Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 80

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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LAWTON, George Perkins:

Lawyer; born in Albany, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1847; educated in Troy schools, Vermont Episcopal Institute; graduated from: Wil- liams college, 1868. Member Chi Psi, Phi Beta Kappa College Fraternities. He was admitted to the bar, Troy, N. Y., 1869; re- tired, 1888. Judge advocate, rank lieu- tenant-colonel, Third Division, New York State National Guard, 1880; resigned, 1889. Member Society of Colonial Wars, etc. Married Jeannie Wilson, daughter of Dan- iel S. Lathrop. 1885. Address, 65 West 45th St., New York.

LAWTON, Louis B .:

Major. U. S. Army, educator; was born March 13, 1872, at Independence, Ia .; son of Albert W. and Mary (Vorhis) Lawton. Lived and was educated at Auburn, N. Y .; entered West Point, competitive appoint- ment, 1889; graduated, 1893; second lieu- tenant. Ninth Infantry, station, Madison Barracks, N. Y., June 12, 1893; first lieu-

tenant, April 26, 1898; captain, Twenty- sixth Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901; major and retired, Jan., 1903. Served in Chicago riots, 1894; campaign and battle of Santi- ago, 1898; campaigns and numerous bat- tles in Philippines, 1899-1900; Chinese campaign and battle of Tientsin, July 13, 1900; wounded and recommended by Brit- ish and American commanders. Promoted to major; retired for wounds; given medal of honor by Congress through the Presi- dent "for most distinguished gallantry in battle in carrying a message and guiding reinforcements across a wide and fire- swept space, during which he was thrice wounded. Commandant of cadets at Shat- tuck School, Faribault, Minn., 1901 to date. Address, Faribault, Minn.

LAYNG, James D .:

Railway official; born in Columbia, Lan- caster County, Pa., Aug. 30, 1833; grad- uated from the Western University of Pennsylvania, 1849. He was rodman to assistant engineer of construction, O. & Pa. R. R., 1849-51; resident engineer con- struction of Steubenville & Indiana Rail- road, 1851-53; of Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad, 1853-54; chief engineer and su- perintendent, 1854-65, of Steubenville & Indiana Railroad; superintendent of East- ern division Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chi- cago Railroad, 1865-71; assistant general manager, 1871-74; general manager, 1874- 81, Pennsylvania Company's lines; general superintendent of Chicago & Northwest- ern Railway. 1881-83; president of Cleve- land. Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapo- lis Railway, 1887-90; vice-president Cleve- land, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, 1890 to date; second vice-presi- dent West Shore Railroad since 1884. Ad- dress, 931 Fifth Ave., New York.

LEALE, Charles A .:

Physician; born in New York, March 26, 1842; son of Captain W. P. and A. M. Leale. Matriculated in medicine, 1860; M. D., Bellevue. Feb., 1865; post-gradu- ate studies in Europe, 1866. Medical ca- det, U. S. Army; assistant surgeon, brevet captain, U. S. Volunteers; surgeon in charge commissioned officers' ward, March, 1865; executive officer, U. S. Army General Hospital, Armory Square, Washington. D. C. He was first surgeon to reach Presi- dent Lincoln after he had been assas- sinated; placed in charge by Mrs. Lin- coln. remained continuously with the President and was the means of prolong- ing life; held the martyr's right hand and received his last sign at parting. Was

consulting physician at last illness of President Garfield; investigated Asiatic cholera in Europe and America; devoted life to poor in epidemic, 1866; studied epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis, 1864; many epidemics and causes of typhoid fever in Brooklyn and New York City; examined sources of water supply for City of New York and means for purest increase; originated a system whereby.

