Civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Part 87

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : Munsell
Number of Pages: 1360

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The membership of the church is 882; communicants, 436; scholars on the roll of the church and mission schools, 1,022. The entire cost of the churches and chapel has been paid, save a bonded debt of $5,000 on the chapel.

Reformed Dutch Church (of North Gowanus) .- The prop- erty of this church was first purchased from the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, by the consistory of the South Reformed Dutch Church, in May, 1842. The congre- gations of the Sonth and North Reformed Churches were under the charge of the same Pastor till January, 1850, when the union was dissolved by the Classis, and the North Church congregation was organized, and purchased the property from the South Church.

In May, 1851, the Rev. N. P. Pierce, D. D., was installed as Pastor.

Early in 1869, the property owned by the church on Third avenne, near Twenty-first street, was soll, and a new church edifice erected on Twelfth street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues. It is a brick building, 55 by 85 feet in size, and its cost was abont $65,000.

At that time the corporate title was changed to "The Twelfth Street Reformed Church of Brooklyn." Mr. Pierce resigned, on account of ill health, in 1874, and the present Pastor, Rev. Uriah D. Gulick, was installed Sept. 30, 1875.

The North Reformed Church (Clermont avenue), organi- ized May 15, 1851, owes its origin to the efforts of its first pastor, Rev. Anthouy Elmendorf, D. D., who was installed July 11th, 1852. Four lots of ground were presented to the church by the heirs of Jeremiah V. Spader, and a church edifice was erected in 1855, at a cost of $20,000. Pastors. Revs. A. Elmendorf, D. D., 1852-'65; W. Tillotson Euyard, 1865-'73; Alex. R. Thompson, D. D., 1873-'84.

The church has been prosperous. It has a large meuiber- ship and a flourishing Sunday school.

Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of South Bushwick. -Nov. 6th, 1851, a petition was presented to the North Classis of L. I., from the inhabitants of Bowronville and vicinity, praying for the organization of a Dutch church in that lo- cality.

Messrs. Andrew J. Johnson and William Ten Eyck, received on their certificates of dismission from the Reformed Church of Bushwick, were constituted a consistory for the new organizatiou.

Soon after, niue persons were received, mostly from the Re- formed Church of Bushwick, and the Rev. J. S. Himrod was appointed missionary to take charge of the uew enterprise.

The organizing membership all came from the old Bush- wick Church; but the organization came about through the efforts, principally, of the Rev. E. S. Porter, D. D.

Steps were at once taken to obtain a suitable house of wor- ship. Land for this purpose was given, at the intersection of their farms on the old Bushwick Road, by the brothers, Andrew and Abram Stockholm, Nov. 19, 1851. This, when the town of Bushwick was consolidated with Brooklyn, came at the corner of Bushwick avenue and Himrod street. Money for the purpose of building was raised among the residents in the vicinity, and a sum presented by the Col- leginte Dutch Church of New York. The corner-stone of the church was laid by James De Bevoise, Sept. 6, 1852, and the building consecrated February, 1853. This building then erected is the one in use now. It is a frame structure, 45 by 65 feet.

The Rev. J. S. Himrod, who, up to this time, had been acting as the missionary of Classis, was, in February, 1854, installed as the Pastor of the church. He remained in that capacity until October, 1859. The other Pastors have been as follows: Rev. Denis Wortman, D. D., June 16, 1860, to Oct. 19, 1863; Rev. Chester Hartranft, D. D., July 10. 1864, to Oct. 2, 1866 ; Rev. Ily. V. Voorhees, Ang. 11, 1867, to April 21, 1869; Rev. Geo. D. Ihilst, July 4, 1869, who is still Pastor.

During the early part of the year 1881, a very beautiful and commodious Sunday-school bnikling, 40 by 80 feet, was erected. It was dedicated ou the 17th of July, 1881.

The Sunday-school was organized soon after the church (Mr. James De Bevoise, superintendent), and, till the church building was completed, met in a private house in Ralph street, near Bushwick avenne. Since then the following have been superintendents: Silas Tuttle, Daniel Eldredge, Richard Hamilton, James Il. Hart, Peter Kinsey and Geo. F. Booth.

