Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume III, Part 77

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 818

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nard R. A. C., No. 3; Dunlap Commandery, No. 5, K. T .; and Lodge No. 943, B. P. O. E. He also belongs to the Kennebec Yacht Club. Mr. Sawyer is a liberal supporter and with his family an attendant at the services of the Universalist church. He married, August 22, 1889, Gertrude Hannah Frank, daughter of Anthony and Arletta Frank, of Bath, born December 2, 1863. One child has been born to them, Jennie Mae Sawyer, June 28, 1894, at St. Paul, Minnesota.

(For early family history see preceding sketch.) (I) John Sawyer was a far-

SAWYER. in Lincolnshire, Eng- land, where he is supposed to have been a landholder also. He was the father of three sons: William, Edward and Thomas, who left England on a ship commanded by Captain Parker, and settled in Massachusetts about 1636.

(II) Edward, son of John Sawyer, brought over with him from England his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Peaseley, and their children, Mary, Henry and James, and settled first in Ipswich, and then in Rowley, Massa- chusetts. No more is known of Edward or his wife.

(III) James, youngest child of Edward and Mary (Peaseley) Sawyer, was born in Eng- land and came to Massachusetts with his pa- rents. He was a weaver, and settled in Glouces- ter, where he died May 31, 1703. One author- ity says that he is doubtless the son of Edward of Ipswich, while another, having searched the records of Ispwich, was unable to verify this. Beginning with the first appearance of James in Gloucester, his identity in connection with the generations succeeding, as herein mentioned, does not seem to admit of doubt. About a week before his death, James made his will which gave the names of his children then living. The diary of a clergyman tells of meetings held at the house of James, also of his being present at the death of a daughter there. James Sawyer married Sarah Bray, of Gloucester, born 1651, died April 24, 1727, probably a second wife. His children named in the will were: Thomas, John, Nathaniel, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Mary, Sarah and James.

(IV) John (2), second son of James Saw- yer, was born in 1676, and died in 1760. In 1719 he moved with his family from Glouces- ter, Massachusetts, to Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He was buried in the graveyard at Meeting House Hill, Cape Elizabeth, and his store was standing at a recent date. He married Re-

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becca Stanford, February 20, 1701. His chil- dren born before 1719 were: Job, Sarah, Mary, Rebecca, Bethiah, John, Jonathan, Dan- iel, and Joseph, next mentioned.

(V) Joseph, youngest child of John (2) and Rebecca (Stanford) Sawyer, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, May 7, 1711, and died March, 1800. He married Joanna Cobb, by whom he had Ebenezer, Mary, Lemuel, James, Jabez, John, Rachel, Mercy and Re- becca.

(VI) John (3), fourth son of Joseph and Joanna (Cobb) Sawyer, married at Blue Hill, Maine, January 20, 1768, Isabella Martin, of that place, where he lived. They subsequently removed to Buxton, and died there. Their children were: Sally, Hannah, Mary, John, Robert, Lemuel, Abigail, Joanna, David and Rachel.

(VII) John (4), eldest son of John (3) and Isabella (Martin) Sawyer, was born in Bux- ton, October 4, 1775, and died in Standish, May 6, 1849. The farm on which he lived is in that part of the town called Standish Neck, and on the main road which connects Standish Corner with Windham Upper Corner. His brother settled on an adjoining farm. John Sawyer married Grace Jenkins, who was born December 19, 1776, and died February 16, 1853, in Standish, daughter of Dennis Jenkins. Their children were: John, Dennis, Lemuel and Thomas.

(VIII) John (5), eldest child of John (4) and Grace (Jenkins) Sawyer, was born on the old farm in Standish, July 11, 1800, and died in Casco, October 18, 1870. He lived at first on a farm on the river road, a mile or more above South Windham Village. In 1829 he moved to Raymond, to live with Eli Longley, his father-in-law. Until the death of Mr. Longley, in 1839, Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer as- sisted in keeping Mr. Longley's hotel there, and they conducted it afterward until 1864, when the hotel was sold and they went to Casco, to live with their daughter, Mrs. J. Frank Holden. John (5) Sawyer married, June 19, 1825, Rebecca Longley, who was born in Waterford, August 28, 1802, and died in Casco, February 24, 1879, daughter of Eli Longley.

