History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 100

Author: Everts & Ensign; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Ensign
Number of Pages: 648

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" Catharine Brusie," " Nicholas C. Brusie," and " Chris- tina, wife of Ephraim Race," in 1796; aud " Abraham A. Decker," in 1797.

The second ground is now known as the "Lyall bury- ing-ground," and is located near the Reformed Protestant Dutch church in the western part of Copake. It received this name from the " Lyall church," so called after the Rev. William Lyall, who was its pastor for many years, and now lies buried in this cemetery. He died May 6, 1868, aged seventy years. This ground contains but one stone that antedates the present century. It is that of " Eliza- beth, wife of Abraham Commer," who died March 22, 1794, aged thirty-four years.

The third ground is pleasantly located a half-mile west of Craryville. It is called the " Niver burying-ground." There is but one stone dated before 1800 the inscription on which can be deciphered. This is evidently the grave of some member of the Whitbeck family, the inscription being, " --. E. W. BORN GUNE 1 1752 DIED APRIL 10 1785." There are several old slate slabs, the inscriptions on which have been effaced by the waste and wear of the clements.

The fourth ground is a small one located in the north- east part of the town, and called the " Williams burying- ground."

The town of Copake was active in furnishing troops and money during the late war. It furnished a total of one hundred and sixty-six men, and raised money as follows, viz. :

In 1862, on credit of the town $3,800.00

" 1863, by town tax 1,557.00

" 1864, 41,666.82

" 1865, .6

1,822.10

" on credit of the town 21,363.00

Total $70,208.92

Of this amount $65,773.12 was paid out as bounties for volunteers, and $1122.50 for expenses of enlisting them. The State refuuded to the town the sum of $21,100 of this amount.

The town bonds issued were sixteen in number, and of various amounts, ranging from $300 to $5000 each. The gross amount of the bonds was $21,363.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

ALFRED DOUGLAS, JR.,

was born in New York city, in 1829, and died at his country residence, at Copake, N. Y., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1876, at the age of forty-seven years. He was the first son of Earl Douglas, who was of old Scottish ancestry, of which his- tory has recorded so many valiant deeds. The genealogy of the Douglas family is of great historic interest, em- bracing as it does the name of Richard Douglas, one of the Pilgrims, who came from Scotland to this country in the year 1649, landing at Plymouth, Mass , and subse- quently settling in New London, Conn. The Revolution- ary fame of Captain Richard Douglas, who was a lieuten-

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ant in the regiment commanded by Marquis de Lafayette, is recorded in " Marshall's Life of Washington." To all who knew him, Alfred Douglas, Jr., was synonymous with all that was generous and good. In person he was re- markably handsome, and one upon whom there seemed to rest the seal of royalty both in looks and bearing. True to the noble name from which he descended, he was always dignified and kind. In his business and in his social life

ing spot he selected was one on which nature had well- nigh exhausted her lavish hand, and it was his pride and happiness to seck this new Switzerland and gaze upon its picturesque scenery and the beautiful and artistic buildings with which he had surrounded it. The well-known Bash- Bish Falls, so frequently painted by eminent artists, he considered the gem of his place, and the music of its waters had an untold charm for his refined taste. It was

he was universally respected and admired. His Revolu- tionary blood entitled him to a membership of the Cin- cinnati society,-a position of which he was justly proud. Mr. Douglas' country home embraced a large tract of land, lying one half in Massachusetts, the other in Columbia Co., New York State, surrounded on every side by those beau- tiful mountains so often made the subject of song by our American poets, and there he spent the greater portion of his leisure time, embellishing and beautifying. The charm-

listening to the roar of that cataract and under the shade of those mountains that he threw aside the veil of this world, and passed into the great unknown calmly and peace- fully as a tired child, happy in the full consciousness and belief of the redemption of souls by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. His departure has made a void which can- not be filled, and his image will never fade away so long as the incense of memory burns upon the altars of hearts that loved him.

TAGHKANIC.

