History of Kalamazoo county, Michigan, Part 142

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott
Number of Pages: 761

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The following additions have since been made to the vil- lage :

Osterhout's Addition, located on the southeast quarter of the south- east quarter of section 18; laid out Dec. 7, 1868, by Peter Osterhout, E. B. Dyckman, M. Hale, W. F. McCartney, Willard Barnhart.

Samuel N. Barber's Addition, located on the northwest corner of the west half of the southeast quarter of section 18; laid out June 12, 1867.

Samuel N. Barber's Revised Addition, laid out Feb. 20, 1871, in- cluding twenty acres off the north end of the west half of the south- east quarter of section 18.

Robinson, Duncan & Co.'s Addition, located on the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 19 ; laid out Nov. 18, 1864, by E. B. Dyckman, Anna D. Bales, Edward G. Robinson, and Abby D. Lyon.

Hatch's Addition, on the north part of the cast half of the east half of the northwest quarter of section 19; laid out Jan. 17, 1863, by F. W. Hatch and Eliza A. Hatch.

F. W. Hatch's Addition, same as preceding ; new record, mnade June 6, 1868.

The dates and names given are transcribed from the records in the office of the county register at Kalamazoo.

In the winter of 1837-38 the wild-cat bank fever reached Schoolcraft, and the " Farmers' Bank of Prairie Ronde" was organized, as mentioned by Mr. Brown. Its nominal capital was $50,000, and the association filed its notice with the Secretary of State, Feb. 2, 1838, it being one of 46 associations of like character formed under the general banking law of 1837. Fortunately, however, it was not allowed, through the influence of one or more of its members, to inflict upon the people the same losses and damage which other less favored communities were made to suffer.

In 1834 the land-office had been removed from White Pigeon to Kalamazoo, and a branch of the State Bank was established at the latter place the same year, giving the county-seat an onward push in prosperity, to the detriment of the settlement at Schoolcraft. The failure of the bank- ing scheme at the latter place also made its influence felt ; " trade was more than ever diverted to Kalamazoo, and the village wore that dilapidated and unthrifty appearance which always attends a state of stagnation in business." For nearly twenty years the place was at a stand-still, but few buildings being erected, and business barely keeping up appearances.

* Brown's History of Schoolcraft.

t So named by Lucius Lyon in honor of his personal friend, Henry R. Schoolcraft.

į Bull's Addition, laid out July 23, 1836, by Albert E. Bull, on the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 18 .- See recorded plat at county register's office.

¿ Site of present Troxel House.

| Brown's Schoolcraft.

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The farmers living on the prairie became interested, in 1835, in an invention of Hiram Moore, Esq., of Climax. It was a harvesting-machine, and known as " Moore & Has- call's Harvester." It was constructed so as to perform the work of cutting, thrashing, cleaning, and bagging the grain in one operation, and instances are given where 600 bushels of wheat were thus taken care of in one day. Several of them were manufactured at Schoolcraft between 1835 and 1848, in which latter year the invention was perfected. They were operated by 16 horses, requiring the manage- ment of four drivers, beside three attendants on the ma- chine. None of them have been used on Prairie Ronde since 1850. The inventor finally removed to Wisconsin.

The first white child born in the village of Schoolcraft was Helen A. Smith, daughter of Thaddeus and Eliza Smith, her birth occurring on the 3d of October, 1831. She is now the widow of Isaiah W. Pursel, and resides in the village.

HOTELS.

The famous " Big Island Hotel" was an institution in its day. The building was framed by Nathaniel Foster, who followed the old " scribe rule," or " cut-and-try" plan, and put the timbers together accordingly. The raising occurred in March, 1832. The building was a large one, and stood in the southeast corner of what is now Mr. Earl's garden, diagonally opposite the residence of E. L. Brown, or, to speak more accurately, at the northwest corner of Centre and Eliza Streets. It was erected by Smith, Huston & Co. and Johnson Patrick, and the latter was its landlord about two years ; John Dix kept it afterwards. In 1833 a large addition was built, and the hotel was one of the best in Western Michigan, having an ample barn and convenient surroundings. After the change in the location of the main White Pigeon road, as mentioned, the property passed into the hands of E. L. Brown, one of the original proprietors. About 1847 it was destroyed by fire, and was not rebuilt.