Following is some account of Eli Longley, grandfather of Whitman Sawyer, mentioned below. Eli Longley was born December 13, 1762, and was the son of Robert and Anna Longley, of Bolton, Massachusetts. On March 9, 1784, he married Mary Whitcomb, daugh- ter of John Whitcomb, of Bolton, a prominent man in town affairs, one of the committee of

correspondence in the revolutionary war, and a member of the general court of Massachu- setts. In June, 1789, Eli Longley with his wife moved from Bolton to Waterford, Maine, when the first settlers were locating there. He immediately took a prominent part in the af- fairs of the growing town, and at his "log house, a sort of tavern," plantation meetings were held. Later he built the first hotel and store and was the first postmaster. His tavern was the social headquarters of the town, and his sign read "Eli Longley's Inn, 1797," the same sign being later in service for him at Raymond, Maine. In 1817 he sold the tavern with a view of locating in the west, but a brief experience altered his mind, and he tried to regain the tavern. Being unable to obtain it, he bought the hotel at Raymond so long known as Longley's, afterward as Sawyer's tavern, where he died in 1859. His old sign of 1797 was in time replaced by one reading "Lafay- ette House," which was retained by his suc- cessor. In 1807 John Ward, of Fryeburg, made for Mr. Longley at a cost of £80, a tall "grandfather's clock," which stood in the din- ing room of the tavern at Waterford, and in the bar room at Raymond, where for many years it was the standard time indicator for the village and for the traveling public. Hav- ing passed through the successive generations, the clock in 1904 is in the possession of his great-grandson, Edward E. Sawyer, of Low- ell, Massachusetts.

The children of John and Rebecca Sawyer were: I. Franklin, born May 23, 1826, died April 16, 1888. He lived many years in Port- land, and during the latter part of his life held a responsible position in the custom house there. 2. Hamilton J., born February 9, 1828, died August 9, 1898. He left home at Ray- mond, at an early age, and went to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he learned the machin- ist's trade. In 1849 the gold excitement led him to California, where he spent several years engaged in mining. He then returned to Low- ell and established a small shop in which he carried on the business of machinist over thirty years. After a few years of retired life, he died and was buried at Lowell. 3. Mary Grace, born June 7, 1831. married George Walker. 4. Charles Carroll, born January 3. 1833, died June 27, 1904. During the civil war he had a lucrative appointment as sutler and furnished army supplies for several years. He afterward engaged in other lines of busi- ness, in Boston, and for many years lived in the vicinity of that city. He died and was buried at Waltham. 5. Caroline Peabody, born

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October 20, 1835, died April 23, 1872; mar- ried Alvin B. Jordan, of Raymond. 6. Whit- man, mentioned below. 7. Sarah Brooks, born May 1, 1840, married Jesse F. Holden, of Casco. 8. Jane Lamson, born June 17, 1842, married John Tukey, a soldier, died in 1864; she married (second) in 1870, William Henry Bickford.

