The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884, Volume II, Part 87

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co
Number of Pages: 1345

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Rev. ALFRED DE W. MASON, born in Brooklyn, 1855; grad. Amherst Coll., 1877; and Theol. Sem., New Brunswick, N. J., 1880; located Locust Valley, L. I., 1880-'82; Brooklyn, 1882-'4.

Rev. JOHN M. WAGNER, born in Flonheim, Germany, 1826; grad. Rutgers Coll., 1853, and New Brunswick Theol. Sem., 1856; located Silver Creek, Ill., 1856-'61; West Leyden, N. Y., 1862-'63; Melrose, N. Y., 1863-'6; B'klyn., 1866-'84, Pres. Germ. Evang. Home for Aged, 1879-'84.

Rev. JOHN A. LANSING, born in Watervliet, N. Y .; grad. Union Coll., 1842, and New Brunswick Theo. Sem., 1845; was Pres. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., and Vice-Pres. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n; located at Saratoga, 1845-'48; Bethlehem, N. Y., 1848-'60; Catskill, 1860-'66; Sec. Board of Publication, 1866-'75; Chaplain Amer. Union Chapel, Rome, 1878; author of Ministerial Support, 1854.

Rev. R. G. STRONG is Pastor of the Reformed Church in Flatbush, and was born in Flatbush, 1837; grad. Univ. City of New York, 1855, and New Brunswick, N. J., Theol. Sem., 1858; ord. 1860; located at Flatbush, 1858-'61; New Baltimore, N. Y., 1861-'9; select school, Flatbush, 1870-'9; Prin. Eras- mus Hall Academy, 1879-'84.

Rev. A. P. STOCKWELL is Pastor of the Reformed Church in Gravesend, and was born in Hadley, Mass., 1837; grad. Am- herst, 1862, and Union Theol. Sem., 1865; located Pleasant Plains, N. Y., 1865-'69; Millbrook, 1869-'72; Gravesend, 1872-'84,

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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.

Episcopal Churches. - During one hundred and twenty-five years, the Re- formed Dutch Church maintained un- disputed sway in the town of Brooklyn. When the Episcopal Church first made a beginning here is not certain. Tradi- tion asserts that it was established here as early as 1766; but the statement is not substantiated by any reliable data. Probably Episcopal services were occa- sionally conducted here according to circumstances or convenience, but no recorde of these remain. As early as 1774, a proposition was made to erect a church by lottery, " conformable to the doctrines of the church of England." The project probably failed. It is known that, from about 1778 to the .close of the Revolution, the Rev. James Sayer was stationed here; and, that, in the spring of 1784, Rev. George Wright hald regular services in the house of Garret Rapelje on Fulton street, a short distance above Front; and that, in the same year, the congregation removed to the barn of John Middagh, at the corner of Henry, Fulton and Poplar streets (see engraving on p. 111), and subsequently to an old British barrack at the corner of Middagh and Fulton streets. Not long afterward, a house that had been erected for Mr. Mattuck, an independent preacher, came into the hands of some of Mr. Wright's parishioners, and was conse- crated by Bishop Provost, April 23d, 1787. The parish was, by act of the legislature, incorporated as " The Episcopal church of Brooklyn," with the following trustees : John Cornell, Matthew Gleaves, Joshua Sands, Joseph Sealey, John Van Notsrand, Aquila Giles and Henry Stanton. Mr. Wright was succeeded, in 1789, by Rev. Elijah D. Rattoone, and he by Rev. Ambrose Hull. Next came Rev. Samuel Nesbitt in 1793.

On the 22d of June, 1795, the church was reorganized and incorporated by the name of St. Ann's Church, a title which it is said to have "tacitly received some years before," in compliment to Mrs. Ann Sands, who, with her husband (Mr. Joshua Sands), had been its most liberal donor.

In 1798, the Rev. John Ireland succeeded to the rectorship, and during his charge, the stone church was built on the ground given by Mr. and Mr. Sands, at the corner of Sands and Washington streets. It was consecrated by Bishop Ben- jamin Moore, on the 30th of May, 1805.

