History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people, Volume I, Part 42

Author: Downs, John Phillips, 1853- ed. [from old catalog]; Hedley, Fenwick, Y., joint ed. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Boston, New York [etc.] American historical society, inc.
Number of Pages: 649

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Joseph Akin, from Rensselaer county, came with his family in 1807 and located on lands on the Stillwater (later owned by the Russell heirs), near the west line of the town. He was the pioneer settler, and was imbued with the plan of building up a town "Akinsville," but the survey was not completed, and as he could not obtain a clear title, he could not sell, and in 1814 the plan was abandoned. Laban Case, however, had rolled up a log tavern and a blacksmith shop. Mr. Akin built a bridge about 1814 on the Stillwater creek, and the first town meeting in Ellicott in 1813 was ap- pointed at "Joseph Akin's house at Stillwater." He was an energetic, ambitious man. Several of his relatives located here and the name of Akin is borne by many of Kiantone's worthy citizens.

Robert Russell accompanied his father John, and brothers, John and Thomas, to the lower Conewango in 1800. In 1808 he, with his brother Thomas and John Frew, articled his land at Batavia, which was lot I, north of the Conewango. He built the first mill on Kian- tone creek, above the Indian village from which the town and stream received their name.

In the summer of 1810, Solomon Jones, from Wardsboro, Vermont, located land, felled tim- ber, partly built his loghouse, hired Elijah Akin to complete it, and returned to Vermont for his family. They arrived at Mayville No- vember Ist, where a flatboat was engaged to transport his family and goods down the lake. Mr. Jones and his son Ellick brought their five horses down on the east side of the lake. For two cold dreary days Mrs. Jones and her five daughters under nine years of age were tossed on the waves with cold spray dashing over them, while part of the way the ice had to be broken to allow the passage of the boat to "The Rapids." The ground was covered with snow. After a few days' stay at Joseph Akin's, they moved into their unfinished cabin. They resided in Kiantone for nearly ten years.

John Jones, a son of Abraham, Sr., came from Vermont with his son Levi, and settled on lot 2 in Kiantone in 1814. In 1815, Benja- min, son of John, moved from Vermont and settled on the same lot.

William Sears, a native of Wardsboro, Ver- mont, came in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he

tone is built ; this was at one time called Sears. Mr. Sears erected what was probably the first inn. He subsequently built another tavern on this farm, and here resided until his death. He married Ruby, oldest daughter of Ebenezer Cheney. Ebenezer Cheney was a native of Orange, Mass. He settled on part of lot 12, township I, range II ; his deed bears date No- vember 12, 1812. He resided for a short time in Jamestown from 1817, but returned to his farm in Kiantone, where he died in 1828, aged 67 years. His children were: Nelson, Ruby, Mary, Abigail, Maria, Anna (the wife of Judge Elial T. Foote), Levi and Seth. Seth, the youngest son, married Cynthia, daughter of Benjamin Jones, who was a man of moral worth and integrity and early and active in the cause of temperance.

Jasper Marsh, a native of Massachusetts, came in 1811, settled on lot 28, township I, range II, near Joseph Akin's, on Stillwater creek. He was a farmer and mechanic, supply- ing many of the early settlers with large spin- ning-wheels, reels, common chairs, hay-racks, fork-handles, and most other wooden articles turned in a lathe. His wares were generally stamped "J. Marsh." He was a Revolutionary soldier, present at the surrender of Burgoyne, and drew a pension for his services.

Ebenezer Davis, accompanied by his brother Emri, came from Wardsboro, Vermont, in 1812, and settled on or near the Stillwater creek in Kiantone. He married Lydia, a daughter of William Hall. He was the first town clerk of Ellicott, which then included Carroll and Kiantone. At the first revival in 1818, commenced under the preaching of Elder Davis, Baptist, Ebenezer Davis was the first person baptized in Stillwater, at Akin's bridge. He died January 9, 1846, aged 66. The land book shows Mr. Davis as an original purchaser by article, only of the south part of lot 37, township I. range 10, in May, 1814. The assessment roll of Pomfret, however, has the name of Ebenezer Davis on the east part of lot 28, township I, range II, now in the west part of Kiantone, a short distance south of Stillwater creek. Mr. Davis' children are said to have possessed much musical ability.

