History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 173

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia [Pa.] J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1520

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The partisan advantage secured by the division of the town, consisted in the gain of two Republican representatives in the Legislature. Under the old apportionment, Gilmanton was entitled to three repre- sentatives. For a long time political honors were about equally divided. Victory perched with ap- proximate impartiality upon the banner of either party. But about the time of the formation of the

Republican party, the Democrats had gained a per- manent control of town affairs. They were in an overwhelming majority in the northern section of the town, while the Republicans outnumbered them in the southern part. A careful analysis of the vote showed that a division of the town on the old parish line, would give the lower section two representatives and the upper section one. The subject was con- sidered for some time, and, in 1859, it took the definite form of a petition to the Legislature for a division on this basis. The bill was introduced into the House by A. H. Cragin, of Lebanon, afterwards United States Senator from New Hampshire. The representatives from Gilmanton were Abraham S. Gale, Joshua B. Pulcifer and Enoch Brown, all of them Democrats, and all opposed to the division. The bill was warmly contested, almost wholly on partisan grounds. It was put upon its passage June 24th. The minority filibustered persistently. Motions to post- pone, to adjourn and to lay on the table, were suc- cessively made, the roll-call being demanded upon each motion. But the bill passed by a vote of one hundred and seventy-four to one hundred. An equally vigorous, but equally futile opposition was met in the Senate, and the bill was approved June 28th. Following is the first section of the act, de- fining the limits of the town :

"All that part of the town of Gilmanton contained within the follow- ing described limits, to wit: Beginning at the northeasterly corner of said town, where its easterly line is met and intersected by the sonth- erly line of the town of Gilford; thence running in a northwesterly di- rection, following the division line between said towns of Gilford and Gilmanton, until said division line is met by the parish line, so called, as the same ie laid out and described upon the original plan of lots in said town of Gilmanton ; thence running southwesterly, following said parish line, until said parish line meets and intersects the westerly line of said town of Gilmanton, as the same now is; thence eontherly on said westerly boundary line of said town of Gilmanton to its southwesterly corner; thence easterly on the sontherly line of said town of Gilmanton to its southeasterly corner ; thence northerly on the easterly line of said Gilmanton, as said line now runs, until it arrives at the point begun at, he and the same hereby ie severed from said town of Gilmanton, and made a new body politic and corporate under the name of Gilmanton ; and that all the territory remaining, which, together with the part severed, constituted the town of Gilmanton, as the same was before the passage of this act, shall be called by the name of Upper Gilmanton."

The act further provided that all demands, dues and funds should be divided between the two towns in the proportion of $6.50 to Gilmanton and $3.50 to Upper Gilmanton. It is suggestive of the change in the relative wealth of the towns, that in the apportion- ment of public taxes in 1883, Gilmanton was assess- ed only one cent per thousand dollars more than Belmont.

The first meeting for the choice of town officers in Upper Gilmanton, was called by John E. Page and Isaiah Piper, August 6, 1859. In the following October the line between the two towns was drawn.

But there was soon developed a considerable dis- satisfaction with the name of the town. Its length was found to be quite formidable by those who had to write it often, and as there were three post-offices in the town of Gilmanton, there was much confusion in

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the delivery of the mails. Therefore, in 1869, ten years from the division, the citizens of Upper Gil- manton petitioned the Legislature to have the name of the town changed to Belmout. There was no con- siderable opposition to the proposed change, the bill passed, and the rechristening of the town was cele- brated by a picnic held in Sawyer's Grove, July 5th, the day when the act went into effect.

An amusing incident in connection with this change of name, is to be found in the town records. It appears that a meeting was called on the second Tuesday of November, 1869, "to see if the town would vote to notify Hon. August Bel- mont, of New York, that the town had been named Belmont, as a mark of honor to him, and invite him to make a donation to the town as a token that he appreciates this action of the town." It further appears from the records that "the prayer of the petitioners was granted." But this language applies only to the action of the meeting. The prayer for a donation has never been granted. The great banker has shown himself surprisingly indifferent to the high honor thus conferred upon him, not having acknowledged the compliment even by the inexpensive formality of a courteous letter. Perhaps he did not fully realize how great the distinction really was. Perhaps it occurred to him that the name, not having begun with him, was not likely to die with him. Possibly he suspected that the idea that the town was named for him, was only an afterthought of the tax-payers. Possibly, he had received similar letters before. But whatever the reason, the hard fact remains that he has never sent his expectant namesake so much as a godfather's blessing, but continues to enjoy and profit by the honor so trustingly conferred upon him, without ren- dering therefor any equivalent whatsoever !

