Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 116

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410

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Williams, Wilbert, a native of Ellisburg, Jefferson county, born in 1849, is the son of Daniel and Eliza Williams. Our subject was reared on the farm and has always followed farming, also stock dealing. He, in partnership with his brother Ezra, bought the farm of 127 acres in Sandy Creek in 1880, where they have since carried on general farming. February 12, 1880, subject married Eliza F. Gilbert. Mrs. Williams is a member of the M. E. church of Sandy Creek, which they attend and support.

Langdon, William T., was born in Fulton county in 1838, son of Riley Langdon, born in Herkimer county in 1807. The grandfather, Thomas Laugdon, was born in Connecticut, a farmer and pioneer of Herkimer county. Riley was one of seven chil- dren; in early life he was a shoemaker and tanner, and later a farmer. He now re- sides with his only child, William. His wife was Rhoda Grinold. Subject came to

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Hastings with his father and settled on their present farm in 1858. In 1871 he mar ried Ellen, daughter of Lewis Bly of Hastings. She died in 1873, and he married second Eunice, daughter of Jacob Bauder of Schroeppel, and they have two children, B. Arelien and Vaughn.

Soule, A. P., was born in Richland, April 8, 1842, a son of Stephen and Sarah E. (Porter) Soule, he a native of Richland, born December 8, 1812, and she of Sandy Creek, born February 22, 1813. The father of Stephen was Constant Soule, a native of Vermont, who came to Richland about 1800, where he died near the farm he set- tled and near the Soule's Church, which took its name from this family. The father of our subject spent his days in his native town, and was 'a farmer. Subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He went to work for Mr. Kingsford March 10, 1864, worked two and one half years, then bought the farm that he now owns, where he lived for two and one half years; then left his farm to super- intend the Kingsford farm of Oswego, which position he held for seventeen years. He came on the farm he now owns in 1887. He follows dairying, making a specialty of breeding Hamiltonian horses, and owns a grandson of "Hamiltonian 10," seven years old, by "Duroc," and is named "Young Duroc." He married in 1866 Clarie E. Forbes, a native of Ellisburg, Jefferson county, by whom he has one daughter, Annie F. Mr. Soule owns 163 acres, keeps a dairy of twenty-one cows, and also has twenty- three head of horses. Subject worked for Mr. Thomson Kingsford of Oswego on the same farm, without having a day of lost time charged to him, until he earned over $11,000.

Rhines, Wallace D., is a descendant of John Rhines, whose father, a native of Co- logne, Germany, came to America at the age of thirteen. John married and reared a family of seven children, of whom Philip came to Schroeppel, and bought a farm. His three children were: William, Martin and Mary, all now living in Caughdenoy. Martin married Allathema Sitts in 1858, and of these parents Wallace D., our subject was born in 1859. He has one sister, Flora, who married Miner Van Auken, of Caugh- denoy. Wallace attended the first grade district school at "the Ridge," and at the age of sixteen years began teaching in the River district school in Hastings. He taught three years at Sand Ridge, attending school at Central Square during spring and fall. In 1878 he married Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Peacock, who came from England and settled in Geddes, Onondaga county, later removing to Collamer. From 1879 to 1884 Mr. Rhines taught school in Caughdenoy, and in the latter year went to Constantia, where he has taught continuously ever since, excepting two years in Cleveland, and he is regarded as a very successful teacher. For the past nine years he has held the office of justice of the peace. Mr. Rhines owns a pleasant home and is a close student. He has one son, Wallace M.

Huntley, James W., highway commissioner of Schroeppel, was born in Onondaga county in 1851, and when ten years old came to Schroeppel with his parents, Hugh and Rhoda. The father died in 1866 aged fifty-one, and the mother resides in Phoe- nix. Mr. Huntley married in 1875 Mary E. Brundage, and has four children.