Subsequent Rectors: Revs. Henry James Feltus, 1807-'14, John Prentiss Kenley Henshaw, 1814-'17 ; Hugh Smith, 1817-'18.

Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk became Rector in November, 1819, and continued in the discharge of his duties, until his election and consecration as Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania, in October, 1827. The church edifice being considered unsafe for further use, in consequence of the damages done to ite walls by the powder-mill explosion of 1808, measures were taken for the erection of a new building. March 31st, 1824, the corner-stone of a new church was laid, and the church was consecrated, July 30, 1825.

THE SECOND ST. ANN'S CHURCH EDIFICE.

In 1826, a new parsonage was built, where Clark street now enters Fulton street, and nearly opposite to the old Epis- copal burying ground.

Other Rectors were: Rev. Charles Pettit McIlvaine, from 1828 to 1832, when he was elected Bishop of Ohio; Rev. Ben- jamin Clark Cutler, 1853 till his death in 1863.

Among the first acts under his rectorship, was the estab- lishment of a Second Sabbath-School, from the overflow of the original one. In August, 1833, with a small number of chil- dren, it was held for a time in the gallery of the church; then in several other places, until it was finally established, in 1837, in a second story which was added for the purpose, to the building occupied by School No. 1. In 1839, was built the third rectory, a substantial brick house, located in the church yard, fronting Sands street, and first occupied in the spring of 1840. In September, 1841, a parish library was opened to the free use of the congregation. In the year 1833, the mem- bers of St. Ann's inaugurated an orphan asylum, which has since efficiently but noiselessly performed its appropriate work; and also an education society, which had many years of usefulness.

Mr. Charles Bancroft became Assistant Pastor in May, 1844. Rev. Lawrence H. Mills became Rector, in March, 1864, a year after the death of Mr. Cutler. Steps were soon afterward taken toward the erection of a new church and chapel, on the corner of Clinton and Livingston streets. The chapel was opened April 7th, 1867. On the 30th of May, 1867, the present Rector, Noah Hunt Schenck, D. D., was inducted into the rectorship, and on the 5th of June, in the same year, the corner-stone of the present church edifice was laid. The house was opened for worship, October 20th, 1869. A chime of nine bells, each with an appropriate inscription, was pre- sented as an Easter offering, in 1869, by the Senior Warden, Thomas Messenger, Eeq.

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PRESENT ST. ANN'S CHURCH EDIFICE.

The church was consecrated, free from debt, on Ascension Day, 1879. Sittings were made perpetually free by the con- dition which Mr. R. Fulton Cutting imposed, when, in 1878, he donated $70,000 to complete the extinction of the church debt.

The total cost of the church was $375,000. Additional ex- penditures, interest, etc., have swelled the amount to half a million. The seating capacity of the church is 1,700.

On Ascension Day, 1881, a memorial window was placed in the chancel, by the ladies of the congregation, to the memory of Mrs. Cutting.

A mission, called St. Ann's House, has been established in Prospect st., near the site of the old St. Ann's Church. It is conducted by the Brotherhood of St. Ann's ; connected with this is a day nursery, conducted by the parish guild. Its work is the care of infants while their mothers are at labor for their support.

St. Ann's has (July, 1883) 676 communicants, and 365 Sun- day-school scholars.

Rev. NOAH HUNT SCHENCK, D. D., born in Pennington, N. J., 1825; grad. Princeton Coll., 1844. Admitted to the bar, 1847; practiced Trenton, 1848, and Cincinnati, 1849-'51; grad. Gam- bier (O.) Theol. Sem., 1853; ord., 1853; located Troy and Hillsborough, O., 1853-'55; Gambier, O., 1855-'57; Chicago, 1857-'60; Baltimore, 1860-'67; St. Ann's, Bklyn, 1867-'84; was Chaplain, Kenyon Coll., 1855-'67; of St. Nicholas Soc., 1871 -'84; author of pub. sermons, addresses, and lectures.

