History of Rockland County, New York : with biographical sketches of its prominent men, Part 34

Author: Cole, David, 1822-1903, ed. cn; Beers, J. B., & co., New York, pub
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 993

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dron's barn bears S. 10 E. 92 links distant. At 64 chains 75 links set a red cedar stake with a heap of stones round it on the E. side of the main road. I Then N. 35 E. at 9 chains 40 links made a heap of stones, on a large flat stone or rock. At 15 chains, the said road West of a spring running from under a rock. At 21 corner bears S. 69 E. 19 links distant. At 26 chains 30 links set a stake on an island formed by Rasende water brook, 4 chains E. of Jacob Roosa's house. Then S. 62 E. 31 chains to a crooked white oak stump, near a black oak stump where there stand two white oak sap- land joining a marsh on the west bank of Hudson's River."

In the year 1790, the boundary between the Crom lings marked with 3 notches on 4 sides on a point of up-

Patent and the Patent of Cheesecocks, which had long been in dispute, was finally settled by a survey made by General James Clinton. As this is the true boundary of valuable tracts of land, and as the survey and map have

For a large part of the distance the line has been ob- literated, and the road has become the boundary. The been very recently discovered, their importance merits a line of fence to the west of the house of William H. Rose, full copy of the survey.

" The Western boundary of the first Haverstraw Patent, and the Western and Northern of the other ad- joining the Patent of Cheesecocks as settled in June, 1790.

" Beginning at a large oak sapling and a small birch one, marked with three notches on three sides near three chestnut sapplings standing on the bank of Minnese- congo creek, and runs thence North 16 degrees East along the side of said creek twelve chains to the top a bank, at 15 chains 26 links the top of a high stone * or rock from which place the N. W. corner of the meeting house now building bears S. 21 East 47 links distant. At 16 chains 80 links the corner of Lot No. 8 and 9 Cheesecocks Patent. At 30 chains 75 links, touched the S. E. corner of Wm. Smith's house, at 38 chains crossed a large stone or rock; at 39 crossed another in Wm.

separating it from the lots of Alexander Waldron's heirs, recently sold to Brewster Allison, and the west boundary of the homestead of Wesley Weiant, are a part of the orig- inal bounds between the two patents. Samuel Brew- ster, who, in the early part of the present century, was one of the largest land owners in the county, was a son of Nathaniel Brewster, of Brookhaven, Long Island, who was the grandson of Rev. Nathaniel Brewster, who grad- uated in the first class at Harvard College. As is well known, he was the grandson of William Brewster, who was prominent among the Pilgrim Fathers, who came in the Mayflower.

* This is the old " Treason House" where Arnold and Andre met.

+ That is the second tract mentioned in Crom's Patent

# The road leading enst from the village of Stouy Point.

$ Running from the spring on the east side of the road, opposite the Abraham Waldron house.

# This angle is where the house of Frederick Toinkins stands.

TThis brook is the one that crosses the road to Stony Point at its

. This " high stone " is still standing in the old burying ground by the junction with the road that runs west through the " Gore Lot." The calleo fuetory. A fence on the original line erosses it. "little island " is where the stream makes a short turn In ;the incadow.

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HAVERSTRAW-EARLY LAND GRANTS.

Samuel Brewster, like his father, was interested in the beginning of the present century. The dotted lines on iron mines, which were largely worked while charcoal was easily obtainable, and before the wealth of the west- ern mines of coal was known. He set up forges near the Cedar Pond, and drove a large business for a long time. He died in 1821, and his tombstone in the. old Waldron burying ground bears the following inscription: " In Memory of Samuel Brewster, who departed this life November 29th 1821, aged 84."

The old homestead of the Brewsters stood by the bank of the river, but the site has long since been dug away for material to supply the Tomkins brick yards. Near the river he had a small grist mill, which was operated by

The Jacob Waldron tract, south of the road, is now divided among various owners, and the part next to water power supplied from a little stream marked on the | Florus Falls is owned by John H. Neilly, whose wife, a map. The water was conducted for quite a distance granddaughter of Abraham Waldron, is the last of that race who is in possession of any part of the tract bought by Resolvert Waldron. To the south of Florus Falls, through a wooden pipe. So utterly had the remembrance of it passed away that the oldest inhabitants knew nothing of it. The Brewsters were at one time the owners of the |the 45 acres which fell to Guisbert Crom, as mentioned promontory of Stony Point, which they bought of the before, is now the site of the elegant homestead of John Waldrons, who owned it during the Revolution.