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during mid-summer, thousands of mothers and sick children of New York City were daily given salt water baths on trips of the Floating Hospital to waters of Atlan- tic Ocean; conceived the idea and urged the construction of recreation piers in New York City; suggested and planned summer hospitals for children on the su- perstructure of the wharves; urged doub- ling the area of Bellevue Hospital and its entire reconstruction in 1895. He devoted fifteen of his summer vacations to the gratuitous care of the poor mothers with sick children of New York City; organ- ized staff and managed corps of physi- cians to visit them in their abodes of misery; has contributed to the literature of the country. Author of "Chronic Dis- eases Among the Children of New York City," "Prenatal Diseases," "Surgery of the Lungs," "Sunstroke of Infants," "Ob- servations in Asiatic Cholera." Member of many medical, scientific and art asso- ciations; often delegate to State, National and International Congresses. Made fol- lowing speeches at London International Congress: "Paralysis Following Diph- theria," "Gout as it Appears in America," "When to perform Tracheotomy in Diph- theria." Has been active and continuous in practice of profession in New York City since 1866; married, 1867, Miss Re- becca Medwin Copcutt. Was president of the Alumni Association, Bellevue Hos- pital Medical College, 1875; New York County Medical Association, 1885-87; New York Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, 1895-98; St. John's Guild, 1891-93; member of council International Medical Congress, 1887; Grand Army of the Republic; original companion, first class, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He is consulting physician to Bellevue Hospital and New York Institution for Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. Ad- dress, 604 Madison Ave., New York.

LEALE, Medwin:

Physician and surgeon; born in New York City, 1873; son of Charles A. and Rebecca Medwin Leale. He married Ma- tilda Howard Marvin, daughter of the late Tasker Howard Marvin, broker and phil- anthropist. Received preparatory train- ing in private schools of New York City; was graduated from Columbia College, receiving the degree of A. B .; took a post- graduate course in philosophy; received the degree of M. D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, in 1896. After competitive examination was appointed Interne, Roosevelt Hos- pital, New York City; was for two years attending physician of the floating hos- pital for children of the St. John's Guild. First lieutenant and assistant surgeon, Squadron "A," N. G. N. Y .; surgeon to the New York Volunteer Cavalry at Camp Black, Camp Alger, Newport News and in Puerto Rico; also surgeon to U. S. Caval-

ry at Ponce, Puerto Rico, and attending physician to General Nelson A. Miles' headquarters in Puerto Rico, Spanish- American War. Member of the Associ- ation of Military Surgeons of the United States; member of the American and New York State Medical Associations; fellow of the Greater New York Medical Asso- ciation. Captain surgeon, Squadron "A," N. G. N. Y .; physician, Roosevelt Hospital Dispensary. Residence, 1 West 68th St .; office, 107 West 74th St., New York.

LEE, Albert L .:

Soldier, banker; born at Fulton, Oswego County, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1834; son of M. Lindley and Ann Lee; was graduated from Union College in 1853; in 1854-55 attended Albany Law School; practiced law at Ful- ton, N. Y., 1855-57; removed to Kansas in 1857. Was judge of the Supreme Court of Kansas in 1860-61; in 1861 was com- missioned major of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, and in 1862 was made colonel of same regiment; 1862-63, served with reg- iment in Army of the Tennesee, and com- manded brigade of cavalry at battle of Corinth, under General Rosecranz; later under General Grant in Tennessee and Mississippi. In 1863 he was commissioned brigadier general, U. S. Volunteers, and assigned to Thirteenth Army Corps, then moving on Vicksburg; commanding a brigade of infantry in assault on Vicks- burg was severely wounded and sent north, May, 1863; July, 1863, again re- ported to Grant at Vicksburg, and was sent with division of infantry to New Or- leans to General Banks; was made chief of cavalry, Department of the Gulf; 1864, commanded the cavalry in the Red River Expedition; resigned commission, May, 1865. He resided in New Orleans from 1865 to 1870, then removed to New York. In 1890 became partner in banking and brokerage firm of Robert Goodbody & Co., New York; retired, Dec. 31, 1901. He is a Republican in politics. Member of the Loyal Legion; also member of the Union League Club. Residence, Murray Hill Hotel; office, 35 Broad St., New York.