(IX) Captain Whitman, fourth son of John (5) and Rebecca (Longley) Sawyer, was born in Raymond, June 10, 1838, and died in Portland, June, 1904. He lived in Raymond until his early manhood, and at the outbreak of the civil war he offered his services for the preservation of the union. Following is his war record: Compiled from official and au- thentic sources by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical and Benevolent Society, of which he was a member, duly signed and sealed : "Whitman Sawyer enlisted from Cumberland county, Maine, on the 10th day of September, 1862, to serve nine months, and was mustered into the United States service at Portland, Maine, on the 29th day of September, 1862, as first lieutenant of Captain Charles H. Doughty's Company 'C,' 25th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Francis Fessen- den commanding. The Twenty-fifth was the second regiment from the Pine Tree State to enter the service of the United States for nine months duty, and was the first for that term to leave the State. It was mustered into the United States service at Portland on the 29th day of September, 1862, with the follow- ing field officers : Francis Fessenden, colonel ; Charles E. Shaw, lieutenant-colonel ; Alexan- der M. Tolman, major. The regiment left the State on the 16th of October for Washing- ton, D. C., where it arrived on the 18th and went into camp on East Capitol Hill, where it was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, Casey's Divi- sion, 22d Corps, Defenders of Washington, and was immediately engaged in drills and evolutions of the line under General Casey. On Sunday, October 26th, the regiment moved, through a furious storm, to a camping ground on Arlington Heights, Virginia, im- mediately in front of the line of earth works for the defense of Washington, remaining here until March 24, 1863, constantly engaged in guarding Long Bridge on both sides of the Potomac and in constructing batteries and fortifications. In December, 1862, the Third Brigade of Casey's Division was broken up, and, with the Twenty-seventh Maine, the regi- ments were organized into the First Brigade of Casey's Division, with which it remained

until its final muster out. Although in no pitched battles, the command had a number of encounters with guerillas and marauding bands, in all of which it acquitted itself ad- mirably. The said Whitman Sawyer was honorably discharged at Portland, Maine, on the 3d day of July, 1863, by reason of expira- tion of his term of enlistment.

"He reenlisted at Augusta, Maine, on the 19th day of December, 1863, to serve three years or during the war, and was mustered into the United States service and commis- sioned as Captain of Company 'C,' Thirtieth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Francis Fessenden commanding. The Thir- tieth Maine was formed of exeeptionally good soldierly material to a large extent, and also had a number of old men and discharged sol- diers whose disability was only apparently re- moved, a large proportion of its officers and men, however, were experienced soldiers. The regiment was organized at Augusta, on the 9th day of January, 1864, with the following field officers, viz. : Francis Fessenden, colonel ; Thomas H. Hubbard, lieutenant colonel; and Royal E. Whitman, major. "On the 7th of February, being fully armed and equipped, the command proceeded to Portland, and from there embarked on the steamer "Merrimac," for New Orleans, where they arrived on the night of the 16th, thence moved up Bayou Teche to Franklin, Louisiana, where they were assigned to the Third Brigade, First Division, Nineteenth Corps, Army of the Depart- ment of the Gulf, and later took in the Red River Expedition, and engagements at Sabine Cross Roads, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Cane River, Clouterville, Alexandria, Man- sura, Marksville, Yellow Bayou, Atchafalaya Bayou, and Morginzia, Louisiana. In July the regiment sailed from Morginzia for Vir- ginia, reaching Fortress Monroe on the 18th, and was sent immediately to Deep Bottom, where it held a picket-line in the face of the enemy for twenty-four hours, and later took part in an engagement at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and a number of skirmishes. The regiment lost two hundred and ninety by death while in service. The said Whitman Sawyer was brevetted major for brave and meritori- ous service, and while in line of duty con- tracted malaria from which he suffered a num- ber of times for short periods. He was, how- ever, at all times to be found at his post of duty, performing faithful and efficient service, and achieving an enviable record for bravery and soldierly bearing. He received a final

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honorable discharge at Savannah, Georgia, on the 20th day of August, 1865, by reason of the close of the war."

