History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 68

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896

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The early settlements by Severance, Brooks, and others, of which mention has been made in the foregoing, must have been effeeted during the years of the Indian troubles, for it is related that the river settlers were much harassed by Indians, and frequently fled to the forts at Northfield for safety.

Although settlements were made previous to 1676, they were not permanent, and, from the best evidence obtainable, it appears the territory was not fairly opened by settlers until fully a century subsequent to that date.

The first permanent settlers of whom there is any trace were David Wrisley and his four sons, who moved up from Con- - necticut about 1776. David Wrisley, Sr., settled near where Mr. A. L. Hosley lives, west of the centre. The old well dug by Mr. Wrisley is still used by Mr. Hosley, and is famous in that section for the purity and coldness of its water. Of David's four sons, David, Jr., settled near his father ; Asahel near where Abel Thornton lives; Eleazer where the late H. R. Purple lived ; and Elijah northwest of Arnis' Pond, on land now owned by A. E. Deane. The sons raised large fam- ilies, and the name of Wrisley was at one time so common that fully one-fifth of the inhabitants of Gill either bore the name or were blood-relations to possessors of it. At this day there is not known to be a person in the town bearing the name.

It is worthy of note that one David Wrisley built the first tavern in Saratoga, N. Y., and Charles Wrisley laid the cap- stone of Bunker Hill monument, both of these Wrisleys being natives of the territory now occupied by Gill.

About 1776 the settlers upon the tract ineluded Hosley, Childs, Combs, Sprague, Warner, Sage, Gains, Thornton, Ballard, Bates, Field, Mnnn, Roberts, the Wrisleys, Rich- ards, Allen, Stoughton, Squires, Smalley, and Shattuck.

Among the early roads laid out in 1795 was one from Wood- >

ard (now Unadilla) Brook to the Iron-Works bridge, on Fall River in the northwest ; one from the Falls to Northfield; one from Mr. Wrisley's to Mr. Brooks'; and one from the house of David Wrisley (3d) to the Bernardston line.

NOTEWORTHY INCIDENTS.

The first grist-mill in the town was built by Ithamar Allen, on what is now Josiah D. Canning's farm, near the " Basin." Traces of the old mill-flume are still seen in the oaken planks which composed its bed, and which are still in their original positions.

In the early days, when shad and salmon used to ascend the Connecticut River in countless numbers, one of the great fishing-grounds was at Turner's Falls. There the Indians were to be found at almost all seasons engaged in spearing fish ; and later, on general election-day, in May, the whites turned their energies toward the sport with such unanimity and general jollification that the annual period was long re- garded as a time of general enjoyment. Salmon and shad, which were commonly alluded to as "gill-pork," were so plentiful that people were often ashamed to be seen eating them ; and many amusing stories are now told of how house- wives were humiliated when discovered by visitors frying shad.

An entry upon the town records in 1803, in keeping with a general custom, set forth that " those that killed crows should be entitled to the bounty (twelve cents for old and six cents for young) by carrying the crows' heads to the selectmen to have their bills cut off."

By a town vote in 1806 it was decided to observe the first Wednesday of June in that year as a day of fasting, but in observance of what particular purpose is not shown.

The first postmaster was Benjamin Brainard; the first storekeeper, Benjamin Jacobs ; the first landlord, one Squires; and the first doctor, Joel Lyons ; all of whom resided near the centre.

Gill favored the cause of Shays' rebellion, and furnished men and means. Two of the four insurgents killed in Shays' attack upon the Springfield arsenal, in 1787, were Ezekiel Root and Ariel Webster, of that part of Greenfield afterward known as Gill.

Gill was conspicuously patriotic in 1814, when, in obedience to the Governor's call for troops to defend Boston, the town contributed volunteers, and was the only town in Franklin County, besides Charlemont, that did send volunteers into the service in response to the Governor's call. The names of these volunteers were Alvah Ballard, Seth Munn, Zelotes Ballard, Orra Hosley, Asahel Stanhope, Samuel Walker, Ripley Walker, Henry Tiffany, Elisha Wrisley, and Lewis Scott.