Jamieson, Fred, was born in 1852, son of John 3d, the grandson of John and great- grandson of John, who lived in Glasgow, Scotland. The father of our subject was one of the prominent men in the early days in Amboy. He died in 1887, leaving five

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sons, the oldest son living being Fred, who owns the homestead and is a farmer. His older brother died some years ago. His wife is Pauline, daughter of Charles Le Clair of Parish, and they have four daughters, Arabell, Lillie, Emma and Cap- tolia. Mr. Jamieson has held several offices of trust, having been elected commis- sioner of highways in 1891, and serving as overseer of the poor during the years 1892, '93 and '94.

Sanford, Asa B .- In 1631 John Sanford, son of Samuel and Eleanor Sanford, of Lincolnshire, England, sailed for America in company with John Eliot, the mission- ary, and John Winthrop, jr., afterward governor of Connecticut. John was a man of note in his township. His will, executed in 1653, and preserved by Prof. H. H. Sanford of Syracuse, a cousin of Asa Sanford, is a model of conciseness and care. Samuel, grandson of John, married and settled in Tiverton, R. I. He resided there until his death, which occurred in 1738. Asa Sanford, sr., grandfather of Asa Brad- ford, was born in Tiverton in 1781. In 1797 he came with his parents to Madison county, N. Y. The old homestead occupied by him is still standing at Bouckville: He died in 1873, having lived to the ripe old age of ninety-two years. Bradford, his son, and father of Asa Sanford, jr .. was born in Georgetown, Madison county, in 1817. In 1840 he married Lavinia Peckham, who was born at Hamilton, in 1818. Soon after their marriage they came to Volney. Four children were born to them, of whom three are still living. The beloved wife and mother was taken to the arms of her Saviour in 1879. Asa, their youngest son, and whose name is at the begin- ning of this sketch, was born in Volney. October 25, 1855. He was liberally educated at Falley Seminary and Oswego Normal School, and the number and character of the books that embellish his home bespeak the taste and cultivation both of himself and of his wife. His wife, Mary Sanford, is the daughter of C. E. Ward of Volney. She was born November 28, 1860, and was principally educated by her mother. She was married to Asa Sanford February 13, 1877. Four children, Emogene, Elmer, Ernest and Erwin, have been born to them. Two of these, Elmer and Ernest, died in infancy. Mr. Sanford is a farmer and has a productive farm and happy home near Mt. Pleasant. Himself and wife have been active members of the church at Mt. Pleasant since childhood.

Hughes, James, was born November 4, 1857, one of nine children of Robert J. and Hannah (Madison) Hughes, the latter being a daughter of Peter Madison, who was a second cousin of President Madison. Robert Hughes came from the southern part of Wales, and was a farmer by occupation. Our subject now resides on one of his father's farms. James was educated in the common schools of Rome, and married, October 20, 1876, Anna Daunt, who is of Scotch and Irish ancestry, her parents being settlers of Rome, Oneida county. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes have three children: Helen Ruth, Katie M., Alice S., and one daughter, Ella, by a former marriage of Mrs. Hughes to James Conningham. Ella is now married to Walter F. Barnard, and resides in Rome.

Wilson, Norman L., born in Granby, Oswego county, in 1820, and was the son of William, a native of England, born in 1797, whose father was William of England, who came to Granby in 1810 and settled on what is now the Aaron Stranahan farm. The father of our subject was drafted in the war of 1812, was a farmer in Granby for many years, and removed to Allegany county where he and his wife died in 1875 and

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1889 respectively. Subject learned the trade of cloth dresser when seventeen. In 1853 he moved from Oswego to Fulton, where he followed carding and cloth manu- facturing. Since 1859 he has lived in Hastings, where he has devoted his time to his trade. In 1864 he purchased his farm where he now lives. He was notary public ten years, also inspector and collector. In 1845 he married Elsie, daughter of Elder William Lake, and their children are Mrs. Sarah Dawley, Marcus, William L., Ed- ward, Frank and Mrs. Hattie Rill. Mr. Wilson is a member of Hastings Grange, of which he is chaplain. His wife died in 1882. He is the oldest man now living who was born in Granby.