A hotel known as the "Schoolcraft House" was the second one in the place, and is that mentioned by Mr. Brown as having stood on Grand Street, where now stands the "Troxel House." It was originally used as a dwelling, but was finally enlarged and converted into a hotel, and kept during its existence by various persons. It was torn away in the spring of 1870, and in 1872-73 the large brick hotel now standing on the same site was built by E. Troxel, the present proprietor. It is three stories high, and presents the most imposing front on the street. The rooms occupied by the bank and post-office were also fitted up by Mr. Troxel.

The hotel known as the "Island House," on Eliza Street, east of Grand, was built about 1869-70, by a blacksmith named Brown. The present proprietor is Seth Hunt.

SCHOOLCRAFT POST-OFFICE.

The first post-office in this region was kept at Insley's Corners, in Prairie Ronde, by which latter name it was known; Col. Abiel Fellows was the postmaster. In 1832 the office was moved to the village and the name changed to Schoolcraft. Joseph Addison Smith was appointed to its charge, and was probably succeeded by John Beals. In the winter of 1840-41, A. H. Scott was appointed,

through the instrumentality of E. L. Brown, who was his partner in business. Among those who have since held the office are Frederick Dale, Taylor (a Presbyterian minister ), Dr. M. Freeman, P. Miller (possibly), and others. John McCreary was postmaster after the war of the Rebel- lion, in which he had served, and died in office. He was succeeded by William L. Coe, and he by the present in- cumbent, David Stuart.

PROFESSIONAL MEN AND PROMINENT CITIZENS.

Hon. E. Lakin Brown, from whose articles many quota- tions are made in this history, is the only one now left of the earlier settlers of the village, and he has been promi- nently connected with its interests from the time he chose it for his permanent home. Aside from filling various township offices, he has represented his district in the Legislature, and is the present State senator. No longer engaged in active business, he is enabled to spend much of his time in the enjoyment earned by a life of labor. His children are given the benefits of thorough educa- tional advantages. Mr. Brown ranks among the fore- most in the county as an historical writer, and as a poet clothes his ideas in language which is never excelled by those who do not make the subject a special study. Some of his poems border closely upon the classical .* He is one of the many whose morning of life dawned amid the rug- ged mountains of Vermont, and who seem to draw in the broad ideas of enlightened humanity with the pure air of their native State. Vermont has sent her sons to many climes, and everywhere their lives have been marked by those attributes which adorn her sturdy manhood.

Evert B. Dyckman, of the present banking firm of E. B. Dyckman & Co., came from the vicinity of Syracuse, N. Y., about 1838, and settled in Van Buren Co., Mich. About 1840 he removed to Schoolcraft, where he has since resided. He has held numerous township offices, and once repre- sented his district in the Legislature.

Moses R. Cobb, also of the above-mentioned firm, came to Schoolcraft, in October, 1837, from Springfield, Windsor Co., Vt.

Hon. Hezekiah G. Wells, now of Kalamazoo, is a native of Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio .; His brother, Samuel O. Wells, settled in what is now Texas township, in 1831, locating in the southeast corner thereof.

Mills N. Duncan, who was born in Weathersfield, Wind- sor Co., Vt., Nov. 27, 1803, removed to Springfield, in the same county, when but nineteen years of age, and entered the mercantile business, in company with Gen. John Per- kins. Mr. Duncan's father, Nahum Duncan, was a resi- dent of Perkinsville, in the town of Weathersfield, and owned and kept a tavern. He was possessed of considera- ble means, and his experience in business, coupled with financial aid, did much to help his son. The latter some years later became largely interested in the manufacture of paper at Springfield, and also owned a share in the satinet factory at the same place. In 1837, when the great finan- cial crash rolled its waves over the country, Mr. Duncan was numbered among the unfortunate. In 1838, or the

# See Chapter XXII. in this work.

t See history of Kalamazoo.