THIS is an interior town, lying south of the centre of the county, bounded on the north by Claverack and Hills- dale, east by Copake, south by Gallatin and Ancram, and west by Livingston. It is centrally distant from Hudson ten miles in a southeasterly direction, and contains an area · of twenty-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine acres, of which five thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight acres are unimproved land. In population it ranks as the fifteenth town of the county, having in 1875 a population of four- teen hundred and one. In 1860 it was seventeen hundred and seventeen ; in 1865, fourteen hundred and seventy-two; and in 1870, fourteen hundred and eighty-five. Its form is an irregular parallelogram, seven and one-fourth miles from east to west on its south boundary, and six and one-half miles from north to south on its cast line.

The surface of the town is hilly. In the south and in the north part of the town they rise to considerable heights, in the central part they are more broken, and along the western line of the town they extend in a high ridge from Copake creek to the south boundary. The soil of Tagh- kanic is generally a gravelly and slaty loam, and quite pro- ductive. The hills are generally arable to their summits, but many of them are wooded, and some too rocky for cul- tivation. The abolition of the feudal system of leasing the lands has resulted in a marked improvement in the method of working the lands, and has aroused a spirit of emulation among the farmers that has led to the erection of better, more commodions, and more convenient build- ings. This change has been so great that the face of the country presents a much more cheerful, thrifty, and pleas- ant appearance, that is remarked by all observers. The best lands lie along the course of Copake creek, and extend, in the form of a quarter-circle, from the northeast corner to a point near the middle of the western boundary.

The principal stream is this creek, sometimes called " Taghkanic creek," but incorrectly, as it is the outlet of Copake lake, and the waters from which the term " Tagh- kanic" is derived are found farther south and east. This creek has some twenty tributary streams of more or less size, the principal one being the outlet of the Chrysler pond in Copake, which outlet joins Copake creek about midway of its course in this town. The banks of the creek are generally low and rocky, but rise to some height in a few places. The valley is narrow, and the lands slope from it pretty steeply. The course of the creek is quite rapid, and the numerous falls offer several fine mill-seats. One of the best of these is at New Forge, where the stream descends about one hundred feet in a distance of about forty or fifty rods. Another excellent fall is near the west part of the town, at Ham's mills.

The territory within the boundaries of this town is a part of the old Livingston manor, and nearly all the lands were held by lease until about 1844, when they began to be conveyed in fee, and now there are but a few farms that are owned by the members of the Livingston family. The amount of their assessment is $6713, while the total amount of the town's assessment is $766,920.

The first settlement of this town was made during the first quarter of the eighteenth century by Dutch and Ger- man emigrants, who were induced by the proprietor of the manor to lease farms from him. On a map published by Beatty, in 1714, the residences of families named Witbeck, Class, and Brusie are located near Copake creek, but one of these, at least (the Whitbecks), was located in the present town of Copake. The general settlement of this part of the manor did not take place until several years later,- probably about 1750,-though from the meagre records and scant traditions it is very difficult to get anything like a correct, not to say full, knowledge of the first settlers and their settlements. The system of feudalism that so long oppressed the people of this section was ill suited to en- courage the preservation of historical records or incidents. Families were constantly removing from one place to another, some were emigrating to the west, and only in rare instances did the original homestead pass from one generation to another. Indeed, in this town, within the recollection of one gentleman now living at the age of up- wards of eighty years, every farm with but two exceptions has changed owners at least once, and many of them sev- eral times. For these reasons we are able to give but a meagre sketch of the early inhabitants of the town.

George Smith (called Yerry Schmidt by his Dutch neigh- bors) came from Germany to America many years previous to the breaking out of the Revolution, probably about 1755 -60. He leased a large tract of fertile land in the east part of the town, lying on the banks of the Copake creek, and containing about two hundred and forty acres. His great- great-grandson, John L. Smith, now occupies the home- stead, which has thus remained in the family for the unusual term of a century and a quarter. The farm was held under lease until about 1838, when the soil was purchased by a grandson and a great-grandson, Adam and Killian A. Smith, the latter of whom is still living on the homestead with his son. George had two sons, Killian and John. The former occupied the homestead after his father, and the latter leased a farm adjoining it on the east, known as the " Christie" farm, and now owned by Killian A. Smith. Killian I. Smith, another great-grandson, and son of John 2d, was a blacksmith, and settled in the south part of the town near New Forge, and worked at his trade there. A

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son of his, Johu K. Smith, is now living at West Tagh- kanic. Jacob Smith, a merchant at Valley Falls, near Prov- idence, R. I., and Mrs. Hannah Williams, of Hillsdale, are great-grandchildren of George Smith.

