, married John Emerson. 6. Timothy, February 4, 1787, married Susan Green. 7. Lois, January 31, 1789, married Sylvanus Parmelee. 8. Amos, May 15, 1792, married Polly Johnson.

(VI) Silas, son of John (2) and Jane ( Pal- mer ) Gould, was born June 8, 1780, died Octo- ber 21, 1845. He married, December 1I, 1803, Betsey (Johnson) Gould, widow of his brother Enos, and lived in Dover, Vermont. His chil- dren were : I. Alvin, see forward. 2. John P., born September 27, 1806, married Harriet A. Lazelle. 3. Sally, born December 9, 1808, mar- ried Gershom Rice. 4. Lucy, October 5, 181I, married John Howard. 5. Olive, February 17, 1814, married Jonas Haven. 6. Lois, May 3, 1817, married William Bailey. 7. Esther, November 20, 1823.

(VII) Alvin, son of Silas and Betsey (John- son-Gould) Gould, was born July 17, 1804, died April 9, 1849. He married Rebecca Northam, and settled in Manlius, New York. His children were : Henry Alvin, see forward ; William U., a resident of New York City.

(VIII) Henry Alvin, son of Alvin and Rebecca (Northam) Gould, was born May, 1828, in Manlius, New York, and died March 10, 1908, in Springfield, Massachusetts. His early years were spent in Manlius and Syra- cuse, New York, where he attended a common school and also an academy, and at the age of sixteen he began his business career as clerk in a dry goods store at Syracuse, where he remained for four years, then removed to New York City, where for a short time he was employed as clerk in one of the large stores. Later he entered the employ of Doubleday & Seymour, then wholesale and retail stationers, and in 1854 removed to Russell, Massachu- setts, where he became clerk for Jolin R. Smith & Company, Cyrus W. Field being a member of the firm. After the death of Mr. Smith the business was bought by Mr. Gould and Charles O. Chapin, of Springfield, Massa- chusetts, and the name became The Crescent Mills. This firm did business for nearly twenty- five years, with good success, and shortly before the death of Mr. Gould was made a stock company, of which he was president, and associated with him were Charles L. and

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Henry G. Chapin, sons of his former partner. Mr. Gould had a long and honorable career in business, and for more than fifty years his energies were devoted to the paper trade; he was director of the Third National Bank of Springfield, and in this capacity was associated with many prominent men. He was of retir- ing disposition, dearly loved his home, and sought no public office, though he served in 1878-79 in the common council from ward four, under Mayors' Wright and Powers. In his unostentatious way Mr. Gould was a help to many good causes ; for twenty years he was one of the trustees of the Springfield Hospital, for a short time acting as president of the board, and was also always much interested in the welfare of the Home for Aged Women, having been very active in its building. Though not a member, for years he attended the Church of the Unity. After his strenuous business career, Mr. Gould spent the last part of his life in comparative leisure, enjoying travel and social contact, joined the Nayasset Club, and also grew fond of the pleasant relations afforded by the advent of the Country Club in Springfield, opening up to many of its mem- bers a vista of out-of-door pleasures. By his death Springfield lost a man of agreeable and attractive personality and fine character, one of the small group of older men, and his pres- ence was sadly missed. He had a large circle of friends and acquaintances made through his long identification with the paper business ; he was a man of friendly manner, attractive in appearance, and a familiar figure in local life. He lived in Russell until 1871, and in that year built a fine residence on the corner of Maple and Union streets, Springfield, which he occupied until his death. His first wife died in 1883, and a few years later he married Harriet L., daughter of William and Eliza- beth Augusta (Benjamin) Bliss, born August 2, 1833, who survives him. He left no children.

