Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 23

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084

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The north part, 150 acres, of lot 17, town 15, range 2, was taken up by Truman Mason October 11, 1815, and 100 acres were deeded to him January 7, 1829. Fifty acres were transferred to Asa Parker March 5, 1824, and were deeded to Isaac Parker June 1, 1833. The south and middle part of lot 17 was articled to Jesse Mason October 1, 1815. October 15, 1823, 129 acres of this were transferred to Nathaniel Brooks, and February 14, 1829, to David and Stephen Knapp. This parcel was deeded to David Knapp September 7, 1832. October 15, 1823, 50 acres were articled to Artemas Love- land, and were deeded to him October 29, 1825. October 15, 1823, 78 acres of the same were articled to Crosby Maxwell, and this portion was deeded as follows : 28 acres to Edward Dunham November 10, 1831, and 50 acres to Crosby Maxwell August 1, 1833.

The east part, 150 acres, of lot 18, was articled to Eddy B. Paine September 12, 1815. September 11, 1823, it was deeded to Thomas Parker. The west part, 88 acres, of lot 18, was articled to Enos Rice June 7, 1816. It was transferred to Asa Parker February 11, 1825, to Youngs A. Brown November 1, 1830, and was deeded to Thomas Parker June 1, 1833.

The south part, 100 acres, of lot 19, was deeded to the trustees of the First Congre- gational Society of the town of Barre, March 8, 1822. The middle part of lot 19, 153 acres, was taken up by Thomas Witt, and John Shirley, February 27, 1822. October

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16, 1830, 763 acres of this were transferred to Thomas Witt, and were deeded to (). and A. N. Rogers, June 1, 1834. Seventy-six and one-half acres of the same were arti-led to Azarialı Loveland October 16, 1830, and deeded to Stephen B. Thurston November 25, 1833. The north middle part, 50 acres, of lot 19, was articled to Joseph Carr, February 22, 1822. It was transferred to Stephen Sanderson June 24, 1831, and deeded to Davis Bailey April 10, 1835. The south part, 50 acres, of lot 19, was taken up by Alfred Denn, February 27, 1822, and transferred to Artemus Loveland, October 16, 1830. It was deeded to him January 7, 1834.

Lot 32, town 14, range 2, 240 acres, was purchased June 24, 1815, by Nathan Com- stock. July 31, 1815, the article was cancelled by mutual consent, and on the same day the lot was articled to Daniel C. Miller. October 22, 1830, 70 acres of this were transferred to Abiathar Mix, and June 1, 1834, to Charles and David Mix ; and Sep- tember 24, 1829, 120 acres were articled to David Dunham and Cyrus Houghton. The lot was deeded as follows: Sixty acres to Edward Dunham, jr., February 15, 1833; 60 acres to Obadiah Luce, October 5, 1835 ; and 145 acres (including a part of lot 31) to Charles and David Mix, June 1, 1834.

The south part, 172 acres, of lot 25, town 15, range 2, was articled to Nathan Comstock June 24, 1816, but the article was cancelled by mutual agreement. It was again arti- cled to David C. Miller, July 31, 1816. May 22, 1828, 70 acres were transferred to Anson Mason, and were deeded to Gideon Hard February 25, 1833. October 28, 1831, 853 acres were transferred to Artemus Chase, and were deeded to him and Walter Sherwood November 2, 1832. December 27, 1833, 16 acres were deeded to Abiathar Mix. The middle of the north part of lot 25, 100 acres, was articled to Lemuel Willard November 15, 1815. September 27, 1825, 50 acres of this were transferred to Luther Parmly, and November 25, 1833, to Urban Thurston, to whom they were deeded No- vember 25, 1833. November 25, 1825, 50 acres of the same were articled to Horace B. Hibbard, and May 11, 1829, to Daniel Prout, to whom they were deeded October 7, 1833. November 15, 1815, the northeast part, 120 acres, of lot 25, was sold by article to Caleb C. Thurston. November 15, 1823, 64 acres of this were transferred to William Thurston, and were deeded to Lydia Thurston and others, February 12, 1829. No- vember 15, 1823, 56 acres of the same were transferred to Scott Parker, and December 6, 1833, to Rufus Reed, to whom they were deeded December, 6, 1833. The west middle of the north part of lot 25, 100 acres, was articled to Lemuel Willard, April 9. 1816, and 50 acres of this were transferred to David Wescott, June 2, 1828. They were deeded to him November 1, 1833 ; fifty acres were transferred to David Williams, 1829, and were deeded to Leonard and Houghton Warner December 1, 1838. The northwest part, 107 acres, of lot 25, was articled to Silas Williams April 11, 1816. De- cember 3 1827, 67 acres of this were transferred to Leonard Warner, and September 2, 1833, to Leonard and Houghton Warner, to whom they were deeded, with 25 acres more, September 2, 1833. Forty acres of the same were transferred to Samuel Bailey December 3, 1827, and to Daniel Parker December 2, 1833. This land was deeded to him July 9, 1832.

