History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II, Part 20

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898,
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co.
Number of Pages: 1286

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The elders of the church are James Biggerstaff, John H. Brown, William McKim, J. R. McWilliam, Charles R. Otis, Ralph E. Prime, John T. Sproull, and the deacons are Alexander O. Kirkwood, Arthur T. Machin, Morton W. Newman, William L. Odell. The trustces are William L. Odell, president ; Walter Thomas, clerk; Edgar Jewell, William McKim, R. Beattie Brown, Charles R. Otis, Norton P. Oris, C. Wormersley and William H. Scott. The superintend- ent of the Sunday-school is Mr. Ralph E. Prime. The number of its officers and teachers is forty-four, and that of its scholars on the roll is four hundred and eighty-three.

Dayspring Presbyterian Church, Walnut Street and Oliver Arenue. The following facts are mostly ob- tained from the pastor, Rev. Mr. Allison : During many years previous to 1872 the public religious services east of Walnut Street, on Nodine Hill, consisted chiefly of cottage prayer-meetings, held at the house of Mr. Solomon Corsa and at other private houses. In the spring of 1857 open-air services were conducted by the Rev. Robert Kirkwood, a Presby- terian minister, of whom we give some account in another part of our work. The Rev. Pelatiah Ward, a Methodist clergyman, was associated with him in his labors. The Rev. Mr. Ward was killed at the head of his company at the sceond battle of Bull Run.

In 1864 Judge T. Astley Atkins, Mr. John N. Stcarnes and Mr. Britton Richardson, members of tlie Episcopal Church, invited Mr. John McCoy, who then lived in New York, to become City missionary in Yonkers. Mr. McCoy accepted their invitation and was at work in that capacity when a Yonkers Home Missionary Society was formed. That society, organized October 4, 1865, was composed of represen- tatives of seven churches, viz .: the two Episcopal, the Reformed, the two Presbyterian, the Methodist and the Baptist. Mr. MeCoy was employed by it. In 1868-69 Mr. A. V. Wittmeyer, a student in Union Theological Seminary, was also at work in Yonkers under the society. Both Mr. McCoy and Mr. Witt- meyer, in the prosecution of their work, were wel- comed as workers by many residents on the east side of the city.

In 1866 the Westminster Presbyterian Church en- gaged Mrs. Elizabeth Russell as Bible-reader. Slie established a cottage prayer-meeting on Nodine Hill. The number of houses in that section at the time was fifty-two, "one for each Sabbath in the year." In 1867 the Rev. Lewis W. Mudge, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, took charge of the meetings, and for several years was seldom absent. Upwards of thirty or forty were received into the communion of the Westminster Church as the fruits of this meeting.

On the 2d of October, 1871, the First Presbyterian Church organized a Home Missionary Society, which, on November 16, 1871, decided to erect a house of worship on Nodine Hill. " Dayspring Chapel" was adopted as the name of the new building (See Luke i. 79). It was dedicated on Sunday afternoon, April 28, 1872. After an invocation, reading of the Scriptures, and prayer by the Rev. Henry M. Baird, D.D., Mr. Charles Lockwood, who for many years had been deeply interested in and identified with the religious work on Nodine Hill, read a historical sketch. The hymn, " All hail the power of Jesus' name" was sung, after which the Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, delivered an address and then the chapel was formally dedicated.

After the singing of a beautiful hymn, written for the occasion, an address was delivered by Mr. William Allen Butler, the chairman of the executive com- mittee of the First Presbyterian Church Missionary Association.

On the 26th of May, 1872, at the close of the after- noon service in the chapel, the Dayspring Sunday- school was organized, with thirty-one scholars on the roll. Messrs. Charles Lockwood, Richard Wynkoop, J. T. Travis, W. C. Foote, John W. Skinner, John Edwards, Arthur Hay, Mrs. M. C. Hughes, Miss Irene Newell, Miss Helen Foote, Miss Annie E. Smith and Miss Annie Phillips offered their services as teachers. Mr. Charles Lockwood was elected super- intendent and Mr. Arthur Hay secretary and libra- rian. Early in 1873, Mr. A. J. Titsworth, a senior in

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Union Theological Seminary, preached in the chapel. On the 27th of April, 1873. Mr. C. E. Allison, a student in the same seminary, preached and soon after was placed in charge of the work by the First Church Missionary Association.