MANGEL

Christopher Mangel was born in the village of Frankenhien, province of Grandenz, West

Prussia, February 23, 1819, and he died Feb- ruary 18, 1882, in his native town. He belonged to a race of German farmers, industrious, pru- dent, devout, he was a good citizen. He mar- ried Carolina Jablonski, born 1820 in Franken- hein, died October, 1879. Children: I. Fred- erick, born 1846, died when eighteen years of age. 2. Augustus F., May 17, 1849, came to this country in December, 1880, and engaged in mining at Alta City, Utah, for five years,

since when he has been employed by the Boston Dairy Company at Charlestown; married, in his native town, Paulina Rotzoll, who died in South Boston in 1902; children: Emil, Fred- erick, Arthur, Emma, Caroline. 3. Justine, September 30, 1852, married, in her native land, Ferdinand Wilschefski; came to Amer- ica in 1872 and settled in St. Lawrence county, New York, where he worked in the mines; removed to Alta City, Utah, and finally to Salt Lake City, where he died in 1906; the widow and children still reside in Salt Lake City ; children: Emil Franklin (named for the vessel on which he was born during the voyage to America ), Augusta, Henry, Arthur, Samuel, Rudolph and Bertha. 4. Michael, died in infancy. 5. Adam, died in infancy. 6. Eva, died in infancy. 7. Joseph, died in infancy. 8. Anna, February 23, 1859, died in Alta City, July, 1882 ; married John Foth; two children, Augusta and one who died in infancy. 9. Ed- ward, May 16, 1862, in West Prussia, served four years in the German army ; worked at the trade of shoemaker; married, in Hamburg, Germany, Bertha , born in Marna Hol- stein, Germany, in 1865; came to America in 1886 and settled at Alta City, Utah, later at Salt Lake City, where they now reside ; among their children is Rudolph. 10. Rudolph Otto, mentioned below.

(II) Rudolph Otto, son of Christopher Mangel, was born in Frankenhein, Prussia, March 19, 1865. He worked on his father's farm, and attended the best schools of his native place until he was fourteen years old. He worked for a year as coachman for a lieu- tenant in the German army, but when seven- teen years of age eagerly seized the opportunity to go to America with his brother Edward. They left home November 14, 1882, going first to Bremen, Germany, thence to Hamburg. Here the German military officers decided that Edward must serve the Fatherland in the army, as every young German had to do, and he was taken from the ship and placed in the army. The younger brother, Rudolph O., was allowed to depart, sailing for Liverpool, where he took passage for New York, arriving on the steam- ship, "City of Berlin," December 4, 1882. He continued his journey across the continent and joined his relatives at Salt Lake City. After a few weeks he went to Alta City where he worked in the mines until 1887 when he decided to come east. In February, 1887, he began to learn the provision and grocery busi- ness in company with his brother under the firm name of Mangel Brothers, and continued

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until 1894, when he embarked in business on his own account at 56 Dorchester street, South Boston. He has built up a very large and flourishing business in groceries and provisions. He has been active, energetic and enterprising, keeping his stock and place of business up to date, accomodating to his customers, shrewd in buying and upright in all his dealings. He has resided since 1902 in a substantial house that he built at 132 Beech street, on a spacious lot commanding an excellent view of the sur- rounding country. He is an active member of the Zion German Lutheran church of Boston. In politics he is a Republican. He married (first) in South Boston, July 25, 1895, Mary Lange, born in Schomaken, Pennsylvania, of German parentage, June 7, 1874. Her father, John Lange, was a farmer, immigrating soon after his marriage from Germany to Pennsyl- vania. John and Carolina (Hedwig) Lange came to Boston when Mary was a young child and her mother died there in 1880 in the prime of life. Mr. Lange has lived since then in Medford, Massachusetts. Mrs. Mangel was educated in the public schools of Boston. She died July 24, 1901. Mr. Mangel married (sec- ond) in Boston, September 30, 1902, Wil- helmine C. Flöther, born in Hanover, Ger- many, near the city of Bremen, April 30, 1878, daughter of Detrich and Caroline Anna ( Rat- jen) Flöther. Her father died in Hanover, and her mother with two children and a sister came to the United States in 1892 and settled in Jamaica Plain, Boston, where the mother died March 9, 1905, at the home of Mrs. Man- gel. She was then sixty-seven years old. Mrs. Mangel has living two sisters and one brother : Helen Flöther Klingbeil, who resides on Davis avenue, Norwood, and has three children, Madeline, Anna and Helmuth; Augusta Flöther, who married Henry Alsterlund, resides on Eustus street, North Cambridge, and has two children, Florence and Edith A. Alsterlund ; Herman Flöther, resides on Clark- son street, Brooklyn, New York ; and has chil- dren : Wilhelmina, John. Children of Rudolph Otto and Mary ( Lange) Mangel: I. Sophia, born July 29, 1896, student in the grammar school, Boston, a graduate in class of 1909. 2. Rudolph Otto Jr., December 5, 1897, student in the grammar school. 3. Hildegarde M., February 18, 1899.

