History of Cincinnati, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 42

Author: Ford, Henry A., comp; Ford, Kate B., joint comp
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Cleveland, O., L.A. Williams & co.
Number of Pages: 666

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families left their old societies and united with the new. "Yet," says the memoir of Dr. Wright, read at the annual conference of 1880, "so wisely and prudently did Mr. Wright administer the affairs of Methodism in Cincinna- ti, that, notwithstanding the large secession, he was able, at the close of his two years' pastorate, to report an in- crease of about two hundred members." He was elect- ed agent of the Book Concern in Cincinnati in 1832, and filled the place ably for twelve years, when he re- sumed preaching in Wesley chapel, in the city. In the first year of the Rebellion he served as chaplain of the First Kentucky regiment, and was afterwards chaplain to the military hospitals in Cincinnati. September 13, 1879, in his eighty-third year, he went to his reward.

The Miami circuit first appears in the minutes of the annual conference for 1800; but no preacher's name ap- pears in connection with it, nor had the district (which is not named, like all the districts of this year, and previous to this time) any presiding elder in the minutes. The next year the Scioto and Miami circuit, of the Kentucky district, had the Rev. Henry Smith for its rider. Then, 1802, came Benjamin Young and Elisha W. Bowman to the Scioto and Miami circuit of the Kentucky district, Western conference (conferences were not before named in the lists of appointments). The last named of these preachers is mentioned alone for the Miami circuit in . 1803; but John Sale and Joseph Oglesby were together thereon the next year. John Meek and Abraham Amos are colleagues on the "Miami and Mad River circuit" in 1805. In 1806 the one circuit becomes two; Elder Benjamin Lakin and Joshua Riggin are sent to Miami, and John Sale becomes presiding elder of the Ohio dis- trict; the elder has John Collins for colleague the next year ; and in 1808 Samuel Parker and Hector Sandford ride the still large circuit. The succeeding year sees the division of the Ohio district into the Miami and Mus- kingum districts, with John Sale and James Quinn as presiding elders. "Cincinnati" is now the name of the circuit, and thenceforth it appears regularly upon the minutes. Elder William Houston and John Sinclair are the first itinerants upon it; Elder Solomon Langdon and Moses Crume the next, in 1810; and 1811 returns Benjamin Lakin, with William Young as colleague; 1812 furnishes Elder William Burke and John Strange; 1813 brought Elder Burke to Cincinnati alone, while Elder Samuel Hellums takes a new circuit, called the "Little Miami;" 1814, Elder William Lambdin to Cincinnati, Elder Burke and Ebenezer David to the Little Miami ; 1815, Elders Joseph Oglesby and John Waterman to Cincinnati and Miami combined; 1816, William Dixon to the former, and Elder Alexander Cummins and Rus- sel Bigelow to the latter; in 1817 Brother Cummins goes to Cincinnati, and Elder Abbot Goddard and William P. Finley go to Miami; 1818 finds Mr. Cummins still in Cincinnati, the first preacher appointed for a second con- secutive year, and Benjamin Lawrence at Miami; 1819, Elder Quinn comes from the Scioto district, where he has long labored, to Cincinnati, and Miami has Samuel West and Henry Mathews; and in 1820 the former gets El- ders Quinn and Truman Bishop, and the latter Elder

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William Dixon and Robert Delap. The Apostolic suc- cession thenceforth to the Queen City is as follows:

1821-2 .- Elder John Collins, preacher of the first Methodist sermon in Cincinnati. His labors here during the two years were greatly blest. The next year he was at Chillicothe, in 1824 was returned to the Cincinnati district, and in 1834 was again on the Cincinnati station, soon after which he was superannuated, and died August 22, 1845. He is buried at the Bethel meeting house, near his old home. 1823 .- Elders Leroy Swormstedt

and John F. Wright. 1824 .- Elders Russell Bigelow

and Truman Bishop. 1825-6 .- Elders William H. Ra- per and John P. Durbin. 1827 .- Elders Truman Bish- op and George Hatch. 1828 .- Elders John F. Wright

