History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 65

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 772

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The United Brethren have a circuit including North Leslie, the Housel neighborhood, Scovill's Corners, and the Clark school-house in Leslie, and Fitchburg, in Bunker Hill, and during the summer of 1880 they erected a church at the latter place, which is the only one on the circuit.

First Baptist Church, Leslie .- The records of this church contain the following account of its organization :

" LESLIE, April 12, 1839.

" A number of baptized believers met in the school-house in the village of Leslie for the purpose of organizing themselves into a society to be denominated and known by the name of the First Baptist Church in Leslie. After prayer, Elder David Hendee was chosen moderator, and E. K. Grout elerk pro tem.

" A list of articles of Faith and Practice and Covenant were pre- sented and unanimously adopted as the sentiments of the ebureh. The following brethren and sisters are associated together and pre- sented the letters to the clerk : Mahlon Covert, Sally Covert, Lewis Reynolds, Laura Reynolds, Martha J. Ives, Mariah Hazelton, Harriet Barden, and Elijah K. Grout.

" Br. M. Covert was appointed deaeon, and E. K. Grout elerk of the church.

" Voted, Brother E. K. Grout give an expression of his views of a call to The gospel ministry.

" Voted, That Brother Grout be licensed to improve his gift in giv- ing exposition of Scripture from time to time, as the Spirit may divert his mind.

" Voted, That we try to maintain our church meetings once in four weeks, at one o'clock P.M.

" Closed by prayer.

" ELDER D. HENDEE, Moderator.

"E. K. GROUT, Clerk pro tem.

Of the persons above named who were the constituent members of this church the only ones now living are Mallon Covert and wife.

Calvin Straight and wife united with the church May 11, 1839, and on the same date it was voted to apply for admission to the, River Raisin Baptist Association, and voted also to give Mr. Grout a license to preach. The church

was admitted to the association named in the latter part of May, or early in June, 1839. Mr. Grout was ordained as a minister Feb. 16, 1841, and became the pastor of the church. At an association meeting held at Napoleon, Sept. 10, 1842, Mr. Grout presented resolutions denouncing slavery, and providing for work against it in the church, also against intemperance in the church. In the spring of 1847, Elder Grout was given a letter of dismissal and rec- ommendation, and removed to St. Clair County, in which he resided ten years. June 15, 1847, a call was voted to Elder F. Freeman, and it was sent and accepted. March 24, 1849, it was voted to call Elder David Hendee to serve the church at Leslie one-fourth of his time. He became the pastor, and labored with the church until April 20, 1851. His successor was Elder H. B. Fuller, of Bunker Hill, who was secured in May, 1852, and remained until the spring of 1861, when Elder Grout again commenced preaching here one-fourth of the time ; he continued until Oct. 20, 1866, when he resigned, and was immediately succeeded by Rev. Mr. Vroman as supply. Elders E. Rumsey and - Parmenter also held services. In August, 1867, Elder John Dunham was secured as supply for one year. Elders Putnam, William H. Cox, - Hamlin, and John B. Kemp preached in 1868, and the latter was secured as pastor on the 1st of November in that year. He resigned Jan. 1, 1870, on account of ill health, and ser- vices were then rendered by Elders Rice, Gunn, and Fuller. Elder W. C. Gunn became the pastor, and commenced his work May 1, 1870, continuing until March 26, 1871. Elder H. B. Fuller supplied the pulpit a short time, and in June, 1871, Elder W. C. Archer received and accepted a call, but resigned August 20th following. Rev. U. Gregory commenced his labors as pastor of this church Sept. 24, 1871, and was installed November 5th following. He was given leave of absence Aug. 4, 1872, to complete his theo- logical course at Rochester, N. Y., and Elder H. M. Gal- lup became pastor in September, 1872, remaining until Oct. 6, 1877, when he resigned. On the 21st of the same month Elder H. L. Bower became the pastor, and closed his labors in September, 1879. The present pastor, Elder John Heritage, has been in charge since October, 1879.