Rev. GEORGE D. HULST, born in Brooklyn, 1846; grad. Kut- gers Coll. 1866; Rutgers Theo. Sem. 1869; located B'klyn 1869-'84: Pres. L. I. and B'klyn Entomological Societies, 1876-'83; contrib. to entomo. journals; anthor of Monograph on Genus Catocola, 1883.

The German Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New Brooklyn, Herkimer, near Howard avenue, was organized October, 1852, by twenty-eight persons. They were supplied by Ernest Schrepfer till January 1st, 1853. Pastors: Revs. Mr. Pfister, 1853-'55; C. Dickhant, 1855-'67; H. C. Ileyser,

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1867-'69; C. F. C. Snekow, 1870-'79; Jacob Weber, 1879-'84. November 22d, 1854, a church edifice (costing about $5,500), of Gothic style, was dedicated, and, in 1868, a parsonage was erected and repairs made upon the church.

A parochial school, in connection with the church, has been maintained since the latter's organization. Instruction is given in both English and German.

This church has a flourishing Sunday-school, and the ser- vices in both church and Sunday-school are conducted in the German language. This church is not only free from debt, but it has a bank account to its credit.

East Reformed Dutch Church (situated on Bedford avenue, near Jefferson street) was organized Feb. 15, 1853; Rev. John W. Schenck was installed as pastor; the church edifice was raised in March, 1854, and dedicated July 16. Ministry: Revs. Jacob West, 1856-'68; S. F. Farmer, 1868-'72; J. H. Carroll, 1872-'76; P. E. Kipp, 1877-'79.

In 1879, it was reorganized under the name of Bedford Reformed (Dutch) Church. Rev. Walter T. Griffin became pastor in 1881.

A new church edifice was erected in 1875, on the corner of Bedford avenue and Madison street, two blocks north from the original building. Its cost was $140,000.

The Lee Avenue Reformed Dutch Church .- The first ser- vices in connection with the enterprise, which afterwards became known as the Lee Avenue Reformed Dutch Church, were held in 1832, in a small frame cottage belonging to Barnet Johnson, situated on the corner of Bedford ave. and Hewes st.

COTTAGE WHICH WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE LEE AVENUE REFORMED CHURCH.

Near the close of his life, General Jeremiah Johnson had expressed a desire that a church, of the denomination to which he had always been attached, should be built on his homestead farm. His sons, in connection with several families in the neighborhood, sought the co-operation of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Dutch Church, in organizing the new enterprise.

In May. 1853, it was determined to erect a chapel, and the building now standing on Lee ave. was commenced on land generously donated by Barnet Johnson and the heirs of the late James Scholes. The corner-stone was laid with appro- priate services, August 3, 1853, by the Hon. Benjamin D. Silliman; and, on April 9, 1854, the beautiful chapel was ded- icated by the Rev. George W. Bethune, D. D.

On May 2, 1854, the church was organized with thirteen members by the North Classis of Long Island, and the Rev. W. W. Halloway was its Pastor until 1859. His ministry was very successful, and during his pastorate, the chapel

LEE AVENUE REFORMED (DUTCH) CHURCH.

was enlarged to double its original size. Rev. John McClel- lan Holmes was installed Pastor November 6, 1859. New life and vigor was immediately infused throughout the en- tire enterprise, the building was crowded to excess, and the erection of a large and commodious church became a necessity.

Barnet Johnson and the heirs of the late James Scholes having made another large gift of land for the site, the work was commenced on the first of March, 1860, and the corner- stone was laid on the 11th day of the following June, by the Rev. Dr. Van Franken, of New Brunswick, N. J. The church auditorium was dedicated Dec. 10, 1860, the Rev. George W. Bethune, D. D., preaching a memorable dis- course. Rev. Mr. Holmes was compelled, by impaired health, to relinquish his charge in 1864.

The subsequent Pastors were: Rev. A. A. Willits, D. D., 1865-'67; Rev. W. W. Hicks, 1867-'69; Rev. J. H. Carroll, D. D., 1869-'71; at the close of his pastorate, the church reached a very low ebb; it was torn by dissensions and re- duced by withdrawals; and the hopes and plans of the gen- erous donors of the land on which the buildings stood were entirely defeated by the church changing its denominational relation and becoming the Lee Avenue Congregational Church.