The year of the building of the chapel was followed by seven years of plenty. In 1875, through the liber- ality of Mr. William Allen Butler, Mr. Walter W. Law, Mr. Henry M. Schieffelin, Mr. L. E. Clark, Mr. Charles Lockwood and others, the building was enlarged and a belfry erected. On the bell which was placed in it is the inscription-"Let him that heareth say come."

So rapid was the growth of religious interest among the residents on the east side of the city, and so con- tinually " the foot of the reaper trod on the heel of the sower," that in the spring of 1879 steps were taken to organize a church. On April 13th the exec- utive committee of the First Church Association passed the following preamble and resolution :

" Whereas The congregation worshipping in Day. Spring Chapel has paid off the mortgage on the lots on which the chapel stands, and now proposes to apply to the Presbytery of Westchester for organization as a church ;

" Resolved That the committee hereby approves of such application, and in case the same is granted by the Presbytery, will recommend to the Missionary Association of the First Presbyterian Church of Yonkers to vest in the church to be so organized all its property on Nodine Hill Bo long as it shall be used as a Presbyterian Church."

At a meeting of the Presbytery of Westchester, held at Stamford, Conn., April 15, 1879, an application for a church organization was presented in behalf of the congregation worshipping in Dayspring Chapel, Yon- kers, N. Y. On the 21st of April, 1879, the church extension committee of the Presbytery met in Yon- kers, at the residence of Mr. Charles Lockwood, Pali- sade Avenne, and in the evening repaired to Dayspring Chapel, when the church was organized with a mem- bership of ninety four. The members of the commit- tee of Presbytery who participated in the services were the Rev. Dr. Phraner, of Sing Sing, the Rev. Dr. Baird, of Rye, the Rev. A. R. Maconbrey, of Brewster's, and Elder Wells, of Peekskill. Mr. C. E. Allison read the names of those who had been dismissed from other churches in order to organ- ize a new church. As the names were read the members arose. After the ordination of elders and deacons, addresses were delivered. Mr. Charles Lock- wood referred to the rare blessings the chapel had en- joyed, and Eller Wm. C. Foote said-" When an af- fectionate mother gives her daughter at the marriage altar to another, she does not cease to love her. The mother-church will not cease to watch with affection- ate interest this Dayspring Presbyterian Church, the child of her prayers and love. Indeed, were I to give yon one word as a motto, it would be the word com- mended by an nged apostle-Lore. 'Little children, luve one another.' Cultivate the Christian grace of charity. Most heartily can 1, in behalf of the First Church, congratulate you upon the auspicious begin-

ning of your independent church life." The benedie- tion was pronounced by the Rev. Henry M. Baird, D.D., of Yonkers. So was planted in the eastern quarter of the city, towards the sun-rising, a golden candlestick to hold up, for years to come, the light of the Gospel, to bless the present generation and to il- Inminate the hearts of children and children's chil- dren. From the date of the erection of the Dayspring Chapel to that of the organization of the Dayspring Presbyterian Church, the First Church expended about seventeen thousand dollars in fostering the work. Among the most liberal contributors were Messrs. Henry M. Schieffelin, Wm. Allen Butler, Charles Loekwood, L. E. Clark, W. W. Law, Ethan Flagg and R. W. Bogart. Mr. Wm. R. Mott served the association efficiently as treasurer. One of the most active and beloved friends of the east side work was Mr. P. Kelly, who continued to promote its inter- ests down to 1882, the year of his death.

The church has enjoyed gracious revivals since its organization, and is now recognized as one of the most flourishing and useful of the Yonkers churches. The growth of the Sunday-school has been largely due to the liberality and fidelity of Mr. Charles Lock- wood, who has been its superintendent since its or- ganization in 1872. The large infant class, which for several years was efficiently taught by Miss Ida Belk- nap, is one of the most interesting Sunday-school classes in the city. The prosperity of the vigorons Young People's Association is largely due to Mr. William Smith. Doubtless in the near future another and more commodions edifice will be erected to meet the requirements of the growing congregation.