In 1856 it was voted to make an effort to build a meet- ing.house, and a frame structure was commeneed, which was not completed for several years. It is the one now in use. In 1871 a parsonage was built, at a cost of about $2000. The present membership of the church is about 130, and the Sabbath-school, of which C. E. Pickett is superintendent, has an average attendance of about 90.

Free- Will Baptist Church, Leslie .- This church was organized about 1873, with some thirty-five members. The first pastor was Rev. William Gray, to whom the credit of organizing the church is principally due. He served as pastor three years, and was succeeded by Rev. J. S. Man- ning, who continued in charge one year. The third pastor was Rev. Milo Coldron, who stayed a year, and the fourth was Rev. J. F. Boller, also staying a year. The present pastor, Rev. F. R. Randall, is the fifth in charge, and is now serving his second year. He resides in Burlington, Calhoun Co. A frame chapel was built in the summer of

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1874, costing a little over $1000. The present member- ship of the church is about seventy, and the average attend- ance at the Sunday-school about forty. The Sunday-school is held every Sunday, while church meetings are held but once in two weeks. Richard Huntoon is the superintendent of the Sunday-school. The chapel erected by this society is a very tasty structure, situated near the site of the old school-house.

First Congregational Church of Leslie .- A Congre- gational Church was organized in the village of Leslie with eight members, Feb. 12, 1843, by Rev. Marcus Har- rison, pastor of the church in Jackson. The members were Benjamin Bingham and wife, Kendrick Leach and wife, Henry Fiske and wife, William Huntoon, and Eliza- beth Bugbee. Meetings were held once a month, Mr. Har- rison coming for three months and Rev. Thomas E. Em- merson for five months, and at the end of the eight months the organization was dissolved. In the summer of 1861, Rev. Edwin W. Shaw, a member of the Southern Michi- gan Association, visited Leslie, and became interested in the vicinity as a suitable place for organizing a Congrega- tional Church. He moved here with his family in October, 1861, and labored until April, 1865. On the 9th of the last-named month-" the day on which the rebel Gen. Lce surrendered to the loyal Gen. Grant," says the record-the following persons were constituted the First Congregational Church of Leslie : Mrs. Elizabeth Barlow, Mrs. Sarah Tufts, Mrs. Mary H. Wheaton, Rev. Edwin W. Shaw, William F. Huntoon, Mrs. Clarissa Huntoon, Mrs. Amanda B. Shaw, Mrs. Phebe Perrine, Mrs. Mary Woodworth, Nelson B. Slocum, Edward M. Craig, Mrs. Agnes Slocum. Rev. Thomas Jones, of Olivet, and Rev. Marshall Tingley, of Sioux City, Iowa, assisted at the organization. William F. Huntoon was chosen deacon and E. W. Shaw church clerk. The organization was effected in the school-house at Leslie. Rev. Edwin W. Shaw continued services as minister. In October, 1868, the old brick school-house was purchased by the society, and converted into a chapel. It was dedicated Jan. 3, 1869, by Rev. W. B. Williams, of Charlotte, and is still in use. Mr. Shaw resigned the pastorate Feb. 14, 1869, and was succeeded by Rev. J. W. Allen, who began his labors. March 7, 1869, and resigned April 1, 1875. Rev. William Mulder became pastor in the same month, and continued until the spring of 1878. The next pastor, Rev. John Visscher, came the same sea- son, and remained one year. Rev. A. E. Ross took charge in August, 1879, and remained less than a year. The church at present (September, 1880) is without a pastor. Its membership is seventy-five ; the Sunday-school is super- intended by W. McMath, and has an average attendance of eighty-five. In June, 1869, a parsonage was purchased for the use of pastors of the church, and a permanent or- ganization was effected in August of the same year. The church is now in a very good condition.

VILLAGE OF LESLIE.

The first settlement at the village of Leslie, as well as in the township, has been mentioned as having been made by Elijah Woodworth, in 1836, and his log house was the first one erected where now stands a prosperous village.

