History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 65

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) 1n; Lewis, J.W., & Co., Philadelphia
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 922

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Over the river at Ausable Forks there stood a block- house on the lower part of the flat. It was occupied at one time by Varnum Watson.

Irad Bigelow came from Chesterfield soon after, and located on the Jay side of the river, near the village of New Sweden. Some of his land lay in the present town of Black Brook. A wife and six children accompanied Mr. Bigelow, among whom was Anson Bigelow, who re- sides now at the " Forks."

William Finch came in soon after the settlement of New Sweden, and located on the Little Ausable River, and within the present limits of the town.

There was no road along the river at this time. School children were obliged to break a foot-path to Clintonville, and hunters and sportsmen ranged the region in search of the game and wild animals to be found there. A road from Clintonville to Jay came across the " Plain" at the " Forks." No other improvements existed in the town until the advent of the "iron age," headed by George M. Burt and Isaac Vanderwarker, who became possessed of the property in 1825, by purchase of Zephaniah Platt, and erected a saw- mill with two gates at Ausable Forks. From that time the settlement and development of the town have kept pace with its industrial and manufacturing progress, and new settlers have been added to the population of the town, in the main only when brought there by the requirements of the manufacturing and mining companies that have operated within its territory. It has been deemed more proper to mention these in detail under another head.

Among those who first settled in the town in connection with the industrial enterprises, aside from the owners, who are mentioned elsewhere, was James Sheffield, who came with Burt & Vanderwarker in 1825, and was their principal sawyer for many years. His son, Leander, accompanied him, also engaged in the milling business, and still resides at Ausable Forks. Harry Palmer, Hugh Martin, and Rens- selaer and Payne Burt were also early on the ground. Harry Palmer occupied a log house near the present Rogers' store, and Burt and Vanderwarker occupied a log house that stood near the dam. The first frame house in the locality was built for James Rogers, near the " forge," and was known as the " Fork's Infant."

In the neighborhood of Black Brook village, the first settlements were made by those interested in the industrial development of that locality. At the upper village the Hon. Halsey Rogers, of Saratoga, John McIntyre, and William McDonald crected a saw-mill and other struc- tures in 1830. In 1832, John and Peter McIntyre built a forge of two fires, which they operated until 1835. Messrs. James and John Rogers, in company with Hon. Halsey Rogers and Thomas Rogers, as part owners, in 1832 commenced business at the lower village. In the year 1835, Messrs. J. & J. Rogers became sole proprietors of both the forges at Black Brook, and soon after one-third owners of the saw-mill and the lands connected with it. About this time John McGregor purchased the one-third interest of Mr. McDonald in the saw-mill property, and resided on the premises about twenty years. John McIntyre soon after sold his one-third of the property to Caleb D. Barton, who, after holding it a few years, conveyed his interest to Henry Martin. He, after occupying it a short time, sold to the Messrs. Rogers, who subsequently bought the part owned by Mr. McGregor, becoming, in the year 1846, owners of the entire property.

Here again the industrial development of the town and its early settlement meet. Those who, with the above, be- came the first settlers of the town, were the men who were brought there to labor in the mines, mills, or forges. Many of these were but transient residents, who remained but a

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short time, and the town, even at this day, may be con- sidered in an inchoate and formative state.

Samuel Bullen came from Clintonville with John Rogers (then known as John Weed) in 1832, and helped build the forge. He still resides at Black Brook. Other laborers who came early were Joseph Heller, James M. Dwyer, Gilbert R. Spaulding, John and William Ford, John Lebombard, Joseph Martineau, William Noyes (who kept the boarding-house for many years), William and Alanson Palmer, John Forbes, David Currier, and Thomas Armstrong (afterwards ore-separator at Ausable Forks). Men named James P. Remington and Baker built the first houses for John Rogers. A blacksmith by the name of Green, and William Meredith, a Scotchman, also helped to form the settlement.

The original account-book of the J. & J. Rogers Iron- Works, opened in 1832, and kept at Black Brook, also furnishes the names of many of the earliest settlers.

