History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 40

Author: Peirce, H. B. (Henry B.) cn; Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Ensign
Number of Pages: 1112

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In March, 1865, the Susquehanna Valley was visited by one of the most disastrous inundations known within the century. All that part of Nichols where Judge Barstow lived suffered greatly, and the exposure and excitement consequent upon it caused an attack of erysipclas, which terminated fatally about two weeks after.

Samuel Barstow was the oldest son of Judge Barstow ; he moved to Detroit, was United States District Attorney, but subsequently died of cholera at Buffalo, N. Y. Mary L. Barstow, his surviving daughter, is still residing in Nichols. In honor to her father's memory she contributes his portrait to this work.

THE TOWN AND VILLAGE OF OWEGO.

CHAPTER XXX.

OWEGO.

A CENTURY, lacking less than a decade, has elapsed since the first permanent settlement was made in the town of Owego. Ninety-two years, with their momentous events and changing vicissitudes, have passed away, and there is not one now remaining whose memory extends backwards to the time of the arrival of the first pioneer,-to the time when an unbroken wilderness existed where now are fertile

and highly-cultivated farmns ; when the face of the town was o'erspread with an almost impenetrable forest; when an old log cabin, or perchance here and there a humble frame dwelling, constituted the principal habitations of the settlers. What wondrous changes have the industry and skill of the pioncers wrought ! Where was once the wilder- ness, is now the farm ; where once the log cabin, is now the commodious dwelling wherein are enjoyed the comforts, in places even the luxuries, of life. On the hills, where once roamed the wild beast, the cattle graze. Churches and school-houses are dotted over the town, so that religion and education, the prime factors of man's success, are placed within the reach of all. To bring down, step by step, the progress and development of the town, to note the varied changes in its history, and to inscribe on its pages a tribute to those who have labored to accomplish these results, has been our aim in the brief history of the town which follows.

Geographically, Owego is located in the southeast part of the county. Its surface is mostly upland, separated into two distinct parts by the Susquehanna River, and broken by narrow valleys and small creeks. The summits of the ridges are broad and rolling, and from three hundred to five hundred feet above the river. The intervale along the river in some places is an unbroken flat more than a mile in width. Owego Creek, flowing through a broad and beautiful valley, forms the western boundary of the town north of the Susquehanna. The other streams are Nanti- coke Creek from the north, and Apalachin Creek from the south, and a great number of brooks and creeks of lesser importance. The declivities bordering upon these streams are generally stecp. A well in this town is described in Silliman's Journal,t seventy-seven feet deep, yet frozen four or five months in the year, so as to be useless. Other deep wells freeze as soon as at the surface, from some pecu- liarity of the soil.

THE SETTLEMENT

of the town was commenced in 1785, on the present site of the village of Owego, by Amos Draper, an agent and Indian trader from the Wyoming Valley. At first the influx of emigration centered around the trading-post and embyro village at Owego, but soon extended to other parts of the town. From Dr. Hough's " Gazetteer"§ we learn that " John McQuigg and James McMaster, from New England, the original patentees of the half-township on which the village of Owego stands, settled there in 1785. A clearing was made and grain sowcd on an Indian im- provement at Owego, in the season of 1786, by William' McMaster, William Taylor, Robert McMaster, John Nealey, and William Wood, who entered the valley from the cast, by way of Otsego Lake and the Susquehanna." The town was originally subdivided into patents or purchases. Those north of the river were McMaster's Patent, Coxe's Patent, and the Nanticoke Purchase. Those south of the river were Coxe's Manor, Nicholls Tract, Edgar's Tract, Gospel Tract, and Literature Tract.

Among the earliest settlers in the town, who arrived after those above named, were Caleb and Simeon Nichols,

* Political History of New York, vol. i. p. 427; vol. ii. pp. 143, 199, 510, etc.

t From an obituary published in the New York State Agricultural Journal soon after Dr. Barstow's death.

į Vol. xxxvi. p. 104.

¿ Foot-note 5, p. 653, ed. of 1872.

OWEGO, NEW YORK.

LITM. BY L. H. EVERTS, PHILADA.