The south middle part, 100 acres, of lot 26, was taken up by Asa Kelley, May 5, 1816. November 29, 1834, it was articled to George C. Davis, and February 13, 1829,

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to Jonathan Delano and others. It was deeded to Elijah Darrow. The north part, 122 acres, of lot 26, was articled to Israel Hale, April 13, 1816. It was deeded to Asahel Fitch February 20, 1821. The north middle part of lot 26 was sold by article to Levi Hall, April 13, 1816. It was transferred to Arnold Pain February 27, 1828, and deeded to Archibald Daniels December 19, 1833. Sixty acres of lot 26 were articled to Henry S. Allen June 18, 1816, and transferred to William S. Flint June 17, 1825. They were deeded to him December 12, 1835. The south part, 70 acres, of lot 26 was taken up by William Sherwood November 29, 1819. February 12, 1829, it was articled to Elihu Mosher, to whom it was deeded June 17, 1833.

The east part, 124 acres, of lot 40, town 14, range 2, was sold by article to Joshua Porter, December 7, 1815, and the article was renewed to Allen Porter, December 6, 1823, and to Elkanah Porter, December 4, 1827. It was deeded to the latter Novem- ber 29, 1833. The west part, 205 acres, of lot 40 was articled to Joseph Rockwood, December 7, 1815. December 8, 1823, 102 1-2 acres were transferred to Stephen Por- ter, and were deeded to his heirs November 19, 1834. December 8, 1823, 102} acres were transferred to Elisha Lazenby, to whom they were deeded November 20, 1832.

The west part of lot 33, town 15, range 2, 95 acres, was articled to John Rose, Feb- ruary 3, 1817, ard was deeded to William Sherwood, January 1, 1828. The east and middle part, 170 acres, of lot 33 was taken up by Joshua Porter, December 7, 1815, and was deeded to Ełkanah Porter, December 6, 1823.

Silas Williams purchased by article, May 25, 1816, 80 acres of the west middle part of lot 34, and the land was transferred May 26, 1824, to Jarvis M. Skinner, and was deeded to him, May 10, 1832. The east part, 200 acres, of lot 34 was articled to Almon A. Sweeting and Alexander Terrell, January 4, 1816. March 6, 1824, 63 acres of this were articled to Silas Williams, and December 20, 1827, to Aaron Phipps, to whom they were deeded, November 9, 1833. March 6, 1824, 77 acres were articled to Elijah Warner, and were deeded to him November 29, 1831. March 6, 1824, 60 acres were articled to Jonathan Delano, jr., and were transferred to Michael C. Atwell, January 12, 1831. The land was deeded to Daniel R. Danieis, December 19, 1834. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 34 was articled to Silas Williams, April 22, 1816, and transferred to Har- vey Mosher, May 9, 1825. It was deeded to him February 9, 1830. The west part, 78 acres, of lot 34 was taken up by Windsor Paine, October 18, 1819. October 17, 1827, it was deeded to Jarvis M. Skinner.

