Centennial history of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Part 105

Author: Stocker, Rhamanthus Menville, 1848-
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : R. T. Peck
Number of Pages: 1318

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" With increase of families the means of communication increased. In winter there was no other way save by foot-paths. For many years there were no denominations save Presbyterians. Ahont seventy years ago the Methodists hegan an influence about two miles from here. Everybody espoused Methodism, -- men, women and children. They frequently walked from five to six miles to be present at prayer-meet- ings.

"My sisters were at one of the prayer-meetings, and, as an evidence of the change in the spirit, understanding and manners of the people, I give language used in two of the prayers on that occasion. The reader will bear in mind that this was seventy years ago, and that the peo- ple were poor, and had little of the means or knowledge of the present day. I do not conceive that either of the individuals mentioned cher- ished a wrong spirit towards their fellows, but their language gives an illustration of the strength of party spirit at that time.

" Elder Lewis said, 'Send the mind of the people up the river down to me, and the people down tho river (the Presbyterians) may go to hell, and I care not.'

"Mrs. Stid, at the same meeting, said: 'O Lord, take Capt. Buck by the nape of the neck and shake him over hell until his teeth chatter like a raccoon.' "

The Methodist congregation was small at Great Bend for many years, and in 1850, when Riley Case removed here from South Gibson, the leading mein- bers were Dr. James Brooks (class-leader), John Mc- Kinney, Mrs. Summerton, Mrs. Painting, Mrs. Trow-

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bridge, Mrs. Goble and Nathaniel Banker. Mr. Case joined the class, and is the oldest member now living. New Milford and Great Bend were supplied by one minister. Meetings were held in the Baptist Church until 1854, when a small church was erected on the site of the present edifice. This church increased in prosperity until the church was rebuilt at a cost of about fifteen thousand dollars. This church burned down about 1870, and the present handsome church was erected at about the same cost as the former church. Eli Wilcox was class-leader during the

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years of church-building. Bradley Wakeman, Dr. E. F. Wilmot, D. C. Bronson, Seely Belding and Walter Painting have been prominent mnen in the church work in later years. The present church membership is one hundred and fifteen. The church has been served by Rodney S. Rose in 1847-48; Horatio R. Clarke, 1855-56; Luther Peck, 1858; Geo. A. Severson, 1862; and following in regular order since then, Philip Bartlett, Stephen Elwell, A. F. Harding, Ira N. Pardee, E. P. Eldridge, Charles S. Alexander, W. B. Kinney, Chas. H. Jewell, J. W. Mevis, Oscar L. Severson and Edwin B. Olmstead. A Sunday-school was organized by Dr. Brooks, who acted as superintendent for a number of years, and was succeeded by Dr. E. F. Wilmot. D. C. Bronson also was superintendent and chorister for a number of years. The school is in a prosperous condition, with

an average attendance of one hundred and twenty- five.

Grace Episcopal Church .- The first preaching by an Episcopal clergyman in this place was by the minis- ters from New Milford. Rev. Messrs. Long and Skinner occasionally held services in Mrs. Jane Lusk's house, and au organization was effected about 1852. Mrs. Chas. Stowe, Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Jane Lusk were the first members. Charles Stowe and Lucien Scott were the first wardens ; Mr. Mow, Dr. Griffin, Isaac Reckhow and G. D. Hays were vestrymen. Rev. G. B. Reese came in 1855; Dr. Ebenezer Gill and Oliver Trowbridge were wardens then. In 1859 Isaac Reckhow, Delos L. Taylor, Ebenezer Gill, Daniel Baldwin, Oliver Trowbridge, James Clark, William Eager and Joseph Bowes petitioned for a charter, which was granted by the court. Messrs. Gill, Taylor, Colsten and Griffin constituted the vestry in 1856, and E. F. Wilmot, Oliver Trowbridge and David Baldwin were elected to fill vacancies. Rev. Uriah Scott, Rev. Mr. Hickman, Rev. V. Bowers, Rev. Messrs. John A. Jerome, Baker, Geo. C. Hall and L. R. Dickinson have been rectors.

