Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 33

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751

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Address, 120 Broadway, New York.

COLBY, Frank Moore:

Editor and educator; born in Washing- ton, D. C., Feb. 10, 1865; studied at the Columbian University in that city, and afterwards at Columbia College, New York, where he graduated in 1888, and took the master's degree in 1889; dur- ing the following year he was acting pro- fessor of history at Amherst College and in 1891 became lecturer in history at Co- lumbia, and instructor in history and economics at Barnard College; in 1895 he became professor of economics at New York University, but resigned in 1900, to become editorial writer on a New York daily paper and to organize and edit the New International Encyclopædia and the International Year Book; he was on the editorial staff of the Johnson's Cyclo- pædia (1893-95) in the department of his- tory and political science. He is the au- thor of many critical articles in the Bookman and other periodicals and of a text-book of history, entitled "Outlines of General History" (1900); upon the com- pletion of the New International En- cyclopædia he devoted himself mainly to the writing of articles on literary subjects and the drama. Address, 21 Washington Place, New York.

COLBY, William Irving:

Teacher, author and traveler; born at Warner, N. H., Oct 29th, 1852; son of B. S. and Maria (Harriman) Colby; ed- ucated public schools, Warner, N. H., and graduate of Chicago College of Elo- cution; teacher of German since 1881; married Carrie Fisk; widower since 1888. Author and publisher of "Der Lehrer" (German reader and conversation book), "Practical Synopsis of German Gram-

mar," "Der Leitstern," "Key to German Grammar" and "Literal Translation of Der Lehrer." Address, 182 St. Nicholas Ave., New York City.

COLE, George Watson:

Bibliographer; born Warren, Litchfield County, Conn., Sept. 6, 1850; son of Mun- son and Antoinette Fidelia (Taylor) Cole; married (first) Martha Ann Thrall, Guil- ford, Conn, 1872; (second) Louise Elvira Warier, New Haven, Ct., 1878; (third) Mrs. Laura W. Roys, Lyons, N. Y., 1894; educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass .; studied law with Edward W. Sey- mour, of Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar of his native county in 1876; practiced until 1885, when he gave up the law for library work; cataloguer public library, Fitchburg, Mass, 1885-86; grad- uated from Library School, Columbia College, New York, 1888; librarian Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1886-87; assistant under Dr. William F. Poole, in the Newberry Library of Chi- cago, Ill., 1888-91; librarian, Free Pub- lic Library, Jersey City. N. J., 1891-95, when he resigned his position to devote himself to bibliographical work; member of the Bibliographical Society, London; associate member Institut International de Bibliographie, Brussels, Belgium; life member (treasurer, 1893-96) American Li- brary Association; life member American Historical Society; fellow of the American Geographical Society, etc .; has been a con- tributor to the Library Journal and has published several pamphlets on biblio- graphical subjects; is at present catalogu- ing an important private library of Amer- icana in New York City. Address, Gra- ham Court, 1925 Seventh Ave., New York.

COLE, James A .:

Captain United States Army; born in New York; appointed United States Mil- itary Academy from Wisconsin, July 1, 1880; graduated, appointed second lieu- tenant Sixth Cavalry, June 15, 1884; first lieutenant, Ninth Cavalry, April 1, 1891; transferred to Sixth Cavalry, July 20, 1891; captain Ninth Cavalry, April 8, 1899; transferred to Sixth Cavalry, 1900. Address, Fort Meade, S. D.

COLE, Lawrence Thomas:

Priest and educator; born Ann Arbor, Mich .. April 24, 1869; son of Nelson B. and Elizabeth H. (Felch) Cole; educated in Ann Arbor public schools and Univer- sity of Michigan, from which latter he received degrees of B. A. in 1892 and M. A. in 1896; graduated from General Theological Seminary in 1895 and received degree of B. D. in 1896; attended Harvard and Columbia Universities, 1896-98, and received the degree of Ph. D. from the latter in June, 1898; rector of Crawfords- ville, Ind., 1898; archdeacon of the dio- cese of Michigan City, 1899; warden of

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St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y., 1899-1903; at present rector of Trinity School, New York. Address, Trinity

School, 139-147 91st St., New York.