The Daltons in some branchies DALTON are an old New England fam- ily of both English and Irish (lescent. Some of those who came over just

previous to the revolutionary war were of Irish stock and at least one family of the sur- name won honorable distinction in that great struggle. The particular family here under consideration comes of the English branch and has been known in New England history hardly more than two score years, but its record, like those of the same name of earlier immigration, has been one of honorable achievement.

(I) John Dalton, head of the family here treated, never came to this country. He was an assistant paymaster in the British navy and was killed in one of the mutinous uprisings of Great Britain's colonial possessions in India, in 1873, three years after his wife and other members of the family had come to · America. She came over in 1869 in company with her brother and they took up their resi- dence in Bridgton, Maine, where another brother, Daniel Dickens, had previously set- tled. The wife of John Dalton was Ann Dickens, and by her he had three children: I. Lizzie, born Leicester, England, May, 1864, married Mansur E. Russell, of Old Town, Maine, and had one child, Bessie Russell. 2. Ada, born Leicester, England, April, 1866, married Jerome Moynihan, of Bridgton, Maine, and had five children: Charles Leroy, Ray, Ernest, Lurine and one other child. 3. Ernest (see post ).

(II) Ernest, youngest child and only son of John and Ann (Dickens) Dalton, was born in Leicester, England, January 7, 1868, and was a child of about fifteen months old when he came to America with his mother and settled in Bridgton, Maine. He attended the public schools in that village and graduated from the high school in 1887, then became a student at Kent's Hill Academy, with the intention at that time of ultimately entering the profession of medicine; but about that time he saw a promising opportunity to enter mercantile pursuits and therefore took a clerkship in a clothing store in Bridgton, where he remained two years. In 1891 he went to Portland, Maine, and during the next two years worked as clerk in the drug store of which C. B. Greenleaf was then proprietor. In 1893 he came to Chicopee, Massachusetts, and con- tinued working as drug clerk in Warren Smith's drug store in that city until 1897, when in April of that year he purchased the drug store and business formerly carried on by C. S Sexton and became himself its pro- prietor. Thus for more than fifteen years Mr. Dalton has been identified with the business

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life of Chicopee and during that time has also taken a somewhat active interest in public affairs in that city. He served three years as member of the board of health being chairman of the board during one year and in 1897-98 he represented the city in the general court, being the first Republican representative elected to the legislature from his district for twelve years. He is a Mason and also a Red Man. Mr. Dalton married Agnes, daughter of James Campbell, and has two children: I. Helen Alice Campbell, born Chicopee, July 28, 1900. 2. Ernest Theodore, born Chicopee, December 27, 1903.

John Raymond, the immi- grant ancestor

RAYMOND of this branch of the family, came from county Essex, England, and settled on Bass river. He lived in Salem and Beverly. He was a brother of Captain William Raymond, and son probably of William, "the Steward," while Richard Raymond, who settled here in 1634, was his uncle. He married (first) Rachel Scruggs, died May 2, 1666, daughter of Thomas Scruggs. He married (second) Judith Woodbury, widow of William Wood- bury, who died October 31, 1702, aged sev- enty-five. He died January 18, 1703, aged about eighty-seven years. Children of first wife: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Thomas. 3. Bethia, born June 14, 1655, died December IO, 1662. 4. Abigail, died December 10, 1662. 5. Rachel, born February 14, 1659. 6. Eliza, died December 25, 1662. 7. Abigail, baptized November 13, 1670. 8. Jonathan, born April 25, 1666. Children of second wife: 9. Na- thaniel, born March 15, 1670. 10. Benjamin, August 24, 1672, died September 16, 1672.

(II) John (2), son of John (I) Raymond, removed to Middleborough after 1692. He was probably the John Raymond mentioned in history as the first soldier to enter the fort in the Narraganset fight, although he did not then live there. He married Martha Woodin, and died at Middleborough, June 5, 1725, aged seventy-four. Children, born at Beverly: I. John, November 24, 1677. 2. Samuel, May 18, 1679. 3. Martha, May 24, 1681. 4. Will- iam, baptized April 12, 1685. 5. Thomas, born June 23, 1687, mentioned below. 6. James, June 5, 1689. 7. Martha, August II, 1692.