Elijah Braley, a native of Wardsboro, Ver- mont, emigrated to Chautauqua county in ISII, and purchased in June, lot 10, township I, range 2, of about one hundred fifty acres of wild land in Kiantone. Here he cleared and cultivated his land and made a home. His first wife was Lucinda Sears; his second, Electa Strong, of Gerry.

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James Hall, son of William and Abigail (Pease) Hall, of Wardsboro, Vermont, came in the spring of 1812. Dr. Hazeltine says: "He took up lands in that part of the town of Ellicott now known as Kiantone, about a mile west from Kiantone village, and there resided until his death in 1846. James Hall served in various town offices of Ellicott until Carroll was set off, then as supervisor of Carroll until he refused to serve longer. In 1833 he was elected member of Assembly. The known Whig majority was about 2,000; nevertheless, James Hall, Democrat, was elected by 1,700. He was a member of the Congregational church. His first wife was Mary, second daughter of Ebenezer Cheney. Their children were: Abigail, Lewis and Elial. Mr. Hall married second, her sister, Abigail Cheney ; his third wife was another sister, Maria Cheney. Children : Erie Mary and James. James en- listed in the Civil War and fell at Malvern Hill. The post of Sons of Veterans in James- town was named for him. Samuel Hall, oldest brother of James, came in 1814, took up land on the Stillwater, on what is now the dividing line between Busti and Kiantone, here made his home, and here died in 1859. His son, Chapin Hall, was born in Ellicott in 1816. John A. Hall was another son.

Captain William Martin, son of Aaron Mar- tin, of Busti, was born at Claverack, Columbia county, November 7, 1789. He came to Busti with his father in ISII, and with his brother Isaac took up lot 23. township I, range II, in Kiantone, where he lived most of his life after- ward and where he died. In 1828 he went back to Busti to care for his father's family and remained till about 1847, when he returned to his Kiantone place. He was in the War of 1812, served as ensign in the company of Lieut. William Forbes in 1813. He was taken pris- oner on the road from Black Rock to Buffalo on the day of the burning of Buffalo, carried to Montreal and kept until May 14, 1814. He was called out again in the fall, and received a commission as captain in the militia two years later. He was a Universalist, a rigorous temperance man, and would have no whiskey used among his workmen in farm work, even when it was the almost universal custom. He married Roxy Pier, of Busti, in 1815. Their children were Isaac; Abram, born October 12, 1818, married Mary E., daughter of Eliphalet Burnham, of Pomfret, February 4, 1845. The Burnhams were descended from Thomas Burn- nam, a lawyer, who settled in Hartford, Con- necticut, in 1865. Eliphalet Burnham was

born in East Hartford, Connecticut, in 1779, and settled in Pomfret on lot 6, township 5, in 1805, on the place later owned and occupied by Lyvenus Ellis. Mr. Burnham in 1834 bought the paper mill at Laona, subsequently sold the mill, went to Pennsylvania, where he died September 27, 1863. He was a public- spirited man, very generous, and his house was the free abiding place of a large number of the early settlers and their families while they were getting their houses ready for use. He was a very earnest member of the Baptist church, first at Fredonia and then at Laona, a Whig in politics and an abolitionist. Mr. Burnham's second wife was a daughter of Eli- jah Carter, who settled in Charlotte in 1817. She was a very superior woman intellectually, and kept up her interest in everything until her death, August 27, 1882, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Martin, in Kiantone, aged near 90. Captain William Martin died Sep- tember 13, 1875, and his wife in March, 1883.

Abram Martin, son of William, lived always in Kiastone except from about 1828 to 1840, when he was with his father in Busti. He occupied part of the land on lot 23, originally taken by his father. He died November 29, 1893. He was active in the support of the Republican party from its organization until about 1880, when he joined the Prohibition political party. He was at different times trustee of the Universalist societies of Kian- tone, Frewsburg and Jamestown, and an ad- vocate of the enfranchisement of women. His daughter, Ellen A. Martin, born January 16, 1847, was the first woman in this county to regularly pursue the study of law. In 1871 she entered Cook & Lockwood's office for the study of law and as a clerk. In 1873 she en- tered the University of Michigan, and gradu- ated in 1875. This admitted her to practice in Michigan courts. In January, 1876, she was admitted to the bar of Illinois, and has since been in practice in Chicago.