It should be added, for the good name of the town, that only fifty-eight voters were present at the meet- ing in question, to share the responsibility for this mendicants' appeal.

The Belmont of to-day is a thriving farming and manufacturing town. By "Fogg's Statistical Gazet- teer" (1874), it ranks twenty-first among the towns of the State in the value of its agricultural products. The assessors' valuation for 1884 was as follows: Polls, $31,100; real-estate, $324,874; stock in hanks and other corporations, $21,060 ; stock in public funds, $1,000; money on hand, at interest, or on deposit, $16,452; stock in trade, $8,042; mills, factories and machinery, $21,600; carriages, $918; live-stock, $39,- 463; total, $464,509. The population in 1880 was 1226; it has probably increased somewhat since that date. Belmont is bounded on the north by Laconia and Gilford ; east, by Gilford and Gilmanton ; south, by Gilmanton and Canterbury ; west, by Northfield and by the Winnipesaukee River and its line of lakes, which separate the town from Tilton and San- bornton. The surface of the town is broken, hills

abounding everywhere except in the southwestern part, where the land is low and level.

The scenery of Belmont is exceptional, even in a section so justly celebrated for its beautiful views. Only the unfortunate lack of railroad facilities can explain the fact that the town is so little frequented by tourists. The western and northern parts of the town do not suffer from this lack, and so boast of sev- eral houses for the accommodation of summer guests, the largest and best-known being the "Bay View," near the Laconia line. The views from "Ladd Hill," "Gale Hill" and "Prescott Hill," all within two miles of Laconia, cannot easily be surpassed. No element of a perfect landscape is wanting. In the fore- ground lies the embryo city of Laconia and Lake Village, flanked on the one hand by the fair lesser lakes of the Winnipesaukee, and on the other by a rugged hill country that finds its fitting climax in the bold outlines of the Belknap Mountains; while to the northward, a beautiful diversity of hill, field and forest, stretches away to meet the great blue mountains, the advance guard of the White Hills, whose higher peaks can be faintly discerned in the far distance. Other exceptionally fine prospects are gained from the summit of "Bean Hill," two miles from Belmont village, and from the hill in "James- town," near the village of East Tilton. There are many pleasant drives, the most attractive being the "Province road," the road from Belmont village to Laconia, that to Gilmanton Academy, and the shadowy, leafy "Hollow Route,"-always pronounced "holler out " in the local vernacular. Indeed, beau- tiful views abound on every hand, and it is the judg- ment of experienced tourists that the scenery of Bel- mont is surpassed by that of few towns in the State.

The air is dry and bracing. In point of healthful- ness, the town will compare favorably with any in the State. Instances of great longevity are common. Mrs. Eunice Swain Sweatt, who died in 1881, at the age of one hundred and five, was, just prior to her death, the oldest person in the State.

The most notable natural curiosity in town, is " Por- cupine Ledge," one and one-half miles southeast of the village. The name carries its own explanation. Porcupines are seldom seen at this time, but quills are frequently found. The "Ledge" is really a remark- able place, and well repays the slight trouble which a visit to it involves. Situated in the mountain or lake region, or in any other place largely frequented by tourists, it would long ago have become famous. It con- sists of a mass of great rocks, roughly tumbled upon each other, and is about one hundred and fifty feet in height. Either the ascent or descent is considerably laborious, but entirely devoid of danger. The summit of the cliff is formed by the great, overhanging "Table Rock," which is not unlike in appearance to its Niag- ara namesake, and whose shape suggests the probabil- ity that the other rocks were torn from its side by some natural convulsion. Directly below is "Pulpit

