Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 80

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978

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Capt. Johan Rogers Fenwick Tattnall, son of the Admiral, and the last member of the famous Tattnall family of Georgia, died at Middletown, Connecticut, Au- gust 17, 1907. He was born in 1829, was sent abroad at an early age to be edu- cated, and remained in France for six years. He returned to Georgia at the age of seventeen years, his father being absent on some naval service in Mexico, the young man secured a commission in the United States Marines. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a Lieutenant of marines, and on learning that his vessel was ordered south to operate against the Confederacy, he threw his sword into the sea and declined to serve against his native state. Arrested and put in irons for unsubordination, he was later released through the intercession of influential friends, or rather exchanged as a prisoner of war, and was appointed a Captain of Marines for the Confederate Navy, and was later transferred to the army as Colonel of an Alabama regiment.

After the war was ended he returned to the peaceful walks of life, and was active in all the relations of life. He was vestryman of Christ Church, Savannah, Georgia, and at a meeting of the wardens and vestry of that church, held immedi- ately on receipt of the news of his death, resolutions were adopted from which we quote the following: "He was courteous in his manner, of noble bearing, a type of the fearless soldier and Christian gentleman, with a high sense of honor and truth, in all a gentleman of the old school.

"He was quick to help the weak and struggling, and young men were constantly in his thoughts, and he rendered aid to many who are now reaping the benefit of the advice, assistance and training given by his unselfish generosity."

He was in failing health for some time before going to relatives in Connecticut. His remains were brought to Savannah and buried in the Bonaventure Cemetery by the side of his distinguished father, Commodore Josiah Tattnall. He was an honorary member of the Naval Militia, and in accordance with his dying request, the ball-bearers were active uniformed men of the Marine Corps, two men being

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detailed from each of the local divisions as a guard of honor and four from each as pall-bearers.

Capt. Tattnall's death removes the last representative of the family in the Southern States.

The Pennsylvania branch of the Tatnall family, was established in America by Ann Tatnall, widow of ROBERT TATNALL, of Leicestershire, England, who with her five children and son-in-law, William Shipley, sailed from Bristol, England, and arrived in Pennsylvania in 1724. Robert Tatnall, of Leicestershire, died in 1715, leaving the above named widow, Ann, and seven children, two of whom died young in England. These seven children of Robert and Ann Tatnall were:

Jonathan Tatnall;

Thomas Tatnall, an adult at the date of the removal of the family to Pa .; was included in a certificate, with his mother, from the Quarterly Meeting, at Leicester, England, dated Imo. 26, 1725, deposited at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting; the records of Darby Monthly Meeting, just over the line of Phila., Chester co., show that Thomas Tatnall produced a certificate from Leicester, Iomo. 1, 1725, possibly the same certificate above noted; or probably the certificates were separate, neither having been recorded but their receipt simply noted on the minutes of the respective meetings; Thomas Tatnall remained a resident of Chester co., and represented it in the Provincial Assembly, 1738-40-42;

Mary Tatnall, eldest daughter, m. in England, William Shipley, and they accompanied her widowed mother in 1725, and settled near Darby, Chester co., where Mary d. prior to 1728, in which year William Shipley m. (second) Elizabeth Levis, of Chester co., and about 1735 settled at Wilmington, Del., of which town he was virtually the founder;

Sarah Tatnall; Elizabeth Tatnall; Ann Tatnall;

EDWARD TATNALL, of whom presently.

Ann Tatnall, widow, through a certificate for her and her son, Thomas, from the Quarterly Meeting at Leicester, dated Imo. 26, 1725, is noted on the minutes of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, as having been received. For some reason she seems to have sent to England for another certificate, as the Darby records show that on Iomo. (Dec.) 5, 1733, from Leek, Staffordshire, she was given a certifi- cate, Imo. 2, 1748, to Newark Monthly Meeting.