The Lee Avenue Sunday-school, which afterwards became famous throughout the land and the world, was organized in 1853, with John N. Stearns as its Supt. for 18 months; suc- ceeded by Jeremiah Johnson, Jr., soon after the new church was occupied. The prospects were not encouraging; the neighborhood was sparsely populated; there were no dwell- ings in the vicinity; the land was cultivated by market gardeners; open fields everywhere met the eye. The average attendance in January, 1855, was 50; in January, 1856, 700 scholars and 70 teachers were enrolled on the Sabbath-school registers. In January, 1857, the school had 1,000 scholars and 90 teachers; on the 7th of October, 1860, when the new Sabbath-school was opened, 2,000 children and 180 teachers.

In May, 1866, Jeremiah Johnson, Jr., who had been the superintendent of the school almost from its inception, in consequence of removal to Rahway, New Jersey, resigned his position; and was succeeded by Franklin H. Lummus, who successfully performed its duties, and was continued as superintendent until nearly the time when the church changed its denominational relationship.

Bethany Chapel, on Hudson avenue, near Myrtle, first established as Myrtle Avenue Mission, in Myrtle Hall, in 1853, was soon removed to a larger room, on the corner of Myrtle avenue and Navy street. It was maintained by the

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Church on the Heights till 1868, when it was united with Bethesda Mission, and the name, Bethany, was given to the united missions. The present chapel was dedicated, May 29, 1870. It is a brick structure, 50 by 80 feet in size, with a seating capacity of 400. Its total cost was $26,000.

The pastors of this Mission have been : Rev. Alfred Myers; and Rev. Jacob Whitehurst, who was born at Macclesfield, Eng .; grad. Brooklyn High School, 1876; studied Bklyn. Lay College, 1871-'75; Missionary with Ch. of Our Saviour, 1872-'75; located at Brooklyn, July, 1876.

The chief interest of this Mission has centred in its Sunday- school, which now numbers 350. At one time it published a periodical called The Bethany Tidings.

The German Evangel:cal St. Peter's Church (Reformed), Union ave. and Scholes st. This church was commenced by the Rev. C. A. J. Pohle, of Bautzen, Saxony, in October, 1853, in the lecture-room of the Old Bushwick Reformed Dutch Church. On Christmas of the same year, he cele- brated the Lord's Supper with 21 communicants.

During the winter, they bought the old church, a small frame building, together with two lots on the corner of Union ave. and Scholes st., from the So. 3d. St. Methodist Ep. Con- gregation, for $2,300. The date of the dedication of this church is not given; but, on Easter Sunday, 1854, they cele- bratcd the Lord's Supper in this building, with 54 persons, among these being six children, who had been confirmed the Sabbath previous. Mr. Pohle died, Nov. 22, 1859, and the Rev. J. A. Ph. Zapf succeeded him, and was pastor of this church till March, 1863. Rev. Henry Hennick was called to the pastorate, in June, 1863, and left in March, 1865. The congregation divided on the calling of a minister, and when the majority called the Rev. J. A. Reidenbach, in April, the minority left the church.

The church was now in a deplorable condition, wcak and distracted; a mortgage of $2,400, a floating debt of $1,500, the members poor, and the pastor inexperienced and helpless. Seeing that it must unite with some ecclesiastical body which could assist it, or succumb, the congregation resolved, unanimously, to join the Ref. Dutch Church, The North Classis of L. I. was convened on the 22d of January, 1866; received it formally as a member of its body ; and at once assisted it in its pecuniary trouble. Mr. Reidenbach, the Pastor, was not received, but the Classis permitted him to continue his labors, and assisted him, through the Board of Domestic Missions.

By the advice of Classis, the present Pastor, Rev. John Martin Wagner, of Flonheim, in the Palatinate, a graduate of Rutgers College, and the Seminary of New Brunswick, N. J., was installed by the North Classis of L. I., on Decem- ber 30, 1860, and is thus the first regularly installed pastor of this church. A fund was started for a new church, and, in 1880, the present commodious church building was erected. This structure, a mixture of ancient and modern architec- ture, has a front of 52 feet on Union ave., and 100 feet length on Scholes st., of Phila. brick and Ohio stonc, with a tower on the corner, 150 feet high, with two bells.