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Rock," the largest of the number. It is about seven- ty-five feet high on its lower side, and almost per- fectly perpendicular. The main rock is surmounted by a smaller one, whose fancied resemblance to a pul- pit doubtless explains the name. Other points of interest are the "Kitchen," the "Arch," "Devil's Den" and the "Bottomless Pit,"-the last two having no known diabolical associations that would seem to justify their unfortunate names. Local tradition has it that many years ago a gang of counterfeiters here made their rendezvous. The place has long heen a favorite resort for those who have known of its charms. It enjoys high favor among the students of Gilmanton Academy, who come hither en masse at least once each year. Indeed, the "Ledge " appears always to have had a subtle hut strong attraction for all love-sick youths and maidens, whether fresh from academic halls, or escaping for an hour from the din of factory life. The well-worn path down its steep side is a veritable " Lovers' Lane." The great rocks, could they speak, might repeat many an amorous tale whispered within their inviting shade. For a hundred years Cupid has shared with the fretful por- cupine the possession of the miniature caverns, and worked far sadder havoc with his rankling arrows than his bristling cohabitant with his more visible darts. The scarred trunks of the old trees bear the illegible outlines of many a pair of initials carved in close and suggestive propinquity. Let us trust that the early love, thus rudely expressed, has more succes- fully withstood the ravages of time.

The only village in Belmont, the " Factory Village" of a half-century ago, and the "Fellows' Mills " of a still more remote period, is situated five and one-half miles east of Tilton, six miles south of Laconia and eighteen miles north of Concord, and occupies both banks of the Belmont River, or Great Brook, as it was formerly called. The village has a population of be- tween five hundred and six hundred, or nearly one- half the entire population of the town. Most of the houses are new and freshly-painted, and the general appearance of the village is singularly thrifty and at- tractive. The principal business block is the building erected by Geo. W. Riley in 1874, and now owned by Haven Grant. This building is forty by sixty feet; the lower part is used for the post office, a store and tenements, the second story for tenements, and in the third is the principal hall of the town. The First Free-Will Baptist and Christian Churches, referred to elsewhere, are handsome buildings. In connection with the former is a beautiful cemetery, the largest in town. Among the more attractive res- idences may be mentioned those of M. Sargent, Jr., J. P. Cilley and T. E. Clough. The business directory is as follows: Postmaster, C. O. Judkins; groceries and dry goods, D. S. Hoyt & Co. and Bean & Smith ; watches and jewelry, F. K. Johnson ; meats and pro- visions, A. T. Bean ; papers and periodicals, G. W. Hunt; millinery, Mrs. R. G. Hoyt; confectionery

and cigars, C. O. Judkins ; drugs, E. C. Bean ; hotels, Brown's Hotel (A. W. Brown), Belmont House (Ira Mooney); Gilmanton Mills, hosiery, M. Sargent, Jr., agent, D. W. Gale, clerk ; lawyer, E. P. Thompson; physician, S. A. Merrill; justices, W. C. Wells, C. A. Hackett, A. P. B. Currier, I. Piper, J. W. Wells, E. P. Thompson, D. W. Judkins, I. Mooney, A. J. Hac- kett, E. C. Bean, C. E. Moody, J. B. Matthews, M. H. Philbrick, F. K. Johnson ; livery stable, C. H. Aikens; lumber, J. L. Allen, J. M. Folsom, N. D. Garmon ; blacksmiths, Abbott & West; builders, Cyrus Norris, Edgar Willard, Andrew Phillips, Dayton Hunkins; barbers, G. Woodward, H. J. Fuller.

Belmont has no railroad, but excellent mail and passenger facilities are afforded by the Tilton and Gilmanton line of stages, Davis & Son, proprietors. The first stage leaves the post-office at 8 A. M., and connects at Tilton with the 9.30 train for Boston over the White Mountains Division of the Boston and Low- ell Railroad ; returning, leaves Tilton on the arrival of the noon train from Boston, and reaches Belmont at 1.30 P.M. The second stage leaves Belmont at 1 P.M., connects with the 2.30 train for Boston, leaves upon the arrival of the up train, about 4 and arrives at Belmont at 5.30.