Messrs. Oliver Trowbridge, G. B. Trowbridge, D. L. Taylor, B. F. Hanness, Ebenezer Gill, Geo. Gill, James Clark, William Eager and T. D. Estabrook were vestrymen in 1863. T. D. Estabrook and P. H. Lines have been wardens for several years. The church edifice was erected soon after the church was organized.

1 St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church, Great Bend .- The work of forming and centralizing this parish dates back to 1847. Rev. Father O'Reilly, the pio- neer priest of the north tier of counties of Pennsyl- vania, had already established a college and convent schools at St. Joseph's, this county, and attended with zeal and care the spiritual wants of the few Catholic families in this locality at that early date. At first they assembled in private houses. Mr. Edward Carlisle, lately deceased, generously furnished an apartment where the faithful assembled to worship God, when the missionary came from his distant home to break for them and their little ones the "Bread of Life." In time, services were also held at the house of Mr. Richard Stack, one of the prominent Catholics of the community. As the congregation increased, a build- ing was secured through the efforts of Mr. George McNamara, our present efficient postmaster, and fitted as a temporary place of worship. In 1866 the present church was commenced. The following year it was completed, and soon freed from all encum- brances through the generous and voluntary contri- butions of individuals and of the people at large. Mr. H. P. Doran, now a dry-goods merchant at Sus- quehanna, was most active and energetic in forward- ing the completion of the building. As a mark of his generosity, he donated all the stained glass win-

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dows which are in the church. In 1872 Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Hara appointed Rev. J. A. Mullen as first resident rector, who devoted his attention to the erection of a pastoral residence and making many needed improvements. The work was carried on by his successor, Rev. James Loughran, until failing health brought to him an early death. His body re- poses at St. Lawrence's Cemetery. A neat marble mon- ument has been erected to his memory by members of his faithful flock.

Rev. J. P. McManus was appointed to the rector- ship in 1883. Of a studious, quiet and amiable dis- position, he began in his own quiet way the work of renovating and beautifying the interior of the church intrusted to his charge. His knowledge of the fine arts and his exceptional taste in the blending of col- or, enabled him to embellish in rich bright fresco and arabesque tracery the interior of the sacred edifice. He could truly say with the Psalmist: "I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house and the place where Thy glory dwelleth." Reverend M. H. Dunn, the present rector, was appointed to the charge in January, 1887, and is devoting his attention to the wants of the outside missions of New Milford and Nicholson. Mr. Michael Hays, of Hallstead, is the able financial secretary. The church edifice is located on Franklin Avenue. It is a neat brick structure, with beautiful interior decorations. The congregation is large and influential, and is composed of the Catholics of Great Bend and the neighboring borough of Hallstead,

MASONIC .- Great Bend Lodge, No. 338, F. and A. M., was instituted May 29, 1860, with the following officers : J. H. Duscnbury, W. M .; G. W. Orange, S. W. ; R. T. Stephens, J. W .; A. B. Stephens, Treasurer.

Great Bend Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, No. 110, was instituted May 26, 1866, with the following officers: J. H. Dusenbury, H. P .; C. P. Bigelow, K ; Thomas D. Hays, S .; W. H. Powell, Secretary ; Charles Simpson, Treasurer.

Great Bend Commandery, No. 27, Masonic Knights Templar and appendant orders, was instituted June 11, 1867,-J. H. Dusenbury, Commander ; Thomas D. Hays, Generalissimo ; George F. Thompson, Captain- General; R. T. Stephens, Treasurer ; W. H. Powell, Recorder.

Great Bend Consistory, No. 32, S. P. R. S., 32° of A. A. S. R., was organized May 11, 1887, with twenty- eight charter members, including the following officers : Commander-in-Chief, J. H. Dusenbury ; 1st Lieutenant Commander, Charles C. Simmons ; 2d Lieutenant Commander, John R. Raynsford ; M. S., William J. Day; G. C., David C. Ainey ; G. S., Calvin B. Cook; G. T., Henry Ackert; G. M. C., John W. Dusenbury ; G. E. and A., Freeman I. Lott ; G. H., Charles M. Shelp; G. C. G., O. T. Smith ; G. S. B., Clarence E. Swartz; G. S., Ebenezer Gill ; G. O., F. D. Clauss. The other charter members were C. A. Miller, George N. Brown, A. B. Bird,

Samuel T. Kistler, T. C. Manzer, John S. Tarbell, D. A. Chandler, Joel S. Bound, C. H. Tuthill, Rufus Kistler, L. G. Simmons, E. P. Hines, W. E. Ash, P. J. Niland.