Lane, Hudson, of German ancestry, was born in Pulaski February 6, 1861, son of John D., born in Canajoharie, Montgomery county, January 10, 1801, died in Pulaski February 6, 1877. His wife was Harriet Draper, born in Rodman, Jefferson county, May 30, 1823, died in Pulaski November 16, 1890. They had these children: Henry Frey, born May 5, 1843; Wilfred I., born December 6, 1844; William Henry, born April 26, 1847; Roderick D., born July 30, 1850; George E., born October 4, 1852; Robert, born October 26, 1855; Harriet Elizabeth, born December 21, 1857; and Hud- son. The deceased are Henry Frey, drowned November 30, 1846; Robert, died July 18, 1856; Harriet Elizabeth, died May 26, 1859; William H., died April 2, 1880. The father was in the mercantile business in Pulaski in the early part of his life, and was commissioner of highways of the town of Richland a number of years. Hudson was educated in Pulaski, and began life by driving team, and also worked a large market garden in Pulaski. He has been a member of the Pulaski fire department eight years.

Rucker, Manfred M., was born in Albion, Oswego county, September 21, 1826, a son of Joseph, who died in Sandy Creek, aged eighty-nine. The latter married Sarah R. Merrell for his first wife, January 30, 1806, who died February 15, 1820; their children were Charles C., Sidney M., Julius C., Fidelia Emaline. He married for his second wife Elinor Stuyvesant, who died at Sandy Creek October 26, 1872; their children were Lewis M., Sarah Jane, Manfred M., Anna E., Harriet L., Mary F. and Sarah A. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a tanner and harness manufacturer. Manfred was educated at Pulaski, and learned his father's trade, opening a shop and harness store at Sandy Creek in 1852, which he still con- ducts, it being the largest business of the kind in the county outside of Oswego; he keeps a large stock of trunks, hand bags, whips, robes, horse clothing, etc. October 17, 1854, he married Amarilla Woodruff, daughter of Wm. Woodruff of Sandy Creek. She died in 1863, leaving two children, Edmund W. and Fred E .; the latter was drowned at Point Peninsular November 28, 1886, in an effort to save the perishing crew of the wrecked vessel Comanche. In 1863 Mr. Tucker married second Cornelia K., daughter of Jasper and Filena Jellett Taylor of Mexico, and their children were Frank A. and Burton A., both living. Frank married Flora B. Newton and is a drug- gist at Sandy Creek. Burton is in business with his father and resides at home. Edmund Tucker married Emma Lucas of Three Mile Bay, Jefferson county. Mr. Tucker is an Odd Fellow.

Dimon, Justus, was born April 12, 1834, in Hastings, son of John and Polly M. Dimon. John Dimon was one of the early settlers of Hastings, where he lived sev- enty years and died December 15, 1893, aged eighty-nine years. Subject was edu- cated in Hastings, and then went to work on his father's farm. From Hastings he

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moved to Parish in 1859, where he purchased the farm on which he now resides. This is a fine farm of over 100 acres under splendid cultivation. He married Ursula L. Avery, daughter of Richard F. Avery of Hastings, and has four daughters, Etta, Ida, Jenny and Mary.

Carpenter, Dewitt, son of Artemas and Nancy Carpenter, was born in the town of German Flats, Herkimer county, June 4, 1848, and moved with his parents into the eastern part of the town of Orwell in the winter of 1849, which at that time was a wilderness. His boyhood days were spent with his father in clearing land, and, when he could be spared from home, attending the district school. At the age of fifteen years he entered the U. S. service as a member of Co. G, 24th Regt. N. Y. Vol. Cavalry and served until the close of the war. On the 12th of September, 1867, he married Abby A. Stevens, daughter of Ezra and Hulda Stevens. His family con- sists of Flora, born September 8, 1868; Charles, born October 15, 1871; Cora B., born July 30, 1873; Ralph, born August 17, 1879; Lilly, born June 24, 1883. Mr. Carpen- ter is a Republican in politics, and has for many years been prominently connected . in all matters of interest to his town, in which he has served as a justice of the peace for several years. He has also been supervisor for the last five years. He lives on a farm in the eastern part of the town. He also has an office and does a large busi- ness in prosecuting all manner of claims against the United States.

