Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 46

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

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Among the members of the bar John Read was renowned as a special pleader in the days when special pleading was a science, and many tales are told of his efficiency. He took upon himself the responsibility of reducing the ob-

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scure and redundant phraseology of the English deeds of conveyance to their present simple forms. Knapp tells us that his influence and authority must have been great as a lawyer to have brought his retrenched forms into general use; and, further, that the declarations which he made and used in civil actions have many of them come down to us as precedents, and are among the finest specimens of special pleading which can be found. Both Story and Parsons have also commended his pleadings in the highest of terms. Mr. Read was a Ves- tryman of King's Chapel. He d. at Boston, February 14, 1749, at the age of sixty-nine years, and was buried in the crypt of the chapel.

His wife was Ruth Talcott, a native of Hartford, Conn. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John and Mary (Cook) Talcott. Her father was the son of John, Sr., and Dorothy (Mott) Talcott, of Braintree, Eng- land. He came to this country in 1632 in the ship "Lion " with the Rev. Thomas Hooker, settled at Newtowne, now Cambridge, and in 1637 removed with the congregation to Hart- ford.

Ebenezer6 McIntire removed to Cambridge in 1830, and resided there until his death in 1871. His wife d. in Cambridge in 1896. They had three children, Charles J. being the youngest-born and the only son. His sisters are : Amelia Theresa, b. February 18, 1835; and Mary Josephine, b. March 19, 1840.

Charles John McIntire was educated at Cam- bridge, and attended also the Chapman Hall School, Boston, and the Harvard Law School. In 1862, at twenty years of age, he enlisted in Company G, Forty-fourth Regiment, Massa- chusetts Volunteer Militia, and served nine months in the Civil War, taking part in the campaign in North Carolina, being honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of en- listment, June 18, 1863. Continuing his legal studies in the law office of the Hon. James Dana, former Mayor of Charlestown, he was admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1865, and began practice in Boston. From 1871 to 1874 he was Assistant District Attorney of Middlesex County. Elected City Solicitor of Cambridge in 1886, he was unanimously re-

elected annually, and served in that office till October 26, 1893, when he was appointed by Governor Russell Judge of the Probate Court and the Court of Insolvency for Middlesex County. . In 1894 he was made First Judge of the two courts. In 1866 and 1867 he was a member of the Cambridge Common Council, in 1877 an Alderman, and for some years he was on the School Board. In 1869 and 1870 he was in the Legislature, and was chairman of the House Committee on Insurance and secretary of the Committee on the Judiciary. He was one of the founders of the Colonial Club of Cambridge, and has been its vice-president ; was president of the Cambridge Club; Lieu- tenant Governor of the Society of Colonial Wars; a member of the Sons of the Revolu- tion ; of P. Stearns Davis Post, No. 57, G. A. R .; and of the Forty-fourth Regiment Association, of which he was president in 1883. In politics he is a Democrat. His home is the large and commodious mansion at the corner of Massa- chusetts Avenue and Chauncy Street. He married in 1866 Mary Theresa Finegan, daugh- ter of George and Julia (Meade) Finegan, of Charlestown, Mass., and has five children - Mary Amelia, Henrietta Elizabeth, Charles Ebenezer, Frederic May, and Blanche Eu- genie. Charles E. married Martha E. Weston, and has two children - Mary Weston and Ruth Talcott.

OHN WINSLOW RICHARDSON, of Winchester, was born June 15, 1846, son of John Steele and Lydia Winslow (Collamore) Richardson. He comes of Colonial stock, being a descendant in the eighth generation from Samuel Richardson, one of the original settlers of Woburn. The line of descent is Samuel,' Samuel,2 Samuel, 3 Thomas, 4 Jeduthan, 5 Deacon Calvin,6 John S.,7 John Winslow8.

