History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 94

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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THIE CHEMUNG CANAL.

The construction of the eanal from Seneca Lake to the Chemung River at Elmira, with a feeder at Horseheads, was the most important epoch in the history of the village. The undertaking was commeneed in 1830, and completed in 1833, at a cost of $344,000. Its length was twenty- three miles, and the navigable feeder from the summit-level at Horseheads to the village of Corning sixteen miles, where is a capacious basin formed in the Chemung River. The eanal and feeder are together thirty-nine miles in length, had fifty-three locks, overcame an ascent and deseent of five hundred and sixteen feet, had eight waste-weirs, twenty-four road bridges, three towing-path bridges, eleven farm bridges, and three aqueducts. The first two boats launched on the eanal were the " General Sullivan" and " Lady Sullivan," built by John Jackson, of Horseheads. The office for collection of tolls was located at Horseheads. The first collector was Thomas Maxwell; the last John Butcher. The office was discontinued in 1876.

The village now contains three dry-goods, two drug, and two hardware stores, one boot and shoe store, three milli- nery establishments, one flour and feed store, one furniture warehouse, two meat markets, three harness shops, four blacksmithies, one carriage and wagon shop, one iron foun-

dry, one machine shop, one steam saw and two steam grist mills, one tannery, a cooper's shop, and one woolen mill. It has a bank, two hotels, the "Trembly House," of which J. L. Patterson is proprietor, and the "Ryant House," which is kept by Homer Ryant ; also three good restaurants, and one livery stable. There are four churches,-one Presby - terian, one Methodist Episcopal, one Protestant Episcopal, and one Roman Catholic,-one graded and one select school, one newspaper,-the Journal,-one blue lodge and one chapter of Masons, one lodge of Good Templars and one lodge of the Sons of Temperance, one grange of Patrons of Husbandry. It has eight lawyers, six physi- cians, two resident ministers of the gospel, and three insur- ance agents. There are two railway depots, the New York, Lake Erie and Western, and the Utiea, Ithaca and Elmira, with express and telegraph offices. Street cars run between the place and Elmira every alternate hour during the day. It is a post village, and its population is fairly estimated at 2500.

MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.

Horseheads has been quite a manufacturing centre for many years. In its earliest days distilleries, mills, and tanneries existed, and later establishments of greater im- portanee have been put in operation, notably the

Horseheads Foundry, which was established in 1849, by C. A. Granger. It stood on Franklin Street until de- stroyed by fire in January, 1870, at which time it was owned by Oakley &. Clapp. The present foundry was built by Bogardus & Bennitt, in 1870. They manufac- ture mill-irons and machinery, building-fronts, fences, and agricultural implements, employ ten hands, and do general job work.

The Horseheads Brick- Yard is among the most exten- sive establishments for the manufacture of bricks in the State. It was originally started by a man named Albright, on a small scale, about 1840. In 1855, William Westlake operated it to the extent, perhaps, of 1,200,000 per annum. In 1858, Benjamin Westlake, the present proprietor, pur- chased the yard and surrounding land, and since then has added improved machinery and increased the business to 6,500,000, with a capacity for at least 10,000,000 per an- num. There are six tempering-pits and six moulding-ma- chines, run by a steam-engine of fifty horse-power, and giving employment to sixty men and ten teams. Mr. Westlake has recently added improved facilities for cleaning the clay, which will add greatly even to the present excel- lent quality of brick made by him, and will place his pro- duetions among the best for hardness and durability.

The Horseheads Tannery occupies the site of the one built by Solomon More, in 1808. The present tannery was ereeted by A. C. McCumber, the present proprietor, in 1863. The number of hides tanned per annum is 7000; average number of hands employed, ten.

Horseheads Mills .- These mills were erected in 1837, by Captain Vincent Conkling. They are now operated by Kline, Hall & Co. Its annual product is about equal to that of the Empire Mills .*

# Though applied to, the firm failed to furnish the data for a more complete sketch of these mills.

MRS. JOHN BREES .

JOHN BREES .

JOHN BREES.