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Hicks Horton, and other pioneers mentioned in the history of Apalachin, which place was settled contemporaneousły with Owego, but not having the same facilities did not grow as rapidly. With the exception of the land on and near Apalachin Creek, that on the north side of the river re- ceived accessions to its settlements before that on the south side, except, perhaps, in the immediate vicinity of Nichols.

Among the earliest settlers of the town, on the north side of the Susquehanna, the following are worthy, as pio- neers, of particular mention : Richard Searles, father of Emanuel and Chester Searles, came in from Bedford, Mass., in the spring of 1795, and settled on the farm now owned by Lueius Fleming. He first settled in Nichols in 1791. He died Sept. 9, 1849, at the good old age of ninety-six, and his remains repose in the cemetery near Flemingville.

Asahel Pritchard, father of Amzi, Salmon, and Calvin Pritchard (the latter of whom now occupies the old home- stead), came in from the Wyoming Valley, first to Nichols, in 1791, to Owego in 1795, having resided there at the time of the Indian massacre of July 3, 1778.

Another pioneer, whose settlement was about contempo- rary with the above, was Samuel Stewart, who originally settled the farm now occupied by S. L. Barrett. He lived for a number of ycars in a primitive log cabin, and, when the country was yet new, he removed with all his family to one of the Western States.

Following closely the above came Benjamin and Jere- miah Brown, in 1796. None of their deseendants now re- side here. Solomon B., son of Benjamin, resides in the town of Union, Broome Co.

In the year 1800, Abijah Foster arrived and settled in the valley of the Little Nanticoke, at what has long since been known as " Foster's Hollow." His son, Daniel R., was born there in 1802, and now resides on part of the old płace.

Two years later than the last-named pioneer eame Elizur Talcott, father of Joel and George Talcott, from Hartford Co., Conn. Joel now resides on a farm on which he settled in 1830.

In 1808, Abraham Hoagland came in, and settled on the farm now owned and oeeupied by his grandson, William Hoagland.

In 1816, Aaron Truman-father of Lyman Truman, Esq., the millionaire banker of Owego, and of Charles E. Truman-came into this town, having settled in the town . of Candor in the year 1800. Charles E. occupies the old homestead farm, located at Flemingville.

In 1817, Elijah Walter came in from Cheshire Co., N. H., and settled near Gaskill's Corners. Ile was in the war of 1812. His sou William now resides on the old homestead.

Isaae Whittemore came from Vermont in 1818, and set- tled on what is now known as " Whittemore's Hill," near the eastern line of the town. He had eleven children, of whom eight survive. Following the above, within the decade from 1820 to 1830, came Michael Lainhart, father of Adam and John Lainhart, in 1822; Hiram Buck, father of A. D. Buck, the same year; John T. Pettigrove, in 1825 ; Gideon Brownell (father of P. W. Brownell), in 1826 ; Abraham Cole, Alvin Hollister, Jacob Beeker (father

of Fayette Becker), James Phillips, Joseph Dodge, Alva Griffin, Lewis Oakley, M.D., Wm. W. Richardson, Levi and Benjamin Green, Moses Ingersoll, Judson Spencer, Jona- than and Briar Truesdell, Clark Hull, and others.

On the south side of the river, off from Apalachin Creek, settlements were made at an early day on the old Owego and Montrose Turnpike, and in what has long since been known as the " Wait Settlement." On the turnpike Aaron Steele settled in 1819. He came from Windham Co., Vt., and located on the farm now owned by Wm. II. King. He had five sons, viz., Ransom, Lucius, Aaron W., William, and James, of whom the three last named survive. He had three daughters,-Emily, the widow of Calvin Darling, who resides in Iowa, being the only one who sur- vives. Abraham Williams, father of Jacob Williams, came in 1817 from Rensselaer County, and settled on the farm now occupied by Danicł Dodge.