In the summer of 1836 a saw-mill was built on Hun- toon Creek by Woodworth, Dwight & Co., about twenty rods east of what is now Bailey's stave-factory. David F. Dwight, of that firm, was formerly from Boston, and had come when small to Detroit with his father, who there en- gaged in business, afterwards removing to Jackson. The Dwights (J. N. and D. F.) purchased lands in Leslie, in- cluding the mill-site. David F. Dwight, who is now living in Boston, owns property at Leslie, Jackson, Detroit, Chi- cago, and other places. The old mill-dam at Leslie was finally torn away and the mill-pond drained, for the promo- tion of health in the locality.

A post-office was established at Leslie as early as the fore part of 1838, and Henry Fiske was the first post- master. Numerous others have since held the office. Hiram Godfrey was postmaster in 1856; Sidney O. Rus- sell held it afterwards for several years, and was succeeded by James Blackmore, the present incumbent, who was ap- pointed March 10, 1865.

The first goods brought to Leslie for sale belonged to Alba Blake, who came here from Vermont, and placed them in a small slab shaoty. The first regular store in the village was built about 1839-40, by V. H. Powell, of Ann Arbor. S. O. Russell, as elsewhere stated, has been in the mercantile business in the place since 1842.

VILLAGE PLAT AND ADDITIONS.

Although many lots were sold and a considerable village grew up, no record of a surveyed plat is found until Nov. 12, 1866, when D. F. Dwight, A. T. Ingalls, Levi F. Slaght, James F. Allen, Haywood T. Allen, and forty others, caused a plat to be surveyed by Louis D. Preston, on part of the south half of section 21 and the north half of section 28, to which was given the name of the village of Leslie. Additions have since been made as follows : Rus- sell Godfrey's addition, Aug. 6, 1868 ; J. F. Shaw's sub- division, Nov. 12, 1868; Hahn's addition, by P. R. Hahn and A. J. Blake, March 25, 1871 ; Doty and Kimball's addition, by William Doty and A. B. Kimhall, Oct. 4, 1871 ; Armstrong's addition, by W. J. P. Armstrong and others, July 22, 1872; Eli B. Sherman's addition, July 25, 1872; Walker, Rust, and Grout's addition, by Arnold Walker, Amasa Rust, and Gardner K. Grout, June 30, 1873; Coon's addition, by James S. Coon and others, Aug. 10, 1875; Woodworth and Dwight's addition, by J. D. Woodworth and D. F. Dwight, Jan. 29, 1876.

VILLAGE INCORPORATION, ETC.

The village of Leslie was incorporated by act of the Legis- lature approved March 30, 1869, the territory included being the south half of section 21, the north half of section 28, and a lot in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 28. The charter was amended April 15, 1871, April 18, 1873, and March 14, 1877. The first election for village officers was held Monday, April 12, 1869, when eighty-nine votes were cast, and the following persons elected to the positions named : President, John D. Woodworth ; Recorder, Edwin G. Eaton ; Treasurer, Wil- liau Spears ; Trustees, John R. Van Velsor, Alonzo B. Kimball, John R. Burdick. On the nineteenth of the

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same month the council appointed Henry M. Pitts mar_ shal, and Ogden Edwards street commissioner. The fol- lowing have been the officers of the village from IS70 to the present :

1870 .- President, Hay wood T. Allen ; Treasurer, Hiram Austin; Re- corder, Edwin G. Eaton ; Trustees, William Spears, Michael J. Graham, A. R. L. Covert.

1871 .- President, Henry B. Hawley; Recorder, Edwin G. Eaton; Treasurer, Leonard H. Rice ; Trustees, William Page, Edward Oldman, Henry P. Fry.

1872 .- President, James Blackmore; Recorder, Lewis D. Eckler (re- signed, and C. Calkins appointed) ; Treasurer, L. C. Rice ; Trustees, John W. Kincaid, Horace Smith, George Holbrook. 1873 .- President, George B. Loomis; Recorder, C. Calkins ; Treas- urer, Stephen L. Ward; Trustees, John D. Woodworth, At- fred Young, Nathan M. Vaughn.

1874 .- President, A. R. L. Covert; Recorder, C. Calkins; Treasurer, Stephen L. Ward ; Trustees, Gilbert L. Crumb ; Leonard C. Rice, John R. Burdick.

