Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 103

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850

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Benjamin Randall, Sr., father of the Ben- jamin first mentioned above, and grandfather of Edward Scott Randall, was one of a large family of children. B. near Augusta, Me., 1787, he d. June 17, 1825. He m. in suc- cession two sisters. By his first wife, Susan

Cross, who was b. August 11, 1787, and d. June 17, 1825, he had nine children - Mar- garet, Abigail, Samuel, Mercy, Caleb, Judith, Oliver P., Susan, and Benjamin. It is not stated that he had any children by his second wife. His occupation was farming.

Benjamin Randall, son of Benjamin, Sr., was b. in Augusta, Me., April 9, 1817. For over thirty years he was boss carpenter on the Lowell Railroad, having charge of all the car- pentering and bridge work of the road. Hav- ing come from Maine to Massachusetts when a young man, he resided for a time in Charles- town, but subsequently removed to Cambridge, where he made his home for the greater part of his life. He d. in Medford, August 2, 1890. He was a member of the Congrega- tional Church of Cambridge. He m. March 21, 1843, Ann Caroline Gove, who was b. June 23, 1822, a daughter of Rufus and Lydia (Danforth) Gove, of North Edgecomb, Me. They had five children who reached maturity, namely : Anna Frances, b. May 31, 1844; Otis Henry, b. May 1, 1847; Edward Scott, whose name begins this sketch; Walter F., b. July 28, 1859; and Ella Gove, b. August II, 1855. Anna F. m. Charles Currier, of Cam- bridge, and is now a resident of Philadelphia, Pa. Otis H. is m., and resides in California. Walter F. m. Carrie E. Bates, a sister of the wife of the subject of this sketch, and resides in Boston, where he is engaged in the music business. Ella G. m. Eugene R. Luke, of Cambridge, and is now a resident of Cambrdge- port, Mass.

Edward Scott Randall was educated in the schools of Cambridge. After leaving school he entered the employ of his uncle, Calvin Gove, who was engaged in the grocery and pro- vision business in Cambridge, and remained with him for about three years. In October, 1871, he became clerk for his brother-in-law, Charles E. Currier, of Medford, who also was a grocer. After working for Mr. Currier four years, Mr. Randall, on June 15, 1876, went into the grocery business for himself in Med- ford, subsequently adding provisions to his stock in trade. He still carries on both lines of business, and, in addition, is the proprietor of a dairy of thirty cows, the product of which

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he sells in Medford. He has served on the . Medford Board of Assessors for seven years, and has been a trustee of Oak Grove Cemetery for five years. He was one of the first wardens under the Australian ballot system, in which capacity he acted for several years. He is a trustee and also one of the Investment Commit- tee of the Medford Savings Bank, and is now one of the Assessors of the city of Medford. In politics he is a Republican. He is a mem- ber of Mystic Congregational Society.

Mr. Randall was married October 29, 1873, to Mary Lydia Bates, of Marlboro, Mass., who was born April 3, 1853, a daughter of Caleb and Mary (Reed) Bates. Mr. and Mrs. Ran- dall have five children, namely : Arthur Bates, born July 29, 1876; Russell Gove, born June 22, 1879; Berenice Mildred, born February 25, 1886; Ruth Davenport and Ruby Luke (twins), born February 23, 1891. Arthur B. Randall, who was educated in the schools of Medford, served in the war with Spain in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. He is now engaged in business in Boston, keeping a store for stationery and periodicals, corner of Shaw- mut Avenue and Concord Street. He is un- married. Russell G. is engaged in business with his father.

HE BOIT FAMILY, as represented by Robert Apthorp Boit, of Boston and Brookline, is descended from John' Boit, b. 1733, who d. in Boston, December 28, 1798, and was interred in King's Chapel Burying Ground on the last day of the year. Of this early ancestor of the Boits previous to his arrival in America nothing is known, nor is it even known whence he came. He first appears at the age of twenty-nine, when he m. his first wife. He became a grocer and a West India merchant, and was a man of prop- erty, owning at times various parcels of real estate in the town of Boston. The house which he owned and lived in and where he brought up his family was situated on Green Street, and his back land ran down to what was then known as the "Mill Pond," near the present Hay- market Square. His next-door neighbor was John Duballet, who owned a large house and

