History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 184

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706

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The first teacher resident or employed in East Bridgewater was John Orcutt. He died in 1781, aged eighty-one years. He taught the school on the common several years. He was an excellent pen- man, as evinced by specimens of his skill in writing still extant. Some others prior to 1800 were William Snell, Ebenezer Willis, Isaac Tribou, Ezra Richards, Benjamin Paris, James Thomas, and Timothy Allen. Miss Bathsheba Whitman began to teach in the under the care of Miss Bathsheba Whitman.

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After a few years pupils of both sexes were ad- mitted.

April 5, 1837, the school was incorporated as the " East Bridgewater Academy." The act of ineor- poration was as follows :

" Be it enacted, etc.

" Aaron Hobart, Welcome Young, and Wallace Rust, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Proprietors of the East Bridgewater Academy, to be established in the town of East Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth, with all the powers, &c., set forth in the forty- fourth chap. of the Revised Statutes, with power to hold real and personal estate not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to be devoted exclusively to purposes of education."

The names of those who have been principals of this institution are,-

Bathsheba Whitman, 1819-20. Bathsheba Whitman, 1834.

Clarissa Adams, 1821-23.

Mary Young, 1835-36.

Bathsheba Whitman, 1824-26.

Thomas P. Ryder, 1837-38. Asa Millet, 1839.

Penelope Winslow, 1827.

Caroline Allen, 1828.

John W. May, 1839.

Bathsheba Whitman, 1829-30. Emily Porter, 1832. Ezra Kingman, 1833.

Daniel Weed, 1840. Daniel Littlefield, 1841.

In 1845 the proprietors sold the academy building and real estate to William Allen, who was principal of the seminary from October, 1846, to December, 1860, when it ceased to be a place of instruction.

With increase of population and proportionate ac- cumulation of taxable property, facilities for eduea- tion have gradually widened until the town has held its own in the commonwealth in more than one re- gard, as is shown by its annual reports.

High School .- For a number of years preceding 1860 the necessity for a high and grammar school having been duly considered at sundry times, a spa- eious and substantial building was in that year crected in the Central Village, near the railroad erossing, for the purpose, districts 1, 8, and 9 being then united.

The school opened with an attendance of about sixty, under the instruction of Horace Cannon. The following are the names of teachers who have suc- cceded him until the present date :

1861-62. Georgo L. Faxon.

1862. (Summer) J. C. Watson Coxo; (winter) John G. Adams.

1863. (Summer) John G. Adams ; (fall) Edmund W. Nuttor. 1863-64. (Winter) Nathaniel C. Scovell.

1864. (Summer) Gardner W. Lawrence.

1864-65. (Wintor) Hosea Kingman.

1865. (Summer) Daniol N. Lano; (fall) Edmund W. Nuttor. 1865-66. (Winter) Austin Sanford. 1866. (Snmmor) Edmund W. Nuitor. 1866-67. (Winter) Austin Sanford. 1867. (Summer) Henry II. Butler.1 1867-68. (Wintor) Austin Sanford.

! During this year tho school became a " high school," and tho " district system" was abolished.

1868-71. George L. Faxon.

1871. Wyman C. Fickett, who is the present principal of the school.

Libraries .- Public libraries have been estab- lished in East Bridgewater at different periods, each of which has done at least something towards educating the community. Of some of them mention should be made. The first of which anything is definitely known was in use in 1770. It was called " The Library of the East Parish of Bridgewater." The volumes were nearly all of a directly religious character.