Although furnishing volunteers for the service, Gill never- theless sent Gilbert Stacy as a delegate to the anti-war eon- vention at Northampton in 1812.

ORGANIZATION.

In May, 1793, the town of Greenfield voted to set off as the northeast district that part of the town lying east of Fall River. In September of that year this territory was incor- porated with the name of Gill, in honor of the then Lieuten- ant-Governor, Moses Gill, who, in return for that honor, pre- sented the town, for its first meeting-house, nails, glass, a Bible, and a communion-service. The Bible is still preserved and in the possession of Mr. Josiah D. Canning, whose father was one of the early pastors of the first church in Gill.

Feb. 28, 1795, that part of Northfield west of the Connect- icut River, known as Grass Ilill, was annexed to Gill, and in response to a petition the Legislature (March 14, 1805) granted Great Island, which divides Turner's Falls from the Conneeti- eut, to be a part of the territory of Gill, and as such it has „ remained to this day.

In March, 1858, there was before the town a proposition

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by those who deemed Gill too prosaic a title to petition the Legislature for a change of name to Glencoe, "or something else," but the proposition was voted down.

A list of the names of the persons who have served the town in succession as selectmen and town clerks from 1793 to 1878 will be found hereto annexed :

SELECTMEN.

1793-94 .- Moses Bascom, Willlam Smawley, Noah Munn. 1795 .- Noah Munn, Philip Ballard, David Wrisley (21). 1796-97 .- Noah Munn, Philip Ballard, Reuben Shattuck. 1798 .- Noah Munn, Moses Bascom, Gilbert Stacy. 1799 .- Noah Muun, Philip Ballard, Gilbert Stacy. . 1800-1 .- Noah Munn, Reuben Shattuck, Gilbert Stacy. 1802 .- Job Goodale, Samuel Stoughton, Gilbert Stacy. 1803 .- Noah Munn, Moses Bascom, Gilbert Stary. 1804 .- Noah Munn, Philip Ballard, Ebenezer Chapin. 1805,-Noah Munn, Capt. Howland, El enezer Chapin. 1806 .- Gilbert Stacy, Capt. Howland, Ehlad Mnoo. 1807 .- Gilbert Stacy, Capt. Howland, Samuel Janes. 1808 .- Henry White, Capt. Howland, Samuel Janes. 1×09-10 .- Gilbert Stacy, Capt. Howland, Samuel Janes. 18II .- Jos. Ewers, Capt. Howland, Samuel Janes. 1812 .- Moses Bascom, Capt. Howland, Eklad Munn. 1813 .- Moses Bascom, Jobn Barves, Eldad Muon. 1814 .- Calvin Howland, John Barnes, Eblad Munn. 1815 .- Calvin Howland, Ezra Porple, Jr., Eldad Munn. 1816,-Calvin Howlaml, Bethuel Slate, Eldad Muon. 1817 .