History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 188

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

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Methodist Church, Cochesett .- The following is a list of pastors of this church : 1841, J. J. P. Colyer ; 1842, J. J. P. Colyer ; 1843, Samuel Cogshall ; 1844, Paul Townsend ; 1845, Paul Townsend ; 1846, Asa U. Swinerton ; 1847, Asa UT. Swinerton ; 1848, Daniel Webb ; 1849. Daniel Webb; 1850, Thomas Hardman ; 1851, Franklin Gavitt ; 1852, Franklin Gavitt ; 1853, James M. Worcester; 1854, James M. Woreester ; 1855, Edward B. Hinckley ; 1856, Sanford Benton ; 1857, Sanford Benton ; 1858, Sanford Benton ; 1859, Henry D. Robinson ; 1861, Charles Hammond ; 1862, Josiah C. Allen ; 1863, Josiah C. Allen ; 1864, Franklin Scars ; 1865, Franklin Sears; 1866, Walter Ela ; 1867, Walter Ela; 1868, James H. Mather ; 1869, Philip Crandon ; 1870, Paul Townsend ; 1871, Paul Townsend; 1872, Edwin G. Babeoek ; 1873, Benjamin L. Sayer ; 1874, Benjamin L. Sayer; 1875, E. A. Boyden ; 1876, J. W. Sutherland ; 1877, Archibald McCord ; 1878, George E. Fuller ; 1879, Daniel M. Rogers; 1880, Daniel M. Rogers ; 1881, Theophilus B. Gurney ; 1882, Theophilus B. Gurney ; 1883, John A. Rood ; 1884, John A. Rood.

1 Contributed by the HIon. James Howard.

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CHAPTER II.

THE CELEBRATION OF 1856.

ONE of the most interesting events in the history of the Bridgewaters was the celebration, at West Bridgewater, June 3, 1856, of the two hundredth an- niversary of the incorporation of the old town. The following is a deseription of this memorable eelebra- tion :

The first meeting of citizens of the four Bridge- waters to consider the expedieney of celebrating the Second Centennial Anniversary of the incorporation of the ancient town of Bridgewater was held at the town hall in West Bridgewater, Feb. 2, 1856. Hon. John A. Shaw, of Bridgewater, was chosen ehair- man, and Franklin Ames, Esq., of North Bridge- water (now Broekton), secretary.

It was resolved unanimously to hold such a eele- bration at West Bridgewater, where the first white inhabitants of the old town settled, and a committee of forty-eight was chosen, consisting of twelve per- sons from each of the Bridgewaters, to make all the arrangements therefor, and carry the same into exe- cution. Said committee consisted of the following persons :

Jonathan Copeland, Albe Howard, Pardon Cope- land, Nahum Leonard, Nahum Snell, Thomas Ames, James Alger, Henry H. Whitman, Joseph Kingman, Austin Paekard, Calvin Williams, and Dwelley Fobes, of West Bridgewater.

John A. Shaw, Artemas Hale, Philander Leach, Horaee Ames, John Edson, Williams Latham, Thomas Cushman, David Perkins, Spencer Leonard, Jr., Abram Washburn, Mitehell Hooper, and Calvin B. Pratt, of Bridgewater.

Welcome Young, William Allen, Azor Harris, James H. Mitehell, Samuel B. Allen, Benjamin W. Harris, Asa Mitehell, Aaron Hobart, Jr., James Bates, Nathan Whitman, Seth Bryant, and Hector O. A. Orr, of East Bridgewater.

Eliab Whitman, Edward Southworth, Jr., Perez Marshall, Franklin Ames, Ellis Packard, Martin L. Keith, George W. Bryant, Henry W. Robinson, Henry Howard, Isaae Kingman, Samuel Dunbar, and Jonas R. Perkins, of North Bridgewater.

It was decided by the committee of arrangements to have an address, a poem, and a dinner, and Austin Paekard, Artemas Hale, William Allen, and Edward Southworth, Jr., were chosen a committee to procure suitable persons to deliver the address and poem, and to employ the services of such elergymen as they might think proper.