COLEMAN, Charles Caryll:

Painter; born Buffalo, N. Y., 1840; stu- died art abroad, but returned when Civil War broke out, serving three years in Union army; 1866, went back to Europe, painting at Paris, London and at Rome, where he had his studio since 1886; mem- ber of London Art Club; associate mem- ber of National Academy since 1881; works, "Troubadour"; "Nuremberg Tow- ers," 1870; "Bronze Horses of St. Mark's," 1877; "Venice, Ancient and Modern,' 1880; "Remote Quarter of Paris in 1878," 1881; "Capri Interior," "Capri Grainfield," "Capri Reapers," and "Head of Capri Girl," 1886. Foreign address, Villa Nar- cissus, Island of Capri, Italy. Address in New York, The Players', 16 Gramercy Park.

COLER, Bird S .:

Broker, and former comptroller of the City of New York; was born Oct. 9, 1867. at Champagne, Ill .; he is the son of William N. Coler, an Ohioan, who served in the Mexican War in the Second Ohio regiment, and who also distinguished himself as a colonel in the Civil War, and is now a noted expert financier. He came to New York in 1870 and practiced law for some time, but abandoned the legal profession to enter the financial world and founded the well known banking house of William N. Coler & Co., of 34 Nassau Street, and which to-day is recog- nized as one of the strongest financial institutions of the metropolis. He was brought by his parents to Brooklyn when he was a child, and his early education was obtained in the public schools of that locality, and was subsequently com- pleted at the Polytechnic Institute and the Andover Academy; on leaving the Andover Academy he entered his father's banking house and by diligent and faith- ful work demonstrated his qualifications to become a member of that firm, in which he was subsequently taken as a partner soon after attaining his majority; he devoted a great deal of his time, apart from the ordinary routine of the bank- ing business, to the special study of financial and municipal law, and he was speedily recognized in Wall Street as an authority upon these vital and intricate subjects. This gave him a remarkable prestige as the representative of his bank- ing house, and one of the youngest and most active members of the Stock Ex- change, and in a few years also became to be regarded as one of the most farsighted and shrewdest of financiers in New York City; in 1891 he identified himself with Brooklyn's political affairs, and in 1892 was nominated for alderman-at-large, and although defeated, he ran so far ahead of his ticket that he was looked upon

as one of the most prominent rising young Democrats of Brooklyn and com- mended him to the most favorable notice and consideration of the leaders of his party. He organized the Young Men's Democratic Club of the Twenty-third Ward of Brooklyn, and when the office of comptroller, under the original Charter of Greater New York, was being con- sidered, it was conceded that the strong- est man in Brooklyn should be selected as the candidate; the Democracy nomi- nated him, and it was a most justifiable selection, as he was elected by the largest vote given for any candidate on the tick- et, and he carried the Twenty-third Ward, which had always previously been the Republican banner ward, by the largest majority ever cast there, thus showing his great popularity among those who knew him best of both parties; his elec- tion was most fortunate for the people and taxpayers of the five boroughs con- solidated into the new city. When his term was ended and he gave up his office he was universally complimented as having been one of the best and most efficient comptrollers the City of New York ever had; he not only administered the affairs of the comptrollership with ability and honesty, but in several instances when the treasury was illegally attacked by what he regarded as piratical methods, and no funds were available to defend the city's interests, he advanced the money necessary to maintain the city's rights out of his private means. Resi- dence, 224 Hancock St., Brooklyn; office, 34 Nassau St., New York.