1875 .- President, Alfred Young; Recorder, Frank L. Prindie; Treas- urer, Allen C. Manly ; Trustees, John D. Woodworth, Mar- shall E. Rumsey, Abel J. Bailey.

1876 .- No record.

1877 .- President, Claude C. Walker ; Recorder, Jay Calkins ; Treas- urer, Allen C. Manly; Trustees, Caleb Angevine, James Blair, Lewis D. Martin, Stephen E. Flansburgh, James Fry, Ogden Edwards.

1878 .- President, Andrew Hahn; Recorder, Garry C. Reynolds; Treasurer, George J. Phelps; Trustees, C. Angevino, James W. Cook, Horace Smith, William F. Drake, James Fry, Edward Oldman.

1879 .- President, Allen C. Maoly ; Recorder, W. W. Cook ; Treasurer, W. W. Annin; Trustees, J. L. Torry, G. B. Loomis, S. II. Pierce, L. D. Martin, G. W. Davis, James Blackmore.

1880 .- President, James W. Bailey ; Recorder, George C. Moody ; Treasurer, William W. Annin ; Trustees, William Hutchings, Edwin G. Eaton (did not qualify), Louis G. Becker, James Blackmore, Ira Winslow, John D. Woodworth.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

In 1870 the village purchased several hand fire-extin- guishers, and it was resolved, June 21, 1872, to purchase a fire-engine, at an expense not to exceed $1000. It ar- rived in the fall of that year, and cost $900. In August, 1872, a lot for the use of the fire department was purchased of Reed & Allen, on Carney Street, for $245, and an engine- house built upon it. In November, 1873, it was voted to raise $250 to construct two reservoirs for use in case of fire, etc. Protection Fire Company, No. 2, was organized June 7, 1875, with twenty-six members. It was afterwards dis- banded, and in the summer of 1880 was reorganized under the same name, with thirty members (twenty belonging to the engine company, and ten to the hose company). The officers of the engine company are: Foreman, John L. Nichols; First Assistant Foreman, John Boyle; Second Assistant Foreman, E. E. Baker ; Secretary, A. A. Lum- bard ; Treasurer, Andrew Hahn; Engineer, H. E. Williams ; First Assistant Engineer, C. H. Roberts; Steward, James Finley. Hose company officers : Foreman, W. W. Cook ; Assistant Foreman, B. J. Hahn.

MINERAL WELLS.

The excitement over the mineral wells at Eaton Rapids and elsewhere caused the citizens of Leslie to experiment in the same direction, and the results were gratifying. The first well was sunk by S. O. Russell, in 1872; and James McDaniels, soon after, in the same year, caused one to be

drilled at the "Eagle Hotel." Six others were sunk at nearly the same time. The water is similar to that in the Eaton Rapids wells, and is beneficial in a class of diseases which are treated successfully with the mineral waters of that place.

HOTELS.

The first hotel in the village was originally built for a dwelling, but in the fall of 1844 it was remodeled and con- verted into a hotel by Nathaniel and IIorace Smith. It was burned in 1852, and the present Hawley House was built on the same ground, in that year, by Horace Smith. The old building had been known as the Leslie House, and, like the present one, was a frame structure. The Hawley House is now the property of Henry B. Hawley. The Messrs. Smith came to Leslie in 1844, from Orleans Co., N. Y. Nathaniel Smith died in January, 1851, and his son is now a boot- and shoe-dealer at Leslie.

The Eagle Hotel was built also in 1852, by Hiram Austin, who conducted it for some time. It was also kept for a time by Horace Smith. It is now owned and carried on by James McDaniels, a very popular landlord, who pur- chased it in 1869, and who has sinee greatly enlarged and repaired it.