- Seth S. Howland, Elijah Ballard, S. Mallard. 1818 .- Samuel G. Chapin, Elijah Ballard, S. Mallard. 1819 .- John Bates, Elijah Ballard, Ezra Purple. 1820 .- John Bates, Josiah Pomeroy, Jr., Ezra Purple. 1821 .- John Bates, Samuel G. Chapin, Ezra Purple. 1822 .- Joel Lyons, Reuben Kenney, Ezra Purple. 1823-24 .- Dorus Bascom, Josiah Pooieroy, S. G. Chapin. 1825 .- Ezra Purple, Josiah Clark, Smith Hodges. 1826 .- Ezra Purple, Alva Ballard, Smith Hodges. 1827 .- Ezra Purple, Bethuel Slate, S. S. Howland. 1828 .- Josiah Pomeroy, Alfred Goodrich, S. S. Howland. 1829-30 .- Josiah Pomeroy, Alfred Alvord, Roswell Purple. 1831 .- Alfred Alvord, Roswell Purple, Dorus Bascomh. 1832 .- Ezra Purple, Alvah Ballanl, Samnel Stratton. 1833 .- Joseph Sprague, Alvah Ballard, Samuel Stratton. 1834 .- Ezra Purple, Dorns Bascom, Hatsrl Purple. 1835 .- Samuel Janes, Jr., Dorus Bascom, Hatsel Purple. 1836 .- Samuel Janes, Jr., Ezra Purple, Boswell Purple. 1837 .- Joel Lyons, Edward F. Heury, John A. Tenney. 1838 .- Alvah Ballard, Samuel Janes, Jr., Henry Bascom. 1839 .- Samuel Stratton (20), E. S. Darling, Henry Bascom. 1840 .- Loren Hale, E. S. Darling, Henry Bascon. 1841 .- Benjamin Barton, E. S. Darling, Henry Bascom. 1842 .- Benjamin Barton, T. M. Stoughton, Henry Bascom. 1843-44 .- Nelson Burrows, T. M. Stoughton, Henry Bascon. 1845-48 .- E. S. Darling, Leonard Barton, Lathrop Cushman. 1848 .- Noble P. Phillips, Leonard Barton, Pascall Marvell. 1840 .- Henry Bascom, T. M. Stoughtoo, Nelson Burrows. 1850 .- Leonard Barton, Lathrop Cushman, Pascall Marvell. 1851 .- Leonard Barton, Lathrop Cushman, J. S. Purple. 1852-53 .- Prentice Slate, William E. Goodrich, J. S. Purple. 1854 .- Prentice Slate, William E. Goodrich, Henry Bascom. 1855 .- J. S. Purtde, Benjamin B. Barton, Samuel P. Stratton. 185G .- Ezra O. Purple, Benjamin B. Barton, S. P. Stratton. 1857 .- Henry Bascom, Dexter A. Clark, Ozias Roberts. 1858 .- Henry Bascom, Simon C. Phillips, Ozias Roberts. 1859 .- Leonard Barton, Samuel P. Stratton, Ozias Roberts. 1860-63 .- Leonard Barton, Saouiel P. Strattou, Ezra O. Purple. IS63 .- Henry Bascom, S. P. Stratton, Ozias Roberts, 1x64,-Ezra O. Purple, S. P. Stratton, S. C. Phillips. 1865 .- A. E. Deane, Joseph B. Marble, S. C. Phillips, 1866 .- Ezra O. Purple, Samuel P. Stratton, S. C. Phillips. 1867-73 .- Ezra O. Purple, S. P. Stratton, Leonard Barton. 1873-77 .- Ezekiel L. Bascom, S. P. Stratton, J. II. (lark. 1877-78 .- R. Goodrich, S. P. Strattoo, J. 11. Clark.