Among the very earliest settlers-or the first ones-of this town may be mentioned the Brees family. They are of Dutch origin, their ancestors having come from Holland previous to the Revolution and settled in New Jersey.

John, Sr., the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in New Jersey, and married Hannah Guildersleeve, a native of the same place, by whom ten children were born. Two of these, Sarah and John, were born in Horseheads. Mr. Brees settled in the Chemung Valley, within a few miles of the present village of Horseheads, in June, 1787, and in 1789 on the farm, which now includes a portion of the village of Horseheads, where he spent his remaining days. He died March 24, 1829, and his wife died Jan. 15, 1844.

The subject of this sketch was born April 29, 1791, upon the farm at Horseheads. He remained with his parents till their death, and then came in possession of the " Old Home" by paying off the heirs. He was married to Miss Mary Ann Truesdale, a native of Orange Co., N. Y., Jan. 14, 1817 ; Miss Truesdale was born Aug. 12, 1797. By this happy alliance eleven children were born,

namely : Caroline, Lamoyne, Josiah, Sarah, Esther, John, Hannah, Catherine, Angeline, Horace J., and Mary, all of whom are now living in this State and in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Brees celebrated their golden wedding Jan. 14, 1867, at which were present ten children, nineteen grand- children, onc brother, one sister, and a host of friends who were young men and women when this aged couple were married, all of whom brought valuable gifts, kind wishes, and pleasant words. They continued to live together until March 3, 1874, when Mrs. Brees died. She was a kind and affectionate wife, and a devoted mother. For more than forty years she was a worthy member of the Baptist Church at Horscheads. Mr. Brees has been a member also for many years, and by word and deed has done his part in building up good schools and churches. In politics a Democrat. He never held any official position, preferring the quict of home to any official honors. His occupation has always been that of farming. He is now hale and hearty, a man of more than cighty-seven summers, and whose mind is as good as ever. Fine portraits of himself and wife may be scen above.

FARM & RESIDENCE OF COL H. C. HOFFMAN, HORSE HEADS , NEW YORK. THE BARNS & HOLSTEIN CATTLE ARE ON THE RIGHT OF CREAMERY IN THE DISTANCE.

LITH. BY L. H EVERTS, PHILADA.

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Empire Mills .- The first mill on the site now oeeupied by the Empire Mills was ereeted about 1845 by William T. Hastings, and operated by him until he failed in bus- iness, when the property fell into the hands of George and Maurice Bennitt, who eondueted the business until 1861, during which year the mill was destroyed by fire. They rebuilt it in 1862, and in 1865 C. F. & B. T. Taber pur- chased a half-interest in the property. Present proprietors, C. F. Taber and Daniel and Comfort Bennitt. Merchant work per annum, 4000 barrels; custom work, 16,000 bushels. Run of stone, 4; and 1 pony.

Horseheads Steam Saw- Mill was built by Maurice Bennitt, · in 1869, and operated by him until 1874, when the present proprietors-Reynolds & Tuttle-purchased the property. They have a sash-, door-, and blind-factory and shingle- mill eonneeted with the saw-mill, employ 20 hands, and saw 2,500,000 feet of lumber per annum.

POST-OFFICE.

The post-office was established at the village of Horse- heads about 1822, when Jonas Sayre was appointed post- master. The name of the post-office was changed to " Fairport" in 1837, but in 1845 the old name was re- stored by an almost unanimous vote of the people. The present postmaster is A. D. Loomis.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

'On the 22d of August, 1873, the nucleus of the present fire department was formed by the organization of the " Horseheads Steamer and Hose Company, No. 1." About six months later the hose company withdrew, and shortly thereafter organized the " Pioneer Hose Company."

The first foreman of the steamer was John W. Lovell ; of the hose, Richard Donavan.

The department was incorporated June 2, 1876. The present offieers are George W. McCumber, Chief Engineer ; C. W. Cox, First Assistant ; J. W. Slayton, Second Assist- ant; A. W. Corel, M.D., Secretary ; John L. Carpenter, Treasurer.