JOHN H. DUSENBURY was born in Windsor, Broome County, N. Y., Junc 27, 1835. His grand- father, John Dusenbury, raised his family on the Delaware near Cochectou ; his wife was a Sands, and their son George married Ruth Whitmore, daughter of Elias Whitmore, who built the first framed house at Windsor. George Dusenbury had a family of thirteen children, seven of whom are living. John H. was educated at the Windsor Academy and com- menced to clerk in his father's storc at Laceyville, Wyoming County, when he was seventeen years old, and when he was nineteen he engaged in the mercan- tile business at Laceyville for himself. He remained there five or six years, and came to Great Bend in 1869, where he purchased a stock of goods of Thomas & Whiting and in about five years he formed a part- nership with L. S. Lenheim in the mercantile busi- ness. In 1867 he sold to Lenheim and engaged iu the tanning business with R. T. Stephens until 1873 or 1874, when they sold to S. Kistler. Next he en- gaged in private banking at Great Bend with his father-in-law, under the name of B. Wakeman & Co. This continued until the fire of 1875 burned the bank building. He continued in the banking busi- ness under the name of Geo. Dusenbury & Son from 1876 to 1884, when they paid their creditors and dis- continued. In 1856 he married Caroline E. Wake- man, daughter of Bradley and Maria (Edwards) Wakeman, an active merchant and banker, and one of the first settlers of Skinner's Eddy. They have one son, John W. Dusenbury, an insurance agent at Great Bend.

GREAT BEND GRADED SCHOOL .- Pursuant to an order of the court, creating the new school district of Great Bend Borough, an election was held at the " Dayton House," in said borough, Feb. 21, 1862, re- sulting in the election of the following school direc- tors : T. D. Estabrook, Richard Stack, E. S. Funnell, D. L. Taylor, John T. Carlisle and Daniel Baldwin. This board hired Edwin P. Gardner as the first prin- cipal in 1862. They occupied a township school- house, which was subsequently raised up and a ground story placed underneath, making a two-story build- ing; this, together with additions, constitutes the present building. The principals since 1862 have been,-Riley D. Thomas, 1863 ; George W. Crane, 1864; Charles M. Wells, 1866; Alfred W. Larrabee, 1867 ; James M. Barrett, 1868 ; Charles E. Harris, 1870; O. A. Kilmer, 1872 ; E. J. Ayers, 1872; E. K. Richardson, 1873 ; S. D. Wilbur, 1881 ; J. D. Meese, 1882 ; C. B. Cook, 1883. The following have been as- sistant teachers : Louisa J. Trowbridge, Salome R. Warner, Carrie W. Dean, Lucinda M. Sheldon, Miss Frank Newell, Susie E. Bancroft, Elleu N. Beardsley, Martha M. Millspaugh, Ella Rood, Mrs. E. M. Wil-

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son, Helen Hartley, Bertha E. Wilbur, Myra Wilson, Mrs. L. Kinner, Carrie Harding, Georgiana Porter, Edith Schouten, Mary Filter, Nina Gillespie, Emma L. Close, Mattie A. Baldwin, Nettie Brush, Sara Mc- Namara, Lucy M. Morse. Calvin B. Cook, who has been principal for the last four years, was born at Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pa., in 1852. Hc was educated in the common schools and was graduated from Mount Union College, in Ohio, in 1876. He first began to teach in 1869, and has followed teach- ing since that time. The Great Bend school contains five departments, ten grades and junior and senior ycar, making twelve grades. It usually takes a pupil from ten to twelve years to complete the course. The course of study comprises the common-school branches, algebra, English literature, history of the United States, rhetoric, Latin, astronomy, geometry. Among the directors who have served since the first board are A. P. Stephens, J. H. Dusenbury, C. S. Gilbert, E. F. Wilmot, A. B. Whiting, George McNa- mara, R. T. Stephens, George Buck, L. S. Lenheim, Stephen Waldron, V. Reckhow, Rufus Kistler, O. A. Lines, Wilson Kistler, S. P. Moore, J. W. Larrabee, Michael Danilier, Chas. Skinner, Michael Barry.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

HALLSTEAD BOROUGH.