COLGATE, James Boorman:

Well known in New York for his philan- thropic services; born in that city March 4, 1818, being descended from an English family which can be traced back among the sturdy yeomanry of Kent to the be- ginning of the fifteenth century; Robert Colgate, in the days of the American Rev- olution, was bold in his advocacy of the rights of the colonists, and at a later date was in danger of arrest for his sympathy with some of the principles of the French Revolution, and his support of the de- mand for reform in England; in conse- quence, on the advice of Pitt, whom he had known since boyhood, he emigrated, in 1795, to the United States, making his home for some time in Maryland, and afterwards in Delaware County, N. Y. William Colgate, his eldest son, built up in New York the well known house of Colgate & Co., and died in 1857, leaving three sons, Samuel, who was head of the old firm, Robert, now engaged in the white-lead business, and James B., with whom we are here particularly concerned. James B. Colgate received his early ed- ucation in Connecticut, and later in New York; he was ready to enter college at the age of sixteen, but preferred to de- vote his attention to business, and spent seven years in mercantile life, the last four in the commission house of Boorman,

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Johnson & Co .; during the year 1841 most of his time was passed in Europe, his health having failed; on his return to New York he engaged in the wholesale dry goods business, in which he con- tinued for a number of years, leaving it in 1852 to enter the stock business in Wall Street with Mr. John B. Trevor, the firm name being Trevor & Colgate. The business of the new firm proved suc- cessful, and in 1857 they added a bullion department, establishing themselves at No. 47 Wall Street; here they prospered greatly, and their house came to be, and still is, considered the leading bullion house of this country; Mr. Colgate direc- ted his attention particularly to this branch of the business, and during the Civil War took an early and active part in the formation of the New York Gold Exchange, of which for many years he was president; he strongly advocated the remonetization of silver, in which at one time he stood almost alone, although later his views gained many supporters; his papers on this subject have been wide- ly read, and evince great clearness of thought and independence of judgment. Mr. Colgate's private life has been one of philanthropic effort of the most gen- erous and self-sacrificing kind; from early life he has been a member of the Baptist Church, and during his whole business career has devoted a percentage of his income to the promotion of Christian work in all its departments; fortunately, Mr. Trevor has warmly sympathized with him in these benevolent views; the Bap- tist Church in Yonkers, N. Y., was built by them in conjunction, at a cost of one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, and they have given fifty thousand dol- lars to the Baptist Church Extension Fund, besides fostering many other re- ligious and educational interests. In edu- cational advancement he has been as strongly interested as in religious work, particularly in connection with Madison University, of which his father was one of the leading incorporators; in 1873, the Colgate Academy adjunct to the univer- sity was erected at his expense, and forty- two thousand dollars given by him towards endowing the principalship; in 1861 he became a member of the board of trustees of this educational institution, and in 1864 its president, which position he still retains; since 1864 he has con- tributed to the endowment of the Madison University no less than two hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars, in addition to the sixty thousand spent on the Col- gate Academy building. Mr. Colgate has not confined his gifts to this institution, but has given liberally to other education- al enterprises including the Rochester University, the Colgate Academy at New London, N. H., the Columbian Col- lege at Washington, D. C., and various others, besides many gifts to churches and benevolent societies; he is a member of the Down Town Club. Residence, Yon- kers, N. Y .; office, 36 Wall St., New York.

COLLIER, Peter F .:

Publisher; founder and owner of Col- lier's Weekly and head of publishing house of P. F. Collier & Sons; member of Metropolitan, City, Catholic, Rockaway Hunt, Turf and Field, and other clubs. Address, 29 Fifth Ave., New York.