In 1875, Independent Hose Company, No. 2, organized, and after about one year's existenee, disbanded.

Aeme Hose Company, No. 2, was organized Nov. 14, 1877. Its present offieers are Charles E. Whitney, Fore- man ; Fred. E. Herriek, Recording Secretary ; Edward H. Fleming, Financial Secretary ; Dora Smith, Treasurer. Number of members, 24.

The officers of Pioneer Hose Company are Horaee S. MeConnell, Foreman ; F. E. Mosher, Secretary ; J. W. Staring. Treasurer. Number of members, 38.

Officers of steamer company,-J. Fred. Bentley, Fore- man ; E. R. Benediet, Secretary ; Harry Boone, Treasurer. Membership, 34.

The equipments of the entire department are 1 Silsby steamer, 2 hose-earts, 1 four-wheeled carriage, 2500 feet of hose, and total membership, 96 men.

TIIE UNION SCHOOL

was organized under the statutes Oet. 11, 1865. An aea- demie department was ereated in 1877, which is in full op- eration and under the direction and visitation of the Regents.

The principals in their order since its organization as a union school have been as follows, namely : Sylvester D. Booram, Alonzo Eveland, W. G. Vanzant, John W. Osborne, Robert P. Bush, R. D. Eastman, F. M. Beardsley, G. E. Atwood. The present incumbent is W. H. Benedict; As- sistants, Misses Jennie Bloomer, M. Addie Renny, Kate L. Spoor, Amanda Osborne, Annie L. Whitney, and Ida M. Ilathaway.

A new and well-selected library, chemieal and physiolog- ieal apparatus, the property of the sehool district, is kept in the building. The statistics for the last school year are contained in those given of the schools generally in the his- tory of the town. The present Board of Education consists of Benjamin Westlake, President ; D. W. C. Curtis, Dr. W. H. Davis (Secretary), Rev. C. C. Carr, Joseph Putnam, and Henry Boone.

SECRET BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

Horseheads Lodge, No. 364, F. A. M., was granted a dispensation Feb. 1, 1855, and a warrant from the Grand Lodge was issued June 27 of the same year. Officers ap- pointed in the warrant were James A. Christie, W. M .; O. D. Chatfield, S. W. ; James Barlow, J. W. The origi- nal eharter was destroyed in the " great fire" of Aug. 12, 1862; but the lodge was authorized to work under a dis- pensation until the next annual communieation of the Grand Lodge. The number of charter members was 15. The present officers are Calvin G. Eddy, W. M. ; Thomas Hibbard, S. W .; Wm. C. Haines, J. W. ; Collins L. Hath- away, See. ; Charles Kline, Treas. Number of members, 90.

Horseheads Chapter, No. 261, R. A. M., was instituted in April, 1871, and the warrant was issued in February, 1872. The charter members were R. P. Bush, M. E. H. P .; Cal- vin Eddy, E. K .; S. A. Palmer, E. S., and 15 others. The present offieers are R. P. Bush, M. E. H. P. ; Com- fort Bennitt, E. K .; Harrison Clark, E. S .; Charles R. Egbert, C. H. ; Charles Taber, Treas. ; George S. Bennitt, See.

Evergreen Chapter, No. 18, O. E. S., was instituted July 25, 1870, by Sidney W. Palmer, of Electa Chapter, No. 6, with 15 charter members. The first officers were : Worthy Patron, Calvin G. Eddy ; Worthy Matron, Sophia V. Humphrey ; Associate Worthy Matron, Ruby A. Brown; Secretary, Lydia J. Carpenter ; Treasurer, Jennie S. Kies. The present offieers are: W. P., Civilian Brown ; W. M., Mary J. Wintermute; A. W. M., Aliee E. Loomis ; See- retary, Mary E. Fleming; Treasurer, Fannie E. Brown. Present membership, 35; place of holling meetings, Ma- sonic Hall; time, second and fourth Wednesday of each month.