BRADLEY'S 106 ACRES.

Probably the smallest royal grant made within the limits of the county was a grant of 106 acres made to Richard Bradley, as may be seen by the following ab- stract:

" Letters Patent dated July 30th 1742.

"George the Second, &c., } to " Richard Bradley.

"Conveys a tract on the west side of Hudsons River, near Stony Point, Beginning at a white oak stump stand- ing on the south side of the sd. Stony Point at the South- ernmost bounds of the lands there granted to the sd. Richard Bradley & William Jamison, & runs from thence N. W. along the sd. land 67 chains, then S. 2° E. 42 chains, then S. 76° E. 46 chains to Hudson River, then N'ly along the river as it runs to the place of beginning, containing 106 acres & the usual allowance for high- ways."*

This tract was sold by the original patentee, Richard Bradley, to James Lamb, August 2d 1743, for £40. The original deed, on parchment, which recites that the tract was granted by His Majesty, and the "Bear Hill tract " also, on the 30th July 1742, and "that James Lamb is desirous to purchase, and is now in possession," was found among the papers of Alonzo Crom, at Thiells Corners. This purchase, with the land bought of Jo- hannes Hay, made James Lamb the owner of all the land between Florus Falls and Stony Point.

A person traveling along the road from Haverstraw to Stony Point will see between him and the river the whole extent of the Crom Patent. The whole tract is under- laid with beds of clay, whose value for brick making can scarcely be over estimated. No portion of the patent is now in the possession of the descendants of the original owners. The whole tract has changed hands since the

the map made by General James Clinton show its division into farms, as it was in the time of the Revolution. The northern part, including the Bradley Patent of 106 acres, which passed from the hands of James Lamb into the pos- session of Samuel Brewster, was sold by his heirs to the Tompkins family, who are its present owners. The tract next south, which belonged to John Waldron, was sold by his heirs to Samuel Brewster, and was the farm of his son, William H. Brewster. The greater part is now owned by William H. Rose and Brewster J. Allison.

IV. Ver Valen, and the portion next the river and creek is owned by various parties. The line of stone wall a little north of the house of Rev. James MacMahon (on the op- posite side of the road) marks the original boundary of the Croni farm, while the stone wall next north of the site of the old Crom house is the line which marked the division between Alexander and John, the two sons of John Crom. The present owner is Adam Lilburn. The Hay farm, after the death of its owner, Thomas Hay,* was sold by his heirs to Colonel Wisnell who sold it to Silas D. Gardiner, and it is now in the hands of hischildren. The Benson farm was left by Benjamin Benson to his son Matthew, and the west end is now owned by one of his grandsons, who has a store at what is still called Ben- son's Corners. The old Benson house has yielded to the advancing brick yards, and has just been destroyed. The Allison farm now belongs to the estate of the heirs of Elisha Peck, the railroad station being nearly in the cen- ter of it. The old stone house, formerly the residence of Benjamin Allison, and two generations of the name after him, is the last relic of " ye olden time " which now remains on this part of the Crom Patent.t

HAVERSTRAW VILLAGE.

By the will of Joseph Allison, the greater part of his real estate, which was the north part of De Harte's Pat- ent, was left to his sons, Peter, Michael, Amos, Parcels, and Richard, and his wife Elsie. To the latter he left " All the land south of a heap of stones where the old dock used to stand, and from the heap of stones all the land on the south side of the road up the hill to the lane, and all my dwelling house and orchard on the south of the lane, and all my land south and west of the main road, as far as the blacksmith shop and house on top of

*Colonel Thomas Hay died October 12th 185, aged 55, and his toinb- stone is in the old burying ground on "Calico Hill," where the old church stood. After his disease his wife, Sarah, daughter of Joshua Hett Smith, removed with her children to Charleston, South Carolina.

+The house formerly owned by Joseph II. Allison is still standing on the left bank of the creek, opposite Elisha Peek's rolling mills. This was on the lot In Kakiat Patent, bought by John Allison.