Henry Avery, a native of New London, Conn., came to this part of the country about the year 1790, and opened a blacksmith-shop at Taghkanie, where he remained five years. He then removed to West Taghkanic, then called Miller's Corners, and leased a farm, containing two hundred and fifty-two acres, of James D. and Walter Livingston. He had a large family, consisting of thirteen children-six sons ' and seven daughters. Of these four are still living. They are Mrs. Sally Buckbce, of Peekskill; Mrs. Elizabeth Sil- vernail and Mrs. Caroline Kells, of Waukesha, Wis .; and Solomon Avery, who still resides on the homestead. Henry Avery was a man of considerable prominence in the town, and was frequently and almost continuously the recipient of offices of trust at the hands of his fellow-townsmen. He was once collector of taxes when the town (Livingston) included the present towns of Livingston, Taghkanic, Co- pake, Gallatin, and Aneram. He was also elected to other and more important trusts, and upon the division of the town, in 1803, was elected as the first supervisor of the new town of Granger, and continued to hold that office for twelve consecutive years. He was twice elected to the same office in later years. He was a justice of the peace for twenty-four years-twenty-one of them being consecu- tive. He died in 1854, honored and respected by all who knew him.

Fite Miller was perhaps as widely known throughout the county as any one of the citizens of this town. He came to the western part of the town at an early day, and engaged in the keeping of an inn. The location he selected was at the corners, which for a number of years bore his name, upon the main road from Salisbury to Hudson. He was very successful in his business, and established a high repu- tation for the fine accommodations and excellent entertain- ment furnished his guests. The road was much traveled by teams from the iron-works at Salisbury, Ancram, and New Forge, which were used to transport the product of those furnaces to the river for shipment, and also by large numbers of emigrants on their way from the eastern States to the then wilderness of western New York. Through these means the name and fame of Fite Miller were spread abroad, and travelers to the westward were constantly as- sailed with questions regarding his continued existence and prosperity. The hotel building remained standing for many years. As far back as 1812 it was an old building, and must have been erected as early as 1755 or 1760.

Friend Sheldon was a prominent citizen, and held the offices of justice of the peace and supervisor and many other town offices. He was a justice of the peace for a period of about twenty-one years. His farm was just north of the Avery place.

The Shaver family were among the earlier settlers in the south part of the town. One of the descendants of the family was Adam I. Shaver, who held the offices of super- visor and justice of the peace, and represented the district in the Assembly in 1836.

William Rockefeller was about the earliest settler in the

neighborhood of Taghkanic village, and kept the first tav- ern there. He was succeeded in that business by Jonas I. Miller, who kept the inn for many years, and established a reputation as a successful landlord. The town business for many years was transacted at that house.

Jeremiah Shufelt occupied a farm in the northeastern part of the town.

John Bain, John Brusie, and the families of Miller and Schurtz were early settlers of the eastern part of the town. In the southern part Thomas Coons, Alexander Tanner, and Adam I. Strevel took up farms at an early date. The latter was quite prominent in politics, and was supervisor from 1818 to 1823, and again in 1825. He was justice of the peace from 1815 to 1831.

Among the earliest settlers in the western part of the town were John Best, Nicholas Van Deusen, Andrew Decker, Wendell Ham, Philip Houghtaling, William Blass, Whiting Hinsdale, and James Decker.

Jacob Boyce, Joseph Bachman, David Riphenburgh, Jacob Haner, Jacob I. Miller, John Waldorph, John Friss, Coonradt Silvernail, John Nichols, John Lown, Philip Ringsdorph, Wilhelmus Row, Jonas Bortle, Henry S. Miller, and Philip Coons were also early settlers in different parts of the town.