Ezbai Kidder, a native of Webster, Mass., came from Vermont to Ellicott in 1813. and in 1816 cleared land on his purchase in what is now the northeast corner of Kiantone. He was the first supervisor of the town of Kian- tone. He was a member of the Congrega- tional church of Jamestown. He died aged 92 years. His wife, Louisa (Shearman) Kidder, died in 1867. Samuel Kidder, their son, occu- pied the homestead; he married Eleanor Pa- tridge.

The population of Kiantone, as reported by the State census of 1915, is 641, 43 of these

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being aliens. Kiantone, the only village of the town, is a small settlement in the southern part.

Kiantone, the smallest town of the county, contains 11,456 acres. The assessed valuation of real estate in the town for the year 1918 was $367,792, full value $468,782.

The first town meeting was held at the house of E. Frissell, February 21, 1854. Ezbai Kidder was elected supervisor; Levant B. Brown, clerk; Levant B. Brown, Martin C. Grant, Charles Russell, Aaron J. Phillips, jus- tices of the peace ; Francis M. Alford, superin- tendent of schools; Joel Scudder, Jr., and Na- than A. Alexander, assessors; Simeon C. Davis, Smith Spencer and Stephen C. Rhine- hart, commissioners of highways; Stephen Norton, collector; Eddy Weatherly, Joshua Norton, overseers of the poor; Stephen Nor- ton, Joseph Davis, Abram Martin, James Grif- fin, constables; Milo Van Namee, George A. Dorn, Stephen Norton, inspectors of election (appointed). Alexander T. Prendergast, Ben- jamin T. Morgan and James B. Slocum, with Albert Scudder as clerk, were designated a board to preside at this meeting.

Supervisors-1853-54, Ezbai Kidder; 1855- 56, Lucian V. Axtell; 1857, Charles Spencer ; 1858, D. G. Morgan ; 1859, Russell M. Brown; 1860, George A. Hall; 1861, Russell M. Brown; 1862-65, Wellington Woodward ; 1866- 67, Aaron J. Phillips; 1868, W. Woodward; 1869-72, Joel Scudder ; 1873, Aaron J. Phillips ; 1874-75, John H. Russell; 1876, Charles W. Creal; 1877, W. Woodward; 1878, Charles W. Creal; 1879-80, Joel Scudder; 1881, Charles IV. Creal; 1882, C. E. Woodworth; 1883-85, George C. Fissell; 1886-87, Samuel Kidder ; 1888-89, Izariah Hall; 1890, Samuel Kidder ; 1891-97, Allen A. Gould; 1898-01, Andrew B. Carter; 1902-07, Alonzo J. Martin; 1908-09, Parker E. Miller; 1910-17, George C. Kidder; 1918-20, Alonzo J. Martin.

The Kiantone Movement was a phase of early spiritualism which yet lingers as a memory of the past-173 acres were purchased by Spiritualists in the town of Kiantone and christened "The Domain." Ten or twelve cot- tages, square, round and octagon, were built, and "The Domain" attempted on the commu- nity of interest plan. Fruit culture was be- gun and a grove of Osier willows planted for basket weaving, and the community seemed to prosper.

At the camp meeting held there in Septem- ber, 1858, a mob spirit developed and from that year its popularity declined. The ruins of the round and octagon houses may yet be seen

while the tangled mass of willows remain as a prominent feature of the landscape.

The First Congregational Church of Kian- tone was organized in 1815, as the First Church of Ellicott, about a year earlier than the Con- gregational church of Jamestown. After Car- roll was formed from Ellicott in 1825, the church was called the Congregational church of Carroll, and since the separation of Kian- tone from Carroll in 1853, the church has been known as the Congregational church of Kian- tone. It was organized by Rev. John Spencer with these members: Asa Moore, Samuel Garfield, Levi Jones and their wives; John Jones, Anna, wife of Ebenezer Cheney, Mrs. Wheeler, wife of Josiah Wheeler, and William 'Deland. The first deacon was John Jones. For several years the church had occasional preaching in dwellings and school houses by John Spencer. Early ministers were Amasa West, Samuel Leonard, Isaac Eddy, Simeon Peck, Joseph S. Emory, O. D. Hibbard, S. W. Edson, T. A. Gale, E. M. Spencer, W. T. Rey- nolds, N. H. Barnes, W. A. Hallock. In 1830 a meeting house was built on a site given the society by Mrs. Ruby (Cheney) Sears.