The audience-room has a raised floor and circular scats ; the organ loft, with the choir, is above and behind the pulpit; with a gallery in front of the church, seating about 900 persons,

The cost of the building was near $25,000. The church was dedicated on the 2d of January, 1881. The basement is high and pleasant, with a large hall for Sunday-school, &c., a room for the parochial school, and large parlor for meet- ings and social gatherings.

The church has 460 members, the two Sabbath-schools have about 700 children on their rolls, and the parochial school averages 100 scholars.

Centennial Chapel First R. D. Church .- Feby. 21, 1869, a Mission S. S. was org. on the cor. of Fulton and Adams sts., and continued for two years; out of it grew the present Centennial Chapel. The originators were the late Dr. T. L. Mason and Sam'l Stewart ; also, A. J. Beekman, Henry M. Curtis, J. R. Lott, A. R. Gray, L. V. D. Hardenbergh, and a number of others. The corner-stone of the present chapel was laid, Nov. 10, 1871, and the first service was held in De- cember of the same year. The Rev. J. G. Bass held evening service there during that year. Ministry: Revs. A. N. Wyck- off, 1873-'6; D. N. Westveer, 1877: J. II. Colton, D. D., 1878-'84. At the present time, the church has a membership of about 200; the S. S. numbers 600, including officers and teachers; the whole a growing work and in a prosperous condition. The Sups. of the S. S. have been Messrs. Geo. E. Brinkerhoff, Abram J. Beekman, Henry W. Brower, deceased, and C. C. Shelley. The building is of brick and stone, and was built at a cost of $19,000, including lots.

The following clergymen of the Reformed Church are resi- dents of the city or county :

Rev. JACOB WEST, D.D., born 1818, at Berne, N. Y .; grad. Rutgers Coll., 1842: Rutgers Theol. Sem., 1845; Cor. Sec. Board Dom. Missions, since 1868; previous locations, Middle- burgh, N. Y., 1845-'52; Piermont, N. Y., 1852-'6; frequent con- tributor to press: settled in B'klyn., April, 1856.

Rev. ALFRED DE W. MASON, born in Brooklyn, 1855: grad. Amherst Coll., 1877; and Theol. Sem., New Brunswick, N. J., 1880; located Locust Valley, L. I., 1880-'82; Brooklyn, 1882 '4.

Rev. JOHN M. WAGNER, born in Flonheim, Germany, 1826; grad. Rutgers Coll., 1853, and New Brunswick Theol. Sem., 1856; located Silver Creck, Ill., 1856-'61; West Leyden, N. Y., 1862-63; Melrose, N. Y., 1863-'6; B'klyn., 1866-'84, Pres. Germ. Evang. Home for Aged, 1879-'84.

Rev. JOHN A. LANSING, born in Watervliet, N. Y .; grad. Union Coll., 1842, and New Brunswick Theo. Sem., 1845; was Pres. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., and Vice-l'res. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n; located at Saratoga, 1845-'48; Bethlehem, N. Y., 1848-'60; Catskill, 1860-'66; Sec. Board of Publication, 1866-'75; Chaplain Amcr. Union Chapel, Romc, 1878; author of Ministerial Support, 1854.

Rev. R. G. STRONG is Pastor of the Reformed Church in Flatbush, and was born in Flatbush, 1837; grad. Univ. City of New York, 1855, and New Brunswick, N. J., Theol. Sem., 1858; ord. 1860; located at Flatbuslı, 1858-'61; New Baltimore, N. Y., 1861-'9; select school, Flatbush, 1870-'9; Prin. Eras- mus Ilall Academy, 1879-'84.

Rev. A. P. STOCKWELL is Pastor of the Reformed Church in Gravesend, and was born in Hadley, Mass., 1837; grad. Am- herst, 1862, and Union Theol. Sem., 1865; located Pleasant I'lains, N. Y., 1865-'69; Millbrook, 1869-'72; Gravesend, 1872-'84.