HALLSTEAD BOROUGH. - Great Bend village borough was incorporated in 1874, and December 29, 1874, at an election held in the Barnum House, in Great Bend village, for the purpose of selecting borough officers to act until next regular township election, the following persons were elected : Burgess, W. W. Simrell ; Town Council, William K. Hatch, Charles Simpson, S. B. Chase, J. B. Brown, Theodorc Conley ; High Constable, H. S. Hanna. At a meeting of the Council held in S. B. Chase's office, Mr. Chase was elected president of the Council, Anna Chase secretary and Charles Simpson treasurer. A com- mittee on ordinances was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Simrell, Chase and Hatch. The Council re- mained the same, with the exception of W. C. McIntosh in place of T. Conley for the next year. Joseph Du Bois was burgess in 1876, followed by Messrs. Simmons, Brown, Wood, Millard and Crook. The name of the borough has been changed recently to Hallstead in order to avoid confusion in the mails. The borough is about one mile by three-fourths of a mile in extent.

Hallstead is situated south of the Susquehanna River. The main business street extends from the bridge up the New Milford Valley, and is a part of the Great Bend and Cochecton turnpike. The Mitchell Hotel occupics the site of the old Strong residence and hotel, subsequently the Du Bois resi-

dence and hotel, and is one of the oldest hotel-sites in Susquehanna County. The corner is still a desira- ble one; and Susquehanna Avenue, which extends along the Susquehanna from this point, is the most desirable location for private residences in either borough. Rev. James B. McCreary occupies the old- fashioned, long house which Jeremiah Baker occu- pied for a store and dwelling as early as 1822, and Simeon B. Chase has the house on the corner of Sus- quehanna Avenue and Pine Street. The view from the lawn, under the shade of the fine old trees that grow in this yard, is restful and pleasing. Henry Catlin built this house, and George Catlin, the artist, knew these grounds and admired the beauty of the scenery hereabout.

Hallstead has grown gradnally along the turnpike and river, at first as a small turnpike village and more recently, since the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad has passed through the place, it has developed into a borough with some eight hun- dred inhabitants. The old road and Susquehanna Avenue do not intersect at right-angles and the other streets partially conform to these original streets, so that the town is not very regularly laid out. There are Pine and Williams Streets extending southward from Susquehanna Avenue to Franklin Avenue, thence Lackawanna and Dayton Streets, intersected by Wellington Street. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company have a dozen or more lateral tracks for making up trains south of Lackawanna Street, also a depot and large "round- house" that will hold thirty-eight engines, and leave a section for repair machinery. The borough con- tains one hotel, a number of stores, a graded school and two churches-Presbyterian and Baptist.

Ferry and Bridge .- The inn-keepers in 1801 were David Summers, Robert Corbett, James Parmeter and Sylvanus Hatch. Each of the latter two owned half a ferry. Jonathan Cunningham had a ferry op- posite the present Trowbridge farm. It was called "the lower ferry." Mr. J. Du Bois says of this,-

" James Parmeter's ferry having become very profitablo, another pio- neer built a house on the opposite side of the river, and he, too, built a ferry-boat, and opened an opposition ferry. As the road tbrough here was fast becoming a great thoroughfare, both of these ferrymen made money. In the winter season they found it difficult to cross with boats, owing to the floating ice in the middle of the river. As the country along the Susquehanna was mostly a wilderness, our river did not freeze entirely over as readily as now. Strong ice would form aloug each shore for four or five rods iu width, the middle of the stream remaining for a long time open. These ferrymen would then proceed to build an ice- bridge after this manner : After measuring the distance from the solid ice on each side of the river, they would commence immediately above, and laying out the width and length, they would saw ont of the solid shore-ice a bridge, and, holding fast one end, would swing the other end across the open chasm till it rested against the solid ice on the other side ; then, by dipping water from the river, in freezing weather they soon formed a strong and safe bridge for teams to pass, the travelers freely paying toll for crossing tbis ice-bridge. This ferry was kept up until the fall of 1814, when the first Great Bend Bridge was completed.