A charter for a railroad between Tilton and Bel- mont was granted by the Legislature of 1883, but work upon it has not yet been begun.

A branch line of the Winnipesaukee Bell Tele- phone Company runs through the towu to Gilman- ton Corner and Gilmanton Iron-Works, the central office in Belmont being at the post-office.

It will doubtless surprise not a few of the readers of this article to learn that here, in this little inland village, far removed from any railroad, and but little known to the general public, is located the largest manufactory of hosiery in New Hampshire. Such, nevertheless, is the case. The Gilmanton Mills, of Belmont, turn out a larger annual product than any other hosiery-mill in the State. These mills are situ- ated on the west side of the principal street of the vil- lage, just south of the road to Tilton. They occupy the site of the old Badger mill, and this building, erected in 1834, is still standing and forms one of the group. After Governor Badger's death, in 1852, the mill property was successively owned by several parties, and the business conducted with indifferent success. Previous to 1865, the mill was used in the manufac- ture of cotton sheeting. At that time, M. Sargent, Esq., of Lake village, bought it, put in new machin- ery, and began to manufacture hosiery. In 1870, Hon. Amos Lawrence, of Boston, became the owner, and from this date the mill entered upon a new era of prosperity. In 1875, a joint-stock corporation was formed, with a capital stock of one hundred thou- sand dollars, Mr. Lawrence being elected president, and M. Sargent, Jr., clerk of the corporation. Mr. Sargent has been the local agent for twenty years, and ranks among the most successful and efficient,

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mill managers in New England. As has been al- ready intimated, at the time of Mr. Lawrence's pur- chase there was but one building, the old Badger mill. This is a brick building, eighty feet by forty, and three stories high. Since 1870 several buildings have been added. These are a brick factory, one hun- dred and thirty-five feet by sixty ; dye-house, one hundred and ten feet by thirty; three large store- houses, a machine-shop and the office. There is also a library connected with the corporation for the use of the operatives. The water is carried to the mills in a canal one thousand feet long, ten feet wide and five feet deep, and is conducted on to a giant turbine- wheel, through an iron penstock one hundred feet long, with a head of thirty-three feet, furnishing one hundred horse-power. There is also a steam-engine of fifty horse-power, for use as an auxiliary, there being about two months in each year when the water supply is insufficient.

The average number of operatives at the Gilman- ton Mills, is two hundred, most of whom are of Ameri- can birth. The annual product is two hundred thousand dozen; annual consumption, six hundred bales of cotton, and one hundred thousand pounds of wool. There are also used twelve hundred cords of wood, and one hundred and fifty thousand feet of lumber, each year. The power is supplied by the Belmont River, a small stream rising in Gilmanton, and tributary to the Winnipesaukee. The supply of water is carefully husbanded in three reservoirs, situ- ated three-quarters of a mile, three miles and five miles from the mills, and called, respectively, the Badger, Sargent and Sawyer reservoirs. The Saw- yer reservoir was constructed by Governor Badger, and contains fifty acres ; the Badger reservoir was built by the immediate successors of Governor Bad- ger in the ownership of the mill, about 1854, and contains twelve acres ; the Sargent dam was built by the present company in 1871, at a cost of three thou- sand dollars, and the flowage is seventeen acres.

A freight team is kept constantly on the road be- tween the mills and East Tilton. There are eight very good tenement-houses owned by the corpora- tion.

It hardly needs to be added that the Gilmanton Mills constitute the leading industry of the town, nor can it be estimated how great a proportion of Belmont's prosperity is dne to the presence and existence of this thriving corporation. Its owners and managers are courteous and public-spirited gentlemen, and their relations both with their employés and with the peo- ple of the town in general, have always been most cordial and friendly.

Farrarville is a small collection of houses, situated on the river, one and a half miles northeast of the village. Formerly, there was a mill here for the man- ufacture of cotton batting. The site is at present occupied by N. D. Garmon's lumber mill.