Samuel' Richardson, b. in England, was liv- ing in Charlestown, Mass., in 1636, on July I of that year, being one of a committee to lay out lots of land for hay. He and his brothers, Ezekiel and Thomas, with four others, were chosen in 1640 by the church of Charlestown, commissioners to found a new church and a

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town. Of this town, which in 1642 was incor- porated as Woburn, he subsequently served as Selectman six years, and d. there in 1658, being survived by his wife Joanna and five children. Samuel2 Richardson, b. at Woburn

in 1646, was four times m. His first wife, Martha, d. in December, 1673. His second wife, Hannah Kingsley, was killed with her only child by the Indians in 1676. His third wife was Phebe Baldwin, and fourth, Sarah Hayward. Samuel3 Richardson was b. Novem- ber 5, 1670. He had eight children, all by his first wife, Susanna Richardson, a daughter of his cousin, Lieutenant John Richardson, who m. Susanna Davis. The second b. of the eight children was Thomas, 4 whose first wife was Mary Russell, and his second, Sarah Brooks. Jeduthan, 5 b. in 1738, only child of Thomas, was by his first marriage. Jeduthan+ Richardson m. Mary Wright. Deacon Calvin6 Richardson, b. in 1777, m. February 5, 1800, Sarah Steele, daughter of James and Susanna Steele, of Woburn. They became the parents of ten children, John S. being the ninth child.

John S.7 Richardson was b. in that part of Woburn which is now Winchester, February II, 1818; and d. there April 17, 1888. He was a man of energy, engaged in various occu- pations during his active life, being first in the shoe business in Winchester, then a lumber manufacturer in Indiana, later a farmer, and afterwards a cattle dealer, buying in the North and shipping to the Brighton markets. He was a member of the Congregational Church. He m. November II, 1840, Lydia Winslow Collamore, who was b. March 21, 1821, at Pembroke, Mass., and d. July 8, 1891, at Winchester. She was a daughter of Dr. An- thony and Lydia (Winslow) Collamore, and was of English ancestry on both maternal and paternal sides. The founder of the branch of the Collamore family from which she was de- scended was Captain Anthony' Collamore, the line being continued through Peter, 2 John, 3 Captain Enoch,4 Dr. Anthony,5 and Lydia6.

Captain Enoch4 Collamore was graduated from Harvard College in 1805; d. at Pem- broke, Mass., in 1847. He m. Hannah Cush- ing.

Dr. Anthony Collamore, b. January 15,

1787, at Scituate, d. September 21, 1847. On September 4, 1809, he m. Lydia Winslow, who was b. October 15, 1785, and d. August 1, 1825. She was a descendant in the sixth generation from Kenelm Winslow, the lineage being: Kenelm,' Nathaniel,2-3 Oliver, 4 Na- thaniel, 5 Lydia6. Kenelm1 Winslow, a brother of Governor Edward Winslow, and son of Edward Winslow, of Droitwich, England, was b. in: 1 599. He came to Plymouth, probably in 1629, with his brother Josiah, and there m. in June, 1634, Mrs. Eleanor Adams, widow of John Adams, of Plymouth. About 1641 he removed to Marshfield, having received a grant of land at Green Harbor. He d. in Septem- ber, 1672, at Salem, where he was staying for a short time, probably on business. Nathan- iel2 Winslow, the third in a family of four children, was baptized in 1639. He d. in 1710 on the homestead farm at Marshfield, which had become his by inheritance. He was a Captain of militia in 1698. In 1689 he was Deputy to the General Court at Plymouth, and subsequently was Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He m. in 1664 Faith Miller, daughter of the Rev. John Mil- ler, then of Yarmouth, later of Groton, Mass. Nathaniel3 Winslow, b. in 1667, d. at Marsh- field in 1736. His first wife, Lydia Snow, d. in 1716. She was a daughter of Josiah and Rebecca (Baker) Snow, of Marshfield, and grand-daughter of Anthony Snow, who m. Abigail Warren, daughter of Richard Warren, one of the "Mayflower " pilgrims. Nathaniel3 Winslow's second wife was Deborah Barstow, widow of John Bryant, of Scituate. Oliver4 Winslow, b. in 1702, son of Nathaniel3 and Lydia, removed to Scituate. In 1733 he m. his stepmother's daughter, Agatha Bryant, who d. in February, 1745-6. He m., second, in 1749, Bethia Prior. Nathaniels Winslow, b. in 1741, d. in 1808, m. Sarah Hatch in 1765. By trade he was a ship joiner, living in South Scituate. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of Major, serving in the Southern expeditions.