TOWN CLERKS.

Moses Bascom, Jr., 1793-1800 ; Philip Ballard, 1801-10; Gilbert Stacy, 18II- 12; Seth S. Howland, 1813-27 ; Ozias Roberts, 1828-42; E. S. Darling, 1843-51; Ozias Roberts, 1852; Leonard Barton, 1853-54; Josiah D. Caoning, 1855-65; Simon C. Phillips, 1866; Josiah D. Canning, 1867-72; Otis F. Ilale, 1873-78.

REPRESENTATIVES AT THE GENERAL COURT.

Between the years 1811 and 1857, when Gill hecame a part of Representative District No. 1, the town was represented at the General Court by the following :

Gilbert Stacy, James Gould, Moses Bascom, Seth S. Howland, Josiah Clark, Joel Lyons, Alvah Ballard, Hatsell Purple, Josiah Pomeroy, Eliphalet S. Dar- ling, Dorus Bascomb, John Clark, J. S. Purple.

VILLAGES. V GILL CENTRE,

the oldest village in the town, is set upon a gently-undulating plain, and in the midst of a hilly region, which frames with wild adornment the nestling hamlet upon which it looks. There are here two churches, a fine town-hall, completed in 1868 at a cost of $3500, a store, public library, and post-office.

RIVERSIDE,

opposite the village of Turner's Falls, occupies the site of the historical fight in 1676, to which detailed reference is made elsewhere. Although there are in Massachusetts several places known as Riverside, this is the only post-office in the State bearing the name. At this point a fine suspension bridge, completed in 1878, and costing $42,000, spans the Connecticut above the falls, and offers easy communication between Montague and Gill. The village, which is rapidly growing into favor among the business-men at Turner's Falls village as a place of suburban residence, is admirably situated for that purpose on a commanding elevation, overlooking the Connecticut, and at no distant day, when the village of Tur- ner's Falls reaches the metropolitan distinction for which it is destined, Riverside will be a rich garden blooming with natural and architectural beauty. The mills of the Turner's Falls Lumber Company are here, and there are also two stores, having a flourishing trade.

CHURCHES.

Early in 1794, shortly after the incorporation of the town, church matters came up for consideration, and it was at once voted to raise £50 to procure materials for a meeting-house. In May of that year it was decided to locate the meeting- house " between Mr. David Squires' and the school-house, near Woodard's Brook, on condition that Ebenezer Field, Jr., and others belonging to the town of Northfield, are annexed to the town of Gill."

For some reason this plan came to naught, for in September, 1794, there was a fresh resolve "to build a meeting-house 50 feet long, and 40 feet wide, that a committee be appointed to procure step-stones and underpinning, and that a committee be appointed to set up the frame, cover it completely with boards, frames and sashes, and shingles." This project was, however, opposed and delayed by a wrangle over the question of locating the structure, and, unable to settle the matter among themselves, the townspeople were forced to call in a committee from adjoining towns, consisting of David Saxton, of Deerfield, Hugh Melellan, of Coleraine, and Elislia Root, of Montague. They reported that "if that part of North- field called Grass Hill should be annexed to Gill, the meet- ing-house ought to stand between Mr. Squires' and the school- house, and that if Grass Hill should not be annexed, the house should be on the hill near Mr. Bates' barn."

Mr. Squires' house occupied the site upon which the par- sonage of the Congregational Church at the centre now stands, and the school-house stood at the east end of the common. It was between these two points that the house was erected shortly after a meeting held in March, 1795, when £170 were appro- priated for its construction and £15 voted to hire preaching. Work upon the building progressed slowly, and it was not until 1798 that it was occupied, while it was not thoroughly completed until 1805. It was voted in April, 1795, to build a belfry for the meeting-house in case of a £30 subscription, but there was no bell in the belfry until 1816. Gov. Gill presented the town a Bible, communion-service, etc., for the church, and a bell was also expected from him, but the people eventually themselves provided a bell, as has been seen, in 1816.

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Leonard Barton

LEONARD BARTON is the oldest sou of Benjamin and Sarah (Parsons) Barton, and was born in Bernardston, Franklin Co., Mass., Dee. 21, 1814. He is lineally descended from that Samuel Barton who re- moved from Framingham to Oxford, Mass., early in the eighteenth century, and there founded a family whose branches are widespread, and members of which to-day hold positions of honor and trust in almost every State in the Union.

When Leonard was about ten years of age, his father, a sturdy far- mer who knew well the difference between sterile uplands and fertile meadows, purchased, and removed his family to, a farm in the south- westerly part of the adjoining town of Gill, upoo the banks of the Cou- necticut, near the Falls, on the very spot where Captain Turner made his famous attack upon the Indians, one of the richest and most pic- turesque parts of that fruitful and beautiful valley. This farm, enlarged hy subsequent purchases and enriched by careful cultivation, has from that day to this remained the property and the homestead of this branch of the family, and here from an early age, prominently associ- ated with the welfare and interests of his town, Leonard Barton has, with only occasional brief absences, mainly passed his life. In the fifty years during which he has dwelt here great changes have come over the surrounding country. Forests have disappeared, villages have sprung up upon their sites, and where from his farm a dozen years ago the prospect was a howling wilderness, to- day he looks out upon the roofs of the fast-growing city of Turner's Falls, and listens to the hut of its machinery. His education beyond the common school was obtained in the old academies at Monson, Deerfield, Shel- burne Falls, and Brattleboro', at each of which he was for more or less time a student. During some fourteen years of his early life he spent a part of the time in school-teaching in this State, in Connecti- cut, and for about a year in Michigan. le has always taken a keco and lively interest in the affairs of his town, and exercised no little influence therein. For about eighteen years he was one of its seleot- men and assessors, and for most of that time chairman of the board; he has been one of the superintending school committee of the town for upward of twenty-five years, and for several consecutive years held the office of town clerk and treasurer. In 1870 he was chosen to rep- resent his district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served in the Legislature of 1871. Ilis main business is and always has been that of a farmer.