The first elders of the church were William Bates, Thomas Moore and II. HI. Ferguson ; and the first deacons were Alfred Hill, Samuel Granger and Wil- liam Smith. The present elders are William Smith, Thomas Moore and Joha Cutbill. Samuel J. Berrian, Thomas Hope and Ogden M. Wilson have also served the church as deacons.

The members of the first board of trustees were Charles R. Culver, Thomas F. Hope, Samnel J. Ber- rian, Charles HI. Pease, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Sutherland, John A. Smith, Leonard Mapes and John F. Poole. Since the organization and incorpo- ration of the church Messrs. Samuel Granger, Wil- liam Wharmby, Charles Conklin, John H. Cntbill, James McGraw, William C. Blackett, William Brom- ley, Robert L. Field, Alfred Hill, John Craft and Thomas D. Mitchell have served as trustees for one term or more. Mr. Charles R. Culver was the faithful treasurer of the church from its organization to May. 1854. He was succeeded by the present treasurer, Mr. William Smith.

The number of members of the church in 1885 is one hundred and sixty, and the number of scholars enrolled in the Sunday-school is two hundred and fifty-one.

We add, respecting the Rev. Charles Elmer Allison,

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"ASHTON." RESIDENCE OF H. MAUNSELL SCHIEFFELIN, YONKERS, N. Y.

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pastor of the church from its organization, that he was born near Amity, Orange County, N. Y. He was prepared for college at Chester Academy, Chester, N. Y., and was graduated at Hamilton College in 1870, and at the Union Theological Seminary in 1874. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Hud- son, in session at Middletown, Orange County, N. Y., and was ordained at Yonkers on the 30th of April, 1879. On the same day he was installed pastor of the Dayspring Presbyterian Church, to which he had been called April 24th, having previously preached in the elapel six years. In his twelve years of labor in Yonkers, Rev. Mr. Allison has been a most active, zealous and popular minister and a most effective and successful worker. In the pulpit he is clear, direct and impressive. All his sermons and addresses are warm and magnetie. He is a elose student and a good thinker, and above all he is noted for a kind heart, and for a profound interest in all that belongs to the highest needs of the people. Too much cannot be said for his devotion to his work, and its useful re- sults to his own church and to the city. He is always ready to respond to calls for service, and is especially acceptable as a reader and speaker in every social gathering that may be held.

THE UNITARIANS -- Hope Unitarian Church, on North Broadway .- We have its history from a former pastor, Rev. Mr. Stowell. The First Unitarian Congrega- tional Church of Yonkers had its beginning in a eall, which was issued on the 30th of June, 1856, desiring all those interested in the eause of liberal Christianity to meet for religious services in the Getty Lyceunr on the 6th of July following. The originators of the movement were Gilman Dudley, Gorham Parks, George Maeadam, James M. Drake and Cyrus Cleve- land.

These invitations were printed and sent to such fam- ilies in Yonkers, Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Fort Washington, Hastings and Irvington as were known to have been reared in the Unitarian faith, or were supposed to have Unitarian leanings.

The result was a gathering of about two hundred people to hear the first Unitarian sermon ever preached in Yonkers. It was delivered by the Rev. Samuel S. Osgood, D.D., then pastor of the Church of the Mes- siah, in New York.

The services were continued each Sabbath morning in the Lyeeum, with the assistance of various elergy- men, until the first Sabbath of September, when they eeased for several months. In the following spring, application being again made for the use of the Ly- eeum, it was found that it had been engaged for fort- nightly services by the Universalists. The Unitarians then engaged it for alternate Sabbaths, and the two bodies generally attended both meetings. In the autumn the services were onee more discontinued.