was spoken of as a French merchant and a rich man. As John Duballet m. one of John Boit's daughters, and as they were joint owners of certain real estate in Boston, it is thought pos- sible that they both may have come to this town from some of the French possessions and have been of the same nationality. Paul Revere mentions John Boit as one of the well- known citizens of his time. In the year 1762 he m. Hannah Atkins, of Boston, and had by her three children, as follows : (1) Henry, bap- tized July 3, 1763, who afterwards became a master mariner and finally settled in Barcelona, Spain, where he m., and left two daughters to survive him. (2) Hannah, baptized February 24, 1765, who m. Crowell Hatch, a prominent merchant and ship-owner of Boston. Crowell Hatch was part owner of the ship "Columbia," in which Captain Gray discovered the Colum- bia River, and named it after his vessel. (3) John, baptized March 8, 1767, who d. in infancy, and whose mother d. at his birth. August 3, 1769, John Boit m. his second wife, Sarah Browne, of Boston, by whom he had four children, namely: Sally, who d. in infancy; Sarah, baptized April 26, 1772, who m. John Duballet ; John, baptized October 17, 1774, a master mariner and merchant; and Mary, baptized May 12, 1776, who d. a spinster.

John2 Boit (b. 1773 and baptized October 17, 1774) was b. and brought up in Boston. At the age of seventeen years he was an officer aboard the "Columbia," with Captain Gray, no doubt owing to the influence of his brother- in-law, Crowell Hatch, who, as has been said, was part owner. Besides being the first vessel known to have entered the Columbia River, the "Columbia" was the first vessel that carried the Stars and Stripes around the world. John Boit's journals gave a detailed account of the discovery of the Columbia River and of Captain Gray's landing and taking possession of the country in the name of the United States. He afterwards made a circumnavigat- ing voyage in command of the sloop "Union " (ninety-eight tons), at the age of twenty, sail- ing from Newport Friday, August 29, 1794. This is supposed to have been the first vessel with one mast to circumnavigate the globe.

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After many perils and adventures he arrived safely in Boston, July 8, 1796. The log and journal of this interesting voyage are in the possession of his descendant, Robert A. Boit, already mentioned. John2 subsequently com- manded other and larger vessels, sailing from Boston and Newport. Finally he retired from the sea and went into business in his native city, where he d. March 10, 1829. He m. Ellen Jones, of Newport, R. I., whose family was a prominent one at that time. Malbone, the painter, was his intimate friend, and Mal- bone's brother made many voyages with John Boit, as supercargo. Ellen Jones, who, with her sister Mary, was celebrated for beauty, was painted by Malbone as the centre figure of his group of "Present, Past, and Future," now in the Providence Museum. She told this herself in later years to her son, Edward Darley Boit, and it has always been recognized as a fact by the family. The owners of the painting, from whom it came to the Providence Museum, also stated it as a fact to her grandson, Edward Darley Boit, the artist, on the occasion of a call which he made them many years ago to see the picture. It is said that Malbone painted other miniatures of Ellen Jones and one also of John Boit. John and Ellen (Jones) Boit had six children, namely : Caroline, who m. Henry F. Baker, Colonel of the First Corps of Cadets, and a prominent merchant of Boston ; Henry, who for many years followed the sea, and later went to the South, where all traces of him were lost; Mary, who d. a spinster; Hen- rietta Auchmuty, who m. Charles Inches, of Boston; Edward Darley, who m. Jane P. Hub- bard, of Boston; and Julia Overing, who m. Russell Sturgis, once of Boston and later of London, where he rose to be head of the house of Baring Bros. & Co.