Perhaps the natural fertility of the soil in that favored part of

New England in which he lived, no less than his native energy, pru- dence, and good judgment, has tended to make farming with him a success. At any rate, he has achieved it. One of the earliest raisers of tobacco in this part of the Connecticut Valley, he has patiently, persistently, and profitably continued its cultivation from the first. He has also been largely and successfully interested in fruit-culture, as visitors to his hospitable home in the season can abundantly testify. A member of the Congregational Society of Gill, he has always taken a deep, earnest, and active interest in the promotion of improvement and reform. In polities he was originally an old Whig, and after the demise of that party attached himself to the Republican party, and has since joined with and supported it in its efforts for good govern- ment, while he has never been unwilling or afraid to criticise its errors and shortcomings, and the inefficiency of its leaders. Party fealty has never blinded him to party folly. At the breaking out of the war he was above the age of enlistment, but he supported the Union cause by every effort in his power. He was one of the agents to fill the quota of his town, and spent freely of his time and substanee in forwarding the work. After the building of the dam and mills at Turner's Falls, and when it began to be evident that time only was necessary for the growth of a flourishing manufacturing city at that place, he was one of the first to realize the importance to his town of having additional avenues of communication, to take advantage of and facilitate the increasing business, and, at the expense of no little opposition and blame, he forcibly, earnestly, and finally successfully, advocated the project of building the bridge which now spaos the river above the Falls. He has been and is still an officer in several of the neighboring banks. He has never married.

A careful man, of excellent judgment, a good friend, and, if need be, a bitter enemy ; tenacious of his rights while mindful of those of others ; caring for the public rather than for himself when public interests are in his hands; in short, one of those hard-headed Yankees whose energy and astuteness have made our town-meetings the best schools of the people, and our town governments the best republics in the world,-he was, withal, of that sterling integrity which Pope embalmed in the verse,

" An honest man 's the noblest work of God,"

and belongs to that type of manhood which, not uncommon in its bor- ders, makes New England, like Sparta, the mother of men.

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EZEKIEL L. BASCOM.

This gentleman traces his ancestry back eight gen- erations, as follows :

1st. Thomas Baseom, who emigrated to this country about the year 1634, and finally settled in Northampton, Mass., where he died May 9, 1682.

2d. Thomas Bascom, Jr., his only son, who died at Northampton, Sept. 11, 1689.

3d. Thomas Bascom, his eldest son ; died at North- ampton, Feb. 3, 1714.

4th. Ezekiel Bascom, fourth son of the preceding ; died at Greenfield or Deerfield, in 1746.

5th. Moses Bascom, eldest son of Ezekiel, for many years a deacon in the church at Greenfield ; died Sept 19, 1805.

6th. Moses Bascom, his eldest son, the first of the family who settled in the town of Gill, and who died there, March 8, 1814.

7th. Dorus Bascom, born in Greenfield, Sept. 15, 1784; died June 27, 1870.

8th. Ezekiel L. Bascom.

Dorus Bascom was a life-long farmer, and one of the most prominent and influential citizens of Gill. His children were Asher Newton, born April 12, 1808, died Aug. 12, 1810; Cyrus Spellman, born Oct. 15, 1810, a farmer, living in Gill ; Jane Wells, born

July 21, 1813, wife of Peleg Adams, of Greenfield ; Moses Dwight, born May, 1817, died Oct. 9, 1827.

Ezekiel L. Bascom was born in the town of Gill, Franklin Co., April 16, 1820, and followed the business of stone-cutting and farming. He owned and occupied a farm near Gill Centre for about eleven years, and in 1864, disposing of it, settled upon what is known as the homestead farm. He served as one of the selectmen of the town of Gill for a number of years, and held the position at the time of his death. In politics he was a Democrat. In his religious belief he was a Universalist.