Joseph Kingman, Calvin Williams, Henry H. Whit- man, Mitehell Hooper, Williams Latham, Calvin B. Pratt, Benjamin W. Harris, James Bates, James H. Mitehell, Ellis Paekard, Martin L. Keith, and George W. Bryant were chosen a committee to fix upon a definite plan of procedure, and report at the adjourn- ment of the meeting.

In pursuance of the report of the last-named eom- mittee, the following officers were chosen :

President of the day, John A. Shaw.

Viee-Presidents, Nahum Leonard, Jonathan Cope- land, Benjamin B. Howard, William Baylies, Pardon Keith, Artemas Hale, Samuel Leonard, Philip E. Hill, Holmes Sprague, Solomon Alden, Ezekiel Whit- man, Aaron Hobart, Welcome Young, Cushing Mit- ehell, Azor Harris, Eliab Whitman, Samuel Dunbar, Josiah W. Kingman, Edward Southworth, Franklin Ames.

Treasurer, Austin Paekard.

Chief Marshal, Aaron B. Drake.

Assistant Marshals, Thomas Ames, George L. An- drews, James Bates, Franeis M. Freneh.

Toast Master, Benjamin W. Harris.

Assistant Toast-Masters, Joseph Kingman, George W. Bryant, David Perkins.

Committee of Finance, Dwelley Fobes, Robert Per- kins, Nathan Whitman, George W. Bryant.

Committee on Sentiments, Invitations, and Reeep- tion of Guests, Austin Paekard, Joseph Kingman, John A. Shaw, Artemas Hale, William Allen, Asa Mitehell, Edward Southworth, Jr., Jonas R. Per- kins.

Committee on Musie, Nahum Snell, Solomon Keith, Ezra Kingman, Ellis Paekard.

Executive Committee, Thomas Ames, Henry H. Whitman, Calvin Williams, George Wilbar, Amasa Howard, Williams Latham, Calvin B. Pratt, James HI. Mitehell, Seth Bryant, Ellis Paekard, Martin L. Keith.

Committee to print the Address and Poen, with a Report of the Celebration, Austin Packard, Artemas Hale, William Allen, Frankliu Ames.

Committee to prepare an Address to those who may celebrate the Third Centennial Anniversary, Joseph Kingman, Dwelley Fobes, John A. Shaw, Thomas Cushman, William Allen, Asa Mitchell, Edward Southworth, Jr., Paul Couch.

The chief marshal was authorized to appoint his aids and the assistant marshals their aids.

The exceutive committee was authorized to act upon and deeide all matters not specially assigned to any other committee.

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one thousand dollars towards defraying the expenses of the celebration.

And the committee on printing was directed to in- close the various documents relating to the celebra- tion in a box, and deposit the same in the town-safe at Bridgewater for the use of those who may celebrate the Third Centennial Anniversary.

The ringing of the bells on all the churches in the four towns and the discharge of cannon announced the dawn of the centennial day. The weather was as pleasant as could be desired, and a large number of people assembled to join in the festivities of the occasion.

Several places of historical note were appropriately designated, among which were the following :

Centre Tree .- A stone monument now occupies the place where the Centre Tree formerly stood. It was long known as the centre of Bridgewater, and was established, pursuant to an order of the court at Ply- month, soon after the incorporation of the town.

Flat Rock .- Rev. James Keith, the first minister of Bridgewater. is said to have preached his first sermon on this rock in 1664. An anecdote is related of him. the narration of which may help explain the meaning of a placard on the route of the procession. It appears that Minister Keith had a daughter, Mary, who gave her heart to Ephraim. son of John Howard, the first settler of that name. Mary's father did not approve of the match ; notwithstanding which, the lov- ers were united. The displeased clergyman preached a sermon. appropriate to the occasion and to his feel- ings, from the following text : " Ephraim is joined to idols : let him alone." ( Hos. iv. 17.) As time rolled on, Parson Keith became reconciled to his son-in-law, and learned to love and respect him. The parson then preached another sermon, and took for his text, " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remem- ber him still; therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have merey upon him, saith the Lord." (Jer. xxxi. 20.)