LEE, Elmer:

Physician, author, lecturer, inventor; was born in Piqua, O., March 12, 1856; graduated A. B., Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity, 1877; A. M., 1880; Washington University, St. Louis, M. D., 1882; St. Louis University, Ph.B., 1886. Resident physician, St. Louis City Hospital, 1882- 83; practiced medicine in St. Louis, 1882- 88; Chicago, 1888-96; since then has prac- ticed in New York; surgeon, A. T. & S. F. Railway. 1887-92. He visited Europe in 1892; took prominent part in the treat- ment of cholera in Russia and Germany; promulgated a new and successful treat- ment. Lecturer on health and hygiene, New York Board of Education. Officer, American Academy of Medicine, Ameri- can Medical Association, American Social Science Association; member of New York County Medical Society; member of com-

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mittee on revision of the U. S. Pharma- copœia, 1890-1900; acting assistant sur- geon, U. S. Army, in war with Spain. Author of "Treatment of Asiatic Cholera," "Prevention of Asiatic Cholera," "Medi- cal Treatment of Appendicitis," "Treat- ment of Rheumatism," "Treatment of Pneumonia," "The Genesis of Disease." Has given more than 300 lectures on health and hygiene in various cities and towns; believes in the curative usefulness of hybienic therapeutics. Unmarried. Ad- dress, 127 West 58th St., New York.

LEE, Homer:

Engraver, artist; was born in Mansfield, O .; studied art under his father; went to Toledo and Cincinnati to learn chasing and enameling, but failing to obtain a position returned to New York and received em- ployment as apprentice with a steel en- graver. His employer failing before his apprenticeship was over he started in business for himself on Liberty Street, with $300 capital. So successful was he in business that in 1881 the Homer Lee Bank Note Company, with a capital of $30,000, was incorporated, this capital soon in- creasing to $300,000. Is also vice-presi- dent and director of the Franklin-Lee Bank Note Company. He is one of the three original founders of the Ohio Society of New York; is a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, of the Colo- nial Club, and of the Typothetæ, also an honorary member of the Lodge of Mexico. Residence, 553 West End Ave .; office, 65 Duane St., New York.

LEE, Margaret :

Author; born in New York, Nov. 27, 184 -; daughter of Joseph Lee and Mary Georgina Lee. Her education was con- ducted at home by private tutors, and later graduated from public schools. In 1865 James G. Bennett, of the New York Herald, offered a prize of $1,000 for a distinctively American novel, and her first book was awarded the money. Also au- thor of "Dr. Wilmer's Love," 1868; "In Bonds of Wedlock" (published in Hearth and Home as a serial), "Marriage," "Liz- zie Adriance," "The Missing Marriage Certificate," and the prize story under a new title, "Since First I Saw Your Face," published during 1881 and 1882-83, by George Munro in The Seaside Library; "Divorce" ("Divorce" reviewed by Glad- stone for the Nineteenth Century, Feb., 1889, and published in England at his re- quest by Macmillan, Jan., 1889), 1882; "A Brighton Night." 1884, and "A Brooklyn Bachelor," 1886; "The Story of a Story." 1883; "One Touch of Nature," 1892; "This Man and This Woman," published in Godey's. 1894; "The Romance of The Rus- sells" was published as a serial in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. 1896; "Separa- tion." 1902; "The Tongue of The Woman," published as a serial in The Book-Lover, 1902; "Lorimer and Wife," 1903; "One

Touch of Nature" and "The Master Chiv- alry," published by The Smart Set Com- pany, 1903. In 1899 she circulated a peti- tion for perpetual copyright among au- thors. Senator, Lodge presented the bill for perpetual copyright in the Senate, 1900, and it was introduced in the House by Representative W. H. Driggs. Is a member of the Writers' Club of Brooklyn, and the Society of American Authors. Address, 344 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