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spring of 1839, he sought for a new home and place of business in the West, and finally located at Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., Mich., where his mercantile pursuits were resumed. In the fall of 1839 he returned to Vermont for his family, and brought them to Three Rivers. The latter place proved so unhealthy that after a lapse of twenty months-or in 1841-he removed, with his family, to Schoolcraft, and continued his business there. In 1851 he became one of the firm of M. R. Cobb & Co., consisting of Messrs. M. R. Cobb, now of Schoolcraft, E. B. Dyck- man, of the same place, and Henry Breese, now of Kalama- zoo. A large distillery was built in the grove west of the residence of E. L. Brown, and operated for some years. An extensive dry-goods establishment was opened on Grand Street, at the corner of Cass. Some years later, Mr. Cobb withdrew from the firm, the name of which was changed to M. N. Duncan & Co., and it so remained until the death of Mr. Duncan, which occurred Feb. 5, 1860. His son, Henry Duncan, occupies the old home, in the north west part of the village, near the residence of Judge Dyckman. A daughter, Mrs. Abby Lyon, at present resides in Kalama- zoo. Mr. Duncan's wife was the daughter of an old resi- dent of Springfield, Vt.,-Capt. George Hawkins, some of whose children are yet living there.

Dr. Moses Cobb, from Springfield, Vt., and the father of M. R. Cobb, of Schoolcraft, came to the village some time after Mr. Duncan had located here. He was considerably . advanced in years at the time, and practiced but little, ex- cept among his old acquaintances and friends. The doctor died at Kalamazoo, where his son, Samuel P. Cobb (now deceased), was a prominent citizen, and was buried at Schoolcraft, by the side of his wife, who had preceded him by a year or more to the " silent land."

The physicians now located in the village are Dr. Nathan M. Thomas, the pioneer of his profession in the county ; Dr. B. Barnum, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., who came with his parents to Van Buren Co., Mich., in 1836, and first located in Schoolcraft in April, 1854; Dr. M. Free- man, not now in practice, a native of New Jersey, and a resident of Michigan since 1842; Dr. J. W. Briggs, a native of Yates Co., N. Y., and a resident of Schoolcraft since 1854, had studied here in 1844 and 1845 with his brother, Dr. Joseph Briggs, who died in 1854; Dr. W. H. Fox, a native of the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., resided in Schoolcraft since May, 1844, not now in extensive practice ; Dr. T. C. Owen, a native of Champaign Co., Ohio, in Schoolcraft since May, 1876 ; and Dr. J. F. Chapin, who came from Pennsylvania in May, 1879.

ORGANIZATION OF VILLAGE.

Schoolcraft was first incorporated Jan. 4, 1866; on the 12th of March, 1869, it was re-incorporated, and a new charter was obtained in 1875. The territory included in the present corporate limits is the following: "The east three-fourths of the south half of section 18, and the east three-fourths of the north half of section 19, in township 4 south, range 11 west." The first election for village officers was held at the school-house, April 3, 1866, re- sulting in the choice of the following persons to the positions named : President, Evert B. Dyckman ; Trustees, E. L.

Brown, Sumner Hemenway, Nathan M. Thomas, Jonas Allen, Frederick W. Hatch, Marshall Hale; Marshal, Frederick Hale; Treasurer, William Fisher ; Clerk, Albert J. Purdy (M. R. Cobb afterwards appointed) ; Assessor, Isaiah W. Pursel; Street Commissioner, Peter Osterhout ; Poundmaster, John D. Strew.

VILLAGE OFFICERS.

The officers of the village from 1867 to 1879, inclusive, have been the following :

1867 .- President, Nathan M. Thomas ; Trustees, Jonas Allen, William Patten, Samuel N. Barber, Marshall Hale, Isaac Allen, Frederick Dale; Marshal, Frederick Dale; Treasurer, Thos. Griffiths ; Assessor, Henry P. Smith ; Street Commissioner, Elijah K. Purdy ; Poundmaster, Frederick Dale.

1868 .- President, Nathan M. Thomas; Trustees, Jonas Allen, E. L. Brown, William Patton, V. C. Smith, S. N. Barber, William Fisher ; Treasurer, Thomas Griffiths ; Assessor, H. P. Smith ; Clerk, P. D. Miller ; Marshal, O. R. Hatch; Street Com- missioner, J. Roberts (resigned, and Jonas Allen elected to fill vacancy) ; Poundmaster, J. D. Strew.