COLLIER, William Miller:

Lawyer; son of Rev. Isaac H. and Fran- ces Miller Collier; born Lodi, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1867; graduated from Hamilton Col- lege, Clinton, N. Y., in 1889 (A. B., 1889; A. M., 1892), and afterwards attended the Columbia College Law School in New York City; was admitted to the bar in 1892, and has since practiced in Auburn, N. Y .; married Frances Beardsley Ross, of Auburn, in 1893; became referee in bankruptcy for the Northern District of New York in 1898; in Jan., 1899, was ap- pointed by Governor Roosevelt a member of the State Civil Service Commission, re- taining the same position under Governor Odell until resignation in 1903; in Feb., 1901, was elected president of the com- mission; in March, 1903, was offered the position of Solicitor of Internal Revenue by President Roosevelt, but declined it; later in the same month was offered the position of special assistant to the at- torney-general of the United States, and accepted the same, and was assigned to act as solicitor of the newly created De- partment of Commerce and Labor. Is the author of "Collier on Bankruptcy," first published in 1898, which has run through several editions, and is the standard work on the subject in the United States; is also the author of "The Trusts: What Can We Do With Them? What Can They Do For Us?" a comprehensive work pub- lished in 1900, dealing carefully and con- servatively with the social, economic and political questions springing out of the great trust problem; this book has had a wide sale and been most favorably re- viewed; is editor of the "American Bank- ruptcy Reports," ten volumes of which have been published; is also author of "Collier on the Civil Service Law," writ- ten in 1901; in Jan., 1903, was made special lecturer on the law of bankrupt- cy in the New York Law School; has traveled extensively, both in the United States and Europe; besides being a mem- ber of many clubs and organizations in his own town, is a member of the Uni- versity Club of New York, the Republican Club of New York, the City Club of New York, the Transportation Club of New York, the State Bar Association, and the New York Civil Service Reform Associa- tion. Residence, Auburn, N. Y.

COLLIN, Charles Avery:

Lawyer; born May 18, 1846, at Benton, Yates County, N. Y .; was graduated from Yale in 1886, and holds from this uni- versity the degrees of A. B. and A. M .; was teacher in the Norwich (Connecti-

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cut) Free Academy from 1866 until 1870; in this year he began the practice of law; professor of law in Cornell University from 1887 to 1895; the latter year came to New York; his partner is former Lieuten- ant-Governor William F. Sheehan; was corporation counsel of Elmira, N. Y., for two years, and special counsel to Gov- ernors Hill and Flower during their guber- natorial incumbency; he was a commis- sioner of statutory revision from 1889 to 1895; May 23, 1871, he married Emily Latthrop Ripley; is a member of the Lawyers', Yale, Brooklyn and Riding and ; Driving Clubs. Residence, 6 South Port- land Ave., Brooklyn; office, 32 Nassau St., New York.

COLMAN, Samuel:

Artist; born in Portland, Me., 1832; showed artistic ability early and became pupil of Asher B. Durand, New York City; 1860-62, studied abroad; 1871-76, traveled through Europe, in Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, etc .; 1860, associate mem- ber of National Academy; 1862, full mem- ber; was one of the founders of the Amer- ican Water Color Society, and became its president, 1866-71; charter member of So- ciety of American Artists, 1878. Paint- ings: "Bay of Gibralter," "Market Day in Brittany," "The Ships of the Western Plains" (in the Union League Club), "A Moorish Mosque, Algeria" (Astor library), "The Spanish Peaks, Colorado," and "Moonrise in Venice" (Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art), "French Village by Moon- light" (Lotus Club), and others. Ad- dress, "Grand Central branch of Corn Ex- change Bank, New York.

COLTON, Albert J .:

Physician; son of Joseph B. and Abby M. (Winegard) Colton; born April 18, 1864, at West Webster, Monroe County, N. Y .; received his education from the district and union schools of that town, the State Normal School at Geneseo, and medical department, Niagara University, from which he was graduated April 15, 1890; through a competitive examination he received an appointment as interne to the Buffalo Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, where he remained one year; at the end of his hospital service he opened an office on Ferry St., Buffalo, where he has since been in general prac- tice; in 1891 he was appointed assistant demonstrator of anatomy at his Alma Mater; in 1898 he was apponnted paedia- trist to the Buffalo Hospital of the Sis- ters of Charity; in 1903 received appoint- ment as physician to the St. Mary's Ma- ternity and Infant Hospital. He is au- thor of monogram on infant feeding and infantile eclampsia. He

is physician for the International Railway Employees' Association; surgeon for the Barber As- phalt and Iroquois Iron Works; he is an active member of the Erie County Medi- cal Society; Erie County Medical Associ- ation; Central New York Medical Associ- ation; New York State Medical Associa- tion; American Medical Association;