As to the next library we find that eighteen per- sons met Feb. 28, 1793, and signed an agreement to form a library society. The meeting was adjourned for a fortnight. Accordingly, March 14th, a well- prepared constitution was presented, and was signed by forty-one persons. Their names,-David King- man, Robert Orr, Ezra Kingman, Nahum Mitchell, Josiah Byram, Levi Washburn, Isaae Whitman, Robert Wade, James Keith, Jr., Seth Keith, Joseph Chamberlain, Samuel Rogers, Arthur Harris, Holmau Keith, Galen Latham, Isaac Keith, Isaac Tribou, Thomas Young, Joseph Whitman, Benjamin Delano, William Mitchell, John Harris, Asahel Allen, Simeon Curtis, William Keith, Barzillai Allen, Silvanus La- zell, Nathan Alden, Jr., Isaac Chamberlain, Ezra Whitman, Jr., Thomas Sherman, Josiah Otis, Samuel Spear, Jr., Stephen Snell, Thomas Hooper, Josiah Richards, Zebulon Allen, Benjamin Whitman, Gad Hitchcock, Jr., Ephraim Hyde, Simeon Allen.

This association was denominated "The Proprietors of a Library in the East Precinct of Bridgewater." From some of the early records of this association, still extant, it is seen that the selection of books was judi- ciously made ; some of the authors were Goldsmith, Addison, Knox, Cowper, Pope, Ramsay, Keats, Bruce, Hannah More, Josephus, Newton, Franklin, and Paley. There were also Butler's " Analogy," Smith's " Wealth of Nations," " Washington's Let- ters," cte.

In 1836, Rev. Adonis Howard and others formed a "Social Library" in Joppa village. There were at first one hundred volumes, average cost about one dol- lar cach ; one hundred additional volumes were after- wards purchased. Mueh liberality was manifested by individuals in carrying forward an institution so valuable.

About 1838 a " Village Library" was instituted at the centre of the town, which was kept in the law- office of Welcomo Young, Esq.

About 1840, John Adams Conant, Jr., started a library in Eastville, which has been the means of minel usefulness.

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An " Agricultural Library," with one huudred and twenty volumes, was established by the Agricultural Association in 1860.

Library Association .- The " East Bridgewater Library Association" was formed Sept. 23, 1870. At the first annual meeting. held Jan. 20, 1871. the fol- lowing officers were elected : President, Ezra King- man : Vice-President, James S. Allen ; Secretary, George W. Allen : Treasurer, Frederick S. Strong ; Finance Committee. John Hobart and Franklin Edson; Lecture Committee. William H. Osborne, Amos Hunting, and Simeon C. Keith : Committee on the Library, William H. Osborne. William Vinton, George L. Faxon. Martin P. MeLauthlin, S. Prescott Allen, Dr. Charles W. Harris, Edmund W. Nutter, Rev. Timothy O. Paine, George W. Allen.

At the annual meeting of the association, held in January, 1884, the following vote was passed, viz. : " That if the town will annually appropriate a sum not less than one bundred dollars to be expended for books under the direction of the library committee, the publie may have the free use of the books belonging to this association."

At the annual meeting of the town of East Bridgewater. held Mareh 12, 1883, a committee, consisting of Ezra Kingman, George W. Allen, and Isaae N. Nutter, was chosen to take into considera- tion the subject of a publie town library and report at the next annual meeting. Accordingly, at the an- nual meeting held March 10, 1884, the committee made their report, in eoneluding which they say, " In view of this action of the Library Association your committee recommend the acceptance of the offer, and that the sum of five hundred dollars be appropriated tbe present year, of which three hun- dred dollars of said sum shall be used in the pur- chase of books. and that the Library be kept in the room occupied by the town officers, and be opened at least on two week-day afternoons of each week, and at such other times as may be deemed proper and best."

The town appropriated five hundred dollars as desired, and the Free Public Library of East Bridge- Water was opened June 25, 1884.

COLLEGE GRADUATES OF EAST BRIDGEWATER.

John Shaw, Harvard, 1729; clergyman, settled in South Parish, Bridgewater.

Eliab Byram, Harvard, 1740; clergyman, settled in Mendham, N. J.

Samuel Angier, Harvard, 1763; clergyman, settled in East Parish, Bridgewater.

Thomas Gannett, Harvard, 1763 ; - , settled in Plympton.

Caleb Gannett, Harvard, 1763; clergyman, steward of Harvard I'niveraity.

Oakes Angier, Harvard, 1764; lawyer, settled in West Parish, Bridgewater.