Royce, William S., treasurer of the Victoria Paper Mills Co. Prior to 1892, at which date he assumed the duties of his present position, he was bookkeeper in the Citizen's National Bank of Fulton. He was born at Morrow, O., May 21, 1867. His wife is Carrie B., daughter of K. F. Salmon and granddaughter of the late George Salmon, a family closely connected with Fulton from the period of its earliest growth. Mr. Royce is highly esteemed for his sterling worth and character.

Lester, Henry, son of Nicholas, was born near Troy, N. Y., in 1814. He came when a child with his grandparents to Sandy Creek. At an early age he commenced to earn his own living learning the trade of carpenter. He married Jane Bartlett, daughter of Emery Bartlett, and settled in the southeastern part of the town, build- ing two saw mills and clearing a farm of 114 acres. Four children were born to them: Frances W., wife of J. A. Alden, who died in Lawrence, Mich., in 1876; Harriet E., wife of Elijah Rowe, who resides in Boylston; Emery B. of Orwell; Emerson D. in Boylston. His wife, Jane, dying in 1872, he married Amy Calkins Snyder, by whom he had a son, Henry W., who resides in Mannsville, Jefferson county. Henry Les- ter was much respected by his townsmen, holding the office of superintendent of schools, justice of the peace twelve years, and supervisor five years. He died in 1878. Emerson D. was born on the homestead where he now resides in 1851; he was edu- cated in the district school, Pulaski Academy and Lawrence (Mich.) Union School. He was married in 1878, and has two children, Ray, aged fifteen, and Harry, aged five. He was elected supervisor in 1893 and re-elected in 1894 without opposition ; is a Republican, a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. O. T. M. lodges.

Richards, Melzar C., superintendent of the Mexico Military Academy, is a native of Oswego county born in 1855. He was reared and received his education in his native county and at Whitestown Seminary, Oneida county. He graduated from West Point in 1881, and has since that time been continually in the service of the Government, receiving an appointment to Mexico Military Academy in 1893.

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Baker, William H., was born in Lenox, Madison county, N. Y., January 17, 1827. Samuel P. Baker, his father, a native of Marcellus, N. Y., was a son of Joseph Baker, who was born in Massachusetts, and whose wife was Phoebe Elliott, of Pompey Hill, Onondaga county. In 1821 he married Mary H., daughter of Samuel Atherton and Betsey Henny, natives of Massachusetts and Chesterfield, N. H., respectively. In 1829 he settled permanently in West Monroe, where he lived at the time of his mar- riage and where all but their second and third children were born. Of the family seven attained maturity and six are now living: Mary M. (Mrs. John Rill) deceased ; Olivia L. (widow of James Armstrong, of New Hartford, N. Y.); William H .; George O. (first), who died aged four; S. Park, a lawyer of Youngstown, Niagara county ; George O., a lawyer of Clyde; Alonzo E., a manufacturer of New Hartford; and Ashley Delos, a lawyer (and ex-county judge), of Gloversville. Samuel P. Baker died in Gloversville, April 21, 1888. His wife's death occurred in West Monroe, October 4, 1882. William H. Baker, the eldest of the sons, was educated in the common schools and at thé academies of Red Creek and Mexico, attending one term at Red Creek and one half a term at Mexico. He was at first a salt barrel cooper, and then a carpenter and joiner. He also taught school four winters, his last term being at Pulaski. He studied law with Judge Cyrus Whitney of Mexico, and finished with Seth Burton of Fulton, being admitted to the bar at Syracuse in November, 1851. The following January he began practice in Cleveland, N. Y., but in August, 1852, removed to Constantia where he has since resided. He continued the active practice of law until 1874, since which time he has devoted his attention mainly to his farm of 400 acres on the west side of the village, and bordering on the north shore of Oneida Lake. In a political capacity Mr. Baker has been specially prominent. "Sired by a Whig and nursed by a Whig mother," he naturally became a Republican upon the organization of that party. He was elected district attorney of Oswego county in 1862, appointed to a vacancy by Gov. Reuben E. Fenton in 1866, and re-elected in the fall of that year, serving until December 31, 1869. In 1874 and again in 1876 he was elected to Congress from the 24th Congressional district, comprising the counties of Oswego and Madison and served in the 44th and 45th Congresses. In 1893 he was elected a delegate from the 22d Senatorial District to the Constitutional Convention, which met in Albany in May, 1894. October 27, 1859, Mr. Baker married Sarah, daughter of William and Sarah (Boots) Barnes, natives of England. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes settled in Constantia in 1830 where the former still resides. Mrs. Barnes died October 25, 1893. Mrs. Baker was born in Constantia December 15, 1834. The chil- dren of Mr. Baker are as follows Sarah C., wife of Selah W. Hallenbeck, of Glovers- ville, born February 22, 1864; William Barnes, born January 30, 1869, admitted to the bar at Syracuse in April, 1894, now a practicing lawyer in Oswego; and Mary Ade- line, born May 21, 1873, now a student at Syracuse University.