The east part, 100 acres, of lot 35 was articled to Horace Rood, October 6, 1815. Fifty acres of this was transferred to Edward Durfee, October 6, 1824, to Charles Car- penter, January 31, 1829, and to Amos A. Samson, December 23, 1833. He received his deed December 22, 1836. October 6, 1824, 50 acres of the same were transferred to Ezra B. Delano, and December 23, 1830, to Norton Briggs. The west part. 100 acres, of lot 35 was articled to Durfey Delano, April 3, 1816, and was deeded to him December 16, 1831. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 35 was taken up by Avery M. Stark- weather, April 3, 1816, and was deeded to him November 28, 1823. The east middle part of lot 35, 57 acres, was articled to John Granger, April 24, 1816, and to Norton Briggs, June 8, 1824. Twenty-five acres of this were deeded to Avery M. Stark- weather, May 19, 1830. The balance, with 50 acres more, was deeded to Daniel R. Daniels, July 16, 1833.

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The west part of lot 48, and the east part of lot 56, town 14, range 2, 100 acres, were articled to Joseph Stoddard. July 6, 1815. The article was renewed to William HI. Bigelow, May 26, 1823, and to James Ferguson, December 30, 1830. The tract was deeded to the latter June 1, 1834. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 48 was taken up by Joseph Stoddard, July 6, 1815. The land was divided and transferred, and was deeded, 50 acres to Henry Jewell Wirt, December 29, 1829, 25 acres to the same, June 1, 1834, and 25 acres to James Ferguson, June 1, 1834. The east part, 231 acres, of lot 48 was taken up by William Hutchinson, September 20, 1816. Fifty-eight acres of this were transferred to Henry R. Loomis, September 21, 1824, and deeded to him, Sep- tember 2, 1833. Fifty acres were transferred to Russell Loomis, September 21, 1824, to Eliza Hart, December 30, 1830, and deeded to Walter Holmes, June 1, 1834. One hundred and fifteen acres were transferred to James Hutchinson, September 1, 1824, and 60 acres were deeded to him, January 10, 1833. Fifty-five acres were deeded to John Church, December 24, 1833.

Lot 41, town 15, range 2, after being variously divided and subdivided and transferred was deeded as follows: The north part, 473 acres, to David Carr ; the north middle part, 50 acres, to Henry Root, December 17, 1833, the middle part, in two parcels of 50 acres each, to William Breed, and Sally Raymour, both November 16, 1833; the southwest part, 863 acres, to Elizur Hayes December 19, 1832; the southeast part, 50 acres, to Enos Rice October 7, 1835, and 11 acres to Enos Rice December 3, 1833.

Lot 42 was deeded: The northeast part, 56 acres, to Jotham Moore May 15, 1835 ; 50 acres east and south from that part to Joshua Ferris May 15, 1835; 50 acres next south from Amos S. Sampson January 1, 1835 ; 51 acres, southeast part, to Joseph Hart Janu- 22, 1834; 25 acres, northwest part, to Jonathan Clark June 4, 1833; 50 acres, next south, to Caleb Case January 9, 1834; 58 acres, south middle of the west part, to Benjamin F. Foot November 11, 1836; and 50 acres southwest part, to William Foot September 1, 1835.

The northwest part, 75 acres, of lot 43 was articled to Reuben Clark June 2, 1819. It was deeded to Luke Hitchcock October 12, 1824. The southwest part. 75 acres, of lot 43 was taken up by Zenas Lowry June 17, 1811. It was articled to Benjamin F. Foot June 18, 1819, and was deeded to him June 18, 1819. The middle part, 70 acres, was articled to Philip Davenport December 11, 1815, and again to Asher Free- man January 24, 1827. It was deeded to Stephen and John Case January 25, 1833. The east part, 140 acres, of lot 43, was deeded to Robert Allen November 26, 1823.

Jason Brundage took up the west part, 200 acres, of lot 56, town 11, range 2, April 28, 1815. Of this 86 acres were deedcd to Warner Perkins April 10, 1834, and 14 acres to William Willets December 14, 1835. One hundred acres were articled to Elizur Coon June 12, 1823, and were deeded to him December 31, 1837. Thomas Bennett took up the east middle part, 100 acres, of lot 56, July 1, 1815, and received his deed June 1, 1834. The east part of lot 56, with the west part of lot 48, was deeded to James Ferguson June 1, 1834.