Edward3 Darley Boit was b. in Boston, Sep- tember 1, 1812, and he d. at Cotuit, Mass., October 14, 1889. He was brought up in Bos- ton, and attended Greene's School at Jamaica Plain, a noted boarding-school, early in the nineteenth century, situated at the corner of Main or Centre Street and Pond Street. Many celebrated men in and around Boston attended this school in their youth. He graduated a Bachelor of Arts at Harvard College in the

class of 1834, and later he took the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws. In 1854 or 1855 he drew up the first set of conveyanc- ing books in the city of Chicago. He served two terms in the Massachusetts Legislature. He practised in Boston, and was for several years a partner of Judge Benjamin R. Curtis. Later he gave up law and went into business - first in Boston, and afterwards in Savannah, Ga. The last seventeen years of his life were passed in Newport, R.I. He m. June 13, 1839, Jane Parkinson Hubbard, of Boston, daughter of John and Jane (Parkinson) Hub- bard, of Boston, whose private carriage was borrowed for the use of General Lafayette when the latter made his last visit to Boston. His children were: Edward Darley, Elizabeth Greene, Robert Apthorp, Jane Hubbard, and John.

Elizabeth Greene Boit, b. in 1843, m. Jo- seph H. Patten, of Providence, R.I., and had three children - Jane Boit, Elizabeth Bridg- ham (who d. in September, 1889), and Will- iam S.

Robert Apthorp Boit, born in Boston, April 29, 1846, graduated at Harvard, class of 1868, Master of Arts. Immediately after leaving college he went into the cotton business in Savannah, Ga., and remained there till 1876. He then went to New York and in 1878 moved to Boston as the agent of the Commercial Union Assurance Company, of London, where he has remained ever since engaged in the in- surance business. His house is in Longwood, Brookline. He married, first, January 15, 1874, Georgia Anderson Mercer, daughter of General Hugh W. Mercer, of Williamstown, Va., and Mary Anderson, of Savannah, Ga., by whom he had two children - Mary Ander- son, born September 2, 1877, and Georgia Mercer, born November 26, 1878. The mother died December 6, 1878, and Robert A. Boit married for his second wife Lilian Willis, of New York, daughter of Nathaniel P. Willis, the poet, by whom he had two children - Alice Teresa, born May 3, 1887, and John Edward, born November 20, 1889.

Jane Hubbard Boit, b. October, 1850, m. Arthur Hunnewell, of Wellesley and Boston. They had four children; namely, Isabella

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(Mrs. Herbert Harriman), Jane Hubbard, Julia, and Margaret. John Boit, of Newport, R. I., b. October, 1858, is unmarried.

Edward4 Darley Boit, b. in Boston, May 6, 1840, graduated Master of Arts with the class of 1863 at Harvard University, which subse- quently conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. He was Class Day poet. He is a landscape painter. He m., first, Mary Louisa Cushing, of Boston, daughter of John M. and Mary Louisa (Gardiner) Cushing. Their chil- dren were: Edward Darley, died in youth, and one other son who died in infancy; Florence; Jane Hubbard; Mary Louisa; and Julia Over- ing. He m., second, Florence Little, of New- port, R.I., daughter of Lieutenant William McCarty Little, U. S. N.

OHN LORD PARKER, of Lynn, was born June 7, 1837, in Charlestown, Mass., a son of Ebenezer and Elsie Lord (Rowell) Parker. He comes of good old Massachusetts stock, the blood of many of the early families of the State flowing through his veins. The immigrants from whom he can trace his descent are : Abraham Parker, Sergeant Richard Hildreth, Henry Adams (the ancestor of President John Adams), Robert Fletcher, John Keep, John Lawrence, John Morse, George Bowers, Mat- thias Farnsworth, John Prescott, and George Farr.

Abraham1 Parker was b. in England in 1621, and d. August 12, 1685. Emigrating to Mas- sachusetts, he settled first in Woburn, whence he removed to Chelmsford. By his marriage, 1644, with Rose Wheelock, who d. in 1691, he had ten children, one being Moses,2 b. Chelmsford, 1658. On June 19, 1684, Moses2 Parker m. Abigail Hildreth, daughter of Ser- geant Richard Hildreth. She bore him seven children. Aaron3 Parker (b. April 9, 1689, d. July 28, 1775), son of Moses,2 m. in 1712 Abigail, daughter of Jonathan and Leah (Gould) Adams. She d. December 19, 1775. Aaron4 Parker, b. in Chelmsford, August 19, 1713, was one of the ten children of Aaron3. His first wife, Mary Barrett, d. February 20, 1737. He m., April 20, 1738, Dorothy