Wilcox, C. C., who has achieved the very summit of success in his chosen vocation while yet in middle age, was born December 19, 1838, in Granby near the site of his present palatial residence. This locality was in 1834 an unbroken wilderness, when his father, the late David Wilcox, removed from Onondaga county to this place. David originally purchased 400 acres here, adding at various times 500 more, the clearing of at least half of which was due to his personal effort. His wife was Sally Starr of New England ancestry, who reared a family of ten children, of whom six

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sons are now living. She was a living example of all that is best of womanhood, and her memory is enshrined in the hearts of her children. She died in 1857, her husband attaining the remarkable age of ninety-seven years, and died June 22, 1894. He was in most ways a remarkable man, and the purity of the name he bequeathed is not the least of his legacies to his descendants. His longevity is somewhat characteristic of his family, and was also a matter of note on his wife's side. Cyrus Wilcox spent four years of his early manhood in California, thereby no doubt enlarging the somewhat insular ideas incident to a more settled life, and his surroundings now indicate the breadth of view, and fixity of purpose which have been factors in the growth of his material prosperity. Operating nearly 300 acres of land, his specialty is the manu- facture of butter, which product was awarded the highest honors at the World's Fair of 1893. The buildings recently erected by Mr. Wilcox are in every way models of their kind, and attest the real genius, not less than the energy of their owner. A centrifugal machine in the dairy room run by steampower, separates the cream from the milk from his dairy of cows, and the ultimate result in the form of gilt-edge butter commands an invariable premium in the markets of the larger cities. January 10, 1865, Mr. Wilcox united in marriage with Miss Martha A., daughter of John and Elenor Hall of Granby, and their children are Luella, Fred A., and Cyrus Arie. Lu- ella married F. J. Whitcomb of Granby; Fred A. married Miss Aletha Ingomeals of Volney, and operates a part of the home farm. In 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox united with the Congregational Church of Oswego Falls, of which they are at present mem- bers.

Ives, F. C., of Fulton, manager since 1882 of the United States Express Co.'s office, was born at Volney Centre, April 18, 1854. His parents, Hiram J. and Sarah Ives, are still residents of Volney Centre on the old homestead, where also their eldest son, Henry, lives. Friend Ives was educated in Fulton and began business life as book- keeper for a hardware house there, before taking charge of the express business. March 27, 1879, he married Carrie A. Rice of Fulton, by whom he had four children, Edith M., Don H., both deceased, Leland F., born 1890, and Homer C., born 1894.