and John A. Baughman. 1829 .- Elder John F. Wright and Wesley Browning. 1830 .- Messrs. Wesley Brown- ing, James B. Finley, and William B. Christie. 1831 .- Messrs. James B. Finley, Nathan Emery, Edmund W. . Sehon, and Samuel A. Latta. 1832 .- Messrs. Nathan Emery, Edmund W. Sehon, Thomas A. Morris, and Wil- liam B. Christie. 1833 .- Messrs. Thomas A. Morris, G. W. Walker, and D. Whitcomb. 1834 .- Messrs. John Collins, J. B. Finley, J. M. Trimble, Joseph M. Mat- thews, and T. F. Sargent, superannuated. 1835 .- Wesley chapel, Messrs. Zachariah Connel, L. L. Ham- line; Fourth street chapel, Messrs. J. M. Trimble, E. Thompson; Fulton and Columbia, Mr. R. Cheney. 1836 .- Wesley chapel and African church, Messrs. W. B. Christie, L. L. Hamline; Wesley charge, Messrs. A. Eddy and T. A. G. Phillips; Fulton charge, Mr. G. Moody; German missionary, Mr. W. Nast. (Mr. Nast was appointed to this post, or as editor of the Christian Apologist, thereafter). 1837 .- Wesley and African, Messrs. William H. Raper and Granville Moody; West- ern, Messrs. E. W. Sehon and Cyrus Brooks; Fulton, Mr. William I. Ellsworth. 1838 .- Eastern charge, Messrs. William H. Raper and Edward D. Roe; Western, Messrs. E. W. Sehon and David Warnock; Fulton, Mr. Cyrus Brooks. 1839 .- Eastern, Messrs. John Ferree and Jo- seph A. Waterman; Western, Messrs. William H. Raper and Micah G. Perkizer; Fulton, Mr. Maxwell P. Gaddis. 1840 .- Eastern, Messrs. E. W. Sehon and Maxwell P. Gaddis (superannuated); Western, Messrs. William H. Raper and John Miley; Asbury, Mr. John W. White; Fulton, Mr. Andrew Carroll; German missionary, Mr. Peter Schmucker. 1841 .- Eastern, Messrs. E. W. Se- hon, Isaac Ebbert, and Maxwell P. Gaddis (superannu- ated); Western, Messrs. William Herr and James L. Gro- ver; Asbury, Mr. White; Fulton, Edward D. Roe. 1842 .- Wesley chapel, Mr. James L. Grover; Fourth street, Mr. William Herr; Ninth street, Mr. George C. Crum; Asbury, Mr. William H. Lawder; New street, Mr. Jonathan F. Conrey; Fulton, Mr. Micah G. Perk- iser; German missionary, Mr. Adam Miller. 1843 .- Wesley, Mr. James L. Grover; Fourth street, Mr. Wil- liam Young; Ninth street, Mr. George C. Crum; Asbury, Mr. William H. Lawder; New street, Mr. Oliver P. Wil- liams; Fulton, Mr. Wesley Rowe; German missionary, Mr. Adam Miller. 1844 .- Wesley and New street, Mr. George W. Walker; Fourth street, Mr. William Young;

Ninth street, Mr. Randolph S. Foster; Asbury, Mr. Da- vid Reed; Fulton, Mr. Granville Moody; German, Mr. William Ahrens. 1845 .- Wesley, Mr. John F. Wright; Morris chapel, Mr. George W. Walker; Ninth street, Mr. William P. Strickland; Asbury, Mr. Asbury Lowry; Fulton, Mr. Granville Moody; German, Mr. William Ahrens; city missionary, Mr. George W. Maley. 1846 .- Wesley, Messrs. Joseph M. Trim- ble and S. A. Latta (superannuated); Bethel chapel, Mr. John W. White; Morris, Mr. George W. Walker; Ninth street, Mr. William P. Strickland; Ebenezer, Mr. Joseph A. Bruner; Asbury, Mr. Asbury Lowry; Fulton, Mr. William H. Fyffe; city missionary, Mr. George W. Maley; German, Mr. E. Riemenshneider.

The progress of Methodism has now been sufficiently illustrated by the increase in the number of appoint- ments. The yearly lists shortly become long and cum- bersome; and we must close with that for 1846.