Buffalo Academy of Medicine and the Aesculapian Club; is also member of sev- eral fraternal bodies, such as the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., I. O. F., K. O. T. M .; in 1892 he married Stella M. Marvin, daugh- ter of Addison G. and Ruth (Curtice) Marvin, of Springwater, N. Y .; has two sons, Ralph M. and Harold J .; one daugh- ter, Ruth A. Address, 25 East Ferry St., corner Otis Place, Buffalo, N. Y. COLVIN, Verplanck:

Geodetic and topographical engineer, geologist, scientist; born Albany, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1847; son of Andrew James Colvin and Margaret Crane (Alling) Colvin; studied at private schools and the Albany Academy; in 1864 he studied law in the office of Colvin & Bingham, Albany (where President Mckinley was also a student); was successful in cases he tried; being interested in sciences, began making surveys in Adirondack regions, 1865, besides numerous explorations; 1869, ascended Mt. Marcy, and, 1870, was first to ascend and measure height of Mt. Seward; in 1870 originated plan for Adi- rondack Park in report to regents of the University of New York; made first re- port demanding the preservation of the State forests of New York; carried on the Adirondack Survey as a private work for many years; discovered Lake Tear-of- the-Clouds, source of the Hudson River; ascended and determined heights of all prominent mountains in the Adirondacks; in 1870, travels and explorations in Flori- da and the South; 1871, explored sections of the Snowy Range of the Rocky Moun- tains, Colorado; ascended and mapped Gray's Peak, 14,341 feet, in the Sierra Madre; 1872, carried on Adirondack Sur- vey as a private work; 1873, appointed Commissioner of State Parks, to con- sider turning of entire Adirondack coun- . try into a State Forest Reserve; 1875, he was first to measure true height of Mt. Marcy by leveling, 5,344 feet above the sea, highest mountain in the State of New York; in 1876-78 extended his private sur- veys over unexplored districts in the western wilderness of the Adirondacks; 1878-82, superintendent Adirondack Sur- vey, assisted by the State; 1882, lectured at Hamilton College, N. Y., on geodesy, higher surveying and engineering prob- lems; represented State of New York at First Forestry Congress, Cincinnati; 1883, was appointed superintendent of State Land Survey; ten years carried on great land surveys in various sections of New York; 1892, accompanied Columbus fam- ily-Christopher Colon (Duke and Duch- ess of Veragua, etc.)-at request of State officers, on their tour in New York State; 1894, president of Albany Institute; mem- ber of many scientific societies, and au- thor of numerous reports and papers; 1895, under act of Legislature of New York was given special authority over State land surveys, etc .; in 1896 he de- vised the plan for settlement of American Negro question, published in "West Af- rica" (Liverpool, England, Magazine,

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June 21, 1902) proposing American (U. S.) purchase of Congo Free State for United States negroes under white officers, and for Africa Central Railway from mouth of Congo to British territory and rail- road; estimating total cost at $100,000,000; including ten great Atlantic steamships, transports, at $1,000,000; he is now presi- dent of a corporation arranged to carry out this work, which in Africa, Belgium, France, etc., is called "The American Plan"; consulting engineer of various rail- way corporations, and has located many important sections of railways; is life member of American Institute of Mining Engineers and of American Geographical Society; member Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston; honorary member of Rocky Mountain Club, Denver, Colo .; Society of American Authors; American Association for the Advancement of Science; honorary member of the British Association for the Advancement of Sciences; member of the Sons of the Revolution; (honorary mem- ber of the Club Alpine Francais, Paris, as honorary member of Rocky Mountain Club); of Adirondack Club; Association for Preservation of Adirondacks; 1902-3, president of the New York, Canadian Pa- cific Railway; he is unmarried. Address, "The Elms," 175 Western Ave., near Cort- land Place, Albany, N. Y.