Gilbert Oakley came from some point on the IIudson and settled in this town, near the Copake line, on the farm now owned by John McNeil, some years before the Revo- lution. His family consisted of three boys and three girls. Two of his grandsons, Isaac and Jacob I. Oakley, are now living in Copake.

This town was taken from Livingston, and comprised the present towns of Taghkanic and Copake. It was formed as " Granger," March 19, 1803. Its name was changed to Taghkanic March 25, 1814, and in 1824 the town was divided, and the eastern part was called Copake. The name " Taghkanic," which not only designates this town but also the high range of mountains lying along the east border of the county, on the Massachusetts line, is of In- dian derivation. On the western face of "Old Tom's Hill," in Copake, is a spring of an intermittent character to which the Indians used to resort, when on their hunting excur- sions, for a camping place. The waters of the spring were clear, sweet, and cold, and many a white man has since slaked his thirst at this fountain. This spring the Indians called "Tok-kon'-nik," said by some to signify "water enough," and by others to describe its intermittent charac- ter, "come and go." From the fact that the same name has been given to a picturesque fall on a stream emptying into Cayuga lake, it is more likely that the first is the better version. From this spring the name finally became attached to the surrounding flats, and eventually to the mountains. Upon the division of the town the part which was then entirely separated from the spring, the flats and the mountains, retained the name,-a fact not flattering to the good taste of those persons who had the business in charge.

The first meeting of the new town was held at the house of Jonas Miller, at what is now Taghkanic village ; and from 1803 until 1830, a period of twenty-seven years, the town-meetings were all held at this same place.

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The following is a true copy of the record of the first town-meeting :

Page 1.

"GRANGER, APRIL 5th, 1803 .- At the first anniversary town-meeting held in said town, at the dwelling-house of Jonas Miller, in said town, on the day and year first above written, present : Thomas Trafford, Daniel Toncray, justices of the peace. At which meeting the following persons were duly elected to the following offices, to wit : Jacob Decker, town clerk ; Henry Avery, supervisor ; Fite Miller, Philip P. Rocke- feller, Nicholas Robinson, assessors; Jacob Feller, Tiell Rockefeller, Moses Rowley, commissioners of highways; Philip P. Rockefeller, Jacob Feller, overseers of the poor ; Philip P. Rockefeller, collector ; Calvin Lawrence, Michael Wheeler, constables ; Jonas Miller, pound- keeper ; John Washburn, Peter Bain, Fite Miller, fence-viewers.

" At the above meeting the freeholders and inhabitants of said town voted to raise $125 by tax on said town for the support of the poor the ensuing year.

" Recorded by me, " JACOB C. DECKER, Town Clerk."

The town-meetings, until the town was divided, continued to be held at Taghkanic, but soon after they began to be held sometimes at West Taghkanic. This practice has been continued to the present; each town-meeting fixing the place at which the town elections shall be held for the year ensuing. The town forms but one elcction district. In politics the town is decidedly Democratic. The follow- ing list contains the names of the supervisors, town clerks, justices of the peace, and collectors since the organization of the town :

TOWN OFFICERS FROM 1803 TO 1878.

Supervisors.

Town Clerks. Jacob C. Decker.

Collectors. P. P. Rockefeller.

1804.

1405.

1806.

1807.

1808.

€6

1809.

1810.

1811.

1812.

1813.

1814.

1815. Friend Sheldon. 1816.

1817. Henry Avery. 1818. Adam I. Strevel.

1819.

Isaac Sheldon. Peter W. Ham.

1811. Friend Sheldon.

1821. Gidcon P. Wolcott. Henry Avery. John Reynolds. Adam I. Strevel.

1822. Friend Sheldon. 1823. Jacob Shaffer. Benjamin Hamlin.

1824. Adam I. Strevel. Henry Avery. Robert II. Morris. 1825. Friend Sheldon.

Elected by the People.

1827. John Bain.

Henry Avery. Friend Sheldon. Adam I. Strevel.

1828. Adam I. Strevel.

1839.

1840. John I. Waklorph. Killian I. Smith,

1841. 46

Supervisors. 1842. H. P. Hermance.