William Conant, Yale, 1770; clergyman, settled in Lyme, N. H. James Thomas, Harvard, 1778; farmer, settled in East Bridge- water.

Levi Whitman. Harvard, 1779; clergyman, settled in Wellfleet. Ebenezer Dawes, Harvard. 1785 ; clergyman, settled in Scituate. Barzillai Gannett, Harvard, 1785; merchant, settled in Gardi- ner, Me.

Allen Pratt, Harvard, 1785; clergyman, settled in Westmore- land. N. II.

David Gurney. Harvard, 1785; clergyman, settled in Titicut, North Middleboro'.

Ebenezer Lazell, Brown, 1788; clergyman, settled in Attleboro'. Nahum Mitchell. Harvard, 1789; lawyer (judge), settled in East Bridgewater.

Hector Orr, Harvard, 1792; physician, settled in East Bridge- water.

Ezekiel Whitman, Brown, 1795; lawyer (chief justice of Maine), settled in Portland, Me.

Asa Mitehell, Harvard, 1802; lawyer, settled in New Glouces- ter, Me.

Jacob llill, Brown. 1807; lawyer, settled in Minot, Me.

Eliab Whitman. Brown, 1807 ; lawyer, settled in North Bridge- water.

Nathaniel Whitman, Harvard, 1809; clergyman, settled in Billerica and East Bridgewater.

Daniel Whitman, Brown, 1809; farmer, settled in East Bridge- water.

Willard Phillips, Harvard, 1810; lawyer, settled in Cambridge. Welcome Young, Brown, 1814; lawyer, settled in East Bridge- water.

Silvanus L. Mitchell, Harvard, 1817; merchant, settled in East Bridgewater.

Lucius Alden. Brown, 1821; clergyman, settled in East Abing- ton and New Castle, N. II.

Jason Whitman, Harvard, 1825; clergyman, settled in Saco, Portland, Me., and Lexington.

Joseph W. Cross, Harvard, 1827 ; clergyman, settled in Boxboro' and West Boylston.

Williams Latham, Brown, 1827 ; lawyer, settled in Bridgewater. William Allen, Harvard, 1837; teacher, settled in Barnstable, Saco, Me., and East Bridgewater.

Edmund B. Whitman, Harvard, 1838; teacher, settled in Cam- bridge, and Lexington, Ky.

Edward C. Mitchell, Colby, 1849; clergyman, settled in Chicago. Charles C. Mitchell, Harvard, 1851.

Allen Whitman, Harvard, 1857; teacher, settled in Yonkers, N. Y., and Cleveland, O.

George L. Faxon, Middlebury, -; teacher, settled in East Bridgewater, Brookfield, Spencer.

James Madison Allen, Oberlin, 1858; philologist, settled in East Bridgewater.

John Howard, Yale, 1860; teacher of music, settled in New York.

Gorham D. Williams, Harvard, 1865.

Nathan W. Littlefield, Dartmouth, 1869; lawyer, settled in Providence, R. I.

Austin Sanford, Dartmouth, 1869; teacher, settled in Albany, N. Y.

Richard W. Smith, Wesleyan, 1870; teacher, settled in Provi- dence, R. I.

George B. Hobart, Harvard, 1875; manufacturer, settled in Plymouth.

Charles Pratt Strong, Harvard, 1876; physician, settled in Boston.

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Robert Orr Harris, Harvard, 1877; lawyer, settled in East Bridgewater.

Aaron Hobart Latham, Harvard, 1877; lawyer, settled in Boston.

Josiah Byram Millet, Harvard, 1877; journalist, settled in Boston.

Abbot Sanford, Amherst, 1877; physician.

Bradford Allen, Amherst, 1878; physician, settled in Brockton.

Physicians .- Joseph Byram, died Mareh 4, 1744, age 43.

Isaae Otis, born in Seituate ; graduate of Harvard University, 1738; died 1785, age 66.

Josiah Otis, died March 25, 1808, age 59.

Heetor Orr, graduate of Harvard University, 1792; died April 29, 1855, age 85.