"Organization of the First Great Bend Bridge Company .- In the year 1812 the citizens of Great Bend petitioned our Legislature for a charter to build a bridge. An act was passed in February, 1812, and approved by Simon Snyder, then Governor of our State. Under this act Samuel

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Hodgdon and John B. Wallace, of Philadelphia, and William Thomson, Sylvanus Hatch, Robert H. Rose, Minna Du Bois and Richard Barnum, of the county of Susquehanna, were appointed commissioners to open books of subscription for the stock of said company, in pursuance of the act to authorize the Governor to incorporate a company for erecting a bridge over the Susquehanna River at Great Bend, where the ferry was then kept, opposite the houses of Abrabam Du Bois and Sylvanns Hatch, in the district of Willingboro', and county and district of Susquehanna. These commissioners did not get sufficient stock taken and paid in to warrant building until the spring of 1814. The first meeting of stock- holders was held February 10, 1814. William Thomson was chosen chairman and James Newman secretary, and Samuel Blair, Joseph Bowes and David Summers were chosen as judges of the election of managers. The following were elected : Samuel Blair, James Newman, Noble Trowbridge, John Maynard, Minna Du Bois and Daniel Lyon. Joseph Bowes was chosen treasurer and James Newman secretary. At this meeting proposals were received for building the first Great Bend Bridge. The contract was awarded to Peter Burgot, of Oxford, N. Y. September 14, 1814, the following persons were appointed to inspect the new bridge, to see if it was completed according to contract: Joseph Bowes, David Buck and Haynes Johnson. Bridge accepted. At the same meeting Christopher Longstreet was appointed to and accepted the office of toll-gatherer and gate-keeper. On the 3d day of March, 1822, this first bridge was destroyed by an ice-freshet, and was rebu It the same summer by the brothers, Charles and Zedic Chamberlin. On the 19th of January, 1832, this second bridge was destroyed by an ice-freshet, and was rebuilt the following summer by Abraham Du Bois. In the spring of 1846 this third bridge was destroyed by an ice-freshet, and in the summer following the present covered bridge was completed by Reuben C. Brock and Joseph Du Bois, to whom this contract was awarded." 1

The projectors and patrons of an enterprise of such lasting benefit to the people of Great Bend, and scarcely less to those living at great distances from it, should not be forgotten.

Subscribers to the Stock of the Great Bend Bridge, September 7, 1812, --

William Thomson.

Almon Munson.

Minna Du Bois.

David Crocker.

Samnel Blair.

Peter Burgot.

Abraham Du Bois.

Isaac Rosa.

Asahel Avery.

Sylvanus Hatch.

John Maynard. Jeremiah Baker.

N Trowbridge.

Hezekiah Leach.

Isaac D. Luce. Daniel Lyon.

Sophia Luce. William Luce. Thaddeus Mason.

John J. Storm. Storm Rosa.

Abraham Storm.

Adam Burwell.

James Newman.

Daniel Sneden.

Emery Carey.

David Summers.

John Hilborn.

Rufus Fish.

Joseph Bowes.

John Fish.

Frederick Henn.

Amount subscribed by the above, six thousand dollars. All of the aboved named have passed away.

Ebenezer Brown, a carpenter, came from Orange County, N. Y., and assisted in building the bridge three times. James E. Howe, a resident of Great Bend, rebuilt the bridge in 1871. He is also a rail- road contractor, and built five miles of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western road, eleven miles of the Nineveh Branch and the Hackensack Bridge.