Adam Gould arrived in 1820. He had a numerous progeny, of which many descendants reside in the town and county. His sons were Hiram, Cornelius, Philip N., Adam C., Smith, and Joel ; his daughters were Zilpha, Polly, and Abigail. Zilpha married Ezra Tallmadge, father of Ezra W. Tallmadge, now a resident of the town. Mr. Tallmadge came into the town in March, 1826, and settled on the place now occupied by his son-in-law, Charles S. Hills. James Archibald came to the town of Owego, Feb. 22, 1822. He was born on the 4th of July, 1776, thus celebrating practically the two grand events in American history,-the Declaration of Independence and the birth of George Washington. One of his sons, Almon W .. now resides on the old homestead ; the other, Samuel, is pro- prietor of the Owego tannery, on the south side of the river, in Owego .*

Caleb Lamb and Smith and Daniel Payne came in from Saratoga County in 1825. The Paynes removed to Illinois, and Mrs. Hewitt is the only member of Mr. Lamb's family remaining in the town. The next year Benjamin Gifford came in, and settled on the farm now occupied by his son, David S. Gifford.

Henry Wait, the original member of that now numerous family, came in from Saratoga County in 1819, and located on 900 acres, which tract has since borne the name of " Wait's Settlement." His deed was given by Judge Cory- ell, through Dr. Waldo, for Colonel Nichols, the patentee. He had five sons, of whom Christian, William, Henry, Jr., and John reside in the town. The old homestead farm is now owned and occupied by Henry Wait, Jr.

Among other settlers in and around Wait's Settlement, and between that and Owego, were Captain Stephen Ward, David Briggs, Isaiah Matthews, James Newman, Joshua White, Thomas Pettis, William, Theodorns, and Willeus White, James, Henry, and Francis Blow, Timothy and E. P. Robertson, Nathan Bostwick, Olney Aldrich, Levi Thurston, Searle and Loren C. Pearl, Nicholas Groesbeck, the Beebes, the Notewares, Fosters, Leonard L. Barton, Silas Moore, and others, were also carly settlers.

Nathaniel Catlin settled on the farmu where he and his

* For history of tannery, see under head of " Manufacturing," in history of the village.

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son George L. now reside in 1833. His father, Nathaniel Catlin, eame from Deekertown, N. J., and settled in the town of Tioga, in 1803, where he died several years ago.

Other early settlers in various parts of the town were Wm. Freneh, the Lamonts, James Clark, Nathaniel Good- speed, Eli Gilson, from whom Gilson's Corners received that name, Clark Hull, Livermores, Smiths, in the Hollister neighborhood, G. W. Southwiek, near Flemingville, the Speneers, near Hoagland's Corners, James Hill, near Camp- ville, and his father, who is now eighty-six, and has been in the town eighty-four years.

BEGINNINGS.

The first house erected in the town of Owego was by Amos Draper, in 1785. It stood on the present site of the Ahwago Fire-Engine House, on Main Street, in the present village of Owego. Mr. Draper built this house while re- siding temporarily at Smithboro' the year previous to his aetual settlement herc.

The first frame house in the town, outside of the present limits of the village, was erected by Miel Dean, on the site of the residence of Joel Talcott, on lot 11.

The first actual improvement of an agricultural nature was made by Amos Draper, in the spring of 1787, at which time he sowed the first crop of wheat.

The first white child born in the town was Seleeta, daugh- ter of Amos Draper, June 19, 1788. She became the wife of Stephen Williams, Jr., and moved to Newark Valley, where she died.

The first school taught, outside of the village on the north side of the river, was in what is known as the " Park Set- tlement." The school-house was erected in 1817. Prior to that, for a number of years, those living too far distant from Owego sent their children to school in Candor, on the opposite side of the creek, near Flemingville. A school was also taught at Gaskill's Corners at an early day.

The first church edifiee erceted in the town of Owego, outside of the village, was that by the Free-Will Baptists, at South Apalaehin, in 1844. It was destroyed by fire in 1859.

The first grist-mill of any importance in the town of Owego, outside the village, was erected by Messrs. Platt & Turner in 1820, now known as the " Red Mills." There had doubtless been mills of a very primitive eharacter erected prior to the above date.

The first saw-mill of which any reliable information can be obtained was that erected by Willard Foster in 1826. Mills were doubtless built prior to this, but no definite information could be gained any earlier.

CIVIL ORGANIZATION.