" Indians here Impounded."-According to Mit- chell's " History of Bridgewater," a number of Indian prisoners were conveyed into the town pound on the night of Aug. 3, 1676, and an Indian guard set over them. "They were treated with vietuals and drink, and had a merry night, and the prisoners laughed as lond as the soldiers, not having been so well treated before for a long time."

The Green, selected as the place of general rendez- vous, was admirably adapted to the purpose. It can be entered by five different roads, allowing a separate entrance for the procession from each of the four

Bridgewaters, besides a common passage out when united in one column. Over each street through which the processions entered was suspended one of the following inseriptions :

" WEST PRECINCT." 1 "SOUTH PRECINCT, 1716." "EAST PRECINCT, 1723." "NORTH PRECINCT, 1738."

Over the street through which the general proees- sion passed from the Green was ereeted a triumphal areh, surmounted by the American eagle and flags, with the inscription,-

" BRIDGEWATER, JUNE 3, 1656."

In the centre of the Green a flagstaff was ereeted, and a structure for the exhibition of antiquities. This is the place where stood the old meeting-house, built in 1731, and which for many years served the double purpose of a church and town-house.

The inhabitants of each town assembled at an early hour at a short distance from the Green, and formed a procession in such order as their respective marshals direeted.

The general procession, which was one of the great features of the day, was formed on the Green at ten o'clock in the morning, and marched under the areh, under the direction of the chief marshal, escorted by the North Bridgewater Light Dragoons, Capt. H. A. Raymond, and Gilmore's Salem Brass Band, oeeu- pying about forty minutes in passing a given point, in the following order :

Aid. Chief Marshal. Aid.

President and Orator of the Day. Poet and Chaplains. Invited Guests.

Clergymen of the Four Bridgewaters. Committee of Arrangements. Viee-Presidents of the Day.

Aid. Assistant Marshal. Aid.

The West Bridgewater Procession, preceded hy Flagg's Cornet Band, Consisted of a large number of Citizens, with Banners, and the pupils of the Public Schools, with their Teachers.

Aid. Assistant Marshal. Aid.

The Bridgewater Procession, preceded hy the Boston Brass Band,

Had two beautifully printed hanners, one representing Bridge- water in 1656, the other in 1856. Accompanying the same procession was a large carriage, containing a representa- tion of a school in Old Times, with the Teacher and her pupils in the dress of those days. A gentleman rode on horsehack, with a lady sitting on a pillion hehind him. Then came a carriage laden with old and modern Imple-

1 The West Precinct, or Parish, was never incorporated by any act of the Legislature, hut succeeded the old town in the transaction of parochial affairs. The figures show when the : other parishes were incorporated.

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ments of Agriculture, followed by old chaises and other vehielos, filled with people dressed in the costume of former ycars.

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preceded by the Boston Brigade Band,

Comprised a Cavalcade of Citizens ; a. Corps of the Vetcrans of 1812, commanded by Capt. Ely Blanchard; a representa- tion of the purchase of Bridgewater, in 1649, hy Miles Standish, Samuel Nash, and Constant Southworth,-in he- half of the townsmen of Duxhury, and in the garb of our Puritan ancestors,-of Massasoit (or "Ousamequin," as he was then called), in the perfect costume of his tribe, from the feathery ornaments of the head to the decorated moc- casins of the feet, with one hand resting upon a gun, and holding in the other the deed or written instrument of har- gain and sale. The scholars of the District Schools rode in carriages, covered with green boughs, hearing a ban- ner inscribed with "We Revere our Forefathers." An- other hanner hore the date of " 1723,"-the time when the East Parish was incorporated.

Aid. Assistant Marshal. Aid.

The North Bridgewater Procession, preceded by the brass hand of that town,

Comprised a corps of soldiers dressed in the military costume of the Continentals, commanded by Capt. John Battles; the Campello Rangers, Capt. Ziba Keith; the Protector Engine Company, Capt. C. L. Hauthaway, with their en- gine beautifully decorated, and drawn by four horses ; after which came the Enterprise Engino Company in uniform, and a large number of citizens.