Dr. Hector Orr, son of Col. Robert and Hannah (Kingman) Orr, and grandson of Hon. Hugh Orr, was born in East Bridgwater, March 24, 1770, graduated at Harvard University in 1792, studied medicine with Dr. Ephraim Wales, of Randolph, and in 1794 settled in his native parish. He married March 23, 1795, Mary, daughter of Oakes and Su- sanna (Howard) Angier, of West Bridgewater. In 1796 he was commissioned surgeon in the navy by John Adams, President of the United States, and under the command of Commodore Preble, went on a long voyage to India. In 1801 he became a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Medical Society, of which institution he served as counselor almost forty years. Having a fondness for military tactics, he was com- missioned, in 1802, adjutant of the Third Regiment, First Brigade, Fifth Division, of the Massachusetts Militia. He was an efficient disciplinarian, as ean be testified by survivors who were trained under his com- mand. He might have risen to the highest positions in the military department, but he continued as adju- tant for the unusual term of twenty-three years.

He was an apt scholar, well versed in English liter- ature and the Latin elassics, read rapidly, and remem- bered what he had read. He took great interest in Freemasonry, joined the Masonie Brotherhood prior to his college graduation, and was foremost among the founders of Fellowship Lodge, which was established in East Bridgewater in 1797, in which year he gave a history of Freemasonry in a discourse before the lodge. The discourse was published, as was also "An Oration pronouneed at Bridgewater [ East Parish meeting-house], Oet. 1, 1801, at the request of the Columbian Society," and " An Oration pronounced at Bridgewater [East Parish meeting-house], July 4, 1804, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independenee." He was a man of sparkling wit, and possessed a fund of anecdotes, which were ever at hand, and, if occasion offered, readily delivered. IIe

was a skillful physician, and continued in the practice of his profession for almost sixty years. He died April 29, 1855, age eighty-five.

Daniel Sawin, born in Randolph ; died April 29, 1822, age 36.

John S. Champney resided licre a few years (1822, ete.).

Samuel A. Orr, died Aug. 9, 1878, age 75.

Charles A. Lockerby, graduate of Medical School Dartmouth College, 1844; graduate of a college at Edinburgh, Scotland; resided here 1845 to 1849; removed to Concord, N. HI .; died May 2, 1881.

Asa Millet, graduated at Brunswick Medical School, 1842; practieed in East Bridgewater, 1847 to 1854 ; removed to Abington, then to Bridgewater ; returned in 1873.

John T. Harris, graduate of a medical school, Phila- delphia, Pa. ; removed to Roxbury.

Adonis Howard, born in West Bridgewater; died Sept. 25, 1866, age 71.

Daniel Chaplin, graduate of Harvard University Medical School, 1844; came to East Bridgewater, 1858.

George Vining, born in Cummington; practiced in 1857-58 ; removed 1858.

Enoch Warren Sanford, born in Raynham ; grad- uate of Brown University, 1851 ; graduate of Philadel- phia College ; practiced here from 1858 to 1860; re- moved to Brookline, where he dicd Feb. 27, 1875, age 43.

Charles W. Harris, graduate of Berkshire Medi- cal Institution, Pittsfield, 1847 ; came to East Bridge- water, 1866, and died May 24, 1884, age 62.

Attorneys and Counselors .- John Holman, Jr., died April 25, 1755, age 49.

Nahum Mitchell, graduate of Harvard University, 1789 ; died Aug. 1, 1853, age 84.

Bartholomew Brown, born in Danvers, Mass .; graduate of Harvard University, 1799; died April 14, 1854.

Aaron Hobart, born in Abington ; graduate of Brown University, 1805 ; died Sept. 19, 1858, age 71.

Welcome Young, graduate of Browu University, 1814 ; died May 13, 1871, age 78.

Benjamin W. Harris, graduate of Harvard Univer- sity Law School, 1849.

William E. Jewell, graduate of Dartmouth College ; settled in East Bridgewater, 1860; afterwards re- moved to Randolph.

William H. Osborne, admitted to the bar in 1864. Robert O. Harris, graduate of Harvard University, 1877.