The northeast part, 100 acres, of lot 49 was taken up by Joshua Ferris January 8, 1816. March 14, 1825, 50 acres of this were articled to Joseph Root, and were deeded to him March 12, 1829. March 14, 1825, 50 acres of the same were articled to

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Levi Root, and were deeded to him March 12, 1829. The southeast part, 100 acres, of lot 49 was articled to Jonathan Ferris, jr., January 8, 1816. It was transferred to Samuel B. Perkins December 24, 1827, and was deeded to him December 31, 1833. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 49 was taken up by Joshua Bailey March 12, 1816. The north portion, 64 acres, of this was deeded to John M. Ferris September 19, 1832. The south portion, 36 acres, was deeded to William E. Cook December 1, 1827. The west part, 113 acres, of lot 49 was deeded : The north 88 acres to Jonathan Ferris, and south 25 acres to Jonathan Morse, both May 14, 1824.

The north part, 50 acres, of lot 50 was articled to Elijah Shaw August 1, 1816, and was deeded to Jonathan Clark March 3, 1823. The middle part, 200 acres, of lot 50 was taken up by Elijah Shaw Angust 1, 1816. November 17, 1827, 50 acres of this were articled to David Foot, and January 20, 1834, deeded to Josiah Shaw. The balance, 150 acres, was deeded to Elijah Shaw November 19, 1833. The south part, 80 acres, of lot 50 was articled to Joseph Root February 29, 1820, and was deeded to him December 29, 1835. The south middle part, 62 acres, of lot 50 was taken up by Gideon Freeman December 13, 1819. It was articled to Cyrus Stewart January 13, 1830, and was deeded to James Butts May 15, 1835.

Lot 51, 249 acres, was taken up by Gideon Freeman December 18, 1811. April 19 1811, 90 acres of this were articled to William Stoddard. October 12, 1824, the middle part of the lot. 145} acres. was deeded to Luke Hitchcock. April 19, 1819, 553 acres of this lot were articled to Michael Atwell, and May 6, 1828, to Obadiah Luce. This land was deeded to Luke Hitchcock November 4, 1830. April 19, 1819, 48 acres of lot 51 were articled to Jonathan Clark, and were deeded to him March 3, 1823.

The west part, 179} acres, of lot 64, town 14, range 2, was articled to Elihu Church June 13, 1815. Of this part 50 acres were articled to Robert McK. Burns June 14, 1823, and to Joshua Ferris December 24, 1827. Forty-eight acres were transferred to Roswell Burton June 14, 1823. Eighty-one and one-half acres of the same were articled to Thomas S. Hill June 14, 1823. The lot was deeded : 75 acres to Alphens French September 1, 1830; 27 acres to William Willetts September 1, 1830; 50} acres to John Stevens October 27, 1831; 98 acres to George Taylor May 8, 1832; and 25 acres to John Stevens February 26, 1833.

Not only is the area of the town of Albion, outside of the village, less than that of any other town in the county, but it immediately surrounds the village corporation and for this reason the territory has been kept largely in the condition of a suburban district. Its history, therefore, compared with that of other towns, is meager.

It will be observed from the foregoing list of grantees that the first article for land in what is now the town of Albion was recorded December 21, 1810, and conveyed to William McAllister the north 100 acres of lot 26. township 15, range one. In 1822 the east 50 acres of this were transferred to Orrin White and in 1828, the west 50 acres to