Among them appear Avery and Walter Sanders, Jehiel Winslow, Chester Wilcox, Jesse Heath, Erastus Cass, Oli- ver Stroud, Wm. McCallister, Philo Peck, Harvey White, Adin Hawley, Alexander MeRae, Peter McIntyre, Isaac Hamilton, John Thorn, W. Fletcher, S. H. Southworth, Joseph Goulden, Enoch Hoadley, L. S. Miles, Harriet Cut- ler, Wm. D. Stroud, David Currier, James Cutler, Aaron Thompson, Garret Bennet, Charles Griffen, George G. Griffin, John Connelly, Ransom Dwyer, John Cross, Hiram Robinson, Hardy Le Vanway, Joel H. Hall, Hugh Sheridan, John Ryen, Gilbert R. Spaulding, Senica Perry, Joseph P. Remington, John Le Voke, John Johnson, Lewis Renne, Franklin Pratt, John Rouen, Matthew Crawford, Samuel Bullen, Mortimer Blin, John Pratt, Danicl C. Deany, Archibald Kee, Patrick Dwyer, John Brozie, Minott Farmer, Moses Perry, John Morehouse, John Donaldson, Wm. G. Cooper, Wm. Smith, Charles Moreau, Andrew Conway, Thomas Smith, Thomas Armstrong, James M. Dwyer, Wm. Noyes, Bradley Seily, Calvin Dibble, Milo Lea, John Cut- ler, Thomas Mel, Elizabeth Keyser, who married Wm. Noyes, and kept a boarding-house a long time, John Snow, Enos Bly, James Cutler, Lorenzo Cass, Thomas Cutler, Horace Downey, Robert Day, John Daisy, Wm. and John Ford, Benajah Hernes, John Hanmer, John Hodgson, Lawrence Hopkins, Wm. Place, Wm. Palmer, James Quirk, Hiram Robinson, John Ryan, Joseph Sheffield, Barney Snow, Andrew Sherrill, John Tindall, Elijah White, Samuel J. Whitley, and Asher Stevens.

Other settlements were made at quite an early date in different portions of the town. About the year 1840, John P. Duncan settled near Union Falls. James Finck, a sur- veyor, settled near Silver Lake about the same time.

In the north part of the town Dean Charles, Alanson Ayers, David Watson, William Froud, James Cutler, and Sylvanus Blood settled from 1840 to 1850.

TAVERNS.

Until the commencement of the iron enterprise no public- house of note existed in the town or at the " Forks."

Isaae Joncs kept an early inn where the Adirondack House now stands. The first town-meeting was held there. Along the turnpike there existed a large number of

public-houses. One was kept at the "North Place," which was presided over by Messrs. North, Williams, Hernes, and others.

At Silver Lake was the Fineh Tavern, a place of con- siderable note.

George M. Burt established an early public-house on the other side of the river, at the " Forks," where the Ausable . House now stands, and kept it a number of years.

The Curtis Tavern, near the centre of the town, about a mile south of Silver Lake, in 1828, was the first house of entertainment kept in the town.

A man by the name of Bowen kept a hotel where Mr. Trumbull now lives, at quite an early period.

At the " Forks" there are now three publie-houses of repute, the Adirondack and American Houses on the Black Brook side, kept respectively by Elijah S. Kemp and John Hargraves, and the Ausable House, on the Jay side of the river, which is kept by Charles H. Kendell.

The American House was built by James Rogers.

J. L. West & Son formerly kept the " Centennial Hotel," at Black Brook.

STORES.

Burt & Vanderwarker had an early store in connection with their iron enterprise at the " Forks." It stood on the Jay side of the river.

Others followed soon after. Keese, Lapham & Barton had a store there early; and as fast as the business develop- ment of the place demanded it other traders located at the " Forks." Among these were Henry Frizell, George Dick- son, and George Potter. There are now there several excellent stores. The largest is that of the J. & J. Rogers Iron-Works, which is a large well-stocked store, designed principally for the accommodation of the large number of employees of that company. H. Smith & Co. also have a store at the " Forks." Henry Herron is a dealer in hard- ware, and W. J. Gillespie is the druggist and apothecary.

At Black Brook, John Rogers and his associates opened a store in the year 1832, in connection with their mining and manufacturing operations, which has ever since been carried on with success.