The Allen House is a fine brick hotel, east of the main street of the village, and was built about 1872 by H. T. Allen & Son, a private banking-firm then in Leslie. The cost of the house, fitting the grounds, an artificial lake, an island, and bath-house, was probably $20,000. The enter- prise, although a laudable one, has never proved a source of profit, and the Messrs. Allen were unfortunate in their investment. The property is now owned by David F. Dwight, of Boston, and the Alleus are in Kansas.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LESLIE

was established in August, 1864, with a capital of $50,000. The original officers were: Arnold Walker, President ; M. E. Rumsey, Vice-President ; C. C. Walker, Cashier. The officers at present are the same, except that W. W. Peirson has taken the place of C. C. Walker as cashier, the latter having been elected to the position of county clerk. The directors are : A. Walker, M. E. Rumsey, John B. Dakin, William Ilaynes, A. R. L. Covert, J. J. Tuttle, E. G. Annis. II. T. Allen & Son had previously established a private banking-house in the village.

MANUFACTURES.

Several manufacturing establishments which have previ- ously existed in Leslie are now "among the things that were." A large steam grist-mill has been burned in a recent year, and other institutions have fallen from promi- nence. The principal manufactory now in the place is the stave-factory of A. J. Bailey & Son, located in the eastern part of the village. It was started by these parties about 1868, and they have about $25,000 invested at present, the annual products amounting to about the same. Their pay-roll amounts to $7000 or $8000 annually, an average of twenty persons being employed. A coopering establish- ment is also owned by the firm at Leslie, and one at Albion, Calhoun Co., the latter manufacturing about 1200 bar- rels a week and giving employment to fifteen men. About

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2,000,000 staves are manufactured annually at their Leslie establishment, and they are proprietors also of a similar institution at Mason.

A new grist-mill was erected at the village in the summer of 1880 by the Wilcox Brothers, the lot on which it stands and $1000 in money having been given them by the town. The entire cost of the mill is over $10,000, and three, and possibly four, runs of stone will be put in.

NEWSPAPERS.

A paper called the Leslie Herald was established at the village in May, 1869, by J. W. Allen, and continued several years. Its business was finally transferred to that of the Leslie Local, which was started in August, 1876, by the present proprietor, W. W. Cook. The latter paper is a five-column quarto, independent in politics, and its circulation in the latter part of August, 1880, was 502. It is printed on a " Davis Oscillator Press, No. 2."

MASONIC.

Leslie Lodge, No. 212, F. and A. M., was organized in the winter of 1865-66, and in January, 1866, received a charter from the Grand Lodge, its membership being ten or twelve, most of them being members of the lodge at Mason. The first Master, under dispensation, was O. D. Ford, and Dr. J. D. Woodworth was the first Master after the lodge was chartered. The membership in September, 1880, was about eighty-five, and the following were then the officers of the lodge : I. H. Weatherwax, Worshipful Master ; Wil- liam H. Rice, Senior Warden; Horace Haynes, Junior Warden ; Ernest Riesdorph, Sec. ; James Blair, Treas. ; Elias Crater, Senior Deacon ; Edward Hogan, Junior Dea- con ; Edward Aldrich, Tiler.

Leslie Chapter, No. 100, R. A. M., was organized in 1876 with nine members. Allen C. Manly was High Priest, Henry B. Hawley, King, and William Haynes, Scribe. The present membership is thirty-four, and the officers are : E. Oldman, High Priest ; V. II. Grout, King ; James Blair, Scribe ; James McDaniels, Sec. ; John Sigler, Treas .; William Hutchings, Captain of the Host; Allen C. Manley, Principal Sojourner; M. E. Rumsey, Royal Arch Captain ; Peter Earl, Master 3d Veil ; Horace Haynes, Master 2d Veil; Frank Rossman, Master Ist Veil.

Leslie Council, No. 50, R. and S. M., was also organized in 1876, with twelve members, and Edward Oldman, T. I. M. The present membership is twenty-seven, and the officers are : E. Oldman, Thrice Illustrious Master ; James Blair, Deputy Illustrious Master ; William Hutchings, Principal

Conductor of the Work ; A. C. Manly, Captain of the Guard ; James McDaniels, Sec .; John Sigler, Treas. ; M. E. Rumsey, Conductor of Council.

Leslie Chapter, No. 6, Order of Eastern Star of Adoptive Masonry, was organized Jan. 1, 1870, with fifteen charter members. Its principal officers then were : Mrs. M. Wood- worth, W. P .; L. C. Rice, V. P .; Mrs. Crump, Sec. ; Mrs. Platt, Treas. It has a membership at present of fifty-two, and its prominent officers are : M. A. Oldman, W. M .; W. H. Rice, W. P .; M. A. Vaughn, Sec .; E. C. Hawley, Treas.