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Robert Caswell. The first deed given by the Holland Land Company, in this town was given to Jacob Young, by original purchase, June 7, 1813, for the north 100 acres of lot 33, township 15, range one, on the east side of the Oak Orchard Road about one and one-half miles south from Albion village. Mr. McAllister also took an article for 3581/2 acres of lot 35, township 15, range one, December II. 1811, and the same day Joseph Hart took up 358 acres of lot 34. William McAllister evidently settled here in the year 1811 and became the first permanent white settler in the town. He made the first clearing in the village of Albion and built the first house, a log structure, in the township, and in that rude cabin his wife died in 1812, which was prob- ably the first death of a white person in the town. No clergyman was present to conduct the funeral obsequies and no coffin could be obtained in which to encase the remains. A substitute for the latter was impro- vised by splitting and hewing out a few rough planks and fastening them together with wooden pins. A few other articles for land were taken out in 1811 and 1812, and it is presumed that the purchasers settled upon their grants, but the war which broke out in the latter year, caused the westward tide of immigration to cease temporarily. The proximity of this section to the scenes of depredation and battles, rendered actual settlement very precarious, yet those who had come, braved the uncertainties of the frontier, and as soon as the war ceased, settlers began to arrive in large numbers. The famous ridge guided them into the vicinity, whence they turned to the southward into this town over the Oak Orchard road, which the Holland Land Company had caused to be surveyed as early as 1803 as far as the forks below Barre Center, mainly over an old Indian trail, but which, when they came, had become so thickly covered with an undergrowth that it was almost impassable. By the year 1819 nearly all the land in town had been articled cr deeded. Improvements were rapidly prosecuted and the wilderness quickly blossomed into productive farms and comfortable homes.

Up to the time when the Erie Canal was constructed no villages had come into existence in what is now the town of Albion. What were thought to be the nuclei of two had been established. In 1818 Abiathar Mix commenced the business of making potash at Porter's Corners, in

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the western part of the town. He also opened a store for the sale of dry goods and groceries, and a tavern for the entertainment of way- farers. His brother, Ebenezer Mix, a clerk in the land office at Batavia, furnished a part of the capital for these enterprises. This was the pioneer store and the first ashery in the town ; and people living where the village of Albion now is went there to purchase goods. The pio- neer saw mill was built by Dr. William White, in 1816, on lot 26, southeast from the village, on the east branch of Sandy Creek. About 1824 a grist mill was built at the same place by a Mr. Caswell. These were subsequetly destroyed by fire, and in their place a Mr. Collins erected a stone building for a grist mill. No machinery was ever put in this structure and it has gone to ruin. A tannery and shoe shop were established just north from Porter's Corners about 1819 by Will- iam Sherwood, and quite a business in both branches was carried on for some years. The canal, and the location of the county seat, gave the death blow to the prospects of a city here, and no trace of these places of business now remains. The store and ashery have gone to ruin, and the tannery buildings have been removed. Two saw mills were built just north of this place, on Otter Creek, which runs by it, but both have long since been demolished, and the stream since the clearing away of the forest has dwindled to a brook. In 1819 Orris H. Gardner established a store at Benton's Corners, and continued the mercantile business there till he changed his location to Albion, when that village sprang up. In 1815 Abram Mattison opened a tavern on the west side of the Oak Orchard road, about one-fourth of a mile north from the " Poorhouse road." It was a double log house floored with "puncheons." At this primitive hostelry early settlers were entertained as they journeyed from the Ridge road to their future homes in the wilderness, and here, after the organization of the town of Barre, town meetings were held. Here, on the Fourth of July, 1819, the first ball in this region was held. Probably all of the company present on that occa- sion have passed away. This was the first tavern in town. Afterward another was kept at Benton's Corners by Oliver Benton, who was born in Ashfield, Mass., in 1791, and died in 1848. He came to Barre (now Albion) in 1812 and took up a large tract of land at what is still known as Benton's Corners, where he ever afterward resided. After some

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years he built a large and commodious house and for a long time kept a tavern, at which town meetings, balls, and other gatherings were held. He was the first postmaster in the old town of Barre and held the office many years. He was the second sheriff of the county and served three years.

William Bradner came from Palmyra, N. Y., to Gaines, and soon afterward purchased from William McAllister his article for a part of lot 35 on the east side of Main street in Albion. On the 3d of November 1819, the Holland Land Company deeded 2663 acres of this lot to him, and 92 acres of the southwest corner of the lot to Joel Bradner. In 1822 William Bradner sold 100 acres of the northwest part of his tract to Ingersoll, Smith & Bucklen.