EDWARD TATNALL, youngest son of Robert and Ann Tatnall, was born in Lei- cestershire, England, about 1704, died in Wilmington, Delaware, April 11, 1790. He married at London Grove Meeting of Friends, Chester county, Pennsylvania, June II, 1735, Elizabeth, born May 23, 1706, died 1790, daughter of Joseph Pen- nock, of West Marlborough township, Chester county, by his wife, Mary Levis, born October 9, 1685, died December 1, 1774, daughter of Samuel Levis, of Springfield, Chester county, who with his wife, Elizabeth Clator, had come from Harby, Leicestershire, England, 1684, and settled in Chester county, where he was a Colonial Justice, 1685-89-94-98-1701-09; Provincial Councillor, 1692 ; and mem- ber of Colonial Assembly, 1686-89-94-98-1700-06-08; died 1728.

Joseph Pennock, born IImo. 18, 1677, died March 27, 1771, was a son of Chris- topher Pennock, of Clonmell, county Tipperary, Ireland, by his wife, Mary, daughter of George Collet, an original purchaser of land in Pennsylvania. Joseph Pennock came to Pennsylvania with his parents in 1685, and settled in West Marl- borough, on a tract of 1250 acres of land taken up in right of the purchase of his maternal grandfather, George Collet, of Clonmell, Ireland. On this tract, 1738, Joseph Pennock erected a mansion which he called "Primitive Hall," which is

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still standing, and where he resided until his death, 1771. He was an active mem- ber of the Society of Friends, being a birthright member, his father having been a devoted member and suffered imprisonment and persecution therefor in Ireland. Joseph Pennock was elected to the Colonial Assembly from Chester county in the years 1716-19-20-22-23-24-26-29-32 to 1736, and 1743 to 1746; was a Colonial Justice, 1729 to 1738; and Chief Burgess of Chester, 1741-45-49.

Edward Tatnall was a carpenter by trade, and soon after his marriage to Eliza- beth Pennock, removed to Wilmington, New Castle county, now Delaware, where he became actively interested in local affairs.

Issue of Edward and Elisabeth (Pennock ) Tatnall:

Mary Tatnall, m. Aug. 25, 1757, William Marshall;

Ann Tatnall, d. unm .;

JOSEPH TATNALL, b. Nov. 6, 1740; d. Aug. 3, 1813; m. (first) Elizabeth Lea, (second) Sarah (Rodman) Paxson; of whom presently ;

Elizabeth Tatnall, m. John Tripp;

Sarah Tatnall, b. Oct. 31, 1745; d. Sept. 6, 1834; m., April 24, 1766, Richard Richardson.

JOSEPH TATNALL, only son of Edward and Elizabeth ( Pennock) Tatnall, born in Wilmington, November 6, 1740, died there August 3, 1813, was one of the eminent men of that section. Montgomery's "Reminiscences of Wilmington," has this to say of him: "Joseph Tatnall was the most distinguished of those worthy men whose memories deserve notice in this community." He was the first of the name to engage in the milling business on the Brandywine, and be- cause of his success in conducting his extensive business, his renowned hospitality, his generosity, and his sterling patriotism during the struggle for independence, he was known far and wide. In 1770 he built the large stone mansion, now 1803 Market street, where he entertained Gen. Washington and Gen. Lafayette; and here it was that Gen. Wayne had his headquarters, the parlors being converted into a council chamber. The writing table from which Gen. Washington issued some famous orders is in the possession of Edward Tatnall Canby, a great-grandson of Joseph Tatnall.

Notwithstanding the threat to destroy his property, made by the British, Joseph Tatnall kept his flour mills going day and night to provide sustenance for the Continental army, which must otherwise have suffered much during the move- ments of the army in this neighborhood.

In 1795 Joseph Tatnall was elected the first president of the Bank of Delaware, later the National Bank of Delaware, and continued in that office for seven years. He was also the first president of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. In 1798, when the present City Hall was built in Wilmington, he presented the town with a clock which was placed in the tower ; his letter making the presenta- tion is as follows :

"Friends & fellow-citizens,

"I have for several years past apprehended that great convenience would arise to the inhabitants of this borough by having a commodious time-peace erected in a central part of the town. In the first place it would accelerate the punctual meeting of the religiously dis- posed people at their places of worship; secondly it will be of service to those who think themselves not of ability to purchase time pieces, and the last but not the least consideration is, that it will become ornamental to the place of my nativity. Therefore I have procured from Europe a large & complete town clock of excellent workmanship, which I now present to you for the use of the town, with a sum of money not exceeding $200 to be laid out in a large-complete & good bell to serve the clock as well as the Town Hall now erecting- which I beg you to accept .- "I am your Friend,

"Brandywine Bridge, 5th mo. 22d, 1798.