A good store is also kept by Andrew Williams in eon- nection with his iron-works at Clayburgh.

THE PROFESSIONS

have been represented to some extent in the town. Dr. D'Avignon engaged in practice at quite an early period at Ausable Forks. He lived opposite the residence of Jamies Rogers, and enjoyed an extensive practice. His son is still in practice at the same point. Drs. Wood, Fisk, McLean, and Fitzgerald have also engaged in practice there. Dr. Fuller settled in Black Brook village in 1860, and is now practicing at Jay. He remained about four years. Dr. Barber came in 1864, and remained four years. Dr. Dobbs was next in practice, and withdrew from the town in 1879. Drs. Sawyer, D'Avignon, and Rivet now occupy the field.

The legal profession has also been worthily represented at the " Forks." Thomas D. Trumbull has been in practice at that point for over a quarter of a century, and is a veteran in the service. Henry Kilburn was also in practice there for a short time.

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HIGHWAYS.

The oldest road in the town is the Port Kent and Hop- kinton Turnpike, which commences at Port Kent, follows the Ausable River to the " Forks," and then, taking a north- westerly course, passes into Franklin County.

At the time of the incorporation of the town it was divided into three road districts. On May 22, 1840, District No. 1 was described as follows: Commencing at the west line of the town of Ausable, thence up the turnpike to the bridge that crosses the west branch of the Ausable River. Those who resided in it, together with the number of days which they had to work on the road respectively, were Anson Bigelow, overseer, 16 days ; John Ward, 12 days ; Spenser White, 5 days ; Hugh McClerkin, 12 days ; Leonard Brace, 12 days ; Benjamin Fuller, 6 days; Johnson & Force, 10 days; Alexander McCrae, 13 days; Samuel Kennedy, 2 days; William Wine, 2 days; Alexander McQullen, 2 days; Peter Stone, 6 days ; H. Saunders, 4 days; McLane & Fitzgerald, 15 days; Seager, 2 days; Martin Pope, 10 days; Artemas Wheeler, 7 days; Garret Smith, 16 days ; Henry F. Granger, 20 days.

District No. 2 .- Commencing at the bridge at the Forks, thence along the turnpike, as originally laid, to where the road from McIntyre's separating-machine, as laid in 1839, intersects, thence down said road to where it intersects the road leading to the Arnold ore-bed, near the house of Mr. James Rogers.

In it were James Rogers, overseer, 2 days ; Rogers & Weed, 5; McIntyre & McGregor. 8; Jonathan Hoagson, 2; Nelson Gibson, 2; John Ryan, 2; Jacob K. Farring- ton, 12; Isaac Jones, 24; Peter Massey, 10; William S. Gale, 8; Francis D'Avignon, 2.

District No. 3 .- Commencing at Rogers' forge, thence westerly until it intersects the turnpike near Black Brook bridge, also from the said forge easterly until it intersects said turnpike and also the road beginning at the old Wil- mington road, and from the old Wilmington road to where the new road intersects.

Those who resided there were John Weed, overseer, 2 days; Samuel Bullen, 10; Joseph Heller, 18; Horace Downey, 2; Charles Blood, 2; William Noyes, 3; John Weed & Co., 60; G. R. Spalding, 26; John McGregor, 5; Nathaniel Kile, 10; McIntyre & McGregor and Rogers & Weed, 136 ; Markham & Lewis, 4; John Weed & Co., 21; John Kee, 4.

The Western plank-road runs from Black Brook to Franklin Falls, a distance of fourteen miles. It is under the control of a company which was formed Feb. 11, 1850, with a capital of $40,000. The original trustees were J. Rogers & Co., Keese & Tomlinson, Oliver Keese (2d), Peter Comstock, Colvin, Allen & Co., and S. K. Stow. The present officers of the company are H. W. Stetson, President ; Benjamin E. Wells, Secretary and Treasurer.

The plank-road running from Ausable Forks to Black Brook was put through in 1853.

MEN OF PROMINENCE.