John S. Richardson and his wife, Lydia Winslow Collamore, had eight children, namely: Ella, who d. in childhood; John Winslow, the special subject of this sketch ;

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Adaliza; Annie Steele; Emma Collamore, wife of A. J. Fisher, of Orange, Mass. ; Lydia May; Sadie; and Henry (deceased). Adaliza is the wife of Joseph Stone, of Winchester, and mother of three children - Marion, Lucy Vernon, and Howard. Annie Steele, wife of Ezra T. Kimball, of Brockton, has had three children, namely : May, Horac, and Rufus, who d. in infancy.

John Winslow& Richardson was educated in the public schools of Winchester and at War- ren Academy, Woburn. Going to Southern Indiana with his father in 1864, he remained there two years, running a sawmill. He then returned to Winchester, where he engaged in business on his own account, dealing in meat and provisions the ensuing twenty-five years. For thirteen years he served the town of Win- chester as Constable and Chief of Police. In politics Mr. Richardson is a Republican. On October 1, 1897, he was appointed by Presi- dent Mckinley Postmaster of Winchester, a position that he still holds. He is an attend- ant of the Congregational Church. Frater- nally, Mr. Richardson is a member of William Parkman Lodge, F. & A. M .; Past High Priest of Woburn Chapter, R. A. M. ; for six years he was treasurer of the Calumet Club; for twenty years financial reporter of the Knights of Honor; for ten years Collector of the A. L. of H. ; and he has been Collector of the New England Order of Protection since its organization, November 12, 1887.

On January 2, 1872, Mr. Richardson mar- ried Rebecca Reeves, daughter of Richard and Eliza Ann (Hubon) Burnham, of Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have four children, namely : Henry Winslow, born January 20, 1874, now engaged in the grocery business with J. C. Adams in Winchester; Florence May, born May 19, 1876, who was graduated from the Winchester High School, and is now a book-keeper for J. C. Stanton, of Winches- ter; Anthony Collamore, born November 14, 1877, who was educated in Winchester, and is in the employ of J. H. Winn & Sons, watch manufacturers, Winchester; and Edith Burn- ham, born March 3, 1881, who was graduated from the Winchester High School with the class of 1900.

OHN QUINCY ADAMS BRACKETT, a member of the well-known law firm of Brackett & Roberts, Boston, and a former Governor of Massachusetts, was born in Bradford, N. H., June 8, 1842, son of Ambrose Spencer and Nancy (Brown) Brack- ett. He is a descendant in the eighth genera- tion of Captain Richard Brackett, b. about 1610, who d. at Braintree, Mass., March 5, 1690-I. The line of descent is: Richard, 1 James, 2 Joseph, 3-4-5-6 Ambrose S.,7 John Q. A. 8

Captain Richard Brackett, according to tra- dition, was a native of Scotland. He came over, it is supposed, in Winthrop's fleet, arriv- ing in June, 1630. His name appears as one of the signers, under date of August 27, 1630, of the covenant of the First Church in Boston - the "simple but solemn church covenant" adopted and signed by Governor Winthrop, Deputy Governor Dudley, Isaac Johnson, and John Wilson on July 30. He was made free- man in 1636. In 1637 he was appointed to keep the prison; in 1638 he sold a house with a garden on Washington Street. He joined in 1639 the artillery company since known as the "Ancient and Honorable." June 26, 1642, he was dismissed with his wife Alice from the First Church in Boston with a letter to the church at the "Mount "- Mount Wol- laston. He was for six years a Deputy to the General Court, and was chief military com- mander in Braintree, from which latter office he derived his title as Captain Brackett. This position he resigned October 15, 1684, and was succeeded by Lieutenant Edmund Quincy, the ancestor of the distinguished family of that name. His wife Alice d. in 1689. They had eight children.

James2 Brackett, b. in 1645, resided in Braintree; had seven children by his wife Sarah. Joseph, 3 b. 1675, eldest son of James, 2 m. in 1701 Mehitable Belcher. Their son Joseph+ was b. February 23, 1714.