Following is a complete list of the officers of the

town from the division, in 1859, to, and including, the present year :

1859 .- - -. representative : John L. Keasor, Lyman B. Fel- lows, Jednthan Farrar, selectmen; N. D. Garmon, clerk : John W. Wells, treasurer ; S. Lowell French, school committee.

1860 .- Morrison Rowe, representative : Lyman B. Fellows, Perley Far- rar, Stephen L. Taylor, selectmen : N. D. Garmon, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer ; S. Lowell French, school committee.

1861 .- Morrison Rowe, representative ; Stephen L. Taylor, Perley Far- rar, John W. Wells, selectmen : N. D. Garmon, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer : Daniel M. Page, school committee.

1862 .- Joseph Badger, representative ; John W. Wells, James S. Wey- mouth, Isaac Bennett, selectmen ; N. D. Garmon, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer ; Daniel M. Page, school committee.

1863 .- Joseph Badger, representative : John W. Wells, Isaac Bennett, John M. Roberts, selectmen ; N. D. Garmon, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer; Joseph Pinmer, school committee.

1864 .- Joseph M. Folsom, representative ; Isaac Bennett, John M. Roberts, James C. Cilley. selectmen ; N. D. Garmon, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer : Joseph Plumer, school committee.

1865 .- Joseph M. Folsom, representative : Isaac Bennett. James C, Cil- ley, John M. Roberts, selectmen : N. D. Garmon, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer ; Edgar A. Rowe, school committee.

1866,-No representative ; Joseph Y. Weymouth, James S. Weymouth, Henry W. Gilman, selectmen ; N. D. Garmon, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer : William A. Bucklin, school committee.

1867 .- Napoleon B. Gale, representative : Joseph Y. Weymouth, James S. Weymouth, Henry W. Gilman, selectmen; N. D. Garmon, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer ; William A. Bucklin, school committee.

1868 .- Napoleon B. Gale, representative ; James S. Weymouth, Henry W. Gilman, Joseph Y. Weymouth, selectmen; N. D. Garmon, clerk : John W. Wells, treasurer; Charles W. Knowles, school committee.

1869 .- Benjamin B. Lamprey, representative : James S. Weymouth, Daniel T. French, James G. Cate, selectmen ; William M. Leonard, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer : Charles W. Knowles, school committee.

1870 .- George W. Rundlett, representative ; Daniel T. French, Nicho- las D. Garmon, James G. Cate. selectmen; William M. Leonard, clerk ; Daniel E. Batchelder, treasurer : Elbridge G. Ladd, school committee.

1871 .- Moses Sargent, representative ; Nicholas D. Garmon, Daniel T. French, James G. Cate, selectmen ; William M. Leonard, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer : Elbridge G. Ladd, school committee.

1872 .- Charles B. Gile, representative ; Nicholas D. Garmon, Edgar A. Rowe, Dudley W. Judkins, selectmen ; Ira Mooney, clerk : John W. Wells, treasurer ; Herman C. Weymouth, school committee.

1873 .- Joseph Sanborn, representative : Edgar A. Rowe, Dudley W. Judkins, Charles E. Moody, selectmen ; Charles E. Clough, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer: George B. Blaisdell, school committee.

1874 .- Langdon Ladd, representative ; Edgar A. Rowe, Dudley W. Judkins, Charles E. Moody, selectmen ; Charles E. Clough, clerk ; John W. Wells, treasurer : George B. Blaisdell, school committee.

1875 .- Nathan Chase, representative ; Charles E. Moody, Charles H. Rowe, Jewett E. Maxfield, selectmen ; Charles E. Clough, clerk ; Timo- thy E. Clough, treasurer ; Charles E. Cloughi, school committee.

1876 .- Jesse S. Towle, representative ; Jewett E. Maxfield, Charles H. Rowe, Nicholas D. Garmon, selectmen : Charles E. Clough, clerk ; Tim- othy E. Clough, treasurer ; Solon F. Hill, school committee.

1877 .- Arthur W. Brown, representative ; Charles H. Rowe, Nicholas D. Garmon, Jewett E. Maxfield, selectmen : Charles E. Clough, clerk ; Timothy E. Clough, treasurer ; Solon F. Hill, school committee.