Horseheads Lodge, No. 807, I. O. G. T., was instituted Jan. 15, 1869. The first principal officers were Dr. Or- lando Groom, W. C. T. ; Mrs. F. B. Northway, W. V. T. ; John Oakley, Sec .; G. T. W. Griffith, Treas. The present chief officers are E. S. Rockwell, W. C. T .; Mrs. O. S. Haskill, W. V. T .; Bertha J. Westlake, See .; Miss Au- gusta Young, 'Treas. The present membership is 63. Lodge reported in a flourishing condition.

Horseheads Grange, No. 105, was organized Feb. 18, 1873, with the following gentlemen as chief officers : W.

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H. Van Duzer, Master ; Charles K. Hetfield, Overscer ; James McQueen, Treas .; J. F. Westlake, Sec .; Mrs. Samuel Marshall, Ceres ; Mrs. Wilson Rickey, Pomona ; Miss Kate Van Duzer, Flora. The present principal offi- cers are Civilian Brown, Master ; J. W. Young, Overseer; Benjamin Wanning, Treas .; George W. McNish, Sec. ; Martha Rickey, Ceres; Mary Shappee, Pomona; Mary Marshall, Flora. Present membership, 94.

BREESPORT.

This village is conveniently located on the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad. It was laid out in 1854, on land principally owned by Messrs. Wm. R. and Ulysses Brees, and the plat surveyed by Azariah Brees. Among the early settlers in the place and vicinity were Benjamin Smith, Israel Boyer, A. Schoonover, Silas Brees, father of Win. R. and Ulysses Brees, the Heller family and others.

The first store was erected by Wm. R. Brees, in the spring of 1855, and the first tavern by the same person in the fall previous.

The first saw-mill in the vicinity of the village was erected by the Heller Brothers, as early as 1830. The first in the village proper by Joseph Rodbourn, Esq., in 1857.

The first grist-mill was also erected by Joseph Rodbourn, in 1860.

The village now contains two general stores, of which Joseph Rodbourn and the Harding Brothers are the pro- prietors respectively ; one grocery, kept by B. Burgess, one drug-store, two meat-markets, two blacksmithies, two wagon- shops, and tin-shop, one steam grist-mill, one steam saw-mill, both operated by Joseph Rodbourn; one steam oat-meal mill, a tannery, a creamery, an extensive brick-yard, a woolen- and carding-mill, the machine and repair-shops of the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad. It has three churches,-one each of the Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, and Presbyterian denominations, -each of which have handsome and com- modious edifices ; there is a departmental school, under the care of Professor Sitzer, two resident physicians, one lawyer, and three ministers of the gospel. The population is fairly estimated at 600.

THE POST-OFFICE

was established in 1857, and Warren Lincoln was appointed first postmaster ; the present incumbent is Barzillai Burgess. The great impetus to the growth and prosperity of Brees- port was the construction of the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad. To no one man is due a greater measure of com- mendation for the successful prosecution of this enterprise than to Joseph Rodbourn, Esq., the now efficient general manager of the road. To his untiring energy and zeal, aided by the financial assistance of the great philanthropist, Hon. Ezra Cornell, of Ithaca, belongs the honor of the ultimate success of an undertaking that was fraught with difficulties almost insurmountable, and as such its present status shows its completion to have been a brilliant triumph.

MANUFACTURING INTERESTS,

Breesport is quite a manufacturing eentre. Here are located the machine-shops of the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad, employing an average of 25 hands.

The Breesport Steam Grist-Mill was erected by Joseph

Rodbourn, in 1860. It has four runs of stone, and all the modern improvements in the way of machinery, ete. The annual products are 3000 barrels of merchant- and 50,000 bushels of eustom-work.

The steam saw-mill was crected by Joseph Rodbourn in 1857. Its capacity is 3,000,000 feet per annum.

The woolen-mill and carding-factory of James Bert was established at Breesport in 1869. It employs + operatives ; does custom-work wholly.

RELIGIOUS.