At twelve o'eloek the general procession entered the pavilion. The exereises eommeneed by an invo- eation by Rev. Jonas Perkins, of Braintree, which was followed by a hymn written by William Cullen Bry- ant, to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne."

The address was delivered by Hon. Emory Wash- burne. A poem was read by James Reed, and remarks were made by various persons, ineluding Hon. John A. Shaw, who delivered the address of welcome, Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, Hon. Lemuel Shaw, Rev. Ralph Sawyer, Hon. William Baylies, Dr. Ebenezer Alden, Hon. Aaron Hobart, Hon. Seth Sprague, and Hon. James M. Keith. A hynin was also written by Rev. Daniel Huntington, of New London, Conn., and several songs by Mr. D. W. C. Paekard.

CHAPTER III.

GRAVEYARDS-EPITAPIIS.1

Old Graveyard in West Bridgewater .- The Old Graveyard in West Bridgewater, on the east side of Taunton road, leading from Mill River to Mile Brook

bridge, now called South Street, was originally one acre of land ; and about forty years ago was enlarged by an addition of land on the north and east sides, to its present form and quantity, to wit: nearly a tri- angle, and containing one aere, one quarter and eleven rods of land, then making a carriage-way on the northerly and easterly side, and then inelosing the whole ground with a stone wall, making the eon- formation of the graveyard as it is seen at the present day.

Some ten years ago the ground had beeome grown over to bushes, trees, wild grass, and weeds, the stones covered with moss, and out of position. A subserip- tion was raised, the ground was dug over, graded and smoothed, the headstones eleaned and righted, the footstones removed to the baekside of the headstones, and otherwise disposed of, so that the ground is now in comfortable condition for mowing, and for being kept in good order in the future.

There is but one reference to this ground as a grave- yard in the old records, and that is its grant by the pro- prietors of Bridgewater for a burial-place, and is found in the first volume of said " Proprietors' Records," at the top of page 153, in the handwriting of Samuel Allen, who was the second town and proprietors' clerk, from 1683 to 1702, and is in these words, under the head of " Edward Fobes :"

"more, onc aker aud half and one aker for a burying place, liing at the hed of this aker and half liing at the hed of his tow house lot that hee hought of John Cary, bounded at the hed by tow red ok or black oke saplings."

There is no date to this grant or reeord. It was without doubt after 1683, as Mr. Allen was not elerk till December, 1683. The record on the preceding page, 152, under the head of " The lands of Edward Fobes in the Township of Bridgewater, both uplands and meadow," is in the handwriting of John Cary, the first town and proprietors' elerk, from the first settle- ment of the town, in 1651, to the day of his death, Oet. 31, 1681. Deaeon Edward Fobes, son of John Fobes, an original proprietor, then lived where Dwelly Fobes now lives, and owned two house- or garden-lots, twenty- four by eighty, twelve acres, bounded west by Samuel Edson, and east by road to Taunton, being the present road by his house and the burying-place, and the two house-lots, twenty-four by eighty, referred to in this record as bought of John Cary, mean the two house- lots opposite the dwelling-house of said Edward Fobes, now Dwelly Fobes, bounded east by John Ames, and west by the road aforesaid, which two house-lots last named were owned, oceupied, and lived upon by John Cary, Jr., son of the old and first town elerk, who mnoved to Bristol, then a part of the old colony of

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Plymouth, and now in Rhode Island, and said Cary, Jr., of Bristol. sold and conveyed said two house-lots to said Edward Fobes by deed dated July 7, 1683, recorded in " Plymouth Registry," book 20. page 123. The acre and half mentioned in said record lay at the head of these two house-lots, and the one acre referred to for a burying-place, lay at the head of the one acre and half, and is the present burying-ground, except the additions made some forty years ago, as above stated. This ground was probably not used at all for a burying-place till after its grant for that purpose, and the grant was not made till after July 7, 1683, and may not have been for some years after that.