LEEDS, Theodore Edward:

Lawyer; was born in Philadelphia; ed- ucated under private tutors in Boston, Mass. He was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts, removed to New York, and, in 1876, was admitted to the bar of this State. Married Mary E., daughter of Malcolm and Jane E. (Sanger) Bronson. He represents extensive interests as trus- tee, and acts as counsel for corporations, banks and family estates. Member of Union League, Players', Lawyers', and Stock Exchange Luncheon Clubs; life member of the New York State Bar Asso- ciation and the New England Genealogi- cal and Historical Society of Massachu- setts. and of several charitable institu- tions. Residence. 20 Fifth Ave .; office, 3 Broad St., New York.

LEEGLE, W. R .:

Painter and illustrator; born in Berke- ley County, W. Va., Sept. 23, 1866. He began drawing at an early age, and at fourteen, was sent to Baltimore, Md., to attend the Maryland Institute. After two years' study he was appointed teach- er of drawing in the night school of the institute; subsequently went to Munich and spent three years in drawing, dur- ing which he received three bronze medals for his work, and one year in painting. Then he returned to America, and dur- ing the following year painted portraits and still life pictures of fruit; also taught a class in a boarding school and had pri- vate pupils. Returned to Munich, where he was engaged working on mural decora- tions and the figures, landscape and arch- itecture of a panorama. In 1891 he re- ceived honorable mention at Paris Salon for a figure picture; 1892, was chief figure painter on a second panorama, later on others; 1895. returned to America, and has since illustrated for Charles Scribner's, McClure's. Harper's and other magazines. Address, 107 East 27th St., New York.

· LEFFERTS, George M .:

Physician; born in. New York. Feb. 12, 1845. Received A. M. Dickinson College, 1869; M. D .. College of Physicians and Surgeons. 1870: clinic assistant Imperial University. Vienna, Austria, 1872-73; clin- ic professor laryngoscopy and diseases of the throat at Columbia, 1874 to present; consulting surgeon to St. Luke's and Can-

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cer Hospitals, New York. Member of University and Riding Clubs. Address, 212 Madison Ave., New York.

LE FEVRE, Egbert:

Physician; born Oct. 29, 1858, Raritan, N. J .; son of Rev. James Le Fevre, D. D., and Cornelia Hasbrouck-Le Fevre; received A. B. Rutgers, 1880; A. M., 1884; studied medicine at New York University receiv- ing degree of M.D. in 1883; Interne in Bellevue Hospital 1883-5; clinical lecturer on practice of medicine New York Univer- sity 1888-1890; professor clinical medicine 1890-1895; adjunct professor of medicine 1895-1898; professor clinical medicine, asso- ciate professor of therapeutics and corres- ponding secretary of the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College since 1898; visiting physician to City Hospital, 1884-85; visiting physician to Bellevue Hospital since 1898; attending physician to St. Luke's Hospital since 1899; consul- ting physician to Beth Israel Hospital. Fellow New York Academy of Medicine. Member of the County Medical Society of New York, Medical Society of the State of New York, New York Pathological So- ciety, American Medical Association and Alumni Association of Bellevue Hospital. Contributor to medical journals. Member of New York Athletic Club and the Thou- sand Island Yacht Club. Married to Mrs. Helen Hasbrouck-Trotter, New York, 1889. Address, 52 W. 56th St., New York.

LEFEVRE, Frank J .:

Republican State Senator, represent- ing the Twenty-fifth Senatorial district, consisting of the counties of Ulster and Greene; was born in 1874 in the town of New Paltz, where his ancestors have lived ever since its settlement by the Hugue- nots in 1678. Was educated at the New Paltz Normal School and at a college in Washington, D. C .; he served as secretary for his father. the Hon. Jacob Lefevre, during the term of the latter as Congress- man, and was likewise secretary of dif- ferent committees. Afterward he spent a year in travel in the far West and in Mexico; he soon after entered as book- keeper of the Huguenot National Bank, of which his father is president. de- termined to work his way up and learn all the details of the business. Elected to New York State Senate 1902. In 1903. was appointed a member of the following Senate Committees: Chairman of the Committee on Revision. member of Banks, Commerce and Navigation, Penal Institutions, and Forest, Fish and Game. Address, New Paltz, N. Y.