Returning from the war Captain Sawyer settled in Falmouth, where for a few years till March, 1870, he was engaged in the grocery business. He then removed to Portland and formed a partnership in the livery stable busi- ness with the late N. S. Fernald. This fırın did an extensive business and after a time was formed into a stock company and named after Mr. Sawyer the Whitman Sawyer Stable Company, he being the treasurer and business manager. Captain Sawyer was one of the strongest of Republicans and had often been honored with political positions. While living in Falmouth he represented that town in the legislature, 1869, and in 1892 was elected one of the legislative representatives from Port- land. He was also in the city government from ward five, beginning as one of the coun- cilmen and being advanced to alderman in 1885 and being re-elected in the following year when he was elected chairman of the board. For several years he was chairman of the board of prison inspectors, having been reappointed for the third time in December, 1903, by Governor Hill. He was a member of Windham Lodge of Masons and of Unity Lodge, No. 3, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, of Portland, and a prominent member of Bosworth Post, No. 2, Department of Maine, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he filled all the chairs. Captain Sawyer died at his residence, 650 Congress street, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. In the annual report of the prison inspectors, they thus ex- pressed their regret at the loss of their chair- man: "In commencing this report we are sensibly reminded of our loss, and the loss of the whole state, in the death of Hon. Whitman Sawyer, late of Portland, who, with marked ability and efficiency served the State for nine years as chairman of the board of prison and jail inspectors. And we here record this ex- pression of our esteem of his manly qualities, his unfailing charity, his loyalty to principles and faithful discharge of the duties of his office." Other bodies of which he was a mem- ber passed resolutions of sorrow over his death and commendation of his high character and sterling worth. A paragraph in one of the leading Portland papers stated : "Not only all old soldiers, but all good citizens regretted the death of Captain Whitman Sawyer. He was a good representative of our sturdy Maine stock. His word was as good as his bond, and

he was faithful in all his relations of life. Such a man is a distinct loss to any com- munity. Captain Sawyer will be long remem- bered because of his manly qualities of hand and heart."

Captain Whitman Sawyer married, Decem- ber 24, 1865, Maria Lucy Fulton Dingley, widow of Sumner Stone Dingley, and daugh- ter of Elijah and Lucy (Abbott) Fulton. She was born in Limington, November 8, 1836. Elijah Fulton was born April 8, 1809, and died in Raymond, Maine, April 7, 1874. Lucy Abbott was of Limington, Maine, born July 11, 1807, and died in Raymond, Novem- ber 1, 1873. She was the daughter of Na- thaniel and Lucy (Crockett ) Abbott. Mr. Fulton was the son of Robert Fulton, of Mas- sachusetts, born 1784, died 1860, and Gracena (Weeks) Fulton. Five children were born to Elijah and Lucy (Abbott) Fulton: I. Mi- nerva Ann, married Rev. Jeremiah Hayden. 2. Mercy Jane, died single. 3. Maria Lucy, mentioned above. 4. James Edward, married Keziah Dingley Murch, and by her had four children : Sumner, Mabel, Lucy A. and Me- lissa. 5. Melissa Ellen, married Gideon P. Davis, and had one child, Nellie Maria, who married Charles H. Gifford, of Boston. They have four children: Robert Fulton, Stanley Easton, Raymond Mayne and Eleanor Davis. Mrs. Sawyer is an active and honored mem- ber of Bosworth Relief Corps; the first or- ganization of its kind in the United States. She has held the highest offices in that and in the State 'Corps, and is also a member and president of the Young Woman's Christian Association. Bosworth Relief Corps was or- ganized in 1869. James Fulton, Mrs. Saw- yer's brother, served in the Seventeenth Maine. Mr. Sawyer left an adopted daughter, Nellie Maria, now the wife of C. H. Gifford.

(For ancestry see preceding sketch.)

(VIII) Lemuel, third son of SAWYER John (4) and Grace (Jenkins)

Sawyer, born July 18, 1807, died August 12, 1888, aged eighty-one. He was a farmer and resided in Standish. He married Esther Purinton, born January 30, 1807, died December 14, 1880. She was the daughter of Meshach and Sarah (Gerish) Purinton, of Durham and Windon. Meshach was son `of David Purinton; Sarah was a daughter of William Gerish. The children of this marriage were: 1. Sarah Ann, born July 8, 1833, married George E. Mead, of Bridg- ton, and died December 21, 1859. 2. Dennis