Owego was organized Feb. 16, 1791, and then eovered all the territory between Cayuta and Owego Creeks. In the aet of general division of the counties and towns in the State, in 1813, all that territory, with the exception of Spencer, which was set off Feb. 20, 1806, was embraced within the town of Tioga, and the name of Owego was then applied to its present limits .* Owego is the largest

town in the county, its area being 53,651 aeres, of which 35,500 are improved. The first records relating to the town bear date April 3, 1800, and are those of the original town of Tioga.

David Pixley, Esq., was moderator of the first town- meeting, and the following officers were elected, namely : Supervisor, John Brown ; Town Clerk, Lemuel Brown ; Assessors, Asa Bement, Asa Camp, Henry Stewart ; Col- lector, Jesse Gleason; Overseers of the Poor, Vine Kingsley, Lemuel Brown ; Commissioners of Highways, William Roe, Asa Bement, Stephen Mack ; Constables, Henry Stewart, Stephen Ball, Stephen Maek ; Fenee-Viewers, Vine Kings- ley, Stephen Ball ; Poundmaster, Vine Kingsley.

The supervisors, town clerks, and justiees of the peaee, from 1800 to 1878 inclusive, have been as follows :

SUPERVISORS.

John Brown (4 years), Joseph Waldo, Asa Leonard, Stephen Mack (4 years), Charles Pumpelly (6 years), John R. Drake, Eleazur Dana, Anson Camp (7 years), William A. Ely (14 years), David P. Tinkham, Lyman Truman (3 years), Joseph C. Bell, James Cameron, James Ely (3 years), David Wallis, Benjamin W. Green (2 years), George Hollenbeck (11 years), John Holmes, Stephen B. Leonard (2 years), Arba Campbell, A. E. Cable (2 years), Charles K. Lin- eoln, Ezra S. Buckbee, William P. Raymond, James Bishop (5 years), Frederick O. Cable (2 years), Frederick K. Hull (4 years), William H. Corey, Jolm B. Brush, Charles M. Haywood, Ansou Decker, present (1878) ineumbent.

CLERKS.

Lemuel Brown (8 years), William Jones (2 years), Samuel Barclay (4 years), Jedediah Fay (3 years), Wil- liam Platt (7 years), Joel S. Paige, Jared Huntington (5 years), Ezra Smith Sweet, Jared Huntington (1+ years), David G. Taylor, John Carmichael (3 years), C. H. Sweet, William B. Coleman, Warren E. Reeves, John Dan- forth, Frederick I. Fay, Gurdon G. Manning (2 years), William P. Hillard, Joseph Berry, George W. Fay (3 years), Dwight I. Bloodgood, Jefferson C. Divelle, Ezra W. Reeves (6 years), George Cameron, William F. Chitery, Calvin B. Dean (2 years), Thos. Brady, Thomas W. Dean, Levi T. Rising, Albert H. Keeler, Jonas Shays (1878).

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Ezra Smith Sweet (1830, and 16 years), ; Robert L. Flem- ing, Ransom Steel, Franeis Armstrong, Edmund Wood, Ben- jamin Tracy, Andrew H. Calhoun (8 years), George Mead, John Holmes (20 years), William T. Johnson, Lewis B. Mead, William P. Raymond, James Cameron, Benjamin Stiles, Thomas J. Ferguson (vaeaney), John Ripley (12 years), Jared Huntington, Asa G. Thomas, Benjamin W. Brownell, Charles A. Munger, Charles E. Truman (16 years), George Cooper, Harry Jewett (five years), Alvah B. Archibald, James P. Lovejoy (vaeancy), Nelson Brink, Charles R. Barstow (vacancy), Charles E. Parker, Eugene B. Gere, George Cooper, Henry L. Bean (5 years), Alanson Munger, William L. Bean, Thomas W. Barton, Henry H.

# See C. P. Avery's Susquehanna Valley, in bound volume of St. Nicholas, pp. 357 and 358.

+ First on record; appointed by the Governor previously.

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Rouse, Gilbert Newell (vacancy), Gilbert Newell, Harvey Jewett.