The first Christian Society of Universalists in Carroll was formed at the present village of Kiantone, Dec. 30, 1853. The constitution and by-laws of the society were subscribed to by about twenty-five persons. A meeting house was built in 1845, and a church was organized November 26, 1853. A constitution, articles of faith and form of church covenant were adopted and were signed by Rev. F. M. Al- vord, pastor; N. A. Alexander, Horatio N. ! Thornton, stewards; Joseph Case, Arthur B. Braley, Oliver G. Chase, Caroline Wheaton, Eunice N. Thornton, Mary S. Thornton, H. N. . Thornton was chosen clerk.

Kiantone schools are on the same modern 1 plan as those of the surrounding towns and are well supported.

Mina-When on March 23, 1824, Mina, a town of 22,028 acres, high in altitude and of rolling, hilly surface, was set off from the town of Clymer, it included its present area and what is now the town of Sherman, which was taken off eight years later. Findley Lake, a rival of Chautauqua Lake in beauty, if not in size, lies within the town, its waters, shores and two beautiful islands forming pictures of beauty with the varying changes of light tem- perature and season. Findley Lake, situated among the high hills, is the second largest body of water in Chautauqua county, its waters finding an outlet through French creek, a stream which in earlier years furnished water

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power in abundance and turned the wheels of many mills. The town is a part of the natural watershed which turns the waters north and south into the valleys of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi. There are two villages in the town, Mina and Findley Lake, the latter located at the north end of Findley Lake. The population of the town, according to the State census of 1915 is 1,016 citizens and 5 aliens. There is little manufacturing in the town, owing to the insufficiency of the water power ind the absence of rail transportation. Mina has been fortunate in having good records of ts early days preserved by participants in naking the history of the town. The follow- ng historical matter relative to Mina is gleaned rom an article written by a pioneer of the ownship and published in 1861 :

The town of Mina was settled between forty and fty years ago. Among the first settlers were: Alex. Findley, Geo. Haskell, Roger Haskell, Damon, James ikellie, H. J. Skellie, Robt. Corbett, Philip Mark, Voolcutt, Jos. Palmer, John Keeler, Asa Madden, Potter Sullivan, James Ottaway, Nath. Throop, Seth IcCurry, S. Park, S. Curtiss, Benj. Hazen, C. Barnes, amuel Ellithorp, D. Babcock, Samuel Gott, E. F. Bisby, Hial Rowley, Z. Beckford, A. Whitney. Alex- nder Findley. I believe, was the first settler. He ame in the year 1816; erected mills soon after. His rife died at the age of nearly one hundred years.

The first store was kept by Charles Brockway, on indley Lake. In 1824 our first inn was kept at Mina Corners by Cullen Barnes. The first death, the mother f Nathaniel Throop, was in 1827. Nathaniel Throop ras the first supervisor, elected in 1825; town clerk, loger Haskell. In 1824-25 Mr. Throop lived on the arm now occupied by Newell Grover. He was the rst postmaster and brought the mail on his back once week from Mayville. Our second postmaster was 'otter Sullivan; next, I believe, H. J. Spalding. First hysician in town was Dr. Wilcox. He lived in a log ouse on the farm now occupied by N. Grover. The ext was Alma. We have had eleven: Wilcox, Alma, barnes, Truesdale, Pierce, Sanders, H. J. Rumsey, Philips, Green, A. F. Jenning, Bowen.

The first militia training was held at the house of . Rickard, near Mina Corners, where Hugh Skellie ves. The captain's name was John R. Adams.

We have six sawmills and one gristmill, owned by 'obert A. Corbett. The water privilege at Findley ake is second best in the county. We have eleven school districts, in which school is kept from six to ine months in the year. We have thirty-one road dis- "icts and the roads throughout the town are mostly 1 good condition. We have three meeting houses- ne Methodist Episcopal in the west part of town; ne at Findley Lake, called the United Brethren; and ne near Mina's Corners that belongs to the Germans, Presbyterian.