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Ezra S. Whitmarsh, admitted to the bar in 1879.

Biographical .-- Lient. David Kingman was born in West Bridgewater in 1708, son of John and Desire ( Harris) Kingman, grandson of John Kingman, and great-grandson of Henry Kingman, who, in 1635, emi- grated from Weymouth. in England, and settled in Weymouth, Mass. Lieut. David settled in East Bridgewater about 1733. He was one of the early traders; was licensed as a retailer in 1745, though he probably had begun keeping a store considerably earlier. His residence was on Grove Street, facing Water Street, the same location as that where is now the dwelling-house built by the late William Tribon. That part of the town was formerly called " the Robin- son neighborhood," and more recently " Harmony." Lieut. Kingman married, in 1732, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Hayward, of Elmwood, and had five children,-David, Mary, Nathan, Ezra, and Hannah (who married Col. Robert Orr). He was an officer in the militia as early as 1746. He kept a record of daily occurrences for a few years, which is extant, and was a respected and useful citizen. He died April 15, 1769, age sixty-one.

Capt. David Kingman, son of Licut. David and Mary (Haywood) Kingman, was born Feb. 26, 1733, married Abigail Hall in 1752, and had five sons and three daughters. They were Nathan, Molly, Ezra, Nabby. Eunice, David, David, and Barzillai. He, as his father had been, was a country merchant. We find that on Dec. 20, 1757, he was licensed to sell tea, coffee, and chinaware. About 1765 he removed from the Robinson neighborhood to Central Street, and lived in a house which stood where the late Daniel P. Edson lived and died. A few feet east of the house was his store. The number of country merchants at that time was not large, and this store became a famous place of resort. Here he supplied the Bridgewater soldiers of the Revolutionary army with ready-made clothing. Near the opening of the Revolution he was elected commander of the local militia in the East District, or east half of the East Precinct, of Bridgewater, and continued in that office till 1784. In 1780 he represented Bridgewater at the General Court. He was an energetic business man, and interested in iron manufactures, being an owner in the forges of the East and South Parishes.

He was cheerful, complaisant, and had a great fond- ness for children, who reciprocated his regard for them. His kindness to strangers was proverbial, many of whom could bear witness to his hospitality. Ardently attached to the clergy, he was gratified if he could lighten their labors and promote the welfare of the people. He was fond of music, and was for many 56

years a leader in that department of public worship. He kept for many years a diary of passing events. His death oeeurred May 11, 1805, at the age of seventy-two.

Deacon John Whitman was born in the East Parish of Bridgewater, March 28, 1735 (new style), and died July 20, 1842, aged one hundred and seven years, three months, and twenty-two days. He was the first in- habitant of the ancient town of Bridgewater who lived more than a century. Few persons in the county of Plymouth have attained so great an age. He was a remarkable man. It would probably be difficult to cite another instance of an individual in New England who could, at the age of one hundred and seven, write his name in a clear, legible hand. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Cary) Whitman. On the father's side he was a descendant of two of the earliest settlers in East Bridgewater,-Nicholas Byram and Thomas Whitman,-and on the mother's was the fourth in de- scent from Capt. Miles Standish, the Pilgrim. He married, Oet. 11, 1764, Lydia, daughter of David and Joanna ( Hayward) Snow. Children : Lydia, born July 29, 1765 ; Elizabeth, April 24, 1767 ; James, Feb. 4, 1769. His wife died April 25, 1771, and he married, Aug. 5, 1773, Abigail, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Smith) Whitinan. Children : Cath- arine, born July 4, 1775 ; Bathsheba, Juue 8, 1777 ; Josiah, March 29, 1779 ; Alfred, Mareh 30, 1781 ; Obadiah, March 22, 1783 ; Nathaniel, Dec. 25, 1785 ; Hosea, Feb. 20, 1788 ; John, Feb. 4, 1790; Abigail, May 10, 1793; Bernard, June 8, 1796; Jason, April 30, 1799. His wife died Sept. 16, 1813, aged sixty- two. Three of his sons-Nathaniel, Bernard, and Jason-were educated at Harvard University, and became settled pastors of churches. His daughter, Bathsheba, was a devoted school-teacher. Her ex- perience in imparting instruction was uncommon. She lived to a great age, and it could be truly said of her that she taught four generations.