The hardships which the earlier preachers of Method- ism suffered here through poverty and sickness, even so lately as the middle years of Cincinnati history, are plainly printed in passages of biography like the follow- ing, which we cite from the Life of Bishop Morris, who was stationed here, it will be remembered, in 1832-3:

Mr. Morris sent his household goods by wagon to Cincinnati, while he with his family took Athens in their route, to visit his son, then a student in the Ohio university. On their arrival finally at the Queen City, they were doomed to meet an unexpected defeat of their previ- ously determined mode of living. Having no suitable outfit for house- keeping in the city, Mr. Morris had written front Columbus to one of the stewards in Cincinnati to engage a suitable boarding-place for him- self and family. To this reasonable request no attention was paid ; and at the first official meeting the stewards signified that it was their wish to have the parsonage occupied by the preacher in charge. Heat once moved into the old house thus designated, on Broadway, near Fifth street, and furnished it as comfortably as his means would allow. All this could have been borne cheerfully, if his allowance had been adequate to meet his expenses ; but, in addition to the house, which was poor and uncomfortable, his salary was four hundred and fifty dol- lars, all told. The last fifty was added, he was informed, in view of the fact that he would be expected to entertain "comers and goers"- visiting brethren, lay and clerical.

Having but a limited supply of beds for the "comers and goers," Mr. Morris found it necessary to buy a cot, which he carried home on his own shoulders. The first attempt to use it broke it down. He carried it back for repairs, and, when inended, bore it along Fifth street as before, for the third time. It was hard work, but saved the drayage. His wife's health was very poor, and that of his daughter scarcely bct- ter ; but to hire help without the means to pay for it was a thing not to be thought of; and so, as the next best thing, he secured a washing machine, which, together with his saw and axe, furnished him an abun- dance of healthy exercise. His daughter had just strength to prepare the clothes, change the water, and rinse them when clean, while he was both able and willing-under the circumstances-to turn the machine, by far the hardest part of the job. Meantime, however, the water works were destroyed by fire, and "washing" became a more serious as well as more expensive business, involving an outlay of twenty-five cents a barrel for water, hauled from the river, for laundry purposes. As for the ordinary daily supply for drinking and cooking purposes, Mr. Morris carried that in buckets from Spencer's well, a square and a half distant from the parsonage,

From time to time, however, the poverty stricken and hard worked ministers had glorious compensations in the visible results of their work. The following paragraphs are also from Bishop Morris' Life :

The most remarkable demonstration of the Spirit took place in Wes- ley chapel, at a watch-night service on New Year's eve, when hundreds were prostrate at the same time, pleading for mercy, the joyful shouts

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of new-born souls mingling with the earnest cries of the penitent. The house was crowded above and below, and in every part of it the cry arose, "What must I do to be saved ?" Not less than fifty were con- verted that evening, and fifty-six united with the church on probation. Forty-seven were added to the Fourth street church the next night, and seventeen at McKendree. From that time the revival was regarded as general in all the congregations, and continued with very little abate- ment for months. During this great work of grace the official business of the church was not neglected. The class-meetings were held regu- larly, and proved to be the most powerful auxiliary to the more public services; society meetings were held often, to which none but members and penitents were admitted. Much care was taken to instruct peni- tents and watch over those who had been admitted on trial as seekers of salvation; and, as a result of this judicious administration, they were nearly all converted, and became living and useful members.

Early in the spring the pastors held a series of meetings in the several charges, beginning on Friday and closing with a love-feast on Monday night. At these meetings they concentrated all the Methodistic forces in the city day and night, except Sabbath, and the result in every in- stance was glorious. At the close of such an effort in Fulton, the very foundations of wickedness seemed broken up. Wives who had long prayed for their husbands, and mothers who had wept in secret for their prodigal sons and worldly-minded daughters, saw them fall down at the foot of the cross to plead for mercy, and heard them rejoice sub- sequently in their glorious deliverance from the bondage of sin. The reformation of morals in that part of the city was very striking, and the church grew and multiplied.

Upon the whole, this was a memorable year in the history of Method- ism in Cincinnati. While hundreds were made sorrowful by the loss of dear friends, more still were permitted to rejoice over the salvation of relatives and neighbors. The whole number of applicants for member- ship on probation was thirteen hundred; but as some of these were transient persons, driven out of the city by want of employment, and others were swept off by the wasting epidemic, the number enrolled by the preachers, who were very careful not to admit improper persons, was but one thousand.