*This traet encroached on the Crom Patent, as will be seen on the map. It is marked " B."

Very Truly yours

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the hill, now in the occupation of my son Thomas." The blacksmith shop stood on the west side of the road where Daniel Wood's carriage store now is. This tract in- cluded all the land between Broad and Main streets, and on the west side of Broadway, all the land between the road leading to the cemetery, called on the atlas maps " West Side Avenue " (which was the old road to Ram- apo), and that part of Broad street which is west of Broadway. In 1802, Elsie Allison gave to her daughter, Elsie Archer, wife of Jacob Archer, five acres at the west end, bounded north and west by the road and south by the land of Peter De Noyelles (now the homestead of Garret G. Allison). The old house of Jacob Archer is yet standing on this lot, near the northwest corner. The tract east of this was known as the "Long Field," and was left by Mrs. Allison to her son, Richard, and her daughter, Elsie Archer. Richard had the south part, and " Partition street " is the boundary between these two portions. The heirs of Jacob Archer sold the greater of the " Long field " to George S. Allison. On this field stands the Catholic church, with the thickly settled neighborhood adjoining.

GRASSY POINT.

Previous to his death, Joseph Allison gave to his sons, John, William, and Joseph, a deed for all that part of the Allison farm, known at that time as the "further neck," which was all the land between Minisceongo Creek and Hudson River, and the " Narrow Passage."" The con- ditions were that they should sell the tract, and if it brought {600, they were to retain that sum as their por- tion of their father's estate. If it brought more, they were to pay their father the overplus. When we consider the immense sums that have been paid for small portions of this tract, we can scarcely realize that, almost within the present century, {600, was considered a good price for the whole.

On the 9th of April, 1793, John, Joseph, and William Allison sold the whole tract to Jacob Sabriska. It is de- scribed in the deed as " all that tract of land in Haver- straw called the further neck, bounded North and East by Hudson's river, West by the marsh or salt meadow, and South by a fence, as it runs across the narrow pas- sage, and stands nearly opposite the point of land and meadow of Mr. Thomas Hays' farm, on the west side of the creek, containing 10372 acres, more or less." Sa- briska kept it but a short time, and sold it to William Denning. jr., who sold it to his father, William Denning, July 4th 1798.

As stated before, the land lying between Broad street and Main street belonged to Elsie Allison, who left it to her daughter, Elsie Archer, and it was sold by her heirs to George S. Allison. The land beyond this, up to the "Narrow Passage," and the tract described as sold to Jacob Sabriska, belonged to Peter, Michael, Amos, Par-

cels, and Richard Allison. Peter and Michael bought the shares of Richard and Parcels, in 1826. Division street, as laid down on the maps, was the separating line between the portions of Peter and Michael, and that of their brother, Amos.

THE VILLAGE OF WARREN.

In 1837 almost all of the lands between Main street and the " Narrow Passage " had passed into the hands of George S. and Michael Allison, and in that year the tract was surveyed and laid out into building lots, by S. S. Doughty, a surveyor from New York, and the streets received names which are still retained. The new vil- lage thus laid out was named "Warren." The growth of the brick business caused a sudden demand for build- ing lots and the new village increased rapidly. The first store in Haverstraw was kept by George Smith, and stood where House's drug store is now located, on the south corner of West Broad street and Broadway .* It was the alleged high prices charged at this store which induced. Elsie Allison to invite her grandson, George S. Allison, to come from New York and start one in opposition, which he did, and his place was on the opposite side of Broadway .??

These two stores were quite sufficient for the busi- ness at the time when the village of Warren was laid out. One of the first to build here was John Felter, who had a place of business where the American Hotel now stands. He built a dock and business was brisk at his landing. The first hotel was kept by Samuel Johnson. The well known "United States " is its successor on the same site. An old house built by Thomas Smitht stood there before Johnson's time, and was burned early in the present century. Abraham Van Tassel, and after him Noah Brown and David Baker, had a tavern where the saloon of Levi West now stands, and here the first meet- ing of the Freemasons was held.