"Joseph Tatnall,"

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Joseph Tatnall married ( first), January 31, 1765, Elizabeth, born January 15, 1743, died August 16, 1805, daughter of James and Margaret (Marshall) Lea, of Wilmington, (second) Sarah (Rodman) Paxson, born August 7, 1753, died July I, 1828, widow of Joseph Paxson, and daughter of John and Mary (Harrison) Rodman.

Issue of Joseph and Elisabeth ( Lea) Tatnall:

Sarah Tatnall, b. Nov. 27, 1765; d. Sept. 4, 1839; m., Jan. 20, 1785, Thomas Lea ;

Margaret Tatnall, b. Aug. 23, 1767; d. March, 1841 ; m. (first), Dec 26, 1793, Isaac Starr, (second), 1802, James Price;

Elizabeth Tatnall, b. July 28, 1770; d. Oct. 17, 1805; m., Nov. 25, 1790, Joseph Bailey; Edward Tatnall, b. Aug. 6, 1772; d. inf .;

Ann Tatnall, b. April 9, 1775; d. Oct. 4, 1816; m. (first), Sept. 25, 1794, Hon. Thomas Sipple, of Kent co., Del., b. 1765, d. 1798, State Treasurer of Del., 1787-98; issue : Eliza Tatnall Sipple, m. Marriott Canby.

She m. (second), April 13, 1800, John Bellah;

Joseph Tatnall, Jr., b. March 26, 1777; d. of yellow fever, Oct. 2, 1798; unm .;

Esther Tatnall, b. Sept. 13, 1779; d. Dec. 23, 1860; m., April 17, 1798, William Warner, of Wilmington; had issue, among others, Edward Tatnall Warner, m. Willamina Young, and their son, Edward Tatnall Warner, Jr., m. Margery Tatnall; see forward; EDWARD TATNALL, b. June 20, 1782; d. Jan. 13, 1856; m. Margery Paxson; of whom presently.

Thomas Tatnall, b. June 13, 1786, d. Oct. 1, 1798.

EDWARD TATNALL, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lea) Tatnall, born in Brandy- wine village, New Castle county, Delaware, June 20, 1782, married in Wilmington Monthly Meeting, October 12, 1809, Margery, born April 28, 1791, died April 15, 1837, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Rodman) Paxson, of Bensalem, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, her mother having become the second wife of Joseph Tat- nall, father of Edward, February 16, 1809. Edward Tatnall died January 13, 1856.

Issue of Edward and Margery (Parson) Tatnall:

Elizabeth Tatnall, b. Oct. 15, 1810; d. March 20, 1903; m., Dec. 7, 1841, John Pritchell Gilles, son of James and Elizabeth (Starr) Gilles;

Joseph Tatnall, b. Nov. 27, 1812; d. May 9, 1813;

Sarah Tatnall, b. Sept. 10, 1814; d. Feb. 2, 1877; m., March 25, 1844, Christian Febiger, b. Dec. 25, 1817, d. Jan. 15, 1892, son of Christian Carson and Hannah (Gibson) Febiger;

Joseph Tatnall, b. Oct. 14, 1816; d. May 16, 1895; m., June 10, 1841, Sarah, b. April 5, 1815, d. April 11, 1876, dau. of Ashton and Sarah (Wood) Richardson;

Edward Tatnall, b. Sept. 30, 1818; d. May 31, 1898; m., Sept. 12, 1844, Rachel Richards, b. Aug. 26, 1823, d. Jan. 3, 1903, dau. of James and Lydia Pritchell Webb;

Thomas Tatnall, b. Sept. 16, 1820; d. young;

William Tatnall, b. March 11, 1822; d. Oct. 28, 1885; m. (first) Rachel, b. July 18, 1823, d. Jan. 4, 1882, dau. of James and Jane (Haines) Moon, (second), Feb. 13, 1884. Esther, dau. of William and Esther (Tatnall) Warner, b. March 28, 1822;