Tuttle, Henry H., a native of Sandy Creek, born January 25, 1856, is a son of Joseph and Catherine M. (Snyder) Tuttle, he born in Ellisburg August 30, 1818, and she in 1829. Joseph is a son of John Tuttle who died in 1876. The father of John was Eli Tuttle. Joseph, father of our subject, has retired from active work, and his son Henry now conducts the farm which contains 140 acres of the finest land in Sandy Creek. Mrs. Tuttle died December 5, 1883, and in 1884 Mr. Tuttle married Deborah W. Curtis of Ellisburg. He has served as highway commissioner. Henry H. was edu- cated in the common schools and Union Academy of Sandy Creek. He carries on general farming and dairying, keeping an average of twenty-five cows. He married in 1882 Millie, daughter of Justus B. Fox of Richland. Mr. Tuttle is a member of Sandy Creek Grange and of Sandy Creek Lodge No. 564 F. & A. M. Mr. Tuttle's sister, Betsey, born January 12, 1853, married, October 25, 1871, Mervin Salisbury ; and his brother, Joseph J., married, June 22, 1880, Izora Casler.

Paine, Oliver, of South Granby, was born in Camillus, N. Y., May 11, 1830. His father was Captain Seth Paine, a man of much note in earlier days. The military appellation was due to his captaincy of a company of militia. He was for a long term superintendent of schools. A saw mill of his own erection at Horseshoe Dam

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was operated by him for nearly five years, after which he purchased nearly 200 acres at South Granby, a portion of which is still in the possession of Oliver Paine, who occupies a handsome residence upon it. Seth Paine was a volunteer soldier in the war of 1812. His wife, Lury (Brewster) Paine, was a lineal descendant of William Brewster, of Mayflower fame. Oliver Paine's wife is Sarah E., daughter of Andrew Works of Granby, and their children are Fred B., at home; and Clara E., wife of Verner Shattuck of Fulton. Subject has filled various positions of responsibility.

Mehegan, Daniel, jr., born December 13, 1864, is the eldest son of Daniel and Rose Mehegan. He received his early education in the district school of Dexterville, after- ward finishing at Fulton Academy. He taught several schools in Dexterville and North Hannibal and has been for the past three years principal of the Oswego Falls Graded School. In August, 1891, he married Miss Nellie E. Hartnett, daughter of Wm. Hartnett. Their marriage has been blessed with two children, Allen A. and John F. His position as a teacher is one of which few people consider the great re sponsibilities, moulding as he does the lives and character of future citizens.

Richardson, L. T .- Prominent among the group of men who were outspoken in their advocacy of the abolition of slavery, was the late Samuel Richardson of Fulton. He removed to this town in 1838, kept Temperance Hotel for some time, then went into the grocery business, afterwards tending toll gate on the old bridge, and later on the Bowens Corners plank road. Of the Baptist church he was a life long pillar, and of the temperance cause a practical and earnest supporter. For several years before his death he lived with his son, L. T. Richardson. The latter was born at Delphi, Onondaga county, in 1830. During his life he has been largely connected with va- rious public works, a contractor upon the lakes until 1881, when he was appointed superintendent of canals, which position he filled with credit for eight years.

Howard, Orsemus B., was born in Clayville, Oneida county, in 1855, son of Dr. Orsemus B. Howard. He came to Oswego county in 1858, and was a practicing phy- sician in Dugaway and West Amboy until he died in December, 1882. He married three times, first Rosina Cogswell who was the mother of our subject, second Helen Frye by whom he had one child, Henry. His third wife was Margaret Cole, by whom he had three children: George, who died aged seven years; Frank and Raymond. Our subject at eighteen began his business life as a salesman of sewing machines, which he followed twelve years, when he established a business for himself in Con- stantia village, having removed to this place in 1880. He added to his stock of sew- ing machines, pianos, organs, carriages, wagons, bicycles, etc. He has served the town one term as collector, in 1893 received his commission as postmaster of the Con- stantia office, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1873 he married Celia A., daughter of Peter and Maria A. (Fellows) Muckey, of Constantia. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have five children: Menzo Lee, Lillian Rosina, Forest Clinton, Blanche May and Freddie Fay.

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Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 116

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1410

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410