History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 78

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1280

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The following prices were paid by the Harrisburg & Presque Isle Company for lots in Waterford, at the public sale held by the State Agents in Carlisle on the 3d and 4th of August, 1796:

In lot.

Price.

No. 11.

$15

No. 13. 16

No. 16. 45

No. 17

59 No. 168. 20

August 23, 1800, James Naylor was appointed Commissioner for the sale-of lands in Waterford, in place of D. McNair, resigned. February 16, 1805, John Vincent succeeded Naylor, who had died. He gave bonds in the sum of $5,000 to perform the duties of the office faithfully. Charles Martin was appointed in the place of Mr. Vincent, on the 29th of March, 1809.

FIRST SETTLERS.

Immediately upon the announcement of peace with the Indians some of the soldiers concluded to settle in or near Waterford, and emigration began to flow in from the Eastern counties aud New England. Lieut. Martin, com- mander of the post, was among those who became permanent residents, as well as James Naylor, one of the State Commissioners. The former opened the first tavern on the site of William C. Smith's tanyard, and the latter the first store. Capt. Martin Strong came on from Hartford County, Conn., in the spring of 1795, and eventually located on the crest of the ridge north of Waterford, 850 feet above Lake Erie, where he remained until his death in 1858. He was a surveyor and laid out a good share of the farms and roads in Waterford, Mckean, Summit and Greene Townships. Amos Judson migrated from New England in the same year and started a store. He and Col. Seth Reed came up Lake Erie together in a small coasting boat. The arrival of other settlers was as follows: In 1796, John Lytle, from Northumberland County; Robert Brotherton, from Franklin County; John Lennox and Thom- as Skinner; in 1797, John Vincent, from Northumberland County, and Wil- son Smith, from Union County, both of whom walked the whole distance from

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Pittsburgh; in 1798, Aaron Himrod and the Lattimores; in 1801-02, Capt. John Tracy, William Boyd, Sr., and son David, John and James Boyd, with their three sisters, and James Anderson; in 1804 or 1805, James and William Benson; in 1809, Eliachim Cook, who had previously settled in Mckean Township; in 1799 or earlier, George W. Reed; in 1812, John Henry and Levi Strong; in 1813, the Mckays; in 1814, Simeon Hunt; in 1816, William Smith, William Vincent and Judge Hutchins; in 1822, I. M. White; in 1824, Seth and Timothy Judson; in 1826, Daniel Vincent. The Boyds and Mr. Anderson were from Northumberland County; Mr. Hunt was from Orange County, Vt .; William Smith and wife came over from Wayne Township; Mr. White is a native of Windham County, Vt., and the Judsons were from Con- necticut. Most of those whose places of nativity are not given hailed either from the Susquehanna Valley or the New England States. In 1815, Rev. John Matthews, Dr. William Bacon, Henry Woodworth, Henry Colt, John Way and Archibald Watson were residents of the village, but the precise date of their arrival cannot be given. Dr. Ira Barton, though one of the most ven- erable citizens, did not settle in Waterford until 1840. Mrs. Smith, wife of William Smith, is worthy of mention as having attained to the fourth greatest age of any women of whom a record has been preserved in the county. After the loss of her husband, she returned to Wayne Township, where she expired in the summer of 1875, at the rare age of ninety-nine. John Vincent settled first on a small stream which flows into French. Creek in the eastern portion of the township, where he remained two years before becoming a resident of the vil- lage. On the completion of the turnpike, he took charge of the toll gate about a mile above Waterford, and afterward went into the salt trade, which made him wealthy.

EARLY EVENTS.