St. John's Church, corner of Washington and Johnston streets, was erected in 1826. This parish owes its origin and maintenance, during many of its earlier years, to the foresight and liberality of its first Rector, the Rev. Evan M. Johnson. The edifice, built by him at his own expense, on his own land, and for several years generously furnished to the congregation free of cost, was first opened for divine service September 24th, 1826; and for a few months he was assisted in the services by the Rev. John A. Hicks. On Easter day,

1827, there were nineteen communicants. On the 16th of July following, the church was consecrated by Bishop Hobart. The attendance continuing to increase, it was considerably enlarged and improved in 1832, and purchased by the con- gregation. In 1835, Rev. Jacob W. Diller became Assistant Minister; and, in 1841, the Rev. Stephen Patterson officiated in the same relation, followed by the Rev. Caleb S. Henry, D.D., in 1842. A few years later, quite extensive repairs and im- provements were made in the church. In July, 1847, the Rev. Mr. Johnson withdrew, after more than twenty years of faithful service without remuneration. His successors were Rev. Samuel R. Johnson, D. D., 1847-'50; Rev. N. A. Oke- son, D.D., 1851-'52; Rev. Thomas T. Guion, D. D., 1853-'62.

The renovation and re-fitting of the church edifice was completed in 1862. Other Rectors : Rev. George F. Seymour, D.D., 1863-'67, aided by Rev. Henry A. Spaffard, Assist- ant Minister of the parish, and Rev. Alexander Burges, D.D., 1867-'69.

In 1868, the old building, on the corner of Washington and Johnson sts., was sold and the corner-stone of a new chapel was laid at the corner of Seventh ave. and St. John's place, on the 15th of June, 1869. This chapel is of red sandstone, and has about four hundred sittings. A rectory of the same material adjoins it. The cost of both was about $40,000.

Rev. R. E. Terry was Rector, 1869-'74, when the pressnt Rector, Rev. Thomas S. Pycott, was called. The parish is quite prosperous. St. John's has (July, 1883) 350 communi- cants and 193 Sunday-school scholars.

St. Paul's Free Church was the offspring of St. Ann's. Rev. Thomas Pyne (who was mainly instrumental in com- mencing and forwarding this work) was engaged as mission- ary. During the first year of its existence, services were held in the public school-room in Middagh street, under the direction of a committee of gentlemen who, with but a sin- gle exception, were connected with St. Ann's Church. The Sabbath-school, also, was conducted by teachers drawn mostly from St. Ann's congregation. In 1834, a building in Pearl street, now Concord, was purchased and refitted for this church. The Rev. T. S. Brittain became Rector in June, 1835. The enterprise was maintained wholly by voluntary contributions, and it languished until, in 1839 or '40, the edi- fice was sold, and services were suspended till a reorganiza- tion was effected, under the name of Calvary Church, with Rev. W. H. Lewis, Rector. During some years the parish was prosperous. John J. Fish, D. D., succeeded Mr. Lewis, but left in 1849. The parish was not prosperous after Mr. Fish resigned, and, in 1861, it ceased to exist.

Trinity Church was organized in March, 1835. Eight lots were donated on Clinton avenue, between Atlantic and Ful- ton avenues, by George W. Pine, and a stone edifice, 60 by 45, erected. The Rectors of the church were, in suc- cession, Revs. D. V. M. Johnson, Dr. Thos. W. Coit and R. C. Shimeall. In 1841, the parish having become embarrassed, public worship was discontinued, and the church was sold; but was purchased, and the services were revived by the con- gregation of St. Luke's.

Christ Church, corner of Clinton and Harrison streets, had its inception in the labors principally of the members of St. Ann's parish. The parish was organized and recognized in the diocese, May 18, 1835. Services were first held in 1837, in a chapel on the corner of Court and Pacific streets, where the pulpit was temporarily supplied by Rev. C. S. Henry, Fred. C. Goodwin, Prof. Turner and Kingston Goddard. Mr. Goddard became Rector in 1838, and was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. John Seely Stone in 1841.

The corner-stone of the new church, on the corner of Clin- ton and Harrison streets, was laid June 26, 1841, and the

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church was consecrated July 28th, 1842. The cost of the structure alone was $33,000.