The epitaphs fail to show that this ground was used much, if any, for the burial of persons living and dying in other parts of the town, afterwards known as South. East, and North Precincts. According to gravestone account, Deacon Samuel Edson died 1692, his wife 1699. Rev. James Keith's first wife 1705, he 1719, all buried in this yard. near each other. The next five persons having gravestones and buried here are a child of Dr. Perkins, 1720 ; a child of George Williams, 1721; Hannah, wife of Comfort Willis, 1723. aged sixty-four ; Martha Fobes, 1725, aged six ; and Joseph Keith, 1730, aged fifty-five. said Joseph Keith being the only one of the nine children of Rev. James Keith the exact date of whose birth is known. He was no doubt born Feb. 14, 1675, as stated on his gravestone, and died Sept. 27, 1730.

A memoir of Royal Keith, with annals of the Keith family of Scotland, a pamphlet of twenty-four pages, was published at Boston, 1873, by C. E. Keith & Co., in which memoir on the seventh page is given an ac- count of the birth of the children of the Rev. James Keith. putting down the exact date of the birth of each of his nine children, naming them in the order in which they are named in Mitchell's "History of Bridgewater," as follows :

" James Keith, born Dec. 5, 1669; Joseph Keith, born Nov. 8, 1671; Samuel Keith, born Dec. 20, 1673; Timothy Keith, born April 3, 1675; John Keith, born Oct. 4, 1676; Josiah Keith, born Dec. 25, 1678 ; Margaret Keith, born Nov. 2, 1682 ; Mary Keith, born April 3, 1684; Susanna Keith, born March 10, 1687."

This account of the dates of the births of these children is believed to be wholly incorrect, without authority, and was altogether conjectural. Two of the three daughters, and four of the six sons of Min- ister Keith, lived and died in Bridgewater. These four sons have gravestones, giving the date of their deaths and ages, and one of them, said Joseph Keith, giving the exact date of his birth, as well as his death,

as before stated. The other three sons have grave- stones reading as follows :

Samuel1 " died Feb. 3, 1759, in the eighty-second year of his age." He was buried in Scotland, part of the South Precinct of old Bridgewater.

Timothy2 " died Nov. 8, 1767, aged eighty-four." Buried in Campello, part of North Precinct, now Brockton.

John3 " died June 11, 1761, in the seventy-third year of his age." Buried in the Old Yard, South Precinct, now Bridgewater.

There is no record of the birth or death of the other five children of Rev. James Keith, who have no grave- stones. Two of his daughters lived and died in Bridgewater, now West Bridgewater. James died in Mendon, Josiah died in Easton, and Margaret prob- ably died in Rehoboth. Their births and deaths are unknown except as before erroneously stated in that memoir, which is incorrect and unreliable, if grave- stones tell the truth.

There were but one monument in this ground be- fore 1700, six before 1730, thirty-seven before 1750, one hundred and seventy-four before 1800, and three hundred and four all told, down to the present time.

This old yard has not been much used for a burial- place for the last thirty years or more, and only two interments have been made for the last ten years. There is now in this yard one tomb on the north side of the ground called the Baxter tomb, and now owned by Withington Caldwell; and there are three tombs near the middle of the yard, belonging, one to the heirs of Benjamin B. Howard, deceased; one to the heirs of Judge Daniel Howard, deceased ; and one to the heirs of Charles Howard and Win. Ames, de- ceased ; all built about 1824. None of these tombs have any occupants.

Where were the dead buried for upward of thirty years previous to the use of this graveyard, which was not used till after 1683 ?