The religious sentiment of the early settlers of the town was expressed long before they were financially able to sustain a settled ministry, but by aid from the churches of surround- ing towns, and by leading local members, the religious wants of the community were in a measure supplied. Meetings were principally held at private dwellings until the erection of the first frame school-house on the Teal " Meeting-House Lot," after which public worship was had by all denomina- tions in it. The first minister of whom any knowledge exists was Rev. Daniel Thatcher, a Presbyterian clergyman, who preached hereabouts in 1801. The first regularly-or- ganized church in the town was the

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT HORSEHEADS,

which was formed Feb. 8, 1832, by Revs. Ethan Pratt and Marshall L. Farnsworth, and Elder John McConnell. There were 24 constituent members, from among whom Theodore Valleatt, Hector Sayre, and Myron Collins were appointed elders. The church was under the care of the Presbytery of Bath until December, 1837, when it was transferred to the Presbytery of Chemung, then holding its first session. The first pastor was Rev. Ethan Pratt. His successors in the pastorate have been Revs. W. Adams, 1835-36; Orin Catlin, 1837-41; C. C. Carr, 1841-56; B. G. Riley, 1857; N. E. Pierson, 1857-61; Irving L. Beaman, 1862; April 1, 1862, Rev. Mr. Carr was rc- ealled, and has since remained with the church.

Their house of worship was erected in 1832; removed from the original site in 1849; remodeled and refurnished in 1858-59, and is now a commodious building. The present trustces are T. S. Day, J. N. Barbour, J. W. Young, John Ross, William R. Light, Alexander Hayes, and James M. Ormiston. The present elders, T. Valleau, J. N. Barbour, T. S. Day, William R. Light, Morgan L. Egbert, and James M. Ormiston. Membership, 131 ; Super- intendent of Sunday-school, James M. Ormiston ; number of teachers, 12 ; scholars, 140.

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT HORSEHEADS was organized as a elass, composed of Benjamin Westlake (local preacher), Samuel D. Westlake and wife, Hannah Shute, James Taylor (local preacher) and wife, William F. Hull and wife, Obadiah Thorn and wife, David Holmes and wife, Lana Westlake (wife of Jacob Westlake), and Philip Smith, about 1827. The first quarterly meeting was held in a new large barn erected by Jonas Sayre. The church was incorporated Nov. 25, 1834. The first regular pastor was T. J. Campion. The society erected a church build- ing in 1834, and enlarged it in 1855, and on the 20th of

MR. ULYSSES BREES.

MRS. ULYSSES BREES.

ULYSSES BREES.

The subject of this sketch is of Welsh ancestry, tracing his lineage back through several generations. We find his ancestors among the Jacobites and ad- herents of the Stuarts. John Brees, the great-grand- father of Ulysses, came to this country about 1735, and settled in New Jersey. He married Dorothy Riggs, and located in Barnard township, Somerset Co. A large family of children were born to them, and the worthy couple attained the ripe old age of ninety years each. Hc died March 4, 1803, and his wife November 23, the same year. A son, John, came to this section and settled just below Elmira (then Newtown), in 1789, and two or three years subsequently removed to Horseheads. Silas, son of John, and father of Ulysses Brees, was born May 1, 1785. Upon attaining the age of manhood he married Mary Bennett, who was born March, 1784. They reared a family of eight children, six of whom are now living. Politically he was a firm supporter of the Democratic party, and in religions matters identified himself with the Universalist Church. Being of a happy and cheerful disposition, he gained the esteem and respect of all who knew him.

Ulysses Brces, born March 28, 1822, is the sixth son of a family of eight children. His educational advantages were limited ; still he succeeded in ac- quiring a practical business education, and at twenty- four years of age he married Elizabeth, daughter of Amos and Mary Lee Langdon, of Erin, Chemung Co., formerly of Dutchess Co., N. Y. He remained

on the Horseheads farm a few years after mar- riage, and in September, 1850, purchased a traet of timbered land lying in the eastern part of the town of Horseheads. He soon after, in partnership with his brother William, laid ont the village of Brees- port, now one of the thriving villages of the county. The shops of the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Rail- road are located there, making it an important station. In the year 1851 he was instrumental in establishing a post-office. The little hamlet then consisted of three buildings,-a hotel (which was kept by Mr. Brecs eleven years), a blacksmith shop, and a storc.