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Jenkins, born April 6, 1835, married (first) Sarah J. Varney, by whom he had one child, Eugene H., who married Emma Thurlow ; (second) Charity Ann Smith, by whom he had three children: George F., who married Georgia Phinney and had one child, Arthur ; William A., who married Lulu Nash; and Luella. 3. Maria, born September 11, 1836, married John B. Winslow. 4. Ellery Fox- craft, born March 13, 1838, died March 19, 1876, married Ellen Nichols and had two chil- dren : Charles L., who married a Miss Hall and had one child Hall ; and Chester. 5. John Purinton, born October 30, 1839, married Louisa Bodge and had one child, Clarence P., who married Louisa Dunn, and they have one child, Philip. 6. Emily Freeman, born April 21, 1842, died March 13, 1888; she married Charles A. Nichols, who was born April 22, 1842, and died February 14, 1908; their five children are: Thomas B., who married Irene Calef, and has one child, Ira; John C., who married Josephine Hanson, and has three chil- dren : George A., Donald and Emily ; Ernest L., who married Sadie L. Porter; Grace E., wife of Fred Frisbee; and Alice L., wife of George E. M. Lindenberg. 7. Alfred Stan- ford, mentioned below. 8. Harriet L., born July 1, 1847, died December 27, 1850. 9. Marietta, born June 27, 1850, married Samuel C. Richard, has one child, Ellery C.

(IX) Dr. Alfred Stanford, fourth son of Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) Sawyer, was born in Standish, August 13, 1844, and spent his early life on his father's farm. He re- ceived his literary education in the private schools and from private tutors. He remained on the farm until 1882, teaching a part of each year after 1865. In 1882 he entered upon the study of medicine in the office of Dr. George H. Cummings, of Portland, reading until 1886 and then entered Dartmouth College, medical department, from which he graduated with the class of 1887. After graduation he began his professional career at Charlestown, Massachu- setts, from which place he went to Plainfield, New Hampshire, where he remained till the fall of 1889. In that year he removed to Portland, Maine, where he sojourned a short time, and then stayed a short time in Scar- borough (till 1890), and then settled in South Portland, and has since resided there. Studi- ous habits, a natural adaptation to his profes- sion, an upright character and pleasing man- ners have made his life a success. He is de- voted to his profession and gives but little time to matters outside of his business. He

is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, No. 127, Free and Accepted Masons; and Eagle Royal Arch Chapter, No. II.

Dr. Alfred S. Sawyer married, in Standish, Maine, March 23, 1881, Hannah E. Rich, born July 25, 1857, only child of William and Lucy (Freeman) Rich, of Standish. They have one child, Ralph Eldon, born December 8, 1884, who graduated from Harvard College in 1908, with the degree of A. B.

SAWYER The name of Sawyer is ex- ceedingly numerous in the states of Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire, and it is a matter of great difficulty to trace the relationship of the different branches. In many cases there is

probably no direct connection. There is a likelihood that the following line is descended from William Sawyer or Sayer, as he spelled his name, who was at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1640, and afterwards lived at Newbury, that state, for more than half a century. His descendants are numerous in that region to- day. Joseph, one of William's, great-grand- sons, born at Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1706, settled at Falmouth, Maine, and is the ancestor of most of the Sawyers who belong in the Saco valley, but who are apparently unre- lated to the line under consideration. Possi- bly the following branch may be descended from Thomas Sawyer, an English immigrant who settled at Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1639. The only reason for this supposition is the prevalence of the name Jonathan among the descendants of Thomas Sawyer. One of the Jonathans, born at Marlborough, Massachu- setts, in 1817, was the father of Governor Charles H. Sawyer, of New Hampshire.

(I) Jonathan Sawyer lived at Salem, Mas- sachusetts, about the middle of the eighteenth century, and died at Boothbay, Maine, about the year 1811. The name of his wife is un- known; but there were seven children, of whom four lived to grow up, and all made their home in Maine. The children were Phebe, who lived at Boothbay ; one who prob- ably died young, name unknown; Clarissa, who lived at Hope; two daughters who died young ; Jonathan (2), whose sketch follows; Alfred, who lived at Knox.