1869 .- (Under new charter) President, E. Lakin Brown; Trustees, one year, Carlos A. Merrill, Edwin S. Smith, Gilbert L. Townsend; two years, William H. Patten, N. M. Thomas, M. J. Burnett ; Marshal, Frederick Dale.

1870 .- President, M. R. Cobb ; Trustees, two years, C. A. Merrill, D. Bowe, H. P. Smith ; Marshal, James Perley.

1871 .- President, V. C. Smith ; Trustees, two years, S. N. Barber, R. C. Barney, W. H. Patton ; one year, to fill vacancy, Thomas Griffiths; Marshal, James F. Kirby.

1872 .- President, V. C. Smith : Trustees, two years, G. E. Knight, William Fisher ( Ist), Albert Pursel ; Marshal, J. D. Strew. 1873 .- President, M. R. Cobb; Trustees, two years, S. N. Barber, H. E. Duncan, William Snyder; Marshal, Elisha Cole.

1874 .- President, G. E. Knight; Trustees, two years, Abram Gard- ner, Henry I. Allen, George Brown; Marshal, John D. Strew.

1875 .- President, William T. Smith; Trustees, two years, H. E. Dun- can, William McLeod, A. J. Stone; Marshal, Henry De Mund.

1876 .- (Under new charter) President, Abram Gardner; Marshal, Henry De Mund; Clerk, C. V. Smith; Treasurer, F. D. Cobb ; Assessor, Daniel Bowe; Street Commissioner, Syl- vester D. Mead; Trustees, two years, G. E. Knight, G. W. Brown, G. Lee Clark.

1877 .- President, Isaiah W. Pursel ; Clerk, Thomas Griffiths; Treas- urer, T. J. Underwood ; Marshal, John C. Clermont; Street Commissioner, S. D. Mead ; Assessor, S. N. Barber; Trus- tees, two years, John W. Briggs, W. Phillips, S. R. Barney. 1878 .- President, Isaiah W. Pursel; Clerk, Thomas Griffiths ; Mar- shal, Joseph Fisher; Treasurer, Theodore Underwood; As- sessor, Samuel N. Barber; Street Cominissioner, Gilbert L. Townsend ; Trustees, two years, George Fanckboner, Jacob Bauer, George Brown.

1879 .- President, Abram Gardner; Clerk, Thomas Griffiths ; Marshal, Michael Grimes; Treasurer, Theodore Underwood ; Assessor, S. N. Barber; Street Commissioner, G. L. Townsend ; Trus- tees, two years, William Phillips, C. H. Gainsley, John W. Briggs.

In 1867 the sum of $100 was expended in the purchase of hooks and ladders for the use of the village in case of fire. In 1873 three fire-extinguishers of the Gardner pat- tern were purchased, at a cost of $135. Ladders were fur- nished in the same year for village use. The " Schoolcraft Bucket and Ladder Company" was organized, with 21 mem- bers, on the 1st of March, 1874. The village has suffered severely on several occasions from conflagrations, yet its facilities for preventing a recurrence of them are limited. Its latest disastrous fire occurred in January, 1879, when

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five stores were consumed on the west side of Grand Street, part of them being brick and part frame buildings. The Masonic and Odd-Fellows' Lodges were burned out also. The total loss was about $17,000, on which was about $8000 insurance.

In the early part of June, 1871, an extensive fire oc- curred, which destroyed McCready's planing-mill on Eliza Street, including (in the same building) a heading-factory and sash-, door-, and blind-factory, the former owned by J. T. Cobb & Son and the latter by William Reeser. Total loss about $16,000. New buildings were at once erected. In the winter of 1871 the new union school building, which had been completed but a short time, was burned ; but the insurance-money enabled the district to rebuilt im- mediately.

In 1868 a large flouring-mill was built near the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern depot, by Messrs. Pursel & Co., at a cost of nearly $30,000. The main building was of wood, 40 by 50 feet, and four stories high ; a brick engine- house at the south side contained a 65 horse-power steam- engine. The mill was furnished with four runs of stone, and had a capacity for manufacturing 200 barrels of flour daily. It was destined, however, to fall a victim to the fire fiend, and finally disappeared in smoke and ashes.