1878 .- William A. Bucklin, Joseph Pinmer (November),1 representa- tives ; Calvin J. Sanborn, Dudley W. Judkins, James G. Cate, select- men ; Charles E. Clongh, clerk ; Isaiah Piper, treasurer : Allan J. Hack- ett, school committe : Charles A. Hackett, Charles W. Knowles, Solon F. Hill, supervisors.

1879 .- Calvin J. Sanborn, Dudley W. Judkins, James G. Cate, select- men ; Walter C. Wells, clerk ; Isaiah Piper, treasurer; Allan J. Hack- ett, school committee.

1880 .- Elbridge G. Folsom, representative ; Dudley W. Judkins, James G. Cate, Calvin J. Sanborn, selectmen ; Walter C. Wells, clerk ; Isaiah Pi-

1 The first election under the biennial system wae holden in Nu- vember, 1878, necessitating the choice of two representatives that year. Also, the law providing for the choice of supervisors went into effect that year.

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per, treasurer ; Edmund S. Moulton, school committee ; Charles A. Hackett, John C. Pearsons, John S. Young, supervisors,

1881 .- Isaiah Piper, Horace C. Woodward, James G. Cate, selectmen ; Edwin C. Bean, clerk ; William H. Shepard, treasurer ; Selden J. Gould, school committes.

1882 .- Allan J. Hackett, representative ; Isaiah Piper, Horace C. Wood- ward, Alpheus L. Bean, selectmen ; Edwin C. Bean, clerk ; William H. Shepard, treasurer ; Selden J. Gould, school committee ; Charles A. Hackett, John S. Young, A. P. B. Currier, supervisors.

1883 .- Isaiah Piper, Horace C. Woodward, Alpheue L. Bean, select- men ; Frank K. Johnson, clerk ; William H. Shepard, treasurer ; Wal- ter H. Philbrick, school committee.

1884 .- Allan J. Hackett, representative ; Isaiah Piper, Pike Davia, Samuel N. Jewett, selectmen ; Frank K. Johnson, clerk ; Edwin P. Thompson, treasurer ; Walter H. Philbrick, school committee ; Charles A. Hackett, John S. Young, A. P. B. Currier, supervisors.

1885 .- Pike Davis, Samuel N. Jewett, William H. Shepard, selectmen ; Frank K. Johnson, clerk ; Daniel W. Gale, treasurer ; John M. Sargent, school committee.

But few of the present citizens of Belmont have held important offices outside of the town, or can be said to have become especially prominent in public life. Joseph M. Folsom was appointed bank com- missioner by Governor Weston in 1871, and again in 1874. John W. Wells was county commissioner from 1871 to 1874. Charles A. Hackett has several times been the Republican candidate for Councilor and Senator ; but, living in a Democratic district, has failed of an election. Moses Sargent, Jr., was the Republican candidate for Senator in 1880; but for the same reason was defeated. Napoleon B. Gale, president of the Belknap Savings-Bank, of Laconia, and representative from Laconia the present year, is a native, and, uutil lately, a resident of Belmont. His brother, Hazen Gale, who died in 1882, was a man of marked eccentricities. It is related of him that he somehow acquired a strong aversion to La- conia, and declared that he would never visit that town again. Although living within a few minutes' walk of the town line, he faithfully kept his promise until his death, more than thirty years later, except on one occasion, when his presence was required as a witness at court, and the sheriff would not respect his scruples. Captain William Badger, to whom brief reference has already been made, was born in 1826, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, and for several years was engaged in manufacturing. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he joined the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, served as captain of Company D, and was honorably discharged in June, 1864. In February, 1865, after the death of Colonel Bell, he was appointed colonel of the Fourth Regiment. At the close of the war he joined the regular army, and still remains in the service, with the rank of captain. He is an accomplished soldier and a gentleman of ability and culture. He is engaged upon a history of the towns of Gilmanton and Belmont, which promises to be one of the most valuable and complete works of the kind in the State.

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History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 173

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Philadelphia [Pa.] J. W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1520

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia [Pa.] J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1520