APALACIIIN

is located on the south bank of the Susquehanna, eight miles east of Owego and about one mile south of Camp- ville Station, on the opposite side of the river. It was named after the Apalachian system of mountains. The first settlers were John and Abel Bills, who came in from New Lebanon, Columbia Co., in 1790. About the same time came from Rhode Island Caleb and Simeon Ni- chols, who were both Revolutionary soldiers. William Nichols, son of the latter, was born on what now consti- tutes the Ransom Steele estate. Simeon Nichols had ten children, all of whom were born in the town of Owego. Of these but four survive,-Elizabeth, widow of Harvey Fox ; William, now living on Apalaehin Creek, one-half mile west of village; Almira, wife of Abel Bills, now re- sides in Michigan ; Annie, wife of Uriah Short, who lives within a mile or two of the Apalachin.

Asa Camp came in from Broome County about the year 1792, having removed into that county in 1787. He located first on the Catlin farm, and in 1800 crossed the river and permanently settled on the site now occupied by the village that bears his name .*

Benjamin Tracey, the father of the noted Brooklyn law- yer, B. F. Tracey, is an old-time resident here. The lawyer was born here. Anson B. Glover was one of the earliest settlers on Apalachin Creek.

Isaae Harris, Simeon Brown, Amariah Barney, Henry and Chauncey Billings, Joseph S. Dean, Vincent Gland, Josiah Mead, David Foster, John Goodenow, Josiah Gris- wold, the Pearsalls, Levi Morton, the Lamontes, C. T. Bell, Deacon Armstrong, W. Foster, Charles Webster, and others were among the early settlers.

The first store in the place was kept by John Hollen- back, and was a sort of a branch of the establishment kept in Owego by the same party about 1820. The first regular mercantile business was established in the village by David Beers, about 1824, who was succeeded by Ransom Steel, Esq., in 1830. This store was kept in the old building now used as a barn by Edson Edwards.

The first tavern was kept by Henry Billings, about 1822, in the honse now owned by Aaron Steele, and occupied by Ira Edwards. The present " Exchange Hotel" was built by Ransom Steele, Esq., in 1830. The " Eagle Hotel" was erected by Edward Murphy in 1844, and until 1860 re- tained the sign superscribed with " Murphy's Inn."

The post-office was established here in 1838, and Ran- som Steele was appointed the first postmaster. The present incumbent is Aaron Steele, son of the above-named gentle- man.

The first church edifice erected in the village was that of the Presbyterians, in 1856.1-

The village now contains four general stores, of which the respective proprietors are W. Scott Mersereau, Edson Edwards, Edward Buffum, and W. J. Gaskill ; one drug- store, three boot- and shoe-shops, one steam saw- and grist-

mill, three blacksmithies, one wagon- and carriage-shop, one cooper-shop, one livery-stable, two hotels, three churches (Presbyterian, Free - Will Baptist, and Wesleyan Meth- odist), one publie school, two resident physicians (Drs. I. W. Lewis and G. W. Beach), one justice of the peaee (John Holmes, Esq., who has held the office, in all, twenty- six years). The village contains a population, fairly esti- mated, of 375. It is surrounded by an excellent agrieul- tural country, and is one of the most prosperous and thrifty villages in the county in proportion to its population.

The Linta Silver Cornet Band, of Apalachin, was organ- ized and incorporated in 1876. The present members are William Barton, leader; George Lane Catlin, drum-major. William Jewett, Ransom Holmes, F. S. Pearsall, William Giles, E. R. Buffum, Charles Knapp, Theodore Probosco, Frank Knapp, Joel K. Marsh, Charles P. Doble, Gilbert Holines, and Charles Giles.

FLEMINGVILLE

was so named after Captain David Fleming, a hero of the war of 1812, who came in from Trenton, New Jersey, with his family, in 1804, and settled on the site at present occupied by the residence of his son's widow, Mrs. General Robert L. Fleming. Captain Fleming died on the old homestead in 1861, at the advanced age of eighty-two. His son, General Robert L., died Feb. 26, 1877, aged seventy-six years, the last of the direct issue of the original settler of that name. Numerous members of the family in the second generation reside in the town of Owego, and one daughter of Captain Fleming resides in Nichols. IIe removed his family and household effects to this town in wagons, making a very toilsome journey in those days of primitive improvements and bad roads.