In 1861 he purchased the old homestead, remain- ing upon it about thirteen years, at which time the spirit of enterprise again seized him and he built the fine hotel now standing at West Junction, which certainly does credit to his architectural taste. The family of Mr. Brees consisted of six children ; three only are now living,-Franklin M., born Oct. 12, 1850; Matthew C., born JJune 24, 1853; Welling- ton, born May 24, 1857. Matthew C. now occupies the old homestead.

Mr. Brees is a stanch Democrat, having been chosen for supervisor twice. His carcer has been a prosperous one ; and, as an evidence of his industry and success, has a goodly heritage of over four hun- dred acres of land. Honorable and upright as a citizen, he is held in high esteem by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Photo. by Ward.

WALTER L. DAILEY

was born on the 4th day of September, 1836, at the town of Veteran, in the county of Chemung. He is of Irish extraction. His father, Walter L. Dailey, Sr., was born on the farm now owned by James McQueen, north of the village of Horseheads, on the 20th day of February, 1801. He followed the pursuit of a farmer until after his marriage to Maria M., daughter of Hon. Amos Benney, on the 18th day of March, 1824. Shortly after his marriage he entered the law office of Hon. William North, at Elmira, as a student, and was admitted to practice about the year 1830. Hc immediately commeneed practice at Millport, and for a period of over twenty years held a position at the bar second to none in the Southern Tier.

In 1847 he entered into partnership with Hon. Theodore North, which continued a short time. Mr. North removed to Elmira, when he associated with Hon. Gabriel L. Smith, under the firm-name of Dailey & Smith. In 1853 he went to Hornellsville, where he held large landed interests, and remained there until his death, which occurred on the 10th day of October, 1856. His wife survived him twenty years, and died July 19, 1876.

He was a lawyer by nature as well as by profession.

With a mind framed to grasp and master the principles and subtleties of the law, and in the application of legal prin- ciples to facts and evidence, he often excited the wonder and admiration of the bench. As a special pleader, under the old system of pleading, he had few equals.

The subject of this sketch entered the office of his father at the age of nine years as clerk and copyist, and remained until 1851, when he entered Alfred Academy, where he remained four years. In 1855, and before reaching his majority, he commenced his legal studies under his father's supervision at Hornellsville, N. Y. In 1856, after his father's death, he went to Millport and took charge, as administrator, of the settlement of his deceased father's estate. In October, 1857, he was admitted to practice in the courts of the State. In 1858 he removed to Horse- heads, and has continued the practice of law ever since.

In November, 1877, he was elected for a term of three years as district attorney of Chemung County, and ever since 1870 has served the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Rail- road Company as its attorney.

His practice is extensive in all of the courts of his State, and in the Federal courts held in the State.

Photo. by Ward.

Artinternete

ISAAC WINTERMUTE was born in Sussex Co., N. J., on the 18th day of August, 1802. His father, Peter Winter- mute, was of German extraction ; was the head of a large family of children,-seven sons and three daughters; a farmer's son. Isaae spent his earlier years upon the home- stead farm, receiving but a limited education, only such as the common schools then afforded. In December, 1829, he married Sarah J., daughter of Chauncey Smithe, an es- timable young lady, and the union proved a very happy one, lasting almost half a century, and dissolved only by death. After marriage, Mr. Wintermute continued his farm life until 1837, when he removed to Horseheads, N. Y. In 1838, and in a period of the greatest financial disturbance and business calamity, he embarked in trade. With no experience in the business, with limited capital, and with wreek and ruin on every side, he confidently, and with stern purpose to succeed, made the daring venture by which he staked every dollar he possessed. But with a sagaeity and sound judgment which seemed unerring, and an integ- rity that no temptation could move, and a striet personal attendance to business, he succeeded, and so well that in a period of less than twenty years he was enabled to retire and enjoy his fortune in elegant leisure to the elose of his life, and leave a rich inheritance to his children.

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History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 94

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