Hallstead Post-office .- Great Bend village post-office was established in 1861, with James B. McCreary, Jr., postmaster. His successors have been William Mc- Intosh, 1862; James B. Ogden, 1866 ; Orrin F. Fargo, 1869; James T. Du Bois, 1851 ; Ella Du Bois, 1876 ; William S. Barnes, August 25, 1887; when the name was changed to Hallstead.

The merchants on the tax-list for 1801 were D. Bar- num and S. Hatch. Joseph Bowes, an Englishman, came here from New Orleans and first built a store on the Great Bend side of the river, just at the end of the bridge. This was one of the first stores in all this region of country. He next built a large square Eng- lish-style house on the bank of the Susquehanna, nearly opposite the present residence of S. B. Chase. He brought marble mantels from Philadelphia and had an elegant house for those days. He kept goods in this house and his customers came for great dis- tances around to trade with him, and he extended the hospitalities of his house and kept them overnight. This house was afterwards used for a church and a seminary. Mr. Bowes moved to Canada about 1815, and the building, for a long time the residence of Mrs. Jane Lusk, afterwards became the residence of Dr. E. Patrick and burned down December 9, 1869. Colonel Jeremiah Baker came to Great Bend in 1812, and started a tannery in the swamp on land since owned by Isaac Van Nosdale. He kept a store in the house now occupied by Rev. James B. McCreary. He died at Mckinney's Mills. A young watchmaker by the name of Harrison started a grocery-store about this time, where the National Hotel afterwards stood. In 1821 John McKinney lived where Allen McIntosh afterwards resided, it being the only house on Main Street south of Minna Du Bois' hotel. Mckinney afterwards built what became a part of the Mansion House. This store was separate near the bridge. Col- onel Baker owned the McCreary place and Putnam Catlin, Esq., resided immediately west of it. Joseph Bowes had then left the house next below. Sylvanus Hatch kept the block or log tavern near the bridge, and Judge Thomson's house was the only house be- tween that and Noble Trowbridge's. Abraham Du Bois built a saw-inill on Wiley Creek in 1815, which afterwards became the property of James B. McCreary, and has now come back into the Du Bois family's hands, James Du Bois having recently purchased the mill, which is still kept busy as of old, sawing pine lumber. Putnam Catlin bought the Bowes property, and was a public-spirited man in the place for some years. His son, Henry, built the house now occupied by Simeon B. Chase, Esq.

THE DU BOIS FAMILY .- During the middle of the seventeenth century Louis and Jacques Du Bois, members of a well-known family of Huguenots re- siding at that time in the province of Artois, France, sought an asylum in the New World where they could worship God after the dictates of their own consciences. Louis at first went to Mannheim, in the borders of the Rhine, in the Palatinate, and Jacques settled for a short time in Leyden, Holland. Subsequently the two brothers, finding that to return to France would bring upon them the miseries of further religious persecutions, left the Old World and all of its home and hallowed associations, and, sailing westward, planted their rude homes in the region now known as

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Ulster County, in the State of New York, and became the leaders of the little Huguenot colony, Louis being chosen the first elder of the first church estab- lished in that county. From this sturdy race camc the members bearing that name, who, for a full cen- tury, have resided in Susquehanna County.

Abraham Du Bois, who was a direct descendant of Jacques, after a settlement was made of his father's estate, removed to New Jersey and was married there. He had three sons, named Abraham, Nicholas and Minna. Abraham learned the jeweler's trade and made a large fortune in the city of Philadelphia, and be- came an extensive land-owner in the northeastern part of this State, several of his tracts bearing the war- rantee name of Nicholas Du Bois, his son. He sent his brother Minna to Great Bend, to take charge of these landed interests, at which place he soon became a prominent citizen and was interested in many en- terprises. Minna had two children-Abraham Du Bois by his first marriage, and Jane A. (Mrs. Lusk) by his second marriage.

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Centennial history of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Part 105

Author: Stocker, Rhamanthus Menville, 1848- Publication date: 1887 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : R. T. Peck Number of Pages: 1318

Author: Stocker, Rhamanthus Menville, 1848-
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : R. T. Peck
Number of Pages: 1318