Fletcher. By his two marriages he had eleven children, six sons and five daughters; and five of the sons, including Ebenezer5, were soldiers in the Revolution. Ebenezer5 Parker, b. Westford, Mass., June 29, 1749, d. December 29, 1831. He was in Prescott's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. At one time he was a mounted courier at the headquarters of General Washington. A pay roll is on file in the archives at the State House bearing his signature for service in Captain Butterfield's company. The widow Experience Keep Hild- reth, whom he m. in 1777, had five children by her first husband and eleven by her second. It is recorded on her gravestone in Westford Burying Ground that

" She was a kind and affectionate mother of Sixteen Children, A wise counsellor and a friend to humanity."

After her death, which occurred in 1817, the old soldier went to Richmond, Va., to re- side with his son Jabez. He d. there in 1831, and was buried in St. John's Churchyard. In 1897 John L. Parker visited Richmond, and placed a marker of the Sons of the American Revolution upon his grave.

Ebenezer6 Parker (b. Westford, August 27, 1780, d. July 25, 1817), son of Ebenezer, 5 m. February 7, 1802, Sally Bowers, by whom he had seven children. She d. April 19, 1850. Their son, Ebenezer7 Parker (b. June 8, 1813, d. July 15, 1884), m. May 1, 1836, Elsie Lord Rowell (b. January 3, 1814, d. August II, 1862). Five children were b. of their union, namely : John Lord, the special subject of this sketch; Charles Symmes, b. April II, 1839, m. January 20, 1863, Cornelia F. Swaney ; Elsie Jane, b. December 16, 1840, d. Febru- ary 21, 1875 ; Susan Flint, b. Woburn, Mass., July 2, 1843; and Gordon, b. Woburn, July II, 1858, m. March 15, 1897, Ella A. Kelley.

Elsie Lord Rowell, who m. Ebenezer7 Par- ker, was b. at Dunbarton, N. H., a daughter of Dustin and Jane (Gordon) Rowell. Her father was a lineal descendant of Thomas' Ro- well, the immigrant progenitor of the family, the line being: Thomas,' Valentine, 2 Philip, 3 John, 4 Samuel,5 Dustin6. Thomas' Rowell received a grant of land at Salisbury, Mass.,

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in the "first division," 1640. Valentine2 Ro- well was one of the first settlers of Amesbury. Philip3 Rowell m. Sarah Morrill. Their son John, 4 baptized 1699, in Salisbury, m. Eliza- beth Colby, and in 1732 resided in Chester, N. H. (Hoyt's "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury.")

Samuel5 Rowell, b. 1754, Chester, N. H., d. June 11, 1830, his grave at Martin's Ferry being on the east side of the Merrimack River. He was a soldier in the Revolution. Enlisting from Londonderry in Colonel John Stark's regiment, he fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. In August, 1775, was one of a company of seventy-seven men enlisted in New Hampshire, under Captain Henry Dearborn, at the suggestion of General Washington, to capt- ure Quebec. The company was placed in the detachment of Colonel Benedict Arnold, and sent up the river in boats, thence through the forest to Lake Megantic. Samuel Rowell, being sick, was sent home with a detachment of disabled soldiers; but he again enlisted, November 29, 1775, under Captain Titcomb, in Colonel Poor's regiment, General Sullivan's brigade, and joined the Northern Continental Army in New York. In July, 1776, he was one of a company of eighty men under Captain John Nesmith, and joined Washington after the disastrous Long Island campaign. Later he served in the company of Captain Daniel Reynolds, Colonel Moses Nichols's regiment, General Stark's brigade; and at the battle of Bennington his regiment fired the first gun. In April, 1778, he enlisted for nine months, and was sent to Colonel Moses Kellogg's regi- ment at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, and later joined Washington at Valley Forge. He was at the battle of Monmouth, and at the close of the campaign of 1778 returned to Weare, N. H. In the spring of 1780 he enlisted for eleven months under Captain Nathaniel Hutchins, Colonel Joseph Cilley's First New Hampshire Regiment, and, marching to West Point, wit- nessed the execution of Major André .. In March, 1781, he was finally discharged from the service. In 1794 he removed from Weare to Chester, N. H. He m., at Weare, Sarah, daughter of Paul and Betty Dustin, and a great-grand-daughter of Thomas and Hannah

(Emerson) Dustin, of Indian massacre fame. Her father, Paul Dustin, was a soldier of the Revolution, serving in the same company with Samuel Rowell, who afterwards became her husband.