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Episcopal Churches. - During one hundred and twenty-five years, the Re- formed Dutch Church maintained un- disputed sway in the town of Brooklyn. When the Episcopal Church first made a beginning here is not certain. Tradi- tion asserts that it was established here as early as 1766; but the statement is not substantiated by any reliable data. Probably Episcopal services were occa- sionally conducted here according to circumstances or convenience, but no records of these remain. As early as 1774, a proposition was made to erect a church by lottery, " conformable to the doctrines of the church of England." The project probably failed. It is known that, from about 1778 to the close of the Revolution, the Rev. James Sayer was stationed here; and, that, in the spring of 1784, Rev. George Wright hield regular services in the house of Garret Rapelje on Fulton street, a short distance above Front; and that, in the same year, the congregation removed to the barn of John Middagh, at the corner of Henry, Fulton and Poplar streets (see engraving on p. 111), and subsequently to an old British barrack at the corner of Middagh and Fulton streets. Not long afterward, a house that had been erected for Mr. Mattuck, an independent preacher, came into the hands of some of Mr. Wright's parishioners, and was conse- crated by Bishop Provost, April 23d, 1787. The parish was, by act of the legislature, incorporated as " The Episcopal churchi of Brooklyn," with the following trustees : John Cornell, Matthew Gleaves, Joshua Sands, Joseph Sealey, John Van Notsrand, Aquila Giles and Henry Stanton. Mr. Wright was succeeded, in 1789, by Rev. Elijah D. Rattoone, and he by Rev. Ambrose Hull. Next came Rev. Samuel Nesbitt in 1793.

On the 22d of June, 1795, the church was reorganized and incorporated by the name of St. Ann's Church, a title which it is said to have "tacitly received some years before," in compliment to Mrs. Ann Sands, who, with her husband (Mr. Joshua Sands), had been its most liberal donor.

In 1798, the Rev. John Ireland succeeded to the rectorship, and during his charge, the stone church was built on the ground given by Mr. and Mr. Sands, at the corner of Sands and Washington streets. It was consecrated by Bishop Ben- jamin Moore, on the 30th of May, 1805.

Subsequent Rectors: Revs. Henry James Feltus, 1807-'14, John Prentiss Kenley Henshaw, 1814-'17 ; Hugh Smith, 1817-'18.

Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk became Rector in November, 1819, and continued in the discharge of his duties, until his election and consecration as Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania, in October, 1827. The church edifice being considered unsafe for further use, in consequence of the damages done to its walls by the powder-mill explosion of 1808, measures were taken for the erection of a new building. March 31st, 1824, the corner-stone of a new church was laid, and the churchi was consecrated, July 30, 1825.

THE SECOND ST. ANN'S CHURCH EDIFICE.

In 1826, a new parsonage was built, where Clark street now enters Fulton street, and nearly opposite to the old Epis- copal burying ground.

Other Rectors were: Rev. Charles Pettit McIlvaine, from 1828 to 1833, when he was elected Bishop of Ohio; Rev. Ben- jamin Clark Cutler, 1853 till his death in 1863.

Among the first acts under his rectorship, was the estab- lishment of a Second Sabbath-School, from the overflow of the original one. In August, 1833, witlı a small number of chil- dren, it was held for a time in the gallery of the church; tlien in several other places, until it was finally established, in 1837, in a second story which was added for the purpose, to the building occupied by School No. 1. In 1839, was built the third rectory, a substantial brick house, located in the church yard, fronting Sands street, and first occupied in the spring of 1840. In September, 1841, a parish library was opened to the free use of the congregation. In the year 1833, the mem- bers of St. Ann's inaugurated an orphan asylum, which has since efficiently but noiselessly performed its appropriate work; and also an education society, which had many years of usefulness.