Peter R. Montague, a venerable gentleman who was born in 1809 and without whom a horough history of Mina could not be told, aid :

With my parents I came from Middlebury, Wyo- ming county, N. Y., in April, 1824, and took up land on lot 36, in an almost unbroken wilderness, with but a few settlers in town. As soon as our house was con- structed I set about to make myself a bed with noth- ing but an augur and axe to work with. It was made out of round poles, and for the cord I used elm bark, quite different from the beds of the present time. In those early days the making of black salts was the chief industry, that commodity always bringing cash. Another young man and myself took a job to clear one acre of land, for which we received ten bushels of wheat and the ashes. The black salts made from the ashes we sold for twenty-one dollars. Those who had pine timber suitable for the purpose could shave shin- gles and get one dollar a thousand for them in trade at the stores. The price of eggs was six to eight cents per dozen: butter eight to nine cents a pound. Wolves were troublesome and sheep had to be guarded each night. The settlers trapped them by building a pen of logs about twelve fect square at the bottom, tapering to a smaller diameter toward the top till at the height of eight feet it would be but three feet across. With fresh meat used as bait the wolves were often lured into this area during the night, whence they of course could not escape. The two early industries were tan- ning and distilling. Benjamin Hazen had a few vats and tanned leather for many years. Another Hazen had a small distillery and distilled whiskey from pota- toes and corn meal, which readily sold for twenty- five cents a gallon.

The following is from "Child's Gazetteer": "It is said that Nehemiah Finn made the first butter sent to New York from Chautauqua county, and John Shaver made the first firkin and owned the first dog-power of the county. The first birth was that of a daughter of Na- thaniel Throop in 1823, and the first death that of the mother of the same individual, in 1825. The first marriage contracted was that of Isaac Stedman and Nancy Wilcox in April, 1826. Elisha Moore taught the first school in 1826 near Findley's Mills. The first store was kept in 1824 by Horace Brockway on lot fifty- two."

Early Land Purchases. 1811-September. Alex. Findley, 52.

1815-October, Alex. Findley, 42; Jona. Darrow, 57 or 58.

1816-March, Geo. Haskell, 58.

1818-October, Aaron Whitney, 59; Robt. Haskell, 59.

1821-May, Geo. Collier, 45; November, Nathan Leach, 44.

1822-September, Hiel Rowley, 37.

1823-August. John G. Acres, 38: September, Jas. Ottaway, 14; Wm. Tryon, 31; October, Silas Hazen, Jr., 23: Horace Brockway, 44: November, Jos. Palmer, Palmer, II: John Barnes, 20.

1824-March, Elisha Morse, 39; Nathan Morse, 45; Edw. P. Morse, 45: April. Ezra Bishy, 26; Ezra F. Bisby, 26; June, Josiah Morse, 61; Elijah Heyden, 33; Chas. T. Bailey, 7: August, Edw. Chambers, 14: Sep- tember, Robt. Corbett, 2 or 3: October, Jas. Nichols, 3. 1825-March, Seth McCurry, 13; Wm. Craig, Jr., 22; April, Squire King, 7; Benjamin R. Teft, 60; Nath.

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Herrick, 7; May, Jesse Oaks, 27; Josiah R. Keeler, 3; Zina Rickard, 28; October, Nath. Throop, 6; Hugh Findley, 42; Oliver B. Bliss and Henry Bliss, 56; De- cember, West Barber, 47.

1826-January, Hugh I. Skellie, 50, 51; April, Gideon Barlow, 16: June, Jas. Ottaway, Jr., 35; October, Horace Brockway, 59; Jesse Robertson, 62.

1827-March, James W. Robertson, 43.

1828-January, Isaac Fox, 46; February, Geo. Col- lier, 54; May, Theodore Whitten, 40; Cyrus Under- wood, 40; August, Wm. Tryon, 31; November, Jas. W. Robertson, 34.

1831-May, Daniel S. Richmond, 32; Geo. Pulman, 45.