The first death was that of a boy named Rutledge, who died of wounds re- ceived in the Indian troubles in 1795, and was buried just outside the fort. The first white child was John R., son of William Black, who was born in Fort Le Bœuf, August 8, 1795. The second birth was that of Katharine, daughter of Aaron Himrod and wife, in 1799. Robert Brotherton built the first saw mill in 1797, and the first grist mill in 1802, on the site of the present Brotherton Mill, near Waterford Station. He also kept a tavern from 1815 to 1817, on the lot occu- pied by his son's residence, the old building, which is still standing, being moved back when the new one was put up. This tavern was also conducted for a time by Mrs. Hannah Pym. The second saw mill was set in operation by James Boyd on Boyd's Run, west of the borough. Mr. Lattimore started a mill soon after Boyd's, the date of both having been very early. After Mar- tin left his tavern, it was kept by Wilson Smith. George W. Reed opened a tavern in 1810, on Union street, in the rear of Judson's block, which burned down. Thomas King, who had kept a public house opposite Dr. Judson's residence, corner of First and Walnut streets, commenced building thestone hotel in 1826, and opened it in the winter of 1827. On the discontinuance of Naylor's store, Stephen Wolverton was sent over from Erie by R. S. Reed with a stock of goods, and remained in business in the village for several years.

THE LYTLES.

Capt. John Lytle, father of John Lytle, Jr., who rose to be prominent among the early settlers, was commander of Fort Freeland, on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, in 1779. It was attacked by a body of British and Indians, and capitulated on the 30th of June of that year, among the prisoners taken being Capt. Lytle, William Miles and four of the Vincents.

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They were marched through the dense wilderness to Fort Niagara, in Canada, where they were detained until the acknowledgment of our National Inde- pendence by the British Government. During the long absence of Capt. Lytle, his wife remained on the farm with her children, employing an unmarried man to do the work. In course of time this person made proposals of mar- riage to Mrs. Lytle, which she firmly rejected. Determined to effect his object, the young man put letters in circulation, stating that the Captain was dead, and the unhappy woman became so well convinced of the truth of the report that she married the assiduous lover. On the Captain's return, he was so shocked and mortified to learn of what had happened that for awhile he refused to see his wife, but mutual friends having acquainted him with the facts, he was reconciled to her, took her again to his bosom and the misera- ble deluder was compelled to fly beyond the reach of the law. His son John was the originator of the Erie & Waterford Turnpike Company, a member of the Legislature, and for years one of the leading men of the county. The latter was killed by the running away of his horse in February, 1816.

THE BOATING TRADE.

For many years after the country began to settle, most of the supplies of iron, glass, flour, bacon, whisky, etc., came from Pittsburgh, and nearly all of the freight was carried on boats poled up and down the Allegheny, French Creek and LeBœuf Creek. The flat-boats were roughly built, and averaged about fifteen feet in width by seventy-five in length. They were sold at Pittsburgh, loaded with coal, floated down to Southern ports, and broken up for fire wood after reaching their destination. It required about three weeks to make the trip from Waterford to Pittsburgh and return. The keel-boats were of better construction, and were used for bringing freight up as well as carrying them down the streams, their propelling power being poles pushed by the crews.

The most important trade in the early days was the shipping of salt for the Southern markets. This indispensable article was brought to Erie from Onon- daga, N. Y., hauled by teams to Waterford, deposited in warehouses there, and floated down the streams whenever they were in suitable condition. The trade began about 1812, and the last load was taken to Pittsburgh in 1819. The village being without a church edifice, all religious services in those days were held in one of the warehouses.

During the second war with Great Britain, Waterford was a busy place, most. of the supplies for the army and navy being brought there by boats, and then hauled across the country to Erie. A brigade of Pennsylvania troops was or- ganized on the farm of John Lytle, at the P. & E. Railroad depot, in 1812, under the command of Gen. Tannehill, of Pittsburgh, and ordered to Buffalo, where it remained during the ensuing winter.

La Fayette's visit, on his return to this country in 1825, was one of the most memorable incidents in the history of Waterford. He was accompanied by his son, a companion and a servant, on their way from Pittsburgh to Erie. The nation's distinguished guest arrived on the 2d of June, and remained over night at the hotel of George W. Reed, which stood just east of the Judson Block, on First street.

SOCIETIES, ETC.