LEGGETT, Francis H .:

Head of firm of Francis H. Leggett & Co .; born in New York, March 27. 1840, being descended from an old Westchester County family who came to this country in the seventeenth century, and can be

traced back to Essex County, England, where it dwelt for many generations, the name being derived from a Papal Legate, who lived far back in the family line. Francis H. Leggett received academic ed- ucation, and upon its completion, in 1856, he began his business life as clerk in a produce commission house; he continued here until 1862, when he went into busi- ness on his own account, in partnership with an older brother, and continued thus associated until 1870, when he withdrew from the firm to engage in business with his younger brother, Theodore (now de- ceased), the name of the new firm being Francis H. Leggett & Co. The business increased rapidly, and in a few years oc- cupied four buildings. In 1881 the present warehouse on West Broadway, Franklin and Varick Streets, was erected and equipped for the handling of groceries on the largest scale. The house does a large importing business in high-class groceries, coffees and teas, while many articles are manufactured from the raw material, or otherwise prepared for the trade, on the premises of the firm; in ad- dition it has an office in Bordeaux, France, and since the origin of the firm three other partners have been admitted, the original firm name being retained. He is a director in the Home Insurance Com- pany, a trustee in the Greenwich Savings Bank, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and of the Produce and Cot- ton Exchanges; he was formerly a direc- tor of the National Park Bank, which position he held for twelve years, but has since resigned. He is a member also of several social organizations, including the Union League, the Merchants', and other clubs; takes a warm interest in the Chari- ty Organization Society, or the associa- tion of public charities, of this city, being: a member of its council and a frequent contributor to its funds. His country seat is at Stone Ridge, Ulster County, N. Y., where he has an extensive estab- lishment. Address, 269 Madison Ave., New York.

LEIGHTON, Joseph Alexander:

Preacher, educator and author; born in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 2, 1870. He was graduated from Trinity College, Toronto, 1891; graduate scholar and fel- low in philosophy, Cornell University, 1891-94; Ph. D., Cornell, 1894; B. D., Epis- copal Theological School, Cambridge,

Mass., 1896. Prominent as a lacrosse player at Cornell and Harvard (elected captain; 1895), and on Crescent Athletic Club's champion team in England, 1897. Ordained deacon in the Protestant Epis- copal Church. 1896; priest, 1898; assistant in Grace Church Parish, New York City, during winter of 1896-97; studied in Ger- many during summers of 1896 and 1897; chaplain and professor of philosophy Ho- bart College since 1897. Member Ameri- can Psychological Association; charter- member American Philosophical Associa-

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tion. Author of articles on "Fichte," "Hegel," "Individuality," etc., in the Phil- osophical Review; a book, "Typical Mod- ern Conceptions of God," "What is Per- sonality?" etc., and of numerous book reviews on philosophical and theological subjects. University preacher, Cornell University, 1900 and 1903. Married Vic- toria E. Paul, daughter of Rev. Robert Paul, 1899. Address, Geneva, N. Y.

LELAND, Arthur S .:

Banker and broker; born in Boston, Mass .; educated at Chauncy-Hall School and Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- gy, Boston, Mass. Member of New York and Boston Stock Exchange, firm of Ar- thur S. Leland & Co. He is a member of the Ardsley Casino, Ardsley-on-the-Hud- son; New York Athletic Club, New Eng- land Society, Bankers' National Associa- tion, Bankers' State Association, Algon- quin Club of Boston, and other clubs. Residence, Waldorf Astoria; office, 25 Broad St., New York.