Anne Tatnall, b. Feb. 9, 1824; d. Sept. 8, 1889; m., April 30, 1846, William Canby, b. April 11, 1822, d. Jan. 15, 1897, son of James and Elizabeth (Roberts) Canby ; Margaret Tatnall, b. Feb. 29, 1826; d. young;

Mary Rodman Tatnall, b. July 17, 1827 ; d. July 1, 1897; m., Sept 25, 1851, Edward Betts, b. May 17, 1825, son of Mahlon and Mary (Seal) Betts, of Wilmington, grandson of Jesse Beits, of Bucks co., later of Wilmington, Del., by his wife, Hannah Paxson, of the eminent Bucks co. family, great-granddaughter of Thomas and Jane (Canby) Paxson, of Solebury: Jesse Betts was son of Zachariah Betts, of Makefield, Bucks co., by his wife, Rachel Bye, and a grandson of Thomas Betts, a native of L. I., b. Aug. 13, 1689, d. at Newtown, Bucks co., 1747, by his second wife, Susanna Field, great- grandson of Thomas and Mary (Whitehead) Betts, of L. I., and great-great-grand- son of Capt. Richard Betts, who settled on L. I., 1648, and became one of the most prominent men of the English colony there; d. at age of 100 years in 1713.

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Edward and Mary R. (Tatnall) Betts had issue :

William Betts, b. Oct. 1, 1852; m., Dec. 1, 1880, Alice Pennel Brown, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and had four daughters;

Edward Tatnall Betts, b. March 10, 1854, d. inf .;

Elizabeth Betts, twin to above, m., Oct. 28, 1880, Alter Megear, of Phila .; issue : Thomas Jefferson Megear;

Ethel Tatnall Megear ; Alter Rodman Megear.

Edward Tatnall Betts, b. July 17, 1855; m., May 19, 1881, Harriet King Sparks, of Wilmington, Del .; issue :

Edward Betts, Jr .;

Marjorie Betts.

Emily Betts, b. Aug. 27, 1858; d. young;

Mary S. Betts, b. June 3, 1870; m. Peter Wright, 3d., of Phila.

HENRY LEA TATNALL, b. Dec. 31, 1830, d. Sept. 26, 1885; m. Caroline Gibbons; of whom presently ;

Margery Tatnall, b. Sept. 1, 1836; d. May 5, 1860; m., Nov. 18, 1859, Edward Tatnall Warner, b. April II, 1835, d. Jan. 15, 1904, son of Edward Tatnall Warner, by his wife, Willamina Young, grandson of William and Esther (Tatnall) Warner, mention- ed above.

HENRY LEA TATNALL, youngest son of Edward and Margery ( Paxson) Tatnall, born December 31, 1830, in Brandywine Village, now part of the city of Wilming- ton, Delaware, was at different periods of an eventful life a naval architect, a violinist and composer of music, a successful business man and eventually an artist.

His experience as a naval architect was while a clerk in the Brandywine Flour Mills, 1846-48. Practically all commerce of that day was by water, and the Brandywine millers were extensive vessel owners. A boyhood spent around the ship-yards, and on the ships plying between the port of his native state and foreign and domestic ports, probably turned his attention toward marine architecture, and he constructed many models of vessels while yet a lad. One of these was con- structed after a careful study of the best swimming fish the boy could find in the Brandywine.

With utter disregard for precedents, this model reversed the tub-end style of vessel, then in common use, seen in the canal-boat of to-day, substituting the con- cave for the convex. This model attracted the attention of a vessel owner, who forced a ship-builder, with a reputation in supposed danger, to construct a schoon- er upon its exact lines. The vessel was a marked success and attracted much attention in ports where she traded.

In early middle life Mr. Tatnall became a lover and patron of music. He was moderately skilled in the use of the violin, but as a composer he was broadly and favorably known. His compositions were for band and orchestra use, and were quite in vogue during the Lincoln campaign, with bands of the North. Perhaps his most valuable services, from a local standpoint, were as a patron of music in bringing to his city the best available musical organizations, at his own financial risk.