The state of Methodism in Cincinnati, as exhibited by statistics at the annual conference of 1880, is highly prosperous. The Methodist Episcopal churches of the city then were Wesley, Trinity, Asbury, St. Paul, St. John, Christie, Finley, York-street, Pearl-street, M'Kendree, McLean, Fairmount, Mount Auburn, Walnut Hills, Cumminsville, Pendleton, and Columbia-seventeen in all. These reported three thousand six hundred and thirty-seven full members and one hundred and fifty-two probationers; one hundred and thirty-nine children and . sixty-four adults baptized during the conference year; twenty six local preachers; church property valued at four hundred and seventy-two thousand five hundred dol- lars; four parsonages, with a probable value of thirty- nine thousand dollars ; and about four thousand dollars . expended for building and repairs during the year. One church (St. Paul's) reported a church edifice valued at two hundred thousand dollars, and a parsonage worth twenty thousand dollars; a membership of five hundred, and seventeen probationers; paid minister two thousand and sixty-nine dollars. The east Cincinnati district, which includes a number of country churches, reported forty- five Sunday-schools, with seven hundred and eleven offi- cers and teachers, five thousand four hundred and forty scholars, and an average attendance of three thousand six hundred and thirty-one. West Cincinnati district : forty-nine Sunday-schools; six hundred and eighty-nine officers and teachers; five thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven pupils, average attendance, four thousand three hundred and ninety-eight.

The Methodist book concern and the Wesleyan Female college will receive due notice in other chapters.

SWEDENBORGIANISM.

The next church in Cincinnati, after the organization of the Methodists in 1804, was probably the New Jeru- salem society, founded in 1811 by the Rev. Adam Hurdus, the father of Swedenborgianism in the north- west. In 1819 the society had between forty and fifty members, and was about to build a church edifice of forty by twenty-six feet. The denomination has since fairly grown and prospered, and now has a congregation of more than four hundred, worshipping in a fine build- ing on the southwest corner of Fourth and John streets. It maintains a good library of the works of Swedenborg and other denominational writers, which is freely open to the public.

THE FRIENDS

had one of the earliest meeting-houses in the city-a plain wooden structure originally built for other purposes, shown upon the old maps a little west of Western row, between Fourth and Fifth streets, upon a small lot bought with the building by the "Meeting." These people were very few here before 1812, when several families came in from the interior of the Miami country, from Virginia, Nantucket, Massachusetts, and other points. The large immigration of 1804-5, from the States south of Virginia, had brought many Friends into this region, and on the thirteenth of September, 1808, the "Miami Monthly Meeting" had been formed at Waynesville, and under its oversight a number of "indulged meetings" in care of committees had been established, of which the meeting at Cincinnati was probably one. In 1813, a "prepara- tion meeting for discourse" was opened here, by order of the Waynesville body; and the next year the Cincinnati society was itself made a regular monthly meeting. About thirty-two families were in the meeting in 1815, and four years thereafter about forty families and one hundred and eighty individuals. There are now two societies of Friends in the city-the Orthodox congrega- tion, meeting at the corner of Eighth and Mound; and the Hicksite congregation, on Fifth, between Central avenue and John street.

THE BAPTISTS.

The first. Baptist church of Cincinnati was formed in 1813, by eleven members. They worshipped at first in a log house on Front street, but soon in a spacious brick building, still (1880) standing on the northeast corner of Sixth street and Lodge alley, and used as a stable. In 1816 a division occurred in the church, resulting in sep- aration, each party claiming to be the "First Baptist church." A council convened in March to settle the differences, and adjudged the majority party to be the church, as against the minority, consisting of the pastor and six laymen. These continued an organization known as the "Enon Baptist church," but had no associational relations, and soon dissolved. The "Original and Regu- lar First Baptist church," as it was officially known, also disbanded in 1831, the few remaining members going into the Sixth (now Ninth) street church. Meanwhile, January 1I, 1821, a colony of twenty-nine members was sent off to form the "Enon Baptist church of Cincin-

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nati," the other church of this name having ceased to exist. The new society was incorporated September 27, 1821, and again February 7, 1832. March 5, 1838, seven years after the dissolution of the original First, the name of this church was legally changed to the "First Baptist church of Cincinnati," by which it has since been known.