(II) Jonathan (2), elder son of Jonathan (1) Sawyer, was born at Salem, Massachu- setts, about 1771, and died at Levant, Maine, in 1845. When a boy he moved with his father to Boothbay, where he became a black- smith. About 1802 he married Martha Reed,

Andrew & Sauger

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of Boothbay ; children : I. Betsey, died at Camden, Maine. 2. Sarah, died in New York. 3. Mary Haskell, died at Brewer, Maine, April 17, 1892. 4. Joseph Reed, whose sketch fol- lows. 5. Warren, died at Calais, Maine.

(III) Joseph Reed, elder son of Jonathan (2) and Martha (Reed) Sawyer, was born at Boothbay, Maine, March II, 1809, and died at Oldtown, that state, October 1, 1884. He received a common school education, and was a cooper by trade. After marriage he took up his abode at Levant, Maine, and carried on that business till he moved to Oldtown in 1867. He was postmaster at Levant for sev- eral years, and also kept a hotel and general store. After moving to Oldtown he continued to manufacture fish barrels until he retired from business on account of failing health, about 1882. He employed from ten to fifteen men in his cooper shop. At Oldtown he also formed a partnership with his sons, Andrew C. and Hudson, in the dry goods business under the firm name of J. R. Sawyer and Sons, which continued for several years. Mr. Saw- yer was a Democrat till the civil war, when he changed and voted the Republican ticket the remainder of his life. On November 27, 1839, at Levant, Maine, Joseph Reed Sawyer mar- ried Sarah Randall Haskell, daughter of Job and Hannah Blanchard (Cutler) Haskell. (See Haskell, VII.) Mrs. Sarah (Haskell) Reed was born at Greene, Maine, September 19, 1820, and died at Oldtown, March 20, 1906. Children: I. Georgiana Celeste, born at Levant, Maine, August 1, 1840; married William Manley, August 5, 1856, and is now (1908) a widow, and living at the Sawyer homestead in Old Town. 2. Hudson, born at Levant, Maine, July 6, 1842, died at Togus, Maine, November 10, 1904. He was a soldier and clergyman. He enlisted in the First Maine Cavalry, October 1, 1861, was appointed chief bugler of the regiment, August 26, 1862, and was discharged from service, February I, 1863. He re-enlisted on July 21 of that year, in the First Maine Heavy Artillery, and was appointed quartermaster-sergeant, January 14, 1864. He was commissioned first lieutenant, July 27, 1864; captain of Company I, April 25, 1865, brevet major to rank as such from March 13, 1865; and was discharged from service, September II, 1865. Major Sawyer served as assistant aide de camp on the staff of Brigadier-General R. De Trobriand from September, 1864, to June, 1865, and as assist- ant provost marshal of the defences of Wash- ington, D. C., on the staff of General Martin A. Hardin from June 29 to September, 1865.

Major Sawyer was an Episcopalian, and was ordained deacon at Dexter, Maine, December 19, 1873, and priest at Augusta, May 23, 1875, both times by the Right Rev. Henry A. Neeley, D. D. Major and Rev. Hudson Sawyer was appointed chaplain of the eastern branch of the National Soldiers' Home, Discharged Vol- unteer Soldiers, at Togus, Maine, December 23, 1901, and held this position till his death, nearly three years later. Major Hudson was buried at Boulder, Colorado, the home of his daughter. 3. Andrew C., see next paragraph. 4. Joseph Warren, born April 24, 1846, died on January 29 of the next year at Levant, Maine. 5. Joseph Warren, born April 14, 1848, at Levant, Maine, died December 16, 1902, at Old Town, Maine. 6. Ada Frances, born October 18, 1854, married Charles F. McCulloch, of Old Town, Maine, and is now living at Springfield, Massachusetts. 7. Mar- tha Hannah, born December 6, 1856, died Au- gust 1, 1863, at Levant, Maine. 8. Charles Haskell, born April 14, 1863, at Levant, is now living at Foxcroft, Maine.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume III, Part 77

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe Publication date: 1909 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 818

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 818