Joseph5 Brackett, bapt. 1743, m. in 1767 Rachel Marsh. She was b. in 1746, daughter of Moses3 and Sarah ' (Crosby) Marsh, her mother being a daughter of Simon Crosby, of Quincy. Her father, Moses3 Marsh, baptized in February, 1714, was son of John2 and Sarah (Wilson) Marsh, and grandson of Alexander'

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Marsh, who was b. in England about 1628, and made freeman in Braintree in 1654. By his first wife Mary, daughter of Gregory Belcher, Alexander Marsh had nine children. Sarah Wilson, wife of John2 Marsh, was a daughter of Dr. John Wilson, the first physician of Quincy, whose grandfather, the Rev. John Wilson, was the first minister of Boston.

Joseph6 Brackett, b. in 1776, d. in 1846. He m. in 1801 Charlotte Newcomb, of Quincy, who bore him eleven children. She was b. January 4, 1784, and d. June 8, 1852. She was a daughter of Bryant6 and Jane (Glover) Newcomb (m. 1783), her father's ancestral line being : Thomas, 5 Isaac, + John, 3-2 Francis1. Her mother was a daughter of Captain Joseph and Elizabeth (Bass) Glover, who were m. December 8, 1748, and. had eight children. Bryant6 Newcomb, who was b. October 25, 1761, served six years in the Revolutionary War. He was in Seth Turner's company, 1776-77; was gunner in the Second Artillery Company, Colonel Croft's regiment, from July, 1777, to December 31, 1779. Later he was one of the crew of the privateer "Essex," and, being taken prisoner, was committed to the Old Mill Prison in July, 1781, and con- fined for seven months. Subsequently he became a wealthy business man of Braintree, and was a pensioner of the United States gov- ernment under the Act of 1832.

Captain Joseph5 Glover, of Dorchester, men- tioned above, a shipmaster, was son of John4 and Susannah (Ellison) Glover, grandson of Nathaniel, 3 and great-grandson of Nathaniel2 Glover. The father of Nathaniel2 was John, 1 who was b. at Prescott, Lancashire, England, in the year 1600, and who d. at Boston in 1653. By his wife Anne, John' Glover had five children, the fourth being Nathaniel, 2 b. in 1631, who m. Mary Smith, of Dorchester. Hannah Hinckley, wife of Nathaniel3 Glover, was b. at Barnstable in 1650, the fourth daugh- ter of Governor Thomas Hinckley of the Plym- outh Colony by his first wife, Mary Richards (daughter of Thomas Richards, an early settler of Weymouth). John' Glover served as Se- lectman of Dorchester, as Deputy to the Gen- eral Court, as assistant, and in various other public offices. Johnson, in his history, writes

of him : "Mr. Glover was a strong man for the truth, a plain, sincere and godly man, and of good abilities."

Bryant Newcomb, father of Charlotte, wife of Joseph Brackett, was son of Captain Thomas5 and Bethiah (Copeland) Newcomb, of Brain- tree. Captain Thomas was a soldier in the old French War and also in the War of the Revolution, a partial record of his services showing him to have been Captain in Colonel Thayer's regiment in 1780 at West Point; in James Watts's regiment at Peekskill, 1781; and Lieutenant in the Second Company of Massachusetts Artillery in 1782. He d. about the year 1800. His wife Bethiah, b. 1729, was daughter of Samuel3 and Mary Copeland, her father being son of John2 and Ruth (Newcomb) Copeland, and grandson of Lawrence and Lydia Copeland. Lawrence, ' the Copeland immigrant, d. at Braintree in 1699, a very aged man.

Ambrose Spencer7 Brackett, the sixth of the eleven children of Joseph and Charlotte (New- comb) Brackett, was b. August 6, 1814. He was a farmer and shoemaker. At one time he held the office of Road Commissioner for Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He m. October 4, 1838, Nancy Brown, who was b. December 31, 1816, daughter of John and Sarah (Gregg) Brown, of Bradford, N. H. Their only child was John Q. A. Brackett.