These, with numerous other establishments, are among the number which have been lost by means of fire, when probably an efficient fire department might have saved them. The manufacture of barrels was extensively carried on by Jacob Johnson before the mill was destroyed, he having in his employ from six to eight persons, and turning out annually from 25,000 to 30,000 barrels. But with the burning of the mill this industry declined.

SOCIETIES.

Schoolcraft Red Ribbon Club .- In the latter part of February, 1877, the organization of this club was effected, and in a short time its membership had reached 400. It has at present a fair attendance, but greatly fallen off from the above figure. Its meetings are held in " Red Ribbon Hall," on Grand Street, and numerous entertainments are given by its members during the winter season. The present officers are : President, Henry I. Allen ; Treas., M. R. Cobb ; Sec., James Major.

A Ladies' Library Association has been formed during the present year (1879), and has at present nearly 200 volumes. Its rooms are the same as those used by the Patrons of Husbandry. The township also possesses an excellent library, containing several hundred volumes, of which many are valuable works on history, biography, travels, poetry, and public laws. Works of fietion enter largely into the composition of both libraries, but are those of the best and most popular authors.

Prairie Ronde Lodge, No. 15, 1. O. O. F., was instituted July 6, 1846, by D. G. M. A. J. Clark, assisted by P. G. Goodman, Selkrig Kendall, D. S. Walbridge, and Joseph Miller. The charter members were A. H. Scott, E. L. Brown, Jonas Allen, D. L. Kimberly, S. S. Cobb, William Stokes, Oliver Eldred, F. W. Hatch, Charles Henry, R. Russell, George Rowley, and Charles Sellick. The first officers were: Noble Grand, E. L. Brown ; Vice-Grand,

D. L. Kimberly ; See., A. H. Scott ; Treas., Jonas Allen ; Permanent Sec., S. S. Cobb. Its membership at one time was as high as 75, but at present numbers about 50. The lodges at Vicksburg and Marcellus were organized by per- sons originally belonging to that at Schoolcraft. The officers in November, 1879, were F. L. Rawson, N. G .; J. P. Shutes, V. G .; George Martin, Sec. ; S. S. Nevins, Treas. ; E. C. Stilwell, Past Grand.

Peninsular Encampment, No. 42, I. O. O. F., was insti- tuted Aug. 10, 1870. Its first Chief Patriarch was G. R. James. The original members numbered about 30, while at present the roll includes the names of only about 20. The rooms of the order are over Snyder & Underwood's store. In the fire of Jan. 2, 1879, the records of the lodge and all the effects of the order were burned. The present officers of the encampment are George Harris, Chief Patriarch ; George G. Crose, Scribe ; S. S. Nevins, Treas. ; G. R. James, Deputy Grand Patriarch.

Schoolcraft Lodge, No. 118, F. and A. M., was chartered Jan. 13, 1860, with the following members : R. A. Royce, W. M .; W. H. Fox, S. W. ; C. Osterhout, J. W. ; J. Earl, Sec. ; E. K. Purdy, Treas. ; J. W. Baker, S. D. ; B. Burden, J. D .; William Dickinson (now deceased), Tyler. The first person initiated was O. R. Hatch. On the 14th of Decem- ber, 1866, fourteen members were demitted for the purpose of forming Brady Lodge. The present membership of School- craft Lodge is something over 80, and its officers are Wil- liam Roberts, Worthy Master; J. F. Gilchrist, Senior Warden ; S. B. Ellsworth, Junior Warden; J. W. Briggs, Treas. ; James Major, Sec .; G. L. Stuart, Senior Deacon ; Alanson Beebe, Junior Deacon ; Joseph Roberts, Tyler.