The first notice of any other burying-place is to be found in the " Proprictors' Records," vol. i., at the bot- tom of page 248, in the handwriting of Samuel Allen, proprietors' clerk, made in the year 1689, under the head of " The lands of John Field both upland and meadow land hear in the Towne of Bridgewater." It is as follows :

"more on acre and halfe joying to the westerly side of his land liing on the north side of Meeting House, ranging all along the side of his land, being foure pole wide in breadth bounded in the corner next the Meeting House and Thomas Snell's land by a stone pitched into the ground and so running all the length of his land to the highway as it goes to Sandy Hill with allowance for highway on line beside said four pole and the bury- ing place for those naibors yt have made choise of it." {1689}

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The next reference to any burying-place found in the old records, is in the first volume of the " West Precinct Record," at the bottom of page 5, in the hand- writing of Nathaniel Brett, precinct clerk, and is as follows :

" At a meeting of the West Precinct in Bridgewater, Novem- ber 26, 1729, the Precinct past a clear vote for building a new Meeting House at the burying place to ye northward of the cen- ter of travel."

I have no doubt the burying-place referred to in these two records of 1689 and 1729 are one and the same place, and is where the Rev. Richard Stone in 1835, and Mr. Edward Capen in 1845, dug the cel- lars for their houses, and land between and adjacent thereto. When the cellars were dug several graves, human bones, and remains of coffins were found in each of these cellars, which are about eight rods apart, and there is a tradition in the neighborhood that a certain negro was buried under an apple-tree then and there near by standing, showing the burying- place to have occupied forty or fifty square rods of ground.

The meeting-house referred to in the first record was the second meeting-house built in Bridgewater, 1674, enlarged 1694, and taken down 1731, and was then (1689) standing where the Three Decker was built, 1731, and taken down 1823, and where the Soldiers' Monument now stands, built in 1879. John Field then lived where Jonathan Howard now lives, and Snell's land was where the old Byram tavern house now stands.

The burying-place, referred to in the second record above, was no doubt the ground on the east side of the Boston road from the meeting-house to Sandy Hill, opposite to the dwelling-house of the late Gama- liel Howard. The centre of the travel means the centre of the travel of all the ratable inhabitants of West Precinct, for the purpose of locating the new meeting-house which they were desirous to build, and which was built in 1731.

The Precinct in 1728 voted to build a new meeting- house in the centre of travel of all ratable inhabi- tants of West Precinct, and chose a committee to measure and find out the centre. No report is to be found and it does not appear where that centre was ; then comes the vote of Nov. 26, 1729, above cited. Next comes the vote of Dec. 24, 1729, to set it at the west end or near the old house, giving the names of forty-eight persons voting for it, and finally, after many parish meetings, and an appeal to tho Legisla- ture, it was voted, June 8, 1731, to set tho meeting- house at the west end of the old house, according to tho order and recommendation of the Great and Gen-

eral Court, and to pull down the old house to make room for the new one.

No other graveyard north of this place is known to have existed at this time, 1689 to 1729, and I should judge the centre of the travel to be south of these premises. There were but few settlements at this time (1729) in the north part of the town.

A few graves have been found in the field and ground south of Francis E. Howard's house, on the west side of the Boston road from Benjamin Howard's house to the house of said Francis, and there were, within the memory of man, graves with natural stones, without inscription, within the limits of the highway, but west of the line of travel, at this place, and there is a tradition in the neighborhood of some burials here ; but nothing definite or certain is known of its being a burying-place of much extent, though it ap- pears to have been, probably, the first burying-place in Bridgewater, and that opposite the house of Gama- liel Howard the second, and that on the east side of Taunton road to be the third ; this first yard, prob- ably not much used after the third yard was estab- lished, in 1683 or later. This first yard is situated about half-way between the house of Rev. James Keith, built 1661, enlarged 1677, and now owned and occupied by George M. Pratt, and the supposed site of the first meeting-house, built in 1661, taken down 1674, and which probably stood on the west side of the old Boston road south of Francis E. Howard's house, or on the north side of the old road leading from the Green, or soldier's monument, westerly, and north of the houses of Francis Perkins and Jonathan Howard, and by the house of Samuel Packard, now gone, to the Boston road north of the old Howard tavern house, now gone. This old road, probably the first made upon the bank of the river, was straight from point to point, and was allowed to be " stopped up by John Howard and John Field, 1710, and turned down the lane" on the bank of the river as now used for a highway in front of Jonathan Howard's house ; but the first meeting-house most likely stood near the first burying-ground.

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History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 188

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