Flemingville is but a hamlet, the principal feature of its early importance being the establishment of a post-office there as early as, if not prior to, 1820. The first post- master was General Robert L. Fleming. The present incumbent is Charles E. Truman. A tavern was kept here, in the dwelling of Samuel Stewart, in 1812. He came into the vicinity in 1795. The present hotel was built by Asa H. Truman in 1818, and kept by him for several years. The present proprietor is George Pease. Fleming- ville is located on the Southern Central Railway, about five miles from Owego. It now contains a general store, a hotel, a Methodist Episcopal church, a public school, a cooper- and blacksmith-shop, a post-office, and about 100 inhabitants.

Among the early settlers in Flemingville and vicinity, other than those mentioned under the head of " Early Settle- ment," were Reuben Hatch, Amzi Steadman, Walter Herrick, Captain Thomas Parks, Mason Webster, Moses Grimes, Kasie Cortwright, Ezekiel Mead, Daniel Ferguson, Ahira Anderson, Moses Darling, and Jasper Taylor. Some few of the above settled on the west side of the creek, in the town of Candor.

CAMPVILLE

was first settled about the year 1800. It is pleasantly located on the right bank of the Susquehanna, seven miles east of Owego, on the Erie Railroad. It was first named

Sec history of Campville.

t Sec under head of " Religious," for church history.

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East Owego, and a post-office was established there in 1827, and Henry Thompson was appointed first postmaster. He retained the office until 1833 or 1834, and was suc- cecded by Roswell (son of Asa) Camp, and the name was changed to Campville, in honor of the latter. Asa Camp was a Revolutionary hero, and settled in the town, on the farm now occupied by Nathaniel Catlin, in 1792. Roswell kept the post-office for many years, until incapacitated by age. Mr. Thompson removed from Campville to Owego, where he took an active part in local politics ; was elected town collector every year until the close of his life, in 1844. He was a man generally respected. Several of his children now reside in Owego.

Among other old and respected settlers of Campville and vicinity we may mention B. D. Montonye, who came in 1807 ; Jacob and Joseph Heinstrough, the former now in his one hundred and third year, and the oldest man in Tioga County ; Rev. Cyrenius, father of Colonel Roswell C. McNeil ; Joseph Mersereau, John Camp, and others.

The first store was kept by Joshua Mersereau, about 1835.

The first tavern was erected by Asa Camp, about the year 1800, and the present hotel by Roswell Camp, in 1835. It was a stopping-place for the stages between Owego and Newburg, and used to be quite a lively place.

The stock-yards of the Erie Railroad Company were established here in August, 1855, and Colonel R. C. McNeil was appointed general superintendent of live-stock of the road and master of the yards, which position he held and filled satisfactorily until the discontinuance of the yards at this point and their establishment at Port Deposit, January 1, 1871. The removal of the stock-yards de- tracted materially from the general prosperity of the village.

Campville now contains three general stores, kept by Abraham Heinstrought, Colonel R. C. McNeil, and Grove Moore, respectively ; one steam saw-, lath-, and planing- mill, owned and operated by R. C. McNeil ; a grist-mill, three black smith-shops, one church (Methodist Episcopal), one hotel, a public school, post-office,-Orville Smith, post- master,-a depot on the New York, Lake Erie and West- ern Railroad, telegraph- and express-offices, and about 150 inhabitants.

Colonel McNeil was appointed station-agent on the open- ing of the road through Campville, June 14, 1849, and has retained that office, in connection with other railroad duties, continuously ever since. He accompanied the officers of the road, Daniel Webster, and other celebrities through to Dunkirk, and presented the company with a silk flag, which is still retained in their archives at New York City, together with many others presented at that time along the line of the road. Colonel McNeil was born in the old tavern at Campville, Oct. 14, 1829, and has cer- tainly contributed more to the general growth and pros- perity of Campville than any other of its residents.

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History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 40

Author: Peirce, H. B. (Henry B.) cn; Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Ensign Number of Pages: 1112

Author: Peirce, H. B. (Henry B.) cn; Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Ensign
Number of Pages: 1112