In the spring of 1858 St. Paul's Episcopal Church was formed, and, that church taking the Lyceum for the year round, the Unitarians were compelled to

look elsewhere. At the same time the still feeble or- ganization met with a severe blow in the sudden death of one of its chief pillars of strength, George Macadam, a noble, true and earnest young man, who had endeared himself not only to the members of this church, but to all who knew him. This loss arrested further effort for a time. After a little period, how- ever, Rev. A. A. Livermore, D.D., editor of the New York Christian Inquirer, came to Yonkers to live, and kindly offered his services to the society. As no hall could be proeured, Dr. Livermore began preaching at the houses of some of the members. From the diffi- enlty about a hall, the society was soon relieved by the kindness of a Presbyterian minister, Rev. Mr. Cook, who was condueting a boys' sehool at the corner of Broadway and Hudson Street, and who offered the use of his school-room to the congregation with- out eost, and himself several times preached very ac- eeptably to those who assembled in it. The society soon afterwards sueeeeded in securing Flagg's Hall, on Palisade Avenue, corner of Mechanic (now New Main ) Street, where it worshipped till the present church building was erected, in 1858. The society was in- corporated under the laws of the State of New York, and the Rev. Dr. Livermore was duly installed as its pastor.

The church edifice was designed by Mr. J. Wray Mould. It was built by Baldwin & Bradley, masons, and Ackert & Quick, carpenters, and John McLean was the painter and decorator. It was dedicated on the 30th of December, 1861, Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D.D., Rev. Samuel S. Osgood, D.D., and Rev. O. B. Frothingham, of New York, Rev. Frederick A. Far- ley, D.D., and Rev. N. A. Staples, of Brooklyn, and others taking part in the service ..

Dr. Livermore resigned the pastorate in August, 1863, to aceept the presidency of the theological sehool at Meadville, Pa.

In June of 1864, Rev. Israel F. Williams was chosen pastor, but on the very day that had been appointed for his ordination he died from exhaustion and a fever he had contraeted while in the service of the Sanitary Commission.

The later pastors have been Rev. Joseph May, from July, 1865, to August, 1867; Rev. Rushton D. Burr, from June, 1868, to June, 1877; Rev. George L. Stowell, from December, 1880, to 1884; and Rev. John Heddaeus, from 1884 to 1886. The church is now without a pastor.

In the interval of three years between the pastor- ates of the Rev. Mr. Burr and the Rev. Mr. Stowell the services were chiefly conducted by the laymen, Messrs. Dunean Smith and Fisher A. Baker. Printed sermons were read each Sabbath from the works of Channing, Orville Dewey, Freeman Clarke, Phillips Brooks, Norman McLeod, Dean Stanley, F. W. Rob- ertson and others.

The society celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary July 6, 1881, at the house of Mr. Thomas F. Gane.

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During the war this church contributed very gener- ously to the Sanitary Commission, and after the war it maintained for three years a teacher at the South for the education of the freedmeu.

THE LUTHERAN-St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, on Hudson Street .- The early his- tory of this church and of the first unsuccessful at- tempt to start a German Church in Yonkers is given in a printed pamphlet, containing the history of tlie Westminster Presbyterian Church, under the leading, "Work among the Germans." The following facts have been obtained from Rev. Frederick W. Foelilinger, the present pastor :

The first pastor of the church was the Rev. J. H. Sommer, who came from Hastings to take the position. His pastorate began near the end of 1870 and ended December 1, 1872. The first baptism by him was that of a child, named Marie Johanna Gugel, Sep- tember 11, 1870. Rev. Mr. Sommer was afterwards stationed in Brooklyn, having his residence, in 1884, at 281 Prospect Avenue. His successor was the Rev. Leo Koenig, whose pastorate lasted from December 1, 1872, to December 1, 1877. Mr. Koenig was born in Germany. On coming to this country he studied theology at the Lutheran Seminary, in Philadelphia. Yonkers was his first field of labor. After leaving it he went to Syracuse, N. Y., and afterwards to New York City, where he is stationed now, his residence being 80 West Twelfth Street.

The Rev. Arinindus Volquarts succeeded the Rev. Mr. Koenig, and was pastor from December, 1877, to November, 1878. After leaving Yonkers, Mr. Vol- quarts was stationed at Egg Harbor, N. J., where lie died March 11, 1882, at the age of thirty-seven years and two mouthis.