John Q. A. Brackett was fitted for College at Colby Academy, New London, N. H., grad- uating therefrom in 1861. Declining an appointment to West Point, he entered Har- vard College, where he was graduated with honors in 1865, being class orator. Three years later he was graduated from the Harvard Law School, and in the same year, 1868, was admitted to the Suffolk County Bar. Since then he has followed the legal profession, hav- ing been first associated with the Hon. Levi C. Wade, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1879, and afterward with Walter H. Roberts, his present partner. The firm has had a lucrative practice for many years. Mr. Brackett has taken a prominent part in public affairs, and has held many offices of trust and responsibility. He was president of the Mercantile Library Associa-

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tion of Boston in 1871 and in 1882. He was appointed Judge Advocate on the staff of Gen- eral I. S. Burrell, First Brigade, Massachu- setts Militia, in 1874, and filled that office for two years. He was a member of the Boston Common Council from 1873 to 1876, inclusive, being its president in 1876. First elected Representative in 1876, he was re-elected for the four succeeding years, and in the Legis- lature he served on important committees, in- cluding those on Labor and Taxation, and also on the special committee on the Revision of the Statutes in 1881. Again elected to the House of Representatives in 1883, he was chairman of the House Committee on the Ju- diciary in 1884, and, being re-elected to the House, was chosen Speaker in 1885, and again in 1886. Elected LieutenantGovernor the same year, he held that office for three years ; on account of the illness of Governor Ames, during a part of the period serving as Acting Governor, and as such representing Massachu- setts, in company with a special committee of the Legislature, at the Centennial celebration of the settlement of Ohio, held in Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1888. He also repre- sented the Commonwealth a year later at the ceremonies attending the dedication of the Pilgrims' Monument at Plymouth. In the fall of 1889 he was elected Governor.

Since his retirement from that office in 1891, Mr. Brackett has devoted his time to the prac- tice of his profession in Boston, but has con- tinued to take an active interest in public affairs. He was one of the delegates-at-large from Massachusetts to the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis in 1892, and in the convention was the Massachusetts member of the Committee on Resolutions. From 1893 to 1901 he was president of that well-known Republican organization, the Middlesex Club. In the Presidential election of 1896 he was chosen the first elector-at-large of Massachu- setts, and at the meeting of the electors of that state in January, 1897, was elected chairman of the board. Again, at the meeting of the electors of Massachusetts in January, 1901, he was chosen first elector-at-large, to fill the vacancy in that office occasioned by the death of Ex-Governor Wolcott. Thus serving in

this position on these two occasions, he had the honor of casting the first electoral vote of Massachusetts for William Mckinley at both of his elections as President of the United States.

Mr. Brackett married June 20, 1878, Angie Moore, daughter of Abel Gaylord and Eliza (Boles) Peck, of Arlington. He has two chil- dren, namely : John Gaylord, born April 12, 1879, who was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1901; and Beatrice, b. June 23, 1888. The family residence is at Arlington.

Mrs. Brackett is a descendant of Deacon Paul' Peck, whose name appears on the list of the proprietors of Hartford, Conn., in 1639, and who was b., it is thought, in 1608 in Essex County, England. He is supposed to have come over in 1635, and to have lived in Boston and the vicinity till the following year, going then to Connecticut. He was Deacon of the church at Hartford from 1681 up to the time of his death in 1695. He and his wife Martha were the parents of Samuel2 Peck, of West Hartford, who d. in 1696. Samuel, 3 b. in 1672, son of Samuel2 and his wife Eliza- beth, settled at Middletown, Conn. He m. Abigail, daughter of Joseph Collier. Zebu- lon4 Peck, b. in 1712, son of Samuel3 and Abi- gail, m. in 1736 Mary, daughter of Josiah Edwards. Their son Abels Peck, b. in 1745 at Meriden, Conn., served in the Revolution- ary Army, and d. on the way home from Val- ley Forge, January 28, 1778. Samuel6 Peck, b. in 1769, son of Abel and Abigail (Gaylord) Peck, settled in Bristol, and d. in 1826. His wife, Hannah Mancross, whom he m. in 1791, d. in 1855.

Abel G.7 Peck was b. June 8, 1807. He resided in Boston in 1854, and afterward in Arlington, where he d. November 12, 1870. He m., first, Lydia H. Read, and for his sec- ond wife, Eliza A. Boles. His children were, by his first wife: Morgiana, who m. Dr. Henry M. Field, now of Pasadena, Cal. ; and by his second - Persis A., William G., Angie M. (Mrs. Brackett), and John Clifford. The last named d. in infancy, and Persis in girl- hood. William G. Peck m. Annie M. New- ell, of Arlington, and is a resident of that town.