In 1875, of the original purchasers named in the foregoing, Aaron, Whitney, Hiel Brock- way, Gideon Barlow and John W. Robertson were the only persons who owned the lands they bought from the Holland Company. Peter R. Montague owned the farm on which he settled with Ezra Bisby, his step-father, the original purchaser, in 1824.

Alexander Findley, who is credited with having been the first settler of Mina, came from the North of Ireland about 1790 with his family. He first settled in Greenville, Pa., from where he made excursions as a hunter of wild game and lands that should suit his fancy as the seeker of a permanent home. Be- ing charmed with the situation at the foot of the lake to which his name was later given, he selected and bought in 1811 land on lot 52 there. The Holland Land Company gave him the privilege of building mills. He began to build a sawmill in 1815 and in 1816 he made his permanent home there. In this year he completed his sawmill and soon after a grist- mill. The water which first received the name of Findley's Pond later received the more dig- nified name of Findley's Lake. A settlement sprung up about the mills, which at this time is a prosperous village of some five hundred people, with several stores, a good hotel, a creamery, shops, two churches, an excellent school building and a newspaper.

Young says: "By the construction of the dam (for Findley's Mills) several hundred acres of land were overflowed. The dam was several years later swept away by a June freshet and on the land which had again be- come uncovered, a luxuriant growth of herbage sprung up before a new dam was erected; and the subsequent decomposition of the herbage under the water caused sickness, and Mr. Find- ley was indicted for maintaining a nuisance." The litigation that was begun as a result was not concluded as long as Mr. Findley lived. About 1827 Findley built a carding mill in which he also dressed cloth. He and his son William served in the War of 1812. Of his

eleven children three sons, Hugh B., Russell and Carson, became residents of Mina ; Hugh B. and Carson, who inherited the mill proper- ties, sold the upper site to Robert Corbett, who built new mills and stopped the sickness.

James D. Findley, a farmer, son of Hugh B., served as postmaster at Findley's Lake. He and his brother, Henry B., served in the Civil War. Henry was killed June 1, 1864, at the battle of Cold Harbor; James D. lost his left arm, June 26, 1864, at Petersburg.

Among the early settlers, Aaron Whitney bought on lot 59 in 1818; he lived there all his life and reared a large family. Jonathan Dar- row, George and Roger Haskell settled in the same neighborhood, on lots 58 and 59, in the Barr a aret church Cover Holdri southwestern part of the town, previous to 1820. Aaron Whitney, who bought on lot 59, became a lifelong resident and reared a large family. Jeremiah Knowles, an early settler, was a sur- veyor and laid out the first road in the western part of the town. Zina Rickards settled on lot 18 in 1818, and Cullen Barnes settled in Mina about the same time. George Collier bought · Essa I Betsey Edge, About 1 urch, a farm on lot 45 in 1821 and long resided there. His son, George H., went to Oregon from Mina, where he became professor of chemistry and physics in the University of Oregon. In the next three or four years after 1821, new roads were laid out, bridges built, and talk :t Ur. was heard of school and "meeting houses." On the east side of the town, pioneer settlers were ames Fah ca From xe pio Febcols coming in from County Kent, England. James Ottaway, whose descendants held important positions in the county, came in 1823. Other settlers were Edward Buss, William and George Relf, Edward Chambers, Edward Bar- pos side den and Thomas Coveny. The sons of Ed- ward Chambers were Joseph, Frederick, Wil- liam and Jolin. George and Isaac Relf, sons of William, were prominent in business and held office. In 1824 Robert Corbett came from Milford, Mass., and bought part of lot 3. The t rebuilding of the Findley saw and grist mills at the village by him has already been men- tioned. Robert A. Corbett, his son, succeeded a f to the mills, which were sold in 1864 to Wil- liam Sellkregg.

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History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people, Volume I, Part 42

Author: Downs, John Phillips, 1853- ed. [from old catalog]; Hedley, Fenwick, Y., joint ed. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1921 Publisher: Boston, New York [etc.] American historical society, inc. Number of Pages: 649

Author: Downs, John Phillips, 1853- ed. [from old catalog]; Hedley, Fenwick, Y., joint ed. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Boston, New York [etc.] American historical society, inc.
Number of Pages: 649