In 1815, a "Moral Society" was organized, to aid the members and "strengthen the hands of the magistrates in the suppression of vice and im- morality." In 1846, a lodge of Odd Fellows, the first secret society, was established. In the same year, the town sent liberal donations for the relief of Ireland, and in 1861 the sum of $150 was forwarded to the Kansas sufferers.

J. E. Woodruff

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In 1859, a Literary society was in existence, which maintained a course of lectures. In 1868, the Masonic society was instituted. The Erie & Water. ford Plank Road was completed in 1851, and the Waterford & Meadville about 1852. In 1856, grading for the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad commenced, and it was opened to Warren in 1859. To Capt. M. Strong, of Waterford, was awarded the distinction of breaking ground for the canal at Erie, on the 4th of July, 1838. The first postal facilities would seem to have been granted to the town about 1801. From then to 1823. a mail was carried between Pitts- burgh and Erie once a week each direction, in the beginning on horseback and after the war by hack. In 1826, stages ran through the place three times a week, each way, carrying the mails. The number was increased to a daily stage and mail from both ends of the line, which lasted until the completion of the railroad.

INCORPORATION.

Waterford was incorporated as a borough April 8, 1833, and the first offi- cers were elected in March, 1834, as follows: Burgess, Amos Judson; Coun- cil, John Boyd, Henry Colt, William Benson, John Tracy, Isaac M. White, Wilson King; Clerk and Treasurer, B. B. Vincent; High Constable, Charles C. Boyd; Overseers of the Poor, Samuel Hutchins, Daniel Vincent. The town was laid out on the same plan as Erie, with broad streets running at right angles, and a park or diamond of some five acres near the center. The bor- ough covers about five hundred acres, and contained a population of 403 in 1840, 498 in 1850, 900 in 1860, 790 in 1870, and 781 in 1880. It is fourteen miles south of Erie by the plank road, and nineteen and a half by railroad, call- ing the distance one-half mile from the Philadelphia & Erie depot. The site is a flat table-land overlooking Le Bœuf Lake and the valley of the creek, be- ing one of the healthiest and pleasantest locations in the interior of the county. The town lies in a sort of huge bowl, with high hills, cultivated to their sum- mits on every side except in the direction of the outlet. The nearest railroad point is Waterford Station, a mile distant, on the Philadelphia & Erie. The town started along the creek, and for a considerable period, in consequence of the boating business, Water street was its principal avenue. From there it worked back to First street, which contained all the stores and two or three taverns. At that date High street, now the business thoroughfare, was nothing more than a common road. In laying out the streets, all were made sixty feet wide except High, Third and Water, which have a width of 100 feet. There was no church edifice until 1832, although several denominations had been or- ganized, and worship was held either in the schoolhouse, one of the ware- houses, or in the academy. The first school building was a log structure on Walnut street, between Sixth and Seventh, and the second stood on High street about the center of the Diamond. The house was moved in 1836, when the common school system was adopted by the county, and is now occupied as Douglass' stable. In this building, in the winter of 1820-21, school was taught by Buell Barnes. E. D. Gunnison, John Kelly, Samuel McGill and Warren McGill were early teachers in the same. About the winter of 1816-17, school was taught in the dwelling of Joseph Osborne by a Mr. Vaugh. The first building for free school purposes was placed on a corner of the academy lot and removed in 1840. Four schools are maintained in the village now, all in one large edifice, in which there are three apartments, and three teachers are employed. Among the early stores not mentioned before were those of Holmes & Harriott, Samuel Hutchins and Hart & Thompson. The original houses of the town have mostly passed away. The oldest known to be in ex- istence is the one occupied by Judge John Vincent until his death in 1860.

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THE ACADEMY.