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LARENCE MESSER MERRIAM, of Newton Centre, Mass., was born in Johnson, Vt., November 15, 1870, son of Everett Brooks and Sarah Par- tridge (Dillingham) Merriam. He is a direct descendant in the ninth generation from Joseph Merriam, immigrant, the line of descent being : Joseph,1 John,2 Joseph, 3 Nathan, 4 Jo- seph, 5 Samuel,6 Samuel,7 Everett B.,8 Clar- ence M. 9

Joseph, George, and Robert Merriam, sons of William Merriam, of Hadlow, Kent, Eng- land, coming to this country early in the seventeenth century, were early settlers of Concord, Mass. Joseph™ Merriam, who be- came a freeman of the colony in March, 1639, d. at Concord, January 1, 1641. He had three sons: William, who settled in Lynn, and was the ancestor of James S. Merriam, of New York; Joseph, who settled in Lexington, and whose line became extinct in the fourth genera- tion; and John, b. in Concord, Mass., July, 1641, who d. February 27, 1724.

John2 Merriam m. in 1663 Mary Cooper, daughter of John Cooper, of Cambridge. Jo- seph3 Merriam, their fifth child, b. August 15, 1677, d. December 10, 1750. On March 24, 1705, he m. Dorothy Brooks, daughter of Noah Brooks, who was son of Joshua2 and Han- nah (Mason) Brooks. Her great-grandfather, Captain Thomas+ Brooks, who immigrated from England, was made freeman at Concord, Mass., in 1636, and served seven years as Representative from that town to the Gen- eral Court. Joshua Brooks was a tanner by trade, living in Lincoln, then a part of Con- cord, Mass. His wife, Hannah Mason, was b. September 23, 1636, daughter of Captain Hugh and Esther Mason. Captain Mason was one of the very early settlers of Water- town, where he followed the tanner's trade. Made freeman in 1634, he served as Selectman twenty-nine years, and as Representative ten years. He was also prominent in military affairs, being commissioned Lieutenant in 1649, and Captain in 1652. He lived to a good old age, dying October 10, 1678.

Nathan4 Merriam, b. May 12, 1720, d. No- vember 11, 1782. He m. January 11, 1743, Abigail Wheeler. Joseph5 Merriam, b. Janu-

ary 26, 1744, m. January 14, 1768, Mary Brooks. In 1769 he removed to Mason, N. H., where he resided until his death, November 6, 1826. Samuel6 Merriam was b. at Mason, N. H., October 14, 1773, and d. April 26, 1 823. He m. June 1, 1797, Lucy Wheeler, who was b. February 6, 1776, and d. in 1817. Samuel7 Merriam, Jr., was b. in Mason, N. H., April 9, 1798, m. Hannah French, and d. at Waterbury, Vt., September 12, 1879.

Everett B.8 Merriam, b. in Johnson, Vt., Jnne 30, 1835, son of Samuel7 Merriam, was for many years engaged in mercantile business in his native place, but is now a banker at Topeka, Kan. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Partridge Dillingham, was b. at Waterbury Centre, Vt., March 10, 1835. She is a daughter of George Dillingham (son of Paul Dillingham, Jr.), and a niece of Paul Dillingham, who served as Governor of Ver- mont in 1866 and 1867. George Dillingham was without doubt a descendant of Edward Dillingham, who was living in Lynn in 1636, but removed to Sandwich, Mass., and repre- sented that town at the General Court in 1642. Henry and John Dillingham, sons of Edward, both settled on the Cape. A Paul Dilling- ham, great-grandfather of George, was killed in the old French and Indian War in Septem- ber, 1759. Paul Dillingham, Jr., served in the Massachusetts militia six months, and was afterward a soldier in the Revolution, serving from June, 1777, until 1780. In 1789 and 1790 he was one of the Selectmen of Shutes- bury, Mass., where his son George was b. June 29, 1807. In 1805 he removed with his fam- ily to Waterbury, Vt. The maiden name of his wife was Hannah Smith, b. 1767.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 46

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