Mr. Bascom was married in Boston, April 23, 1850, to Theresa L. Ballard, daughter of Amaziah and Martha Ballard, who were residents of Gill.

Mrs. Bascom was the eighth child in a family of eleven daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Bascom had chil- dren as follows : Lizzie M., born May 1, 1851, wife of Almond D. Ilale, a farmer of Bernardston ; two children, viz., Irwin Bascom and Theresa M. Frank Newton, born Oct. 21, 1856, who has carried on the homestead farm since the death of his father.

Mr. Bascom came to his death, Oct. 22, 1876, by being thrown from his carriage. His loss was deeply felt by the entire community in which he lived.

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The first minister engaged by the town was a Mr. Baker, of Greenfield, touching whom a record dated September, 1794, says, " Voted to appoint a committee to notify Mr. Baker, of Greenfield, that it is the mind of the people of this town to hire him to preach next summer on probation."

The church was probably not organized until 1796, since in May of that year the First Church, at Greenfield, voted that " members of this church residing in Gill may organize a church among themselves." It is, however, supposed by some that the church was organized as early as 1793.

The first settled pastor was Rev. Zephaniah Swift, who was settled shortly after July, 1796, and promised a salary of £110 annually. The early church records being lost, no record shows when he was dismissed ; but it is nevertheless certain that he did not preach long, for the Rev. John Jackson was called in 1797, and ordained in 1798. In that year the town appropriated £20 to be expended for singing. He was suc- ceeded in 1802 by Rev. Jabez Munsell, who was in turn suc- ceeded, in 1806, by Rev. Josiah W. Canning. Mr. Canning preached until 1827, when he was dismissed at his own re- quest. Rev. F. S. Whiting followed him in 1827, and in 1829 Rev. James Sandford was settled, and remained until 1831. In 1832, Rev. Mr. Canning returned, and preached as stated supply until 1839. He was resettled in the latter year, and continued in the pastoral charge until 1846, when a paralytic stroke compelled his retirement, although he retained his pas- toral connection to the day of his death, in 1854. Rev. Wm. Miller preached from 1849 to 1850, and following him were Revs. Mr. Leland, Edward F. Brooks, A. B. Foster, A. Stowell, S. R. Asbury, and Edward J. Giddings. The pastor now in charge of the church (1879) is Rev. James Cushing.

The church building now used for Congregational worship at Gill Centre is the building erected by the town in 1795, having been remodeled and improved in 1848.

A METHODIST CHURCH

was organized in 1803, and in 1826 the house at Gill Centre now used was erected. Among the early pastors were Revs. John Nixon, Alexander Hulin, Elisha Andrews, John B. Husted, F. W. Sizer, James C. Bontecou, Wm. Todd, O. E. Bosworth, Windsor Ward, and Horace Moulton. The present pastor is Rev. C. N. Merrifield.

The history of the church has been an uneventful one, and " in the even tenor of their way" the members have lived with faithful adherence to the church, and watched its pro- gress since the day of its creation.

Mention is made in early records of the existence of Baptists in the town, and of the fact that they were excused from pay- ing the minister-rate, but no evidence is at hand to show that they ever organized either a church or society.

SC1100LS.

During the early settlement of Gill educational advantages were not lavished upon the youth of the period, for those were stirring times, in which the serious interests of the day ab- sorbed wellnigh all the energies and cares of the hardy pioneer. Still, schooling was provided, and, in lieu of school-houses, the

dwellings of those who could spare them for the purpose were the mystic precincts wherein the rural pedagogue taught the young idea how to climb the dizzy heights of learning. Usually the part of the house built expressly for the accommo- dation of the loom was the place selected for the school-room. ' The first school-house was probably the one built at the centre of the town, in 1793, or previously. The records of that year speak of posting notices upon each school-house in town. The town was not divided into school districts until 1823. Gill has never enjoyed educational privileges beyond those offered by common district schools. There were in 1878 six schools, and for that year $800 were appropriated to support them. The town possesses a free library of about 400 volumes, supported by the fund arising from the dog tax.

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History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 68

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 896

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896