Rectors :- Rev. E. H. Canfield, D. D., 1853-'68 ; Rev. Lucius W. Bancroft, D. D., in 1869-'84. In 1856, the chapel and Sunday-school accommodations were enlarged to nearly - double their previous capacity, at a cost of about $25,000.

In 1861, a Mission Chapel was built on the corner of Clinton and Luqueer streets, and organized as the Church of Our Saviour in 1867. Another very successful mission, Christ Church Chapel, on Red Hook Point, is now supported by Christ Church, under the charge, successively, of Revs. Wil- liam Hyde, Carlos E. Butler, Charles H. Tucker, and William Hyde again. It has (July, 1883) 177 communicants and 560 Sunday-school scholars. Revs. Wm. B. Bodine, E. L. Stod- dard, C. H. Nicholson, A. B. Carver and Bishop Falkner have been Assistant Ministers under Dr. Bancroft.

The church not only has no debt, but has a surplus in its treasury. It has (July, 1883) 519 communicants and 352 Sunday-school scholars.

St. Mary's Church commenced as a Sunday-school, on Classon avenue, at the Wallabout, in 1836. Here Rev. D. V. M. Johnson held afternoon services during about 6 months. In 1837, Mr. Joseph Hunter became Superintendent of the school, and lay-reader to a small congregation. In that year a small edifice was erected, and the church called St. Mary's was organized. The church was consecrated Feb. 1, 1840, and enlarged in 1841. During the first six years, Revs. John Messenger, Mr. Hunter (who had taken deacon's orders), Thomas T. Guion and John A. Spooner had charge. Rev. John W. Shackleford became Rector in Nov., 1849. In 1856, Rev. Mr. Johnson, the father of the church, became Rector, and ground for a new church edifice was pur- chased on Classon avenue near Myrtle. The corner-stone was laid in 1858, and the church was opened the next year. The cost of church and grounds was $32,000, and the sittings were made free. A rectory was soon added.

In 1864, the church debt was extinguished, and the building was consecrated. Ground was purchased, and a rectory was built near the church, and the entire property is free from debt.

In 1873, a chapel was erected at the corner of Park avenue and Skillman street, and this was enlarged in 1881.

Two day-schools are maintained in the parish; one at the school-room of the church, the other at the branch. The be- nevolent work of this parish is efficiently sustained by its members. Rev. Dr. Johnson is still the Rector; Rev. Alonzo E. Diller, Asst. Min. St. Mary's has (July, 1883) 506 com- municants and 681 Sunday-school scholars.

Emmanuel Church, in Sidney place, was incorporated in 1841, and a neat brick edifice was finished and consecrated in 1842. Rev. Kingston Goddard was the first Pastor, followed in 1844 by Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D. A large and costly church was built a few years later. A new organization under the name of Grace Church, was effected in 1847; the building was sold, and another edifice was erected on the cor- ner of Hicks street and Grace Court.

Calvary Free Church, on Pearl st., near Concord, was purchased by Mr. Edgar J. Bartow, on the dissolution of St. Paul's congregation, about 1840. Mr. Barlow refitted and furnished the church at his own expense, and invited Rev. Wm. H. Lewis to take the pastoral charge, which he held until June, 1847. Subsequently, the accommodations were enlarged hy Mr. Barlow, at his own expense. Rev. John Fish, D. D., hecame Rector after Mr. Lewis; but, in 1849, he resigned, and in 1861 the parish ceased to exist.

Calvary Church may be well considered the parent church of the Holy Trinity, as not only a large portion of the con- gregation, but its founder, Rector, organist, choir and sexton,

all became connected with the latter, in the same rela- tions.

St. Luke's Church, on Clinton avenue, was a reorganization, Dec. 14, 1841 (and incorporated 27th same month), from the ele- ments of Trinity Church, and occupied the same edifice. It was in charge of Rev. D. V. M. Johnson, of St. Mary's Church, until April, 1842, when the Rev. Jacob W. Diller was called to the rectorship, the church then having 26 communicants. The church edifice was enlarged by the extension of the nave and the addition of two transepts, in 1853, at an outlay of $15,000. In the spring of 1869, the pew system was abolished, and St. Luke's began its career as a free church.