We have said that Deaeon Whitman was a remark- able man. But if it be asked, " What great things did he do ?" it must be answered, he was not promi- nent as a statesman, a warrior, an inventor, or an artisan, or as a highly-educated man. He was by trade a carpenter, was a plain mechanic and a farmer. He never boasted of any attainments he had made or any property that he had acquired. The writer recalls his appearance as he was in the daily course of life's duties, on his farm, in his craving the Divine blessing before partaking of the evening meal, and in his attendance on the services of the sanctuary. He seemed to be about as near to a complete model of an exact balance of the powers, spiritual, intellectual, and

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bodily, as it is ever permitted humanity to reach. His early school education was scanty indeed, but he read, when opportunity offered, the history of past events, and carefully noted what was taking place in the com- munity, so that he was a man of more than ordinary intelligence. " In regard to his mode of laboring, he was seldom, if ever, in haste, but always industrious. It has been said that he was never known to do a great day's work,-one which might overtask his powers and break down his strength and destroy his health, while it secured for him a reputation for as- tonishing feats of strength or activity. But, it has been added, there was no man who performed more labor during the year than Deacon Whitman. Nor was this done by working late at night or at unusual hours. He generally completed the labor's of the day by the setting of the sun, and spent the evening with his family. The way in which he performed so much labor during the year was by a diligent improvement of the time during the hours of broad daylight. He did not drive, he did not dally. He went straight forward, always finding something to do, always dili- gently employed. This was not merely his course on some days, but on all days. If the weather was un- favorable to out-door labor, and he was confined by storm, still he had some employment provided, that so he might not be compelled to spend even a rainy day in idleness."

As to food and drink, generally favored with a good appetite, he wished to eat that which was whole- some, but had no anxiety as to the particular kind of food which was to be set before him at the next meal. He could eat animal food if plainly cooked, or vege- table, but ate in moderation. As to the use of ardent spirits as a beverage, before temperance organizations had been formed he was set against them. He always held in grateful remembrance the sound religious training which his parents had given him. He had no anxiety to become rich. He was grateful if he could by industry and fidelity make his home com- fortable. He was of decided religious opinions, but while he held to convictions obtained by a careful study of the word of God, he possessed complete charity towards others who might differ from him in religious sentiments. In his estimation, the object of living was the formation and maintenance of a relig- ious character.

Gen. Silvanus Lazell, who was born in East Bridge- water in 1752, and who died there in 1827, was one to whose enterprise the town was greatly indebted. He began life in humble circumstances, but readily sur- mounted difficulties. From a common farin-laborer, he became a cobbler. His ambition was to be a sue-

cessful trader. He began by keeping a few articles of merchandise in his shop-window. Constantly add- ing to his means he, after a few years, had a store on what was subsequently the turnpike (now Bedford Street), and on the north side of the crossing of Union and Bedford Streets.

Ambitious to see the town prosper, he rendercd substantial aid to enterprising young men. He in- dueed Samuel Rogers to come to East Bridgewater in 1788, furnished him a shop, and enabled him to engage in the business of elockmaking. In 1800 he assisted Nathaniel Cross, who came from Excter, N. H., and Bartholomew Trow, from Charlestown, to start a successful career of carriage-making. James Siddall, who came from Doneaster, England, in 1819, and was shipwrecked on his passage, was met in Boston, and encouraged by Gen. Lazell, who invited him to settle in East Bridgewater, prepared a shop for him, and started him in the business of black- smithing, in which Mr. Siddall continued till near the close of his life, in 1881, at the age of eighty- five. It was chiefly through Gen. Lazell's influence that the turnpike was chartered in 1804, and built in 1805-6, from near the Great Ponds in Middleboro' to the Braintree and Weymouth turnpike. Forging and nail-making were each advanced by his care and foresight.

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History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 184

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1706

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706