Town Clerks. Wm. Gardner.

1843. Stephen H. Platner. John K. Smith. 1844. = 1845. John I. Johnson. 1846. “

1847. George I. Finkle. 1848. Fite Rockefeller. 1849. Jacob Conklin. 1850. Elias Decker.

1851. Wm. Yager.

1852. Whiting Sheldon.

1853.

1854.

1855. J. W. Rockefeller. 1856. Samuel L. Myers.

1857. " "

1858. Christopher Miller. Hiram K. Smith.

1859. Sheldon Waldorph. Julius Snyder.

1860.

1861. Samuel L. Myers. 1862. Allen S. Miller.

1863.

1864.

F. W. Benjamin.

David Maxwell.

1865.

John McNeill.

1866. John McNeill.

1867. .€

1868. Samuel L. Myers.

1869.

1870. Wm. Sheldon. 1871, George Finkle.

Philip W. Shufelt. Friend Smith.

1872. Andrew Avery. 1873. Cyrus Link.

1874. «

Edwin Scutt. "

1875. Samuel L. Myers.

1876.

Franklin Decker.

1877. "

Edgar Smith.

Martin Van Deusen. Andrew Ham.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Appointed.

1803. Daniel Toucray. Thomas Trafford.

1804. Thomas Trafford.

Daniel Toucray.

1808. Thomas Trafford.

Henry Avery.

Benjamin Birdsall, Jr. Friend Sheldon.

1816. David Dakin. 1818. Wm. T. Trafford. Adam I. Strevel. Gideon P. Wolcott. Friend Sheldon.

1812. John Reynolds. Thomas Stevenson. 1813. David Adams. Daniel Toucray. Michael Wheeler. Nicholas F. Clarke. Ephraim Pixley. James Lester.

1814. Friend Sheldon.

Adam I. Strevel.

1815. Friend Sheldon.

1832.

1833. Adam I. Shaver.

Hiram Lapham.

Henry Allen. John I. Waldorph. "

1836. }Tiram Lapham.

John I. Johnson.

Peter Raught. "6

1837.

1838.

Wm. H. Barringer. Amos W. Austin.

John C. Wheeler.

John K. Smith.

1829. Friend Sheldon.

1830. Henry Avery.

1831. John Bain.

4€

George I. Rossman.

Jacob Conklia. Latham Hawver. J. W. Rockefeller. Christopher Miller. Jacob Boyce. Nicholas McIntyre.

J. Knickerbacker.

Rensselaer Platner. John K. Smith. Christopher Miller. Anthony Williams.

Peter Sheldon.

Adam Barringer. Rensselaer Platner. Allen S. Miller. Cyrus Link. Sylvester Miller. Allen S. Miller. Peter Sheldoa. Wm. Blass.

John McNeill.

Martin Best. George Wallace.

Jacob F. Rossman. Harmoa V. Finkle.

Hiram K. Smith. 16

Rohort Shadic.

Nelson Hollenbeck. Stephen G. Miller. 66 Peter Sheldon.

Nelson Holleabeck. Jacob P. Miller. W. W. Rockefeller. Thomas Silvernail. 46 Adam Row. Andrew Ham. Peter H. Smith.

1878. John McNeill.

Collectors.

Reuben F. Lapham. Samuel A. Wheeler. Abraham Blass. J. W. Rockefeller.

1832. Adam I. Shaver. John C. Wheeler. 1833. Wm. H. Barringer. Friend Sheldon. 1834. Henry Avery. 1835. Peter Poucher. 1836. Wm. II. Barringer. 1837. Friend Sheldon.

Reuben F. Lapham.

1810. Daniel Toucray. Seth Covel. Philip Van Debogart.

1820.

182].

Wm. Murray.

Abraham I. Miller.

1822.

Edw. H. Reynolds.

Killian I. Smith.

1823.

John A. Decker.

1824. Henry Avery. 1825. Adam I. Strevel.

Wm. T. Trafford.

Jonas Bartle. Abraham I. Miller.

1826. Jonathan Lapham.

1827.

1828.