Anthony Tripp was a native of Rhode Island. In his childhood hie went with his parents to Columbia county, N. Y., where he remained till adult age and married. He went thence to Delaware county and in 181I came to Orleans county and purchased one hundred acres of land two miles south of the village. His was the sec- ond article for land in the town of Albion. By reason of the war he did not at once occupy his land. In 1817 his eldest son built a log house there, and in 1824 Mr. Tripp moved his family to the place, where he remained till his death. His wife was Mary Brown. Their children were : Samuel, Tabitha (Mrs. Sylvester Patterson) ; Stephen R., who married Ruth Mott; Anthony, Alvah, who married Jane H. Blakeley ; Mary (Mrs. Psalter S. Mason) ; and Almeron, who married Sylvia Bruno. The wife of Alvah was killed in 1866 by the fall of a chimney through the roof of a store where she was trading.

Joseph Hart came to Albion in the fall of 1811 and purchased by article, on December II, a part of lot 34. In 1812 he moved his fam- ily hither and remained during the war of 1812, in which he was several times called out to do military service. He was a very prominent man in the new settlement. At his barn the First Congregational Church of Barre was organized and services held there for some time. Subsequently he was largely influential in the organization of the Presbyterian Church of Albion, in which he was long a ruling elder. He became very wealthy. His son, Elizur Hart, became a constable at the age of twenty, and while performing the duties of that office judiciously in-

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vested $500 of his own money and a like sum belonging to his brother William. By shrewdness and remarkable business tact he accumulated considerable property, and in 1860, in partnership with Joseph M. Cornell, he founded the Orleans County Bank, which five years later became the Orleans County National Bank, of which he was president until his death. He left a large fortune, and in his will bequeathed to the Presbyterian Church in Albion for a church edifice the munificent sum of $50,000, and $5,000 for a Sunday-school fund. His son, E. Kirke Hart, succeeded him as president of the bank and held the posi- tion until his death, when his son, Charles E. Hart, the present incum - bent, became the chief executive officer.

Stephen B. Thurston was born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1808. In the spring of 1814 he removed with his father, Caleb Thurston, to what is now the town of Albion. In 1830 he purchased seventy-six acres of lot nineteen, about a mile and a half west from the village, and resided there till 1865, when he removed to Albion. His wife, to whom he was married in 1832, was Julianna Williams, who was born in Ot- sego county, N. Y., in 1812.

Lansing Bailey, a native of Rensselaer county, N. Y., at the age of seven removed with his father's family to Whitestown, N. Y. In 1809 he married Loda Parmelee, and in the autumn of 1811 came on foot to Orleans county, and purchased by article 250 acres on lot 12, range 2, a mile west from Albion, and soon returned home. In February, 1812, with his wife and child, and his brother, he came to settle on his pur- chase. They came on a sled drawn by two yoke of oxen, and they drove five other cattle. They lived in a shanty on their farm till the fall 1812, when they built a rude log house, cut a road to the ridge, where Mrs. Bailey had staid with a relative, and moved the family to the farm. The next winter their stock were kept on browse. In the fall of 1813 Mr. Bailey was one of the Election Board. The polls were opened at four places, several miles distant from each other, and the board traveled from one to another on foot. There was not then a horse in the town. His first children-a pair of twins-were cradled in the half of a hollow log. In August, 1813, his wife and brother died, and some two years later he was married to Miss Sylvia Pratt, of Whitestown. During the war of 1812 the few settlers in this county

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were often alarmed by the reports of the approach of hostile parties, and on two or three occasions Mr. Bailey went out with a military com- pany, on one of which occasions he was out a month. By industry and frugality Mr. Bailey acquired a competence. Of his twelve chil- dren nine lived to adult age. He was a prominent and influential man, and was ten times chosen supervisor of Barre. Many years before his death he sold the land where he first settled, which was in Gaines, and purchased the northeast part of lot 10, near the village of Albion, where he died in 1866.

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 23

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1084

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084