COMAN, (Mrs.) Charlotte B .:

Painter; born Waterville, N. Y., about 1845; studied art in New York City under James R. Brevoort and H. Thompson; in Paris with Emile Vernier; for six years painted in France and Holland; upon re- turn to United States, opened studio in New York. Works: "French Village," "Sunset at the Seaside, France," "Pleas- ant Home in Normandy," "Cottage in Picardy," "Old Mills in Holland," "Spring- time in Picardy," "View near Schiedam," "Farmer's Cottage in Picardy," "Poppy- Field in Normandy," " "A French Village." Address, 939 8th Ave., New York.

COMFORT, (Mrs.) Anna Manning:

Physician; born in Trenton, N. J., Jan. 19, 1845: daughter of Alfred Curling and Elizabeth (Price) Manning; academic ed- ucation in Boston, Mass .; was graduated in the first class of the New York Medi- cal College for Women in 1865; was the first woman medical graduate to practice in the State of Connecticut; later a lec- turer in the college from which she was graduated, and specialist in gynecology in New York and Syracuse. Author of "Woman's Education and Woman's Health;" also of many fugitive articles in prose and poetry in various medical and other periodicals. Married Profes- sor George F. Comfort (q. v.), Jan. 19, 1871. Address, Empire House, Syracuse, N. Y.

COMFORT, George Fisk:

Educator, author, art critic; born Berk- shire, Tioga County, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1833; son of Rev. Silas C. (D. D.) and Electa

(Smith) C .: was graduated from Wesley- an University, Middletown, Conn., 1857; L.H.D., University of the State of New York, 1888; LL.D., Syracuse University, 1893; traveled and studied art, history, philosophy and philology in Europe and the Orient, 1860-65; two years at the Uni- versity and Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin; traveled and studied in Europe in 1879, 1887 and 1891; was professor of

esthetics (the first in America) and mod- ern languages and literature in Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., 1865-68; lecturer on Christian art and archaeology in the Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J., 1868-74; one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1869-72; lecturer in the same, 1898; or- ganized the American Philological Asso- ciation, 1869; its secretary, 1869-74; elec- ted professor of esthetics and modern languages in Syracuse University, 1871; originated and organized, in 1873, in this university, the College of Fine Arts, co- ordinate with the Colleges of Liberal Arts throughout the country, with cur- ricula of four years' length in each of the different branches of fine arts, being the first college of its kind in America, and in some respects the first of its kind in the world; dean of this college, 1873-93; originated for its graduates scholastic de- grees in the fine arts, architecture, paint- ing, sculpture and music; organized, in 1896, the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (on the same plan as the Metropolitan Museum of Art), of which he has been the director since its beginning; organ- ized,. in 1901, the Central New York So- ciety of Artists, which holds annual ex- hibitions in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts. Author of "Art Museums in America," "Modern Languages in Ed- ucation;" a series of text books of the study of the German language and litera- ture; has contributed many articles upon art history and criticism to encyclopædias and the periodical press; art editor of the Northern Christian Advocate, 1872-93; corresponding member of the Archeologi- cal Institutes of Rome, Berlin and Paris; member of the Society of Arts, London; honorary fellow for life of the Metropoli- tan Museum of Art and of the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts; honorary member of the American Anthropological Society and of the Texas Historical Society; member of the National Arts Club, the Society of American Authors, the Ameri- can Philological Association, the Nation- al Art Theatre Society, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Syracuse Uni- versity Club, .the Onondaga County His- torical Society, the Alpha Delta Phi So- ciety and other clubs; married Dr. Anna Manning (q. v.), Jan. 19, 1871. Residence, Empire House, Syracuse, N. Y. .

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 33

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1904 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 751

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751