At the sale of reserved lands in 1800, 500 acres were set apart by the State near Waterford, Erie, Franklin and Warren for the benefit of schools and academies in the several places. The Waterford Academy was incorporated in 1811, and besides the above named 500 acres, embracing the flats at the mouth of Le Bœuf Creek, was endowed with fifteen inlots, to which eight others were added in 1821. Its first Trustees appointed by the Legislature were John Vincent, John Boyd, John Lytle, Aaron Himrod, Charles Martin, Henry Colt and James Judson. The latter gentleman was elected Treasurer, and held the post until December 31, 1858. On the 24th of February, 1820, an act passed empowering the Trustees to sell the 500 acres of the reserved tract at not less than $10 per acre, and to invest the proceeds in some pro- ductive fund for the compensation of teachers. The old stone building was completed in 1822, the same year as the Academy in Erie, and the first school was opened in 1826, John Wood acting as Principal. A brick addition was added about 1859, and a boarding-house some ten years later. The time was when Waterford Academy was the most famous and prosperous institution of learning in the county, numbering as high as 400 pupils and employing the best talent for teachers. Many of the prominent men of the county received their education within its walls, and its graduates are to be found in nearly every State in the Union. It declined soon after the opening of the Normal School at Edinboro, and has had a checkered career for the last ten years.

THE CEMETERY.

The old cemetery at the southwest corner of Second and West streets was the only one in the borough until 1840, when the first part of the present cemetery was laid out by William Benson, Sr., under the auspices of the bor- ough, containing one and a quarter acres. The first burial in the latter was that of a child of Dr. Banning, in December, 1840. This section became completely filled up, and more ground being necessary the borough in 1865 deeded the property to the Waterford Cemetery Company, who have in- creased it to eleven acres, at a cost of about $1,000 for the land. A part of the addition was laid out by Judge William Benson in 1865, and the bal- ance by John H. Millar in 1875. The cemetery occupies dry, gravelly ground, on the side of the borough toward the depot, is well laid out, and contains numerous costly monuments. Within the cemetery plat, in a full lot appro- priated for the purpose by the company, lie the bones of Michael Hare, the oldest man who ever lived in Erie County and perhaps in Pennsylvania. He was born in Ireland on the 10th of June, 1727, and died in Waterford, after a long residence there, on May 3, 1843, at the almost incredible age of one hundred and fifteen years eight months and twenty-two days. Mr. Hare served in the French wars, was present at Braddock's defeat, fought all through the Revolution, and wound up his military career by taking part in St. Clair's expedition against the Western Indians. At St. Clair's defeat, he was left on the field for dead and lost his scalp, which did not seem to cause him much inconvenience in after years. Mr. Hare was one of the first settlers of Wayne Township, from which he moved to Waterford. Besides Mr. Hare, two other Revolutionary soldiers are buried at Waterford -- Capt. John Lytle and Neil Mckay-and five soldiers of the last war with Great Britain-M. Himrod, H. Colt, James McKay, J. Benson and J. Lenox.

The enlistments from Waterford in the last war were probably not exceeded in number by any community of equal size, and there are few of its families who did not mourn the loss of one or more near relatives in that bloody struggle.

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There were buried in the cemetery in 1874: Capt. R. Cross, J. H. Smith, S. S. Himrod, J. W. Hunter, G. W. Benson, C. Graff, W. H. H. Skinner, L. Avery, T. M. Mitchell, P. Fretwell, R. Robertson, J. Atchison, M. Brink, J. H. Miller, J. Mckinley, G. Kibbe, G. Cornish -- 17. Buried on the field of battle: J. A. Phenix, R. R. Smith, G. D. Judson, J. F. Rice, J. Lunger, W. B. Wright, A. C. Henry, F. M. Hull, A. B. Hull, R. Wilson, S. Demington, R. Middleton, I. Bowen, E. Sedgwick, L. Benson, R. Tollman, H. C. Brown, O. J. Taylor, J. H. Taylor, J. W. Babcock, S. W. Hare, M. D. Burrows, H. Porter, B. Hood, S. E. Fish, J. D. Fish, W. Phelps, J. J. Briggs, T. H. Briggs, C. Comer, A. Hough, L. Gray, D. Davis, E. Oldfield, Capt. A. Walker, J. V. Walker, P. Porter and O. Gray-38.

RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.

Waterford has four church edifices, viz .: Presbyterian, Episcopal, United Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal. The first Presbyterian congregation was organized in 1809, with Rev. John Mathews as first pastor, and William Bracken, John Lytle and Archibald Watson as the first Trustees. One of the most active men in the organization was Ebenezer Graham. Mr. Mathews was settled regularly as pastor of the Waterford and Gravel Run (Crawford County) congregations on October 17, 1810, and remained pastor until April 2, 1817. In 1818-19, Rev. Phineas Camp, a Presbyterian missionary, employed to visit the various settlements of the county, preached with such acceptance that a number of converts were made, and established the real foundation of the con- gregation. It was without a building until 1834, when the one still occupied was erected at a cost of $5,000. From 1817 until 1828, it had only transient and occasional supplies, among whom were Rev. Judah Ely in 1823; Rev. Johnston Eaton came next, preaching monthly for about one year; and Revs. Bradford. Marcy and Samuel Tait at various times until 1828. As stated supply, in February, 1828, came Rev. Peter Hassinger, who remained until March, 1832. From February, 1833, to November of the same year, the con- gregation was served by Rev. B. J. Wallace, and from that time to May, 1834, Rev. J. Watson preached. Since this period, the pastors of the church have been as follows: Pierce Chamberlain, G. W. Cleveland (S. S.), Charles F. Diver, T. J. Bradford, J. K. Black, T. H. Delamater (S. S.), M. D. A. Steen (S. S.), S. Bryan (S. S.), and M. Wishart, present pastor.

The United Presbyterian Church at Waterford dates back to October, 1812, on the 21st of which month Rev. Robert Reid was installed pastor of the United Presbyterian congregations at Erie and Waterford. At this period, the Water- ford membership consisted of fourteen persons. The first communion services were held in the year 1816, in the storehouse of Thomas King, which stood near the bank of LeBoeuf Creek. Mr. Reid remained pastor of the two con- gregations until June 30, 1841. The early services of this church, as well as other religious societies of Waterford, were held in the warehouses along the banks of the creek, in old Fort LeBoeuf, in the old schoolhouse that stood in what is now the park, and later in the Academy building erected in 1822. The church edifice was erected in 1835, but not completed

a until 1838. It was enlarged in 1859 and greatly improved at cost of $1,200, and again in 1868 repaire were made and a spire and belfry added at a cost of $2,100. Mr. Reid'e successor to the pastorate was Rev. John J. Findley, and following him at intervals were Revs. Thomas Love, H. P. Jackson, and P. W. Free, present pastor. The founders of the congre- gation were William Smith, Robert Kincaid and William Carson.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church may date its origin to February, 1827, when the first service of this denomination was held at Waterford, in the Academy,

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on a week-day evening, by Rev. Charles Smith and Rev. B. Hutchins. The next summer occasional services were held by the same clergymen, and by the Rev. B. Glover, of Erie. who gave this people one-fourth of his time in 1828. In 1831, the congregation resolved to build a church, and the corner-stone was laid that fall. The building was consecrated to the worship of God November 13, 1832, by Bishop Onderdonk. In 1871-72, the building was renovated, and now constitutes the house of worship. The following were the first Vestry- men: Dr. M. B. Bradley, Timothy Judson, Amos Judson, Martin Strong, John Vincent, James Pollock and John Tracy: The rectors of the parish have been Revs. B. Glover, Samuel T. Lord, Tobias Harper Mitchell, M. D., Richard Smith, John Ireland, S. B. Moore, John A. Davis, S. D. McConnell, Samuel J. French, T. O. Tongue, E. D. Irvine, Thomas White, W. H. Roberts, and again the present incumbent Rev. E. D. Irvine.

The Methodist Episcopal congregation was not regularly organized until 1835, though occasional services had been held from as long back ae 1814. The meeting place for some years was in an old building removed from near the Eagle Hotel to the corner of High and Sixth streets. The present structure was built In 1854. The pastors of the congregation were, in 1849, H. Jull and E. T. Wheeler, and the present pastor is J. F. Stocker.

STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS.

Up to thirty years ago, Waterford shared equally with Erie in political influence, and there is hardly a position within the gift of the people of the county that has not been filled by one or more of its citizens, as the following list shows: Quartermaster General, Wilson Smith, 1812; Presidential Electors, John Boyd, 1824; Wilson Smith, 1832; Charles C. Boyd, 1872. State Senate, Wilson Smith, 1809 to 1812. Assembly, John Lytle, 1802 to 1805; Wilson Smith, 1806 to 1808 and 1819-20; Samuel Hutchins, 1838 and 1839; David Himrod, 1857: O. S. Woodward, 1865 and 1866. Associate Judges, John Vincent, December 23, 1805, to March 26, 1840; Samuel Hutchins, November 12, 1856, to November 23, 1861; William Benson, November 8, 1866, to No- vember 8, 1872. Sheriffs, Wilson Smith, 1803 to 1805; Thomas B. Vincent, November 2, 1852, to October 28, 1855; John L. Hyner, October 24, 1873, to January 1, 1877; H. C. Stafford, January 1, 1880, to January 1, 1883. Pro- thonotary, E. L. Whittelsey. November 22, 1869, to December 28, 1875. Register and Recorder, Reuben J. Sibley, November 25, 1848, to November 22, 1851. Coroner, M. S. Vincent, 1872 to 1875. County Commissioners, John Vincent, 1803 to 1804; John Boyd, 1807 to 1810; Henry Colt, 1822 to 1825; William Benson, Sr., 1826 to 1828; Flavel Boyd, 1854 to 1857; Charles C. Boyd, 1863 to 1866. Directors of the Poor, James Benson, 1840 to 1841; James Anderson, 1843 to 1846; George Fritts, 1849 to 1852. County Sur- veyors, Wilson Smith, 1800 to 1801; Wilson King, 1827 to 1833; William Benson, Jr., 1854 to 1863. County Auditors, Charles Martin, 1810; John Lytle, 1813 to 1816; Amos Judson, 1814 to 1817; James M. McKay, 1825 to 1828; Martin Strong, 1826 to 1829; William Benson, 1835 to 1838; Simeon Hunt, 1845 to 1846; Flavel Boyd, 1850 to 1853. Mercantile Appraisers, S. B. Benson, 1852 aud 1861; J. P. Vincent, 1857; C. W. S. Anderson, 1863; H. R. Whittelsey, 1866; James R. Taylor, 1869. Thomas Wilson, Congress- man from 1813 to 1816, had been a resident of Waterford, where he married Miss Naylor, but removed to Erie in 1805, and was living there when elected. Other citizens of Erie chosen to public positions, who were natives of Water- ford Borough or Township, are: John P. Vincent, Additional Law Judge from December, 1866, to April 17, 1874, and President Judge from the latter date

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to January, 1877; James Skinner, State Senator from 1852 to 1855, and Pro- thonotary from November, 1857, to November, 1863; Alfred King, Prothono- tary from November, 1854, to the same month in 1857; and John A. Tracy, County Treasurer from 1835 to 1838. Among professional and business men, her contribution to Erie includes William Benson, John Clemens, A. H. Gray, F. F. Adams, F. F. Farrar, Dr. P. Hall, Irvin Camp, B. B. Vincent, William Himrod, T. B. Vincent, Dr. L. Strong, O. S. Woodward, and others whose names cannot now be recalled. She has given to the city two Mayors-F. F. Farrar and Alfred King. Sheriff Vincent became a resident of Erie on the ex- piration of his term of office. George W. Reed came over from Erie and built the United States Hotel, at the corner of French and Second streets, which was once the most famous in the city. Mr. Tracy's career in Erie began as a clerk for Reed & Sanford in 1816. He was the father of John F. Tracy, deceased, and father-in-law of William L. Scott, two of the most conspicuous railroad men in the country.

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History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 78

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1280

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1280