Stephen H. Platner. 16 66

George I. Rossman.

1830.

George W. King.

1831.

James Yager. " "

Charles Blass.

1834. 1835.

John C. Wheeler. 66

S. W. Rockefeller.

Bern'd Van Deusen.

S. W. Rockefeller.

Wm. T. Trafford.

Jonathan Lapham. Jacob S. Miller.

1815. Wm. T. Trafford. John A. Decker. Adam I. Strevel. John Drum. Whiting Ilinsdale. Cornelius Vosburgh.

Wm. M. Raught. "

1803. Henry Avery.

Bern'd Van Deusen.

1829. Isaac Sheldon.

Fite Rockefeller. 66

PHOT BY J R ALLIS, CHATHAM VILLAGE

SAMUEL L. MYERS.

LITH BY L.H EVERTS & CO. PHILA PA

RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL L.MYERS, TAGHKANIC, COLUMBIA CO., N. Y

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1838. Henry Avery.

1858. Wm. H. Hawver.

Samuel Allee.

1859. Win. If. Barringer.

1839. Peter Poucher.

1860. Joseph Draper.

1840. Wm. H. Barringer.

1841. Samuel Alleo.

1842. Killian I. Smith.

1843. Robert Trafford.

1862. Wia. II. Hawver. Jacob Keiekerbacker.

1844. Andrew Poueher. David Williams. 1845. Joho Bain.

1864. Joseph Draper. .

1865. Jonas Potts.

Jobo Baio.

1867. Wm. H. lawver. Gideon Traver.

1847. Samnel Allen. Killian A. Smith.

1869. Gideon Traver. Samuel Allen.

1848. William Shufelt.

1870. Joseph Draper.

Philip II. Bonesteel.

187I. Peter P. Simpson.

1849. Martin L. Smith.

1872. James Alleo.

llenry S. Tanner.

John H. Smith.

1850. Wm. H. Ilawver. Philip HI. Bonesteel.

1873. John H. Smith.

1851. Elijah Finkle.

1874. Joseph Draper.

1875. Peter P. Simpsoo.

1876. James Allen.

1853. John W. Mambert.

1877. John H. Smith.

1854. Wm. HI. Hawver.

James Allen.

1855. George I. Fiukle.

Elias Smith.

1856. John K. Smith.

1878. Isaae Halstead.

Samnel Allen.

Elias Smith.

1857. Joho W. Mambert.

On the question of temperance the town is in favor of the license system. The vote at the last town-meeting was: for the anti-license ticket, fifty-six ; for the license ticket, one hundred and fifty-seven. The following commissioners have been elected since the act of 1874 went into opera- tion, viz. :

1875. Robert Shadie, 3 years. Wm. Ranght, 2 4

Philip Ilam, I year.

1876. Elias Smith.

1877. William Raught, f. t. Ephraim Raee, v. 1878. Martin B. Van Densen.

In the work of examining the records of the town the Writer of this found many eurious and some Indierous entries. Want of space forbids the mention of all but a few of them.

The first, which shows that the people of threescore years ago knew both the reputed medicinal qualities of alcoholie liquors, and the way to get a drink by pleading illness, is a document addressed to the overseers of the poor, and reads as follows, viz. :

" To JOHN BAIN & PETER W. HIAM, Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Taghkanic : You are hereby ordered to Get for Cornelius Dougherty one-half a Gallon of Gin, or Give the means to him to Git it ; he says he wants it to fix medieine for the Gravel, & by so doing this Shall be Your Voucher. Dated at Taghkanick, 22d day of October, 1824.

" ADAM I. STREVEL, Justice Peace."

Another, which is an extract from the accounts kept by the overseers of the poor, reads :

" April 21, 1823. paid Miles Avery for Doet. Bolton, on neet of peter allen's head, 88., which said Bolton is to have; if he eures the head three more,-if not, no more. $1.00."

Another, from the same source, for articles furnished to John Ham, a " pauper with family," reads :

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History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 100

Author: Everts & Ensign; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Ensign Number of Pages: 648

Author: Everts & Ensign; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Ensign
Number of Pages: 648