Mr. Charles Bancroft became Assistant Pastor in May, 1844. Rev. Lawrence H. Mills became Rector, in March, 1864, a year after the death of Mr. Cutler. Steps were soon afterward taken toward the erection of a new church and chapel, on the corner of Clinton and Livingston streets. The chapel was opened April 7th, 1867. On the 30th of May, 1867, the present Rector, Noah Hunt Schenck, D. D., was inducted into the rectorship, and on the 5th of June, in the same year, the corner-stone of the present church edifice was laid. The house was opened for worship, October 20th, 1869. A chime of nine bells, each with an appropriate inscription, was pre- sented as an Easter offering, in 1869, by the Senior Warden, Thomas Messenger, Esq.

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PRESENT IST. ANN'S CHURCH EDIFICE.

The church was consecrated, free from debt, on Ascension Day, 1879. Sittings were made perpetually free by the con- dition which Mr. R. Fulton Cutting imposed, when, in 1878, he donated $70,000 to complete the extinction of the church debt.

The total cost of the church was $375.000. Additional ex- penditures, interest, etc., have swelled the amount to half a million. The seating capacity of the church is 1,700.

On Ascension Day, 1881, a memorial window was placed in the chancel, by the ladies of the congregation, to the memory of Mrs. Cutting.

A mission, called St. Ann's House, has been established in Prospect st., near the site of the old St. Ann's Church. It is conducted by the Brotherhood of St. Ann's : connected with this is a day nursery, conducted by the parish guild. Its work is the care of infants while their mothers are at labor for their support.

St. Ann's has (Jnly, 1883) 676 communicants, and 365 Sill1- day-school scholars.

Rev. NOAH HUNT SCHENCK, D. D., born in Pennington, N. J., 1825; grad. Princeton Coll., 1844. Admitted to the bar, 1847; practiced Trenton, 1848, and Cincinnati, 1849-'51; grad. Gam- bier (O.) Theol. Sem., 1853; ord., 1853; located Troy and Hillsborough, O., 1853-55; Gambier, O., 1855-'57; Chicago, 1857-'60; Baltimore, 1860-67; St. Ann's, Bklyn, 1867-81; was Chaplain, Kenyon Coll., 1855-'67; of St. Nicholas Soc., 1871 -'81; author of pub. sermons, addresses, and lectures.

St. John's Church, corner of Washington and Johnston streets, was erected in 1826. This parish owes its origin and maintenance, during many of its earlier years, to the foresight and liberality of its first Rector, the Rev. Evan MI. Johnson. The edifice, built by him at his own expense, on his own land, and for several years generously furnished to the congregation free of cost, was first opened for divine service September 21th, 1826; and for a few months he was assisted in the services by the Rev. John A. Hicks. On Easter day,

1827, there were nineteen communicants. On the 16th of July following, the church was consecrated by Bishop Hobart. The attendance continuing to increase, it was considerably enlarged and improved in 1832, and purchased by the con- gregation. In 1835, Rev. Jacob W. Diller became Assistant Minister; and, in 1841, the Rev. Stephen Patterson officiated in the same relation, followed by the Rev. Caleb S. Henry, D.D., in 1842. A few years later, quite extensive repairs and im- provements were made in the church. In July, 1847, the Rev. Mr. Johnson withdrew, after more than twenty years of faithful service without remuneration. His successors were Rev. Samuel R. Johnson, D. D., 1847-'50; Rev. N. A. Oke- son, D.D., 1851-'52; Rev. Thomas T. Guion, D. D., 1853-'62.

The renovation and re-fitting of the church edifice was completed in 1862. Other Rectors : Rev. George F. Seymour. D.D., 1863-'67, aided by Rev. Henry A. Spaffard, Assist- ant Minister of the parish, and Rev. Alexander Burges, D.D., 1867-'69.

In 1868, the old building, on the corner of Washington and Johnson sts., was sold and the corner-stone of a new chapel was laid at the corner of Seventh ave. and St. John's place, on the 15th of June, 1869. This chapel is of red sandstone, and has about four hundred sittings. A rectory of the same material adjoins it. The cost of both was about $40,000.

Rev. R. E. Terry was Rector, 1869-'74, when the present Rector, Rev. Thomas S. Pycott, was called. The parish is quite prosperous. St. John's has (July, 1883) 350 communi- cants and 193 Sunday-school scholars.

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Civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Part 87

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909. Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York : Munsell Number of Pages: 1360

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : Munsell
Number of Pages: 1360