LENNEY, James C., LL.B .:

Lawyer; born in Potsdam, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1869; graduated from Potsdam Normal School, 1892; graduated from New York Law School, 1896, and was admitted to the bar in 1898. Married Miss Blanche Williams, Jan. 28, 1903. Actively engaged in practice of law since admission to the bar. Address, 149 Broadway, New York.

LESLIE, Mrs. Frank (Baroness de Ba- zus) :

Editor and publisher; born in New Or- leans, 1851, of an old French Huguenot family, descended from Philip Picot. Was educated at home by her father in French, Spanish, Italian, German and Latin. She began writing for publications at the early age of thirteen. and subsequently she married Frank Leslie, the publisher. Mr. Leslie was thirty years his wife's senior, yet never was marriage happier. In 1877 she made a transcontinental tour, from which grew out her work "From Gotham to the Golden Gate." On Jan. 10, 1885, Mr. Leslie died, leaving his entire estab- lishment, $300,000 in debt, and sixteen publications in the hands of an assignee. After seventeen different law suits, his wife triumphed over all obstacles, she straightened out affairs, the publications (among which was Frank Leslie's Illus- trated Newspaper). and made a great financial and literary success. About two years ago she sold out all her interests in the publications, and the name Frank Leslie, which she had legally assumed in 1881 for business purposes. she now aban- doned, resuming the family name of the Baroness de Bazus, a French title which was created in the time of Saint Louis, and which has belonged to her ancestors for many generations. Address, The Chelsea, 222 West 23d St., New York.

LESTER, James Westcott:

Lawyer; born in Saratoga Springs, Sept. 8, 1859; is a grandson of Timothy Cooke, who was an officer in the War of 1812, and a direct descendant from James Westcott and Nathaniel Gove both of whom were Revolutionary soldiers. Ed- ucated at Union College and Columbia Law School. Admitted to New York bar May, . 1883, and has since resided and practiced at Saratoga Springs and is now associated with his father and brothers in practice. Married June 13, 1888, to Bertha . North Dowd, daughter of Rev. Dr. Charles F. Dowd. In Nov., 1884, join- ed the Twenty-second Separate Company of New York National Guard, and after serving as sergeant, captain and major, until the war with Spain broke out, when he volunteered and went as major of the Second Regiment, New York Volunteers; served with honor and was mustered out Oct. 25, 1898. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel March 31, 1898, and since then has been promoted colonel of the Second Regiment in place of Colonel Lloyd, promoted brigadier general. Ad- dress, 360 Broadway, Saratoga, N. Y.

LEVENTRITT, David:

Jurist; was born in Winnsboro', S. C., Jan. 31, 1845; moved to New York in Dec., 1854. His father, George M., who died in Nov., 1884, was engaged in busi- ness in this city as a merchant, and his mother, Betty, now approaching ninety years of age, is still a resident. On June 9, 1868, married Matilda, the daughter of Leopold and Mary Lithauer. Received his early education in private and public schools, and was graduated from the Free Academy (now the College of the City of New York) as salutatorian of the class of 1864. Was admitted to the bar in 1871, after having taken the law course in the New York University, and thereupon be- gan practice. While he was for a num- ber of years preceding his elevation to the bench actively engaged in the trial of cases, devoting himself principally to com- mercial litigation, he acted as counsel to various corporations, and in important condemnation proceedings served as spe- cial counsel to the City of New York. In 1898 was elected and since Jan. 1, 1899, has presided as one of the justices of the Supreme Court of this State. He is a member of many charitable institutions, such as Mt. Sinai Hospital, St. Mark's Hospital, Lebanon Hospital, Hebrew Or- phan Asylum, Montefiore Home, Hebrew Technical Institute, Home for Aged and Infirm, Educational Alliance, Guild for Crippled Children, Young Men's Hebrew Association, and many more. Address, 34 West 77th St., New York.

LEVERMORE, Charles Herbert :

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 80

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