(III) Thomas, son of John (2) Raymond, was born at Beverly, June 23, 1687, died at Middleborough, where he was buried. He married, May 20, 1708, at Rochester, Mary

Coombs. Children, born at Middleborough : I. Elizabeth, September 13, 1709. 2. Amos, December 26, 1710. 3. Samuel, March 29, 1713. 4. Thomas, January 18, 1715, married, June 14, 1746, Elizabeth Hall. 5. Eunice, February 7, 1717. 6. Martha, January 29, 1719. 7. Ezekiel, January 6, 1721, married, March 21, 1746, Hannah Hoskins. 8. Will- iam, December 23, 1722. 9. Nathaniel, Jan- uary 16, 1725. 10. Joshua, January 8, 1727, mentioned below. II. Capeb, September 27, 1728. 12. Mercy, June 17, 1730. 13. James, August 6, 1732.

(IV) Joshua, son of Thomas Raymond, was born at Middleborough, January 8, 1727, and resided there, where his children were born. Children: I. John, born about 1763, removed to Woodstock, Vermont. 2. Samuel, married, May 21, 1798, Silvia Dunham. 3.

Lucy. 4. Joshua, married Phebe - 5. Levi, married, March 28, 1794, Anna Ray- mond; (second) February 23, 1804, Hannah Bump. 6. Alden, born about 1773, married Ruth Peckham. 7. Amos, mentioned below. 8. Melinda, married Horton.

(V) Amos, son of Joshua Raymond, was born in Middleborough, about 1779, died at Weymouth, April 13, 1845. He married, Oc- tober 25, 1798, Margaret Vaughn. Children, born at Middleborough: I. Alvah, March 18, 1799, mentioned below. 2. Harriet, 1801, married (first) August 27, 1818, Clifton Hathaway, of Wareham; (second) Cyrus Raymond. 3. Darius, November, 1803, mar- ried Elizabeth Healey and died 1872. 4. Elias Vaughn, July 30, 1806, married Rhoda B. Raymond. 5. Joanna, November 24, 1808, married, January 7, 1830, Lewis Raymond. 6. Enos D., December 31, 1811, married, 1840, Mary J. Pratt. 7. Cyrus, died young. 8. Lydia Hathaway, April 6, 1816, married, October 25, 1835, George Bates; she died 1847. 9. Lucy Ann, June 10, 1819, married, August 28, 1836, Benjamin Taft; after his death she married George Bates, her brother-in-law, see above. 10. Betsey Allen, October 10, 1821, married, November 23, 1842, Samuel Cush- man. II. Amos, February 9, 1824, married (first) Eliza (second) ; (third) Susan Blackwell.

(VI) Deacon Alvah, son of Amos Raymond, was born March 18, 1799. He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of six- teen enlisted in the army and went to the defense of Plymouth in the war of 1812, for which he received a United States pension and after his death his widow received it till

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her death. In 1818 he went to Weymouth and learned the trade of boot and shoe maker at Porter and later engaged in the boot and shoe business. He was a prominent man in the town, a member of the state legislature and selectman of the town eighteen years. He also served as overseer of the poor, and as justice of the peace up to his death. He was active in the building of the old church, driv- ing the first stake in its construction, and for many years was a trustee and deacon. His picture still hangs in the church. He died at East Weymouth, 1882. He married (first) in 1820, Susan B. Bates, daughter of Captain Robert Bates, of the revolution. He mar- ried (second) Patia Bates. Children of first wife: I. Robert Bates, born 1821, married Lavinia P. Nash. 2. William Waterman, 1823, married, March 8, 1845, Adeline W. Pratt. 3. George Fox, 1826, married Susan Burrell. Children of second wife: 4. Alvah, 1829, married Abigail White; (second) Mary Caton. 5. Susan Bates, 1831, married George D. Raymond. 6. Francis Blake, 1834, died 1837. 7. Francis Tudor, 1838, married Mary W. Bartlett. 8. Henry Blake, January II, 1841, mentioned below. 9. Abby Augusta, 1842, died 1845. 10. Abby Augusta, 1849, married William F. Rice. II. Benjamin Taft, 1852, married Leona Cushing.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 43

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986