Among the moving spirits in the town who are worthy of special mention have been James and John Rogers .*

Among the successful business men of the town are H. D. Graves, president of the J. & J. Rogers Iron-Works, who has long been identified with its industrial develop- ment ; H. W. Stetson, elected county clerk of Clinton County in 1865, and the present vice-president of the company ; Benjamin E. Wells, secretary of the company ; George Chahoon, one of the trustees of the company ; Ezra Fairbanks, who has charge of the company's affairs in the town of Jay, Essex Co. ; and James Rogers, Jr. Messrs. Halsey Rogers, son of James, and Thomas Rogers, son of John, were formerly prominently identified with the com- pany, but died in 1871, while yet in early manhood, and to the great sorrow of the entire community.

CIVIL ORGANIZATION.

The present territory of the town comprehends what was formerly known as the seventh and eighth divisions of the Livingston patent, township No. 3, of the old Military tract, and one tier in township No. 4. The town was taken off from Peru by virtue of an act of the Legislature, passed March 29, 1839. By the first section of this act both the present towns of Black Brook and Ausable were separated from Peru, under the general name of Ausable. The sec- ond section defines the limits of Black Brook, leaving the remaining territory to constitute the town of Ausable.

The boundaries of the two towns together are given in section 1, as follows :

" All that part of the town of Peru in the county of Clinton in- cluded within the following boundaries, viz. : Beginning at the south- east corner of the county of Clinton, and running uorth to a point due east from the south branch of the Great Ausable River; thence west to the mouth of the same; thence up the middle of the said stream to the north line of lot number four (4) in the Great Loca- tion ; thence west along the north line of the south tier of lots to the west line of the said Great Location; thence west to a point that would be intersected by the northerly extension of the east line of the tract known as Livingstone's Gore ; thenee south to the northwest cor- ner of lot number two hundred and eight (208) in Thomas Manners' patent; thence south along the west line of said lot two hundred and eight (208), and along the west line of lot two hundred and five (205), in the same patent, to strike the east line of said Livingstone's Gore; theuee south upon said east line of said gore to the south bounds of the county of Clinton; thence easterly along the south line of the county to the south-east corner thereof and place of beginning."

Section 2 of the same act provided the following bound- aries for the town of Black Brook :

" All that part of the town of Peru, in the eouuty of Clinton, lying westerly of the following described liue, viz. : Beginning at the south- west corner of the town of Ausable, as described in the first seetion of the aet; thenee north in the west line of the same to the northwest corner thereof ; thenee west to the east line of township number three (3); thence north in the east line of said township to the north line of Peru."

The act was amended May 7, 1839, as follows :

"So that the deseription of the north line of the town of Ausable, commeneing at the point where it strikes the north line of lot number four (4), in the Great Location, shall read as follows : Thence west along the north line of the south tier of lots to the northwest corner of lot number twenty-three (23); thence west to a point which would be interseeted by the northerly extension of the east line of Living- stone's Gore."

The first annual town-meeting of Black Brook was held on April 30, 1839, at the dwelling-house of Isaac Jones. At that meeting $250 were appropriated for the support of

* See biographies elsewhere.

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roads and bridges, over and above the amount which the commissioners have power to raise, and $200 were appro- priated for the support of schools, in addition to the amount drawn from the State.

March 3, 1840, it was voted "That Hogs, Geese, and Goats shall not be free commoners, and that if the latter animals are allowed to run two days in sueeession, their bodies will be forfeited."

The first full set of town officers that appear on the records are as follows, in 1841 : Supervisor, Alexander McCrae; Town Clerk, Jonathan Hoagson ; Justice for four years, Joseph Bushnell ; Assessors, James M. Finch, John Weed, and Robert B. Hazard ; Commissioners of High- ways, Alexander McCrae, John McGregor, Charles Patter- son ; School Committee, Samuel Bullen, Joseph Huntington, Curtis Beardsley ; Inspectors of Schools, Wait Hickok, John Weed, Joseph Heller; Overseers of the Poor, Caleb C. Finch, Robert B. Hazard ; Collector, Leonard Brace ; Constables, Leonard Brace, James M. Dwyer, Elias Johnson.

The principal town officers since the erection of the town have been as follows :

SUPERVISORS.