The Rev. Frederick William Foelilinger was Mr. Volquarts' successor and is now pastor of the church. He was born in Rhenish Prussia, near Cobleutz, was educated at the University of Bonu, and after coming to this country, in 1848, studied for the ministry in the Lutheran Seminary at Fort Wayne, Ind. For five years after his graduation he was Professor of Doctrinal Theology ("Symbolics," as the Germans designate it) in this seminary. In 1857 he became pastor of the Trinity German Lutheran Church, cor- ner of Avenue Band East Ninth Street, New York City, and in 1872 pastor of Emanuel German Lutheran Church, ou Eighty-third Street, near Third Avenue, in the same city. From the last church he came to his present charge.

scholars on its rolls, and sixteen officers and teachers. six of the latter being ladies and ten of them gentle- men. Wm. Beutler is the superintendent.

The officers of the churchi are-Elders, Gerhart Klotte, Charles Scheck, John Hailfinger and Ilenry Dietrich; Trustees, Frederick Grieder, Secretary, Henry Meinhardt, John Hitzelberger and William Beutler.

Wood Hill Union Chapel .- This chapel is about three miles out from Getty Square, on the Saw-Mill River road. .

A Sunday-school was started in 1864 by Mr. Henry B. Odell, in the dining-room of his cottage on Wood Hill, near the site of the present chapel. Eight or ten scholars were present ou the first day. The at- tendance gradually increased, and the place of mect- ing was after some time changed by Mr. Odell to an out-building which was larger than the dining-room and was used by him as a kitchen and laundry. The Rev. Thomas R. G. Peck, theu pastor of the Reformed Church at Hastings, became very much interested in the work at Wood Hill, and volunteered as the leader of religious services on Sabbath evenings. His offer was eagerly embraced, and for a number of years lie continued to perform this duty. The interest of Yonkers ministers and of many Youkers laymen, prominent in church work, was also enlisted, and very frequently evening services were conducted by one or more of them at Rev. Mr. Peck's request.

The attendance soon so increased that the building became too small to hold the people. Frequently a portion of the audience was compelled to listeu from the outside through the open windows of the building. This suggested an effort to build a chapel. Mr. Odell gave about a quarter of an acre of ground as a site, aud two neighborhood fairs were held and were very successful. The first netted about twelve hundred dollars. The building of a small chapel was iu due time begun, and, by the aid of further fairs and euter- taiments, was completed and paid for, its cost being about three thousand dollars. It was opened without formal dedication about four years after the start of the Sunday-school.

Services were held in the chapel by various pastors and laymen for a number of years, the Rev. Mr. Peck being the usual leader. The first trustees were Luther Chambers, John B. Wells, James Varian, Daniel Curry and Henry B. Odell. For a long time the interest in the chapel was great. The Sunday- school grew to one hundred and twenty-five scholars, and the audience reached an average of one hundred and fifty. Ouce a mouth a service of song was given, at which addresses were made. At various scasons fairs or entertainments were held, the receipts from which were devoted to the payment of the expenses of the chapel services and school.

The church is a small brick structure with a single auditorium, and stands at No. 46 Hudson Street, near the corner of Hawthorne Avenue. It was erected in 1874. For over a year before it was ready for use the congregation had hekl its services in the chapel of St. John's Episcopal Church. The present number of members is one hundred and twenty. The value of About 1875 a change began in the neighborhood. For a time, probably owing to the building of the the church property is $12,000. The Sunday-seliool in connection with the church has one hundred New York City and Northern Railroad, it became

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unhealthy and was largely forsaken by its people. This visitation has now long since passed away, but at the time it was paralyzing to the chapel services. Rev. Mr. Peck also, about this time, ceased to lead the movements, which was a very severe loss. A number of the supporters of the work, and among them Mr. Odell himself, its projector, moved away. For two or three years after this the chapel was closed. In 1881 Mr. William Allen Butler, Jr., con- ducted a Sunday-school for the summer, but again the house was closed for the winter for want of means to carry it on. In 1883 and 1884 Mr. H. C. Fuller carried on a Sunday-school during the summer months. The building continues, however, to be closed during the winters. At preseut no ser- vices are held in it at all.