September 5, 1821, a lot was purchased of N. Longworth on the west side of Walnut, between Third and Fourth streets, upon which a brick church, with sittings for seven hundred, was dedicated March 16, 1822. A business block, known as the "Church Building," now stands upon the site. July 25, 1831, Mr. Longworth sold the society a lot in the rear of this, where another house of worship was opened the next year. The rear part of Van Ant- werp, Bragg & Company's great publishing house stands upon this lot. October 10, 1841, another church edifice was dedicated on the southeast corner of Seventh and Elm streets, which was sold in 1844, through the pres- sure of indebtedness to the Fifth Presbyterian church, a small meeting house and lot at the corner of Ninth and Elm being received in part payment. This building, the "Bethel church," had been erected in 1829 by some Bap- tists who seceded from the Enon church four years be- fore, to follow the Rev. John Boyd, who had been excluded. It disbanded in about two years after occu- pying this house. The First church worshipped in it for a time, and then met in the Medical college on the north- west corner of Court and Plum streets, while their pres- ent building on Court street and Wesley avenue was erecting. The corner stone of this was laid April 19, 1847; the lecture room was occupied July 25; and about August 1, 1848, the church was dedicated. It has since been improved by the addition of a clock, in 1850; a baptistry, in 1852; a pipe organ, 1866; enlargement of vestry and addition of sexton's house, 1870; more rooms for sexton and Sabbath-school, 1875 ; and a total renova- tion, with the addition of reflector lights, in 1877. No- vember 11, 1871, a dwelling adjoining the church was bought for a parsonage, for ten thousand dollars. Sep- tember 1, 1826, about three acres were bought for a cem- etery, and used for many years. In 1848 it was offered to the Cincinnati orphan asylum, almost as a gift; but was declined. It was finally, May 1, 1867, mostly leased to the Hamilton County Building association, with the privilege of purchase.

Some notable revivals have occurred in the First church-among them one in' 1828, under the preaching of Rev. Jeremiah Vardeman, of Kentucky, which added one hundred and sixty-nine members by baptism, so en- larging the society that a colony of one hundred and eighteen was sent off to form the Sycamore street church. This afterwards accepted the doctrines of Alexander Campbell, and became what is now the "Central Chris- tian Church," on Ninth street. In 1835, forty-five col- ored members were dismissed to form the "African Union Baptist Church." In December, 1846, another colony formed the Walnut street Baptist church. In 1869, a union of the Second and First churches was ef- fected, the name of the latter being retained. Three

Baptist societies of the city had their origin entirely in this, and parts of several others. In 1849 its Sabbath- school numbered four hundred and thirty-four, and was considered the largest and most prosperous in the denom- ination west of the Alleghanies.

The following is the succession of pastors for sixty years: Samuel Eastman, November, 1821, to July 2, 1822; James Boyd, September, 1823, to March 24, 1825 ; James Challen, October 1, 1825, to October 1, 1827; James A. Ranaldson, November 30, 1827, to April 8, 1828; George Patterson, D. D., October 28, 1828, to his death, December 23, 1831 ; J. B. Cook, 1834-7; William A. Brisbane, 1838-41 ; T. R. Cressey, 1843-4; D. Shep- ardson, April 4, 1845, to August 18, 1855; Nathaniel Colver, March 22, 1856, to December 10, 1860; E. G. Taylor, March 22, 1861, to January 11, 1864; N. Judson Clark, December 22, 1864, to July 2, 1865; Andrew C. Hubbard, November 20, 1865, to October 30, 1868; S. A. Collins, August 23, 1869, to March 4, 1872; Rev. S. K. Leavitt, December 1, 1872, to this writing.

The total number received into the First church, to September, 1879, was two thousand three hundred and seventy-eight-by baptism, one thousand one hundred and sixty; by letter, one thousand one hundred and thirty-two; by experience, eighty-six.

THE PIONEER GERMAN CHURCH.

A German Christian (or German Lutheran and Re- formed) church was started in 1814, under the Rev. Jo- seph Zesline, who remained in charge of it until his death in 1818. The Rev. L. H. Myer was in charge of it in 1826, when it was occupying a neat brick church on the north side of Third street, between Broadway and Ludlow, not far from where the Trollopean Bazaar was afterwards built. Mr. E. D. Mansfield, in his recollec- tions of the churches of 1825 in Cincinnati, speaks of this as a "small but earnest congregation."