1839, John Rogers; 1840, Peter McIntyre; 1841-43, Alexander McCrea ; 1844-45, Jonathan Hodgson ; 1846-51, John Rogers; 1852, Henry Martin ; 1853-55, John Rogers; 1856-57, John Parkhurst; 1858, Otis A. Tefft; 1859-64, Hiram W. Stetson ; 1865, John Rogers; 1866-70, Halsey Rogers; 1871, Hiram W. Stetsou ; 1872-73, Benjamin E. Wells; 1874-75, George Cha- hoon ; 1876, James Rogers, Jr. ; 1877-80, Benj. E. Wells.

TOWN CLERKS.

1840, James M. Finch ; 1841-43, Jonathan Hodgson ; 1843-44, James M. Finch ; 1844-45, Chas. H. Jones ; 1845-5I, John P. North; 1851-52, Isaac Vanderwarker; 1852-57, John Parkhurst; 1857- 58, Hiram W. Stetson ; 1858-59, Win. T. Benns ; 1859-63, Lowell Bullen ; 1863-65, Myron S. Seeley ; 1865-72, Samuel J. Whitley ; 1872-75, George A. Everest ; 1875-76, Joel S. Dwyer; 1876-77, Jeduthan Bullen ; 1877-80, George A. Everest.

The town officers in the year 1879 were as follows : Benj. E. Wells, Supervisor; Geo. A. Everest, Town Clerk ; James M. Dwyer, Joseph Dupraw, E. D. Fillmore, N. B. Slater, Justices of the Peace; George Hodgson, David Douglass, Wm. C. Willson, Commissioners of Highways ; Wm. Hopkins, Joseph Dupraw, Henry Blood, Assessors ; Joel S. Dwyer, John C. Armstrong, Overseers of Poor ; John Ryan, Collector ; Harvey H. Cooper, Edward Bou- dreau, Elijah Dwyer, Auditors ; E. Featherstone, Hugh O'Brien, John Sweeney, Excise Commissioners.

STATISTICAL.

According to the census of 1875, there are 636 dwelling- houses in the town ; the number of acres of improved land are 8584; of unimproved land, 31,636 ; the cash value of all farm-lands in the town is $314,305, and of farm-build- ings is $41,057.

VILLAGES AND HAMLETS.

The principal village is AUSABLE FORKS, which is lo- cated at the junetion of the east and south branches of Au- sable River, and lies partly in Clinton County and partly in Essex County. Here are a portion of the extensive irou- works of the J. & J. Rogers Company, a taunery, several

mechanie-shops, three hotels, a Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopal, and Catholic church, several stores, a post-office, and a large number of pleasant dwelling-houses. The in- habitants are active and industrious, and an air of thrift and enterprise pervades the entire place. A substantial bridge crosses each branch of the river.

The post-office was established at this point as carly as 1840. Isaac Vanderwarker was the first postmaster. He was followed by Henry Frizell, George Dickinson, James Rogers, and Timothy Carpenter. H. MeIntyre is the present incumbent of the office.

The Ausable Forks Fire Department was organized June 29, 1878, as follows : Chief Engineer, George Chahoon ; Assistant Engineer, Peter Frenyea ; Treasurer, H. D. Graves ; Secretary, John Brenan. It comprises three com- panies :

Engine Company No. 2, 60 members. Foreman, W. F. Jones ; First Assistant, Oliver Lacomb ; Second Assistant, Medors Demers ; Secretary, R. L. Trumbull.

Graves Hose Company, No. 1, 25 members. Foreman, D. H. Brenan ; First Assistant, W. J. Gillespie; Second Assistant, Frank Deloria ; Secretary and Treasurer, M. H. Quirk.

Adirondack Hook-and-Ladder Company, No. 3, organ- ized February, 1879, 25 members. Foreman, James Rogers, Jr .; First Assistant, George Featherstone; Second Assis- tant, Henry Herron ; Secretary, George L. Gray; Treas- urer, C. A. Brogdon ; Property Clerk, Dana Baldwin.

The village of BLACK BROOK is situated in the southern portion of the town, on the stream of the same name. Another portion of the works of the Rogers Company are located at this point, and around these has grown up quite a settlement. A store and post-office, Presbyterian church, school, and a large number of dwellings, several of which are of fine construction, are located here. The post-office was established about the year 1840, and the position of postmaster was filled by John Rogers for many years. H. W. Stetson, the present incumbent, was appointed in 1871.