In 1853 a petition, asking for the incorporation of the village, was presented to the County Court, by Henry P. Cropsey, Samuel C. Blauvelt, Abraham De Baun, Garret De Baun, Lewis R. Mackey, John C. Coe, James Cre- ney, David C. Springsteen, John De Baun, Ezra Mead, A. Edward Suffern, and Samuel A. Ver Valen. This pe- tition recited that the above were residents of Haver- straw or Warren, that they had caused a census of the place to be taken on the roth of December 1853, and a survey and map of the district to be made. It was found that the area of the proposed incorporated village was 493 acres, and the population 1,700. In accordance with this the village was duly incorporated under the name of "Warren;" # and the first Charter election was held at

*The point where the creek in its windings approached nearest to the river was called the " Narrow Passage." There was a high bank or hill between them, and between the creek and hill was scarcely room for a wagon to pass. Hence the name.

*This was on the De Noyelles estate, and was the point of separation between the Allisons and De Noyelles, when the patent was divided. The line thence followed Broadway to South street and ran thenee to the river.

+This man who owned the land between Main and South streets was brother of Joshua Hett Smith, of Revolutionary days. Hedied Novem- ber 7th 1795.

+This name was nover popular, and the old name Haverstraw way adopted In 1875.

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the house of John Begg, April 8th 1854. The whole number of votes cast at this election was 750, and the following officers were chosen:

Trustees, Henry M. Peck, Henry P. Cropsey, Richard A. Ver Valen, and George E. De Noyelles; Clerk, Sam- uel C. Blauvelt; Treasurer, Josiah Milburn; Assessors, Isaac Sherwood, Daniel G. Smith, Andrew De Baun; Collector, George S. Myers; Pound master, Peter Titus.

Presidents of the village: Edward Pye, 1854, 1855; Cor- nelius P. Hoffman, 1856; John I. Cole, 1857; John Law- rence De Noyelles, 1858-70; Richard A. Ver Valen, 1871- 4; James Osborn, 1875. 1876; John Lawrence De Noy- elles, 1877, 1878; James Osborn, 1879-82; Richard A. Ver Valen, 1883, 1884.

The first village clerk was Samuel C. Blauvelt. Wil- liam R. Pitts was elected in 1873 and has held the posi- tion till the present time.

In 1855 the charter was amended by an act of the Legislature, and the village was made a road district, which included the roads through the mountain passes, known as the Long and Short Cloves. In these roads improvements were made, which rendered the nieans of communication with the country back of the mountains much easier than it had ever been before.

SUPERVISORS OF HAVERSTRAW.

Cornelius Haring, 1723, 1724; Jacobus Swartwout, 1725-27; Cornelius Kuyper, 1728, 1729; Jacobus Swart- wout, 1730-34; Gabriel Ludlow, 1735; Garret Snedeker, 1736, 1737; Gabriel Ludlow, 1738, 1739; Cornelius Kuy- per, 1740; Adrian Onderdonk, 1741-43; Guisbert Kuy- per, 1744-52: John Coe, 1753-63; John De Noyelles, 1764-71; Edward William Kiers, 1772-79; Guisbert Kuy- per, 1780, 1781; Tunis Kuyper, 1782-85; David Pye, 1786-91; Benjamin Coe, 1792-1801; Samuel Smith, 1802-05; Nathaniel Dubois, 1806, 1807; Andrew Suf- fern, 1808, 1809; Abraham De Camp, 1810, 1811; David De Baun, 1812; Samuel Goetchius, 1813, 1814; Halstead Gurnee, 1815-17; James Taylor, 1818-20; Samuel Goet- chius, 1821; John I. Suffern, 1822, 1823; Mathew Gur- nee, 1824, 1825; Charles Smith, 1826, 1827; Matthew Gurnee, 1828, 1829; Lawrence De Noyelles, 1830, 1831; James De La Montagne, 1832, 1833; Lawrence De Noy- elles, 1834; Jacob Hauptman, 1835; Henry Chris- tie, 1836; James De La Montagne, 1837, 1838; Law- rence De Noyelles, 1839-41; John W. Felter, 1842-46; George E. De Noyelles, 1847-52; John W. Felter, 1853, 1854; Andrew De Baun, 1855, 1856; Wesley J. Weyant, 1857; William R. Knapp, 1858, 1859; John L. De Noy- elles, 1860; Prince W. Nickerson, 1861-64; John I. Cole, 1865-67; Samuel C. Blauvelt, 1868-74; Henry Christie, 1875; John W. Felter,* 1876-79; Josiah Felter, 1880 to present time.