ODD-FELLOWS.

Foster Lodge, No. 95, I. O. O. F., was instituted Jan. 25, 1866, with eight charter members. Philo B. Abbey was the first presiding officer. The present membership is about fifty-two, and the officers are : Silas W. Olds, Noble Grand ; M. V. Armstrong, Vice-Grand ; A. A. Lumbard, Rec. Sec. ; Samuel Harder, Per. Sec .; John Craddock, Treas.

Ingham Encampment, No. 22, I. O. O. F., was insti- tuted Jan. 3, 1867, with about fourteen members. The first Chief Patriarch was Philo B. Abbey. The encamp- ment now has a membership of about twenty, but is not in the best condition for work, a complaint which seems general among several encampments in the vicinity. The organiza- tion, however, is kept up, notwithstanding the difficulties.

Custer Council, Order of Stars and Stripes, was organ- ized in March, 1877, with twenty-three members, all men who had seen service in the field during the bloody days of the Rebellion. The present membership is over fifty, and the officers are : H. C. Yerby, Chief Counselor ; Alfred Leach, Senior Vice-Counselor; Martin L. Ackley, Junior Vice-Counselor ; A. A. Lumbard, Rec. Sec .; John L. Nich- ols, Fin. Sec. ; Henry H. Small, Treas.

This organization is similar to the Grand Army of the Republic. An encampment of "Our Country's Defend- ers" was partially organized in Leslie, but the Order of Stars and Stripes appears to have better suited the old soldiers, and the latter organization is in a flourishing con- dition.

BAND.

The Leslie Cornet Band was organized in June, 1880, with sixteen pieces, and Enoch Dowling as leader. A fine uniform and a good outfit have since been purchased, and the band is free from debt. Most of its members are " old players," and the organization is a creditable one. Its music is new and excellent, and the execution thereof is worthy of bands of greater note. Mr. Dowling continues as leader.

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MAHLON COVERT.

The Covert family was orginally from France, where the orthography of the name was formerly Couver. They were refugees, who, having espoused the Protestant faith, found persecution and trial their lot, and fled to the mountains. Later they found their way to Holland, where the Dutch prefix Van was adopted, which rendered the name Van Couver, signifying " from concealment."

The famous navigator, George Vancouver, was a de- scendant of this race, and two members of the family emi- grated to the United States, and located in New Jersey, where many of the descendants now reside. Among the members of this family were Bergen and Anna Housel Covert, whose son Mahlon, the subject of this biography, was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., to which he removed at an carly day with his parents, Sept. 26, 1808. They reared a family of eight children, of whom Mahlon was the seventh.

Mr. Covert the elder was a man of religious instincts, of high moral character, energetic and industrious, and so successful as to have secured a competency. The mother was a frugal housewife, aud spun and wove to make pro- vision for the family needs. Their son Mahlon lived be- neath the homestead roof until his twenty-second year, having during the time enjoyed such educational advan- tages as a common school afforded. Ile was in 1830 mar- ried to Miss Sallic, daughter of Isaac and Mary Childen, early settlers, and among its most respected families. Mahlon, after his marriage, labored upon the farm for a period of seven years, when he decided to emigrate to Michigan. In October, 1837, he came with his family and located upon land for which he had exchanged a tract previously purchased of the government in Vevay township. This land was uncleared, and the family of newly-arrived settlers endured all the hardships peculiar to pioneer life. He has since that time been a prominent citizen of the township of Leslie, has filled frequent official positions, and

MRS. MAHLON COVERT.

been active in promoting its advancement. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and are at present the only survivors of the original band which organ- ized the society. He is a Republican in his political pre- dilections, though not an active partisan. Mr. and Mrs. Covert have four children,-Ansel, Samantha, Mary Ann, and Maynooth, the latter having been born in the old homestead.

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History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 65

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co. Number of Pages: 772

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 772