WESLEYAN METHODIST.

This was incorporated in 1817. It was the Rev. William Burke's church, occupying for many years the old pioneer Presbyterian building, on Vine street, between Fourth and Fifth.

EPISCOPACY.

The first Protestant Episcopal church in Cincinnati was Christ church, so-called, probably, from the church of that name in Hartford, Connecticut, to which had ministered the Rev. Philander Chase (afterwards Bishop Chase) through whose instrumentality the church in Cin- cinnati organized. It was formed at the house of Dr. Daniel Drake, on East Third street (still in existence and occupied by Mr. F. Schultze), May 18, 1817. Among the original members of the parish (twenty-two in all, though it is said there were but three communicants) were General Harrison, Griffin Yeatman, Arthur St. Clair, jr., Jacob Baymiller, and other leading citizens of that day. The little congregation met at first in a large room of a cotton factory on Lodge alley, between Fifth and Sixth streets; then in the old First Presbyterian church; then, on and after March 23, 1818, in the Bap- tist building on West Sixth street, which was afterwards

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bought by the church. The Rev. Samuel Johnston was called as rector about this time, when not far from fifty families were regularly attending the services. A burial ground and site for church were bought in 1818, for three thousand five hundred dollars. February 19, 1819, steps were taken to purchase the first organ, which served until the new church was built in 1835, when another was bought at an expense of one thousand seven hun- dred dollars. Twelve communicants were added this year, which, with eight previously had, made a total of twenty. The first Episcopal visitation was that of Bishop Chase this year, in October, when he spent two Sundays with this church. The first sale of pews in the Sixth street church occurred April 4, 1820. Fifty out of fifty- five were sold, for the total sum of eight hundred and ninety-one dollars. The female benevolent society at- tached to the church was organized January 24, 1820. May 17, 1821, the church was regularly incorporated, under the legal title of the "Episcopal Society of Christ Church, Cincinnati." In 1828 Rev. Mr. Johnston re- signed, after a pastorate of.ten years and three months, but under circumstances which prompted him to lead off a formidable secession from the society, to form the new parish of St. Paul's, of which he became rector, reporting fifty-five communicants the first year, while Christ church reported but thirty-two. The Rev. B. P. Aydelott was called to the latter from Grace church, Philadelphia, and previous to his arrival the congregation was served for a time by a Methodist clergyman, the Rev. Dr. Bishop, to whom a very cordial vote of thanks, as also pecuniary compensation, was tendered by the vestry. Mr. Aydelott began his service in early May, 1828. Building improve- ments were made at a cost of two thousand six hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eighty cents, and a salaried organist, Mr. During, was obtained, for the sum of one dollar per Sabbath. November 8, 1833, the lot now oc- cupied by the church on the north side of Fourth street, between Sycamore and Broadway, one hundred feet front by one hundred and thirty feet deep, was bought for nine thousand dollars. The building committee sub- mitted a plan of the famous old Stepney church, in Lon- don, as that of a proposed edifice on this site, and it was adopted. While the church was building the society worshipped in the Mechanics' Institute hall. Dr. Ayde- lott resigned from increasing infirmities, January 2, 1835, and the Rev. J. T. Brook, of Georgetown, District of Columbia, succeeded him in the fall of the same year. In June, 1835, the diocesan convention met in the new church, which was completed at a cost of fifty-five thou- sand dollars. Rev. Thomas Howell, and then Rev. Al- fred Blake, were employed as assistants to the rector. Mr. Brook's rectorship extended over sixteen years-the longest the church has had-and until August 15, 1847, when he accepted a professorship in the theological seminary at Gambier. Bishop McIlvaine served as rec- tor pro tempore about two years, and Rev. Mr. Blake for two years more, when the Rev. Dudley A. Tyng was called and remained a little over a year. Then, in 1854, came the Rev. C. M. Butler, D. D., of Washington city, who was rector five years, and was followed for three

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History of Cincinnati, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 42

Author: Ford, Henry A., comp; Ford, Kate B., joint comp Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Cleveland, O., L.A. Williams & co. Number of Pages: 666

Author: Ford, Henry A., comp; Ford, Kate B., joint comp
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Cleveland, O., L.A. Williams & co.
Number of Pages: 666