ROSA VILLA.

As before stated, all the land of the Allison farm which lay beyond the " Narrow Passage," and included Grassy

Point, was sold by Joseph, John, and William Allison to Jacob Sabriska in 1793, and again to William Denning in 1798.

The person who now stands at the " Narrow Passage " sees to the north a confused scene of brick yards and tenement houses, and perched upon the top of a high sand bank, which is being rapidly dug away, the founda- tions of a house of former days, with not a tree or a shrub visible. Scarcely a green blade of grass is visible, and the houses of laborers are scattered around, without the slightest attempt at crnamentation. To call this place by the name of " Rosa Villa " seems the strangest of strange misnomers. It is difficult to realize that fifty years ago there stood upon this spot one of the most beautiful residences on the Hudson River. The hill that sloped to the river side was a park, with ornamental trees, and such quantities of rose bushes, the blossoms of which filled the air with fragrance, were growing there, that all who knew the place admitted with one accord that the name bestowed upon it by its owner was highly appropriate. This tract, about ten acres, at the south end of his purchase, was sold by William Denning to William Smith,* a wealthy lawyer of New York, in 1823. Upon it he erected a country residence, the elegance and beauty of which are still remembered by older citizens. The mansion itself was a large two story building, with verandas and bay windows; and, standing as it did on the top of the high bank that overlooked the bay, it pre- sented one of the finest views on the Hudson River. After a few years it was sold to Captain John Richard- son, who afterward conveyed it to a Mr. Jones, a fore- man in the rolling mills established by Elisha Peck. Mr. Jones was an expert workman and a person of good taste, and under his care " Rosa Villa " appeared with still greater splendor. Beautiful evergreens shaded the place, and the river side presented a vision of elegance which it will never present again. Its owner finally re- moved to Pennsylvania, and the place was sold to David Munn. The rapid growth of brick making soon wrought a change in the scene. The high river bank gradually disappeared and was made into millions of bricks that have helped to build up a mighty city. The place where the mansion stood is the last relic of the once lofty ter- race. During the winter of 1883 the house itself was destroyed, t and " Rosa Villa " with its beauty and its fond remembrances has passed away forever.

GRASSY POINT.

William Denning, who bought Grassy Point in 1798, was a New York lawyer of wealth and distinction. At that time the quarantine arrangements were not very per- fect, and to escape the threatened yellow fever, he, with many other wealthy citizens, sought country seats along the banks of the Hudson, where, free from the danger of contagious disease, they might pass the summer months. Not far from the end of Grassy Point he erected a large

*Sou of the one of the same name above.

*He was son of Thomas Smith, and nephew of Joshua Hett Smith. +A : tA portion of its material was used in building the dwelling house that stands In the rear of the Central Presbyterian Church.