Dustin6 Rowell, b. in Weare in 1782, d. at Boscawen, N. H., July 1, 1866. In 1808 he m. Jane, daughter of Robert and Ann (Bunt- ing) Gordon, of Chester, and a descendant, it is said, of the Earl of Aberdeen, Scotland. Robert Gordon was a member of the Commit- tee of Safety during the Revolution.

John Lord8 Parker was born in 1837, and received his education in the public schools of Woburn. In 1851 he was an apprentice in the office of the Woburn Journal, and has been con- tinuously connected with the press, being now (1902) editor of the Lynn Daily Item. He served in the Eleventh and Twenty-second Reg- iment Massachusetts Volunteers during the war, being discharged as First · Lieutenant at its close. He was in the Legislature in 1883. Is at present Deputy Collector of Customs at Lynn. He is a member of Central Congrega- tional Church, the Masonic fraternity, G. A. R., Loyal Legion, Lynn Historical Society, and several social organizations.

On June 21, 1860, Mr. Parker married Amelia Jane, daughter of Timothy and Lydia Jane (Taylor) Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are the parents of five children, namely : John Lord, Jr., born in Woburn, April 3, 1866, died at Enfield, N. H., August 20, 1867; Horace Rowell, born in Woburn, January 14, 1871; Mabel Andrews, born in Woburn, May 3, 1874, died in Lynn, October 12, 1890; and Selwyn Bowman and Florence Dustin, twins, born in Woburn, November 10, 1878.

B ARTLETT MURDOCK SHAW, an enterprising business man of Water- town, Mass., superintendent of the Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Com- pany, was born in Carver, Plymouth County, May 1, 1865, son of Ebenezer D. and Hannah (Westgate) Shaw.

As we gather from the Genealogical Regis- ter in Davis's "Ancient Landmarks of Plym- outh," he is a direct descendant in the ninth

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generation of John' Shaw, who came over before 1627, followed by wife Alice and four children, the line being: John,' Jonathan, 2 Jonathan, 3 Jonathan, 4 Nathaniel, 5 Joseph, 6 Jo- seph,7 Ebenezer D.,8 Bartlett M.9

Alice, wife of John1 Shaw, d. at Plymouth, March, 1654. Jonathan2 Shaw, b. in England, son of John1 and Alice, m. at Plymouth in 1657 Phebe, daughter of George Watson. Jonathan3 Shaw, b. in 1663, m. Mehitable Pratt, and settled at Plympton. Lieutenant Jonathan4 Shaw, b. in 1689, was one of the builders of Pope's Point Furnace in 1734. He served as an officer in the French and Indian

War. Nathaniel5 Shaw, son of Lieutenant Jonathan and Elizabeth (Atwood) Shaw, was b. in 1718. His name appears with the rank of Captain in Colonel James Warren's regiment, which on the Lexington alarm marched from Plympton to Marshfield. On June 6, 1776, he was commissioned Captain of the Seventh Com- pany, First Plymouth Regiment. This com- pany he raised in Kingston, Plympton, and Halifax. While serving in the Revolutionary army he wore the sword that his father had car- ried in the previous war; and it is said that his son, Lieutenant Joseph Shaw, afterward carried the same old sword, and while on duty had the misfortune to break it when leaping a fence.

Captain Nathaniel5 Shaw, of Plympton, m. May 10, 1739, Hannah, 4 daughter of Luke3 Perkins (Luke,2 Abraham1). They had twelve children - Mary, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Jr., Joseph (b. 1749), Hannah, Ruth, Jonathan, Deliverance, James, Zilpha, and two that died in infancy.

Lieutenant Joseph6 Shaw and Lidia Shaw were m. at Middleboro, April 25, 1776. " Early Massachusetts Marriages," vol. ii., Rev. F. W. Bailey. He also had twelve chil- dren, seven sons and five daughters, namely : Joseph, Jr., Oliver, Isaac, Cephas, and Elka- nah, all moulders; Nathaniel and George, fore- men; Lydia, Ruth, Waitstill, Betsey, and Hannah.