In 1878, Rev. Jas. W. Sparks was called as Assistant Minis- ter. In December, 1379, on account of the infirmities of the Rector, who had ministered to the congregation during thirty-eight years, his resignation was accepted, and he was retired as Rector emeritus, with a suitable competency. A call was at once extended to Rev. George R. Vandewater, and he entered on his pastoral duties, Feb. 1, 1880. Easter of that year was signalized by the cancellation of the bonded debt of the church, and the inception of a firm resolve that from thenceforth its ground and structures should be free, in every sense of the word. On June 28, of that year, the steamer Seawanhaka, on which the Rev. Dr. Diller was a passenger, was destroyed hy fire in New York harbor, and the venerable Rector emeritus perished in the flames.

During the years 1880 and 1881 a chancel extension was erected-solid, substantial and impressing- having five hand- some stained-glass windows, and covering a beautiful marble altar and reredos, as well as a fine tablet "in memoriam" of the late Rev. Father Diller. A new organ chamber and a new organ (the third largest in the city) have been added ; also, a new bell of 2,000 pounds weight. A new chapel has been erected, and the Parish Hall, on Vanderbilt avenue, has heen repaired and improved. The total expense of these im- provements was $43,500. . The church is free from debt.

Rev. Joseph Reynolds, Jr., is Assistant Minister, and the church has (July, 1883) 812 communicants and 394 Sunday- school scholars.

Rev. JACOB W. DILLER, D. D., born in Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 9, 1810, was educated at the Flushing Institute, and was or- dained deacon April, 1834, at St. George's Church, Flushing. A year later, he was advanced to the priesthood, and served as assistant in St. John's, Brooklyn, for three years. He then went to Middlebury, Vt., remaining four years. In 1842, he was called to St. Luke's Parish, Brooklyn, at its or- ganization. St. Luke's was then a little chapel, standing in a cornfield, on the extreme outskirts of Brooklyn. Dr. Diller worked hard and spared not himself in the cause ( f his Mas- ter. Through his labors the church was greatly increased and a new edifice erected. His life was suddenly terminated July 2, 1880, by the burning of the Seawanhaka, on which he was a passenger. His life was a pure exemplification of piety, charity, doctrine and devotion. His profound earnest- ness for the temporal and spiritual good of his people en- deared him to them in a wonderful way.

Rev. GEORGE R. VAN DE WATER, born in Flushing, L. I., 1854 ; grad. Cornell Univ. 1874, and Gen. Theol. Sem , N. Y., 1877; is a trustee of Theo. Sem .; located at Oyster Bay, L. I., 1876-'80; Brooklyn, 1880-'84.

St. Thomas' Church was organized in 1843 as a free church, by Rev. John F. Messenger. He was followed by Rev. R. H. Bourne, 1846-'51, and he, by Rev. Wm. F. Walker, 1851-'52; Rev. John Frederic Schroeder, 1853. In 1853, the church edifice was sold to a German Catholic society for $4,500.

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Bonwill

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY.

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The congregation of St. Thomas removed to Bridge street for a time, but eventually separated.

The Church of the Holy Trinity .- The erection of this noble and expensive edifice was wholly the work of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Bartow. He not only supervised the design, but hired much of the labor by the day. It is believed that the cost of the church and chapel was about $175,000. The chapel was opened June 7, 1846, and the church, April 25, 1847, by Rev. W. H. Lewis, D. D., who was invited to take charge of the church by Mr. Bartow. The parish was duly organized Nov. 27, 1851. Dr. Lewis was called to the rector- ship, and Rev. T. Stafford Drowne elected Assistant Minister, having served in that capacity since Nov. 1, 1848. In 1856, the congregation purchased the church (not completed) for $100,000. It was consecrated September 23d of the same year.

Dr. Lewis resigned the rectorship in 1860, and was suc- ceeded by the Rev. A. N. Littlejohn. The debt of the con- gregation was nearly extinguished; the tower and spire were completed at a cost of $65,000; the rectory was re-purchased, and very large sums were annually contributed for benevo- lent purposes.