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and elegant mansion. At that time the whole tract was covered with beautiful groves of oak and chestnut trees, and the place was a perfect picture of rural beauty. At the mouth of the Minisceongo Creek was a high hill covered with large trees, but hill and trees have both long since disappeared. It was on the top of the river bank that Denning built his residence, and the resources of wealth were lavishly bestowed to make this one of the most elegant of country homes. He owned a small sloop, called the Minisceongo, which he used to convey his family to and from the metropolis. Mr. Denning* was an aristocrat of the olden style, very reserved and exclusive in his intercourse with the world. He little dreamed that the palatial residence which was the object of his pride would, in a few years, be demolished, and its materials be used for the unsightly shanties now occu- pying its site. After his death, which occurred about 1820, the place was sold by his executors to Philip Ver- planck (the owner of Verplancks Point, so famous in our Revolutionary history), June Ist 1824. At that time there was almost a mania for buying tracts of land . and laying out new villages along the Hudson. Ver- plancks Point was purchased by a company of specu- lators with this intent, and the former owner hav. ing sold his ancestral heritage, crossed the river and became the owner of Grassy Point and the Den- ning mansion. He kept the estate a few years, and sold it to Isaac L. Pratt, April Ist 1830. Pratt sold it, De- cember 18th of the same year, to Dr. Lawrence Proud- foot, of New York, who purchased it with the intention of laying it out in lots and establishing a steamboat landing. About this time he built the large double house that stands at the river's bank, near the steamboat wharf. The whole tract was divided into three parts, of which the north one was sold to David Munn, November 27th 1834, and the middle one to Eliza J. Blackwell in 1835. It was on this lot that the Denning mansion stood. After the decease of Mrs. Blackwell it was sold to Henry Bergh, from whom it passed into the hands of Abram B. Conger, who made it his residence. Mr. Conger repre- sented the district in the State Senate in 1852, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1867. He is now a prominent lawyer in the city of New York. The purchase of this tract, and several large farms which formerly belonged to the Snedeker family in Clarkstown, and the tracts of mountain land on the river front, be- tween Haverstraw and Slaughter's Landing, made Mr. Conger one of the largest land owners in this part of the county at that time. The rapid growth of the brick mak- ing business soon changed the whole order of things. A large portion of the lot was sold to Frank and George Felter, its present owners. The remainder is divided into the small lots of the village of Grassy Point. The third lot, which lay next to the tract called Rosa Villa, was sold to two speculators from New York, Effingham | led to the erection of the Catholic church in Haverstraw. Warner and Thomas Murphy, about 1835. They also bought the old Crom farm on the opposite side of the

creek, and intended to lay out a " paper city." This en- terprise failed, and the speculators with it, and the lot came into the hands of David Prall, a lawyer, of New York. He offered it for sale for less than $5.000, and finally empowered one Warner to sell it. In 1843 he made a contract with Henry Worall, by which he engaged to sell him the lot for the sum of $4,800, possession to be taken in April following .* When the news of this ar- rangement came to the knowledge of David Munn, he went to the agent to purchase the land for cash. Munn was informed of the contract and was referred to the principal, from whom, after some negotiations, he ob- tained a deed for cash payment, July 9th 1845, and pro- ceeded to take possession. When the time came for the contract with Worall to be fulfilled, Munn was in actual possession. Worall, in 1844, began a suit for specific performance of the contract, and then ensued long years of litigation, which has made the " Worall law suit " one of the celebrated causes of Rockland county. Upon various points this case went to the Court of Appeals three times, and although it was decided in favor of Worall, yet Munn managed by his dexterity to keep in possession till 1859. At length the tedious suit came to an end and Worall was put in full pos- session. A man of less tenacity of purpose would probably have stopped here. But David Munn was not to be stopped so easily. It seems that in the conveyance by Dr. Proudfoot a reservation was made of the road which had been laid out from the landing at Grassy Point diagonally across the Worall tract. This road thus reserved was bought by Mr. Munn, who quietly waited for his time to come. In the mean time the brick yards, which had been established on the tract, made it of the greatest value, and when they reached the limits of the road reserved, the owners were served with an in- junction, which prevented any further advance. The parties then began to negotiate, and the result was that the same tract which had been offered for sale at the price of $5,000, was bought by David Munn, or his rep- resentatives, for the enormous sum of $228,000. In this case some of the foremost lawyers of the State had been employed, and the costs and expenses of the suit have been estimated as high as $100,000. After this, by mu- tual arrangement, the tractt was reconveyed to the rep- resentatives of Henry Worall, and it is now owned by them in company. At the time when Dr. Proudfoot built the large house by the landing there was no other build- ing on the whole tract above the Narrow Passage, ex- cept the Rosa Villa and Denning mansions. The latter was torn down some twelve years since and its materials are now a portion of various tenement houses in the neighborhood. Since then quite a village has sprung up. A hotel near the landing was kept, about 1845, by James Creney. In this house the first meeting was held that The events narrated above occurred while the Point was a portion of the town. It is now a part of Stony Point.

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History of Rockland County, New York : with biographical sketches of its prominent men, Part 34

Author: Cole, David, 1822-1903, ed. cn; Beers, J. B., & co., New York, pub Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 993

Author: Cole, David, 1822-1903, ed. cn; Beers, J. B., & co., New York, pub
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 993