Prairie Ronde Chapter, No. 54, R. A. M., was char- tered Jan. 8, 1868, with Delamore Duncan, Jr., as H. P .; Charles F. Wheeler, K .; and John Earl, S. In January, 1879, the same fire which destroyed the records of the Odd- Fellows' Lodge burned most of the effects of the Masonic order. Their present rooms are in a brick block on the west side of Grand Street, over Stuart & Sawyer's drug- store, and are very neatly fitted up. The membership of the chapter on the 25th of October, 1879, was 58, and its officers the following: G. L. Clark, High Priest ; Albert Carpenter, King ; S. B. Ellsworth, Scribe ; O. H. Fellows, Treas .; P. R. Baldy, Sec .; Thomas Hewitt, Principal So- journer ; Robert Pursel, Captain of Host ; J. Moore Wil- son, Royal Arch Captain ; B. Barnum, Master 3d Veil ; Martin Van Duzer, Master 2d Veil; C. C. Draper, Master 1st Veil.

Schoolcraft Lodge, No. 388, I. O. G. T., was organized May 29, 1866, with 45 charter members, and Rev. J. D. Bornham as Worthy Chief Templar. This lodge, as is the history of many others of the same order, finally disbanded, and has been superseded by the Red-Ribbon Club.

BANKING.

The facts regarding the old " Farmers' Bank of Prairie Ronde" have been given in connection with other pioneer matters. The First National Bank of Schoolcraft was or- ganized in October, 1870, with a capital of $50,000, and the following officers : President, Hon. E. B. Dyckman; Cashier, M. R. Cobb ; Directors, E. B. Dyckman, M. Hale,

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Isaiah W. Pursel, N. M. Thomas, A. Fellows, O. H. Fel- lows, M. R. Cobb. In November, 1875, the charter as a national bank was surrendered, and the institution has since been conducted as a private bank, under the firm-name of E. B. Dyckman & Co., with convenient rooms north of the Troxel House, in a building fitted up by Mr. Troxel.

RAILROADS.

Numerous projects for making Schoolcraft a railway sta- tion have been invented, and had all of them been carried to consummation she would have had railroads entering from many directions. " In May, 1855, a company was formed, under the name of the Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad Company, for the purpose of constructing a rail- road between those places. Three Rivers was already con- nected with the Michigan Southern Railroad by the St. Joseph Valley Railroad from Three Rivers to Constantine, and a branch of the Michigan Southern from that place to White Pigeon, all owned by the M. S. & N. I. R. R. Co. A proposition was obtained from the latter company to trans- fer, as a free gift, the entire line from White Pigeon to Three Rivers to the new company upon their completing the road to Schoolcraft. About $40,000 of stock was imme- diately subscribed, and $30,000 expended in grading and ties, when, from various causes, the work was suspended, and was not completed till the latter part of the year 1865, the first passenger-car coming into Schoolcraft Jan. 1, 1866. A contract had previously been made with Mr. Ransom Gard- ner, transferring to him the road-bed, stock, and all fran- chises, together with a bonus of $60,000, upon condition of his completing and operating the road. On the com - pletion of this road, Kalamazoo, touched by the unfailing magnet of commercial necessity, at once made arrange- ments to extend it to that place, giving Mr. Gardner a like bonus of $60,000 ; and in May, 1867, the line was com- plete to Kalamazoo. It has since been continued to Allegan, and in a few months will be completed to Grand Rapid."*

The completion of a railway to Schoolcraft gave a won- derful impetus to the growth of the place, and its popula- tion and business greatly increased. A number of excellent stores, a large grain-elevator, operated by steam-power, a planing-mill, and the flouring-mill already mentioned were erected, and the future of the village was bright. A foundry was built by Solomon Fellows in 1869, 30 by 40 feet in dimensions, and the manufacture of Curtis plows com- menced; a building 30 by 60 feet was afterwards erected for a machine-shop. The manufacture of wagons and car- riages, brackets and windmills is also quite extensively carried on, and numerous mechanic-shops give employment to a considerable number of persons. The various mercan- tile and other establishments in the place now number about 30. In 1869 the " Peninsular Railway," leading from Port Huron to Chicago, was surveyed through School- craft, and grading begun, and trains began running about 1871. This road has since been known by several names, as " Chicago and Lake Huron," "Chicago and North-

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History of Kalamazoo county, Michigan, Part 142

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott Number of Pages: 761

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott
Number of Pages: 761