Joseph7 Shaw, b. February 17, 1782, son of Lieutenant Joseph6 and his wife, Lydia, was for many years a prominent resident of Carver, Mass., formerly a part of Plympton. He d. September 26, 1855. He was Captain of a

company of State militia. By his first wife, Sarah Murdock, whom he m. in 1804, he had six sons, the eldest b. in 1804, the youngest in 1814. The following is a brief record in order of their births : Joseph, d. unmarried, in 1865. Linus, who d. in 1854, m. Dicey Allen in 1833, and had George H. and Linus A. (who both served in the Civil War), Jeannette H., Arlotha M., Calvin R., and Betsy. Bartlett m. in 1833 Almira Atwood, had one child, and d. in 1835. Martin was b. and d. in 1811. Dennis, who d. in 1875, m. Emmeline Skinner, and had William B., Henry and Henrietta (twins), Albert, Charles, Emmeline, Susannah, and Apollos. He and his four elder sons served in the Civil War, two of them being wounded. One son d. in the regular army. Harrison Shaw m. Adaline Bent, had eight children - William B., Sarah M., Deliverance, Charles H., Emma B., John, Mary, and Eras- tus - and d. in 1861.

Captain Joseph7 Shaw m. Hannah Dunham, his second wife, in 1818, and by this union became the father of nine children, namely : William H., who was b. and d. in 1819; Na- thaniel, b. 1820, who d. in 1821; Ebenezer D., Francis, Sally M., Hannah M., Oliver, Pris- cilla J. (Mrs. Pelham W. Barrows), and Bart- lett. The last named, b. March 12, 1835, in 1861, inspired by patriotic enthusiasm, assisted in raising a company in Carver of which he was appointed Orderly Sergeant, being later promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant. Owing to the sickness of his superior officer, he commanded the company at the second battle of Bull Run, at which he was killed.

Ebenezer D. & Shaw was an iron moulder by trade and a manufacturer of charcoal facings. In his earlier life he had a foundry in Middle- borough, but afterward removed to Carver, where he carried on a substantial manufacturing busi- ness until his death, which occurred September 14, 1889, at the age of sixty-six years, seven months, six days. He was m. first in 1848, to Nancy Bisbee. Their children were: Fred- erick, Aravesta, Josephus, and Eugene E. By his second wife, Hannah Westgate, who was b. in Rochester, Mass., he had Fred W., Ara- vesta B., Elmer F., Bartlett M., and Myra A.

The Hon. Oliver Shaw, also an iron

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moulder, in 1863 became superintendent of the Miles Pratt & Co.'s Stove Works at Water- town. With this company and its successor, the Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Company, he remained connected many years as director and as superintendent till his death, December 26, 1894. He served fifteen years as Select- man and was elected as State Senator, but died before assuming office.

Bartlett M. Shaw, son of Ebenezer D. and Hannah (Westgate) Shaw and present super- intendent, as above noted, and one of the directors of the Walker & Pratt Manufactur- ing Company, of Watertown, was named for his father's youngest brother. He married June 30, 1892, Edith B. Ashley, who was born in Dighton, Mass., a daughter of Jethro Ashley. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have four children, namely : Eliot Ashley, born July 3, 1893; Joseph, born May 5, 1898 ; Bartlett M., Jr., born October 14, 1899; and Frederick Dean, born November 26, 1901.

ARON COOLIDGE DOWSE, mana- ger and editor of the New England Grocer, Boston, is a well-known resident of Malden. He is a native of Sherborn, Mass., and comes of old Colonial stock long rooted in Middlesex County. Born March 27, 1856, son of William and Eliza (Coolidge) Dowse, he is a descendant in the eighth generation of Lawrence Dowse, who was b. in Broughton, England, and emigrated previous to the year 1642 to Boston, Mass. The lineage is: Lawrence,' Eleazer,2 Jona- than, 3 Eleazer, 4 Joseph, 5 Benjamin,6 William,7 Aaron8.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 103

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910 Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company Number of Pages: 850

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850