Upon being consecrated Bishop of Long Island, January 27, 1869, Dr. Littlejohn retired from the rectorship; and was succeeded, March 1st, 1869, by the present Rector, Charles H. Hall, D. D .; Rev. Harry O. Lacey, Assist. Min. The clergy connected with the church as assistant ministers during the first rectorship were: Rev. T. Stafford Drowne, November 16th, 1848, to May 7th, 1858; Rev. Henry T. Gregory for a short time, followed by Rev. Cornelius B. Smith, who con- tinued to February 1st, 1860. When Dr. Littlejohn assumed the rectorate, the Rev. N. W. Taylor Root was assistant for a few months, succeeded by Rev. John C. Middleton from October 21st, 1860, to Easter 1863. In the following October, Rev. John H. Rogers became assistant, after whose with- drawal in 1865, temporary services were rendered by the Revs. J. D. Philip and Charles H. Van Dyne in 1866. Early in 1867, the Rev. Benjamin B. Newton was appointed Assistant Minister. The church has (July, 1883) 750 communicants and 231 Sunday-school scholars.

In 1871, a mission was established by this church in Myrtle avenue. In 1875, this was transferred to the old St. Ann's church building in Washington street; and, when this was demolished by the Bridge Company, in 1879, the church edi- fice of the First Reformed Presbyterian Society in Duffield street, between Myrtle and Willoughby avenues, was pur- chased and refitted at an expense of $25,000, and it is now the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, under the charge of Rev. William Short. It has (July, 1883) 190 communicants and 306 Sunday- school scholars.

EDGAR JOHN BARTOW, born on the 29th of April, 1809, at Fishkill, N. Y., was a son of Augustus Bartow, of Pelham Manor, Westchester Co., N. Y., and a descendant of Gen. Bertaut, of Brittany, a French Protestant, who fled to Eng- land some time before 1672. The different branches of his family in England and this country were early distinguished for their attachment to the Episcopal Church, and their efforts to extend it; and many of the name have been connected with its ministry.

On the death of his father, Mr. Bartow's family, in 1816, removed to New York city; and, in 1830, took up their resi- dence in Brooklyn, and were members of St. Ann's parish, Mr. Bartow filling, at different times, the position of teacher, librarian and secretary of the Sunday-school. On the 13th of November, 1838, he was married to Harriet Constable, a daughter of Mr. Hezekiah B. Pierrepont, of Brooklyn, a per-

son of kindred tastes, who shared in a remarkable degree his unostentatious and liberal spirit.

Mr. Bartow's business, from youth, was the manufacture of paper; and, during his more prosperous days, he devoted his means and influence with Christian fidelity to all the in- terests of the church, and especially to every local organiza- tion or object in which he could be useful. For years after the Church of the Holy Trinity was opened, he liberally aided the congregation of Calvary Church in maintaining their services, presenting the use of the building; and no one in this com- munity contributed more towards relieving the necessities of the poor. In secular matters he was also identified with every movement that concerned the progress and improve- ment of Brooklyn.

He took a warm interest in the laying out of streets, in the erection of houses and public buildings, and was instru- mental in establishing the Montague Street Ferry, having built, at an outlay of over $45,000, the stone archways and inclined plane from the Heights to the river.

In politics, although not an active participator, he was in his sympathies a Democrat, and in 1846 was chosen by that party as its candidate for Mayor; but he declined the honor, although he would, beyond a doubt, have been elected. Thoroughly retired and domestic in his tastes and habits, fond of the congenial society of a few, whom he knew in- timately and loved, he shrank as far as possible from public notice and commendation.

His wife died in 1855; and, in 1860, Mr. Bartow married Caroline, daughter of Col. John M. Gamble, U. S. M., of Morristown, N. J. He continued to reside in Brooklyn (al- though his business avocations called him frequently to Nor- wich, Conn., to superintend the operations of the Chelsea Manufacturing Company, of which he was president), until his death, on the 6th of September, 1864.

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The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884, Volume II, Part 87

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co Number of Pages: 1345

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co
Number of Pages: 1345