SILVER LAKE (post-office) is a hamlet situated on the lake of that name, and is a point of considerable interest to summer tourists. The Finch tavern stood here for a long time, and its proprietor, James Finch, was the postmaster.

UNION FALLS (post-office) is situated on the Saranac River, near the centre of the western border of the town. It was formerly an important manufacturing point, and boasts of a fine water-power ; but is now almost abandoned.

CLAYBURGH (post-offiee) is situated at the forks of the Saranac River, in the north part of the town, and lies partly in the town of Saranac. It is the site of an iron-forge, and contains a store and post-office.

WILLIAMSBURGH, a short distance cast of Clayburgh, is also in the heart of the iron, coal, and lumber region of the Saranac Valley, and is a small mining hamlet.

SCHOOLS.

The first school in the town was established about the year 1835, at Black Brook. Martha Bullen was the first to teach there. Other carly teachers at the same point have been John Parkhurst, Rod. Hickok, and a man by the name of Kellogg.

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A school was established at Silver Lake as early as 1840, and others soon sprang up in different parts of the town.

The commissioners' certificate of apportionment of date March 27, 1879, shows that there were 14 districts in the town, having in attendance 1418 children between the ages of five and fifteen years, with an average daily attendance of 409.321.

RELIGIOUS HISTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN.

There is a church of this denomination at both Ausable Forks (on the Essex side of the river) and at Black Brook. Both are united under one pastorate, that of Rev. B. Mer- rill, of Ausable Forks. From an historical address of Mr. Merrill, delivered on July 2, 1876, the following sketch of the church is taken :

Jos. Horr moved from Keeseville, February, 1836. He writes : " I find, by referring to my old account-book, this charge :

"'A. Forks, Oct. 21st, 1836. George M. Burt, Dr. to hewing 531 feet of timber for Meeting-House. Mr. Burt furnished the timber and employed me to hew it.'

" Just forty years ago next fall, the frame was put up and nearly inclosed. It took a long time to finish it (three years) ; but not quite so long as Solomon's Temple was in building, nor quite so expensive. We used the church to hold meetings in from the time it was inclosed and the floor laid, the minister using my work-bench for a pulpit." Mr. Horr started the first prayer-meeting in an old school- house, not now standing. He writes, " At first there were but few attended. I have been over to the old school-house when there were not enough to say we. But I have had most blessed seasons in praying for the cause of Christ at the Forks. As the numbers increased, we took turns in conducting the meetings." The records tell us, " At a meeting for the purpose of organizing a church at the Forks of the Ausable River, Essex Co., N. Y., May 2, 1839, were present, Revs. Elihu B. Baxter, from Jericho, Vt .; F. B. Reed, from Clintonville ; and Charles Spooner, from Upper Jay. On motion, Rev. E. B. Baxter was chosen Moder- ator, and F. B. Recd, Clerk. Meeting was opened with reading of Scripture and prayer. Persons present having letters of church membership, being called on to express their desires, voted to be formed into a Presbyterian Church. Accordingly, letters having been presented from Joseph Horr, Esther Horr, John T. Duncan, Fanny Duncan, War- ren Bigelow, Sarah Hawkett, Mariah Burt, Minerva Whit- ley, and Parthena White, and these letters being found in order, the candidates united in prayer, and having signified their satisfaction in receiving each other as Christians and members of the same communion, the Articles of Faith and Covenant being proposed to them and unanimously adopted, they were declared a Presbyterian Church of Christ." Of the 9 original members, 4 are still living: Mr. and Mrs. Horr, in Balston Spa, Saratoga Co .; Mrs. Whitley, in Chicago ; Mrs. Duncan, the only one who still remains a member, in Union Falls. Warren Bigelow, the youngest of the 9, being not quite seventeen, afterwards became a minister, the only one sent out from this church.

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History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 65

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) 1n; Lewis, J.W., & Co., Philadelphia Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 922

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) 1n; Lewis, J.W., & Co., Philadelphia
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 922