It was not until about forty years of age, that Henry Lea Tatnall developed the temperament and ability of an artist. This development in art, like that in naval architecture, and in music, is hard to account for, as there was absolutely no training or study devoted to any of these branches in early life, if we except the boyhood amusement of modeling a ship from a fish. He had a very ardent

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love of nature, a well-balanced and analytical mind, a rare power of application, which, with an inexhaustible enthusiasm, enabled him to embody his ideals.

His success in each line was marked, but it was as an artist that his life surely and appropriately reached the climax. He died September 26, 1885, in his fifty- sixth year, just as he had attained a high position in American landscape art. His life work had already, however, been stamped as successful.

Henry Lea Tatnall married, December 4, 1851, Caroline, daughter of Dr. Will- iam Gibbons, of Wilmington, by his wife, Rebecca Donaldson, and fifth in descent from John and Margery Gibbons, of Warminster, county of Wilts, England, who came to Pennsylvania, 1683. John Gibbons, of Warminster, Wiltshire, purchased of William Penn, by deeds of lease and release, dated August 1 and 2, 1681, 500 acres of land to be laid out in Pennsylvania, one-half of which he conveyed to Robert Suddery, in October, 1682, and soon after that date came to Pennsylvania, and took up the remainder of the purchase in Chester county, erecting a home there and naming it "Bethel," a name later applied to the township in which it was situated. John and Margery Gibbons were exemplary and earnest members of the Society of Friends. Both died on their "Bethel" plantation ; his will dated IImo. 2, 1720-1, proved March 25, 1721, mentions his brother, Robert, and a sister in England ; son, James, and grandchildren, John and Rebecca Gibbons.

James Gibbons, son of John and Margery, born in Wiltshire, England, 1680, married, 1708, Ann, born May 8, 1686, died 1753, daughter of George and Ann (Gainor) Pierce, of Thornbury, Chester county, and settled on 600 acres of land at Westtown. He represented Chester county in the Provincial Assembly, 1717- 19; was a Colonial Justice, 1718-29. He died on his Westtown plantation, 1732. His wife, Ann, was a recommended minister of the Society of Friends.

James Gibbons, son of James and Ann ( Pierce) Gibbons, born 1710, also repre- sented Chester county in the Provincial Assembly for eight consecutive years, from 1737 until his death in 1745. He married, October 10, 1734, Jane Sheward, born 1702, died January 12, 1798, a woman of rare mental endowments, native dignity and grace, to whom Dr. William Darlington, who knew her well, used to refer as the "Queen of the County."

James Gibbons, third son of James and Jane Gibbons, born at Westtown, July 7, 1736, while educated chiefly in his father's house by his parents, being a diligent student, became an accomplished scholar, linguist and mathematician. He in- herited his father's Westtown plantation, settled down as a farmer on the an- cestral plantation, and married, December 1, 1756, Eleanor, born May 18, 1736, died March 30, 1822, daughter of William and Eleanor Peters, of Aston township, now Delaware county. He was Treasurer of Chester county, 1770-76; and repre- sented the county in the Provincial Assembly, 1773-75. As a member of the Society of Friends he was a non-combatant, and at the outbreak of the Revolu- tionary War retired from all public service. He opened a private school at his home in Westtown for instruction in the French, Latin and Greek languages, where several of the young men of the county, who later became distinguished, were students. He was also a surveyor and conveyancer, and many of the deeds, wills and other legal papers of that period were prepared by him. About 1780 he removed to Philadelphia and opened a Classical School on Pine street, below Second, which was largely attended and one of the prominent classical schools of its day. He, however, soon grew weary of city life, and returned to his Westtown

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farm, but in 1795 sold the property to the Yearly Meeting of Friends by whom it was used as a site for a Boarding School for Children of Friends, the well- known Westtown Boarding School for Friends.

James Gibbons was the first in his neighborhood to abolish the custom of fur- nishing intoxicating liquor to workmen in the harvest field, and ever resolute and fearless in the advocacy of what he conceived to be right, he wielded a potent influ- ence for good in the community. He was well known among the people as a man of great learning. While the British Army was quartered in Chester county, after the battle of Brandywine, some officers making merry at a wayside inn, where James Gibbons frequently stopped to water his horses, were criticizing the "ignor- ant boors who were engaged in rebellion against the King," and the loyal inn- keeper resenting the injustices of their remarks, and happening to see James Gibbons' team approaching at some distance, turned to his guests and offered to wager twenty pounds that the first farmer that drove past the inn could speak more languages "than the whole kit and crew of you." The bet was at once taken, and it is needless to say easily won by the innkeeper, Mr. Gibbons easily outclass- ing the officers in the linguistic battle which followed.