Mile Square Union Sunday-School .- The history of the early reservation, known as Mile Square, has been given in the former part of this work. The locality still retains its ancient name. It lies on the Bronx River and about half-way between the Yonkers and Mount Vernon Churches. Till 1868 it was not made by any church or churches a special field for Christian work. This was, partly because its families were comparatively few and partly because what families it had were most of them connected with the churches named. In 1868 Mrs. J. M. Hunter and Mrs. Isaac S. Valentine, the former of the First Presbyteri- an Church and the latter of the Reformed Church of Yonkers, interested themselves in the children of the sparse settlement, who were without religious instruction, and opened an afternoon Sunday-school in the district school-honse of the place. Both were aided by the young people of their families who were themselves also members of the churches named. The Sunday-school they began is still in existence, and its services are still conducted ou the plan adopted at the beginning. At one time the average attendance of children was about fifty. But the neighborhood, instead of growing, lost in members, and the scholars are now not so many. The school was always a Union School, although about three- fourths of its teachers were members of Reformed Churches. From a series of fairs a fund amounting to about one thousand dollars was obtained, which is to be used, whenever the suitable time may come, in pro- viding this school with a building of its own. Mr. Isaac S. Valentine was the first superintendent of the school, but Mr. Marcus Clements, of Mount Vernon, is now the superintendent, having filled the position very many years.

Mrs. Isaac S. Valentine began as early as 1870 to plan for preaching services in the neighborhood. She opened her own parlor for these services, which, by her invitation, were conducted by her own pas- tor, the Rev. Dr. Cole of the Reformed Church of Yonkers, on two or three occasions, beginning with September 13, 1870. This very excellent lady, however, at this very time was rapidly declining ii .-- 8

under a consumption, which terminated her life on the 25th of February, 1871. Mrs. Hunter soon after removed from Mile Square, and the idea of preaching services was not, by any resident of the Square, afterward renewed. Subsequently, in 1875, Rev. Dr. Cole, having a few of his church families in the neighborhood, himself proposed to begin, without cost to the people, regular monthly preach- ing services in the district school-house. He invited the Rev. Mancius H. Hutton, of the Mount Vernon Reformed Church, to join with him in this movement, so that between the two, preaching services might be held every fortnight. Rev. Mr. Hutton, not feeling equal to the strain of preach- ing three times a day, did not enter into such en- gagement, but preached occasionally uotwithstaud- ing. Rev. Dr. Cole held his first service on Sab- bath evening, April 18, 1875, and continued to preach in the school-house once a month for the next six years, holding his last service on Sabbath evening, Jauuary 16, 1881. The meetings through most of this period were well sustained aud ofteu very warm. On Sabbath evening, March 25, 1877, after the bencdiction had been pronounced, one or two persons earnestly requested prayer for themselves. In an instant the movement extended to fifteen or twenty, and the Holy Spirit fell upon those present with great power. The result was a considerable ingathering of precious souls by surrounding churches. Toward the close of the six years, however, the financial pressure of 1873-80 was found to have nearly destroyed the ueighborhood. The taxes upon the farms were so heavy that many were baukrupted, and population was in this way driven out. In some spots several houses, one after another, were left vacant. The meetings became so reduced that it was determined to discontinue them, especially as nearly all who attended them were connected with churches in the vicinity. Many persons had co- operated with Rev. Dr. Cole, among whom Mr. John Thurton and Mr. Marcus Clements, members of the Reformed Church of Mount Vernon, were prominent. In 1878 and 1879, as stated above, a fund of one thousand dollars was raised for building purposes. This is still on hand, to be used when thought best, for the starting of some movement which it is hoped will prove permanent. The rapid outgrowth of New York City will no doubt soon be felt by this locality. It may not be long before the money will be called into requisition and the work will be begun.

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History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II, Part 20

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898, Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co. Number of Pages: 1286

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898,
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co.
Number of Pages: 1286