James Gibbons died on his farm in Birmingham township, Chester county, Oc- tober 17, 1823, in his eighty-seventh year, surviving his estimable wife, who had died March 30, 1822, at the age of eighty-six years.

Dr. William Gibbons, father of Caroline (Gibbons) Tatnall, was the young- est of the six sons of James and Eleanor ( Peters) Gibbons, and was born in Philadelphia, August 17, 1781. He was carefully educated by his learned father, and studied medicine under Dr. Jacob Ehrenzeller, an expert Revolutionary sur- geon, residing in West Chester, and under Dr. John Vaughan, of Wilmington, Delaware, and entering the medical department of the University of Pennsyl- vania, received his medical degree there in 1805. The next two years he devoted to farming in Chester county, purchasing a farm in Kennett township, but in the spring of 1807, on the death of his old preceptor, Dr. John Vaughan, removed to Wilmington, Delaware, and succeeded to his practice, and was speedily recognized as among the most eminent and skillful physicians and surgeons of his time. He also engaged in scientific research, philological studies, the acquisition of lan- guages. He had a decided taste for natural science and took a deep interest in the extension of this department of knowledge in his community ; was the organ- izer of the Delaware Academy of Natural Science, and many years its president. He was a prolific writer on medical, scientific and religious subjects, and took an active interest in philanthropic subjects and enterprises ; was one of the founders of the school for colored children in Wilmington and one of its managers; an ardent abolitionist, and president of the First State Temperance Society of Dela- ware. He died July 25, 1845, in his sixty-fourth year.

Dr. William Gibbons married, May 14, 1806, Rebecca, youngest daughter of David Donaldson, of Wilmington, Delaware, a soldier of the Revolution. She died January 30, 1869, aged eighty-three years. She was actively interested in philanthropic and charitable work; was the founder of the House of Industry ; many years a member of the Board of Managers of the Home for Aged Women, in Wilmington, and zealously active in many other philanthropic enterprises. She was the devoted Christian mother of fourteen children, eleven of whom survived her.

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Issue of Henry Lea and Caroline (Gibbons) Tatnall:

Rebecca Gibbons Tatnall, m., April 14, 1874, Walter Danforth Bush, son of George W. and Emma (Danforth) Bush;

JOSEPHINE WALES TATNALL, m., Sept. 11, 1877, Joshua Ernest Smith, of Wilmington, Del .; of whom presently;

Walter Gibbons Tatnall, m., Dec. 26, 1878, Anne Reybold, dau. of William O'Brien and Charlotte (Stewart) Knight;

Lewis Bush Tatnall, b. May 28, 1857; d. May 5, 1865;

Esther Warner Tatnall, m. June 21, 1883, Edwin Horner Gayley, son of Gardiner and Ellen ( Horner) Gayley;

Henry Lea Tatnall, Jr., m. (first), Dec. 12, 1888, Bertha, dau. of William Henry and Katharine (Keyser) Wallace, (second), Oct. 27, 1897, Frances Dorr, dau. of Joseph and Gertrude Horton (Dorr) Swift;

William Francis Tatnall. m., Sept. 9, 1891, Lydia Harriet, dau. of Elias Thackery and Elizabeth Harriet (Hilliard) Runcie;

Margery Warner Tatnall, b. March 15, 1863; d. Aug. 15, 1863;

James Latimer Tatnall, m., Oct. 25, 1899, Barbara Helen, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth (Reed) Hettinger.

JOSEPHINE WALES TATNALL, second daughter of Henry Lea and Caroline (Gib- bons) Tatnall, married, September 11, 1877, Joshua Ernest Smith, son of Albert Watson and Elizabeth (Wollaston) Smith, and sixth in descent from William Smith a pioneer settler of Wrightstown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, an account of whom and the succeeding ancestors of Mr. Smith is given above.

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 80

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 978

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978