History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 113

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co.
Number of Pages: 900

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" Voted, That for the future Samuel Gray, Jacob Lyman, Esqs., and Prince Tracy be a committee to warn incetings of this proprietary and to take care of the prudential matters of this township."

February 8th, 1775, it was voted "to accept of the doings of Messrs. Ebenezer Lathrop, jr., and Asa Edger- ton, surveying and laying out 53 100-acre lots in this town according to the plan that they have made thereof, with a reserve for a needful highway through the lots from No. 33 to No. 41 inclusive, and also with a reserve for a needful highway through the lots from No. 42 to No. 48 inclusive."

At a meeting of the proprietors at Windham, October 13th, 1787, Joseph S. Kiff moderator, Colonel Ebenezer Gray was appointed their agent and "invested with full power and authority to appear before any court, judges or commissioners, or any other persons who are or shall be authorized to quiet the settlement and establish the title to said township, and there to prose- cute the same to effect and final issue with power of

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THE PIONEERS OF SALEM.

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substitution." One dollar was levied on each right to defray the expense of the agency.

The introduction of ballots in town meetings occurred at the one held "at the house of James Campbell" March 2nd, 1816, when Alexander Jamison was so elected town clerk. As a committee "to settle the busi- ness of the township for this year," Sebastian Sibert, James Santee and Joseph Jamison were elected. They were authorized to divide the township into school districts, which was done july 5th, 1817, and at the meet- ing of the proprietors held at the house of Henry Hepler March 28th, 1818, the division was confirmed. The numbers of children in each district were as follows: First district, 64; second, 82; third, 72; fourth, 75; fifth 46; total, 344. The sixth district was not formed till June 5th, 1839. The present school directors of Salem are Paul Grover, George Thomas, Samuel Pollock, jr., F. E. Brockway, Thomas E. Moore president) and Stephen Hill {secretary).

Nathan Beach was the pioneer settler, locating on the farm now owned by Jona Gould. He was long one of the most distinguished men of Luzerne county. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and for a long time postmaster at Beach Grove, being the first postmaster of this township. He also represented Luzerne county in the Legislature. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He was always in the front rank of every enterprise, inclu- ding building turnpikes and mills. He took an active part in the construction of the Wyoming Valley Canal, and was one of the party that broke ground for that enterprise.

Elisha Cortright, a native of New Jersey, located in Beach Haven about 1787, and opened a tavern, the first in this township. Michael Seeley located at Beach Haven the same year. Samuel and John Seeley came soon after the others, locating near Belbend. They raised and marketed the first wheat soid from Salem township. Elisha Cortright had the first. spring wagon. It was then looked upon as a great luxury.

David Thompson, who now resides at the celebrated Iona farm, witnessed the burning of the first coal fire where anthracite coal was successfully used, at the tav- ern of Judge Jesse Fell, in Wilkes-Barre, in 1808.

James Lockhart was an early settler in Beach Haven, and one of the prominent men of this township from 1795 to 1830.

Doctor Mason Crary, a native of Stonington, Conn., located about 1795. He married a daughter of Nathan Beach, and was the first resident physician.

Joseph Walton, from Bucks county, Pa., located in 1803 at Beach Grove, where he carried on blacksmithing and farming, buying his land for $2.50 per acre. The early settlers along the river had regular shad fishing grounds, from which their less fortunate neighbors were excluded, except on payment of a fee. Mr. Walton bought up several of those grounds, paying $1,000 for the fishing grounds of Gould's island, in the river above Hick's Ferry. The sales of shad averaged for several

years nearly $50 per day during the fishing season. There are now but few if any shad at these once famous fishing grounds.

John A. Harmon was born in Salem township, October 19th, 1795, near Stephen Hill's present farm, north of Beach Haven. From youth he lived on a farm northwest from where he was born until his death, in 1878 ..

The Copes, Seyberts, Pollocks, Kecks, Rosses and Braders were among the early settlers in the west part of the township; and the Hesses, Starks, Hills, Thomases and Mifflins settled in the east part of the township.

The following are the names of the taxable inhabitants of Salem in 1796:

Nathan Black, William Bryan, John Cortright, Elisha Cortright, Abraham Cortright. Joseph Curry, Christopher Klinetob, Robert Dunn, Elisha Decker, Thomas Dodson, James Dodson, John Dodson, William Gray, Andrew Gregg, Samuel Hicks, Christopher Hans, Joseph Hans, Martin Hart, Moses Jolmson, Alexander Jamison, Joseph Jamison, Jon- athan Lee, Williamtt Love, James Lockhart. Jonathan Lewis, David Me- Lain, Andrew Mowrey, Amos Park, John Rhodes, George Smuthers, Henry Smuthers, James Santee, Valentine Santee, Jacob Smuthers, Reuben Skinner, Oliver Smith, Renben Smith, Sebastian Sibert, Jacob Smuthers, jr., Richard Smith, Jacob Shones, Levi Thomas, Richard Thomas, John Varner and Anthony Weaver.

Sebastian Sibert, now spelled Seybert, settled about 1780 near the mouth of Seybert or Varner's creek, about a mile west of Beach Haven. Here he built a grist-mill, saw-mill, clothiery and distillery. The grist-mill was of logs, had but one run of stones, and could grind only from four to six bushels of grain a day. The saw-mill was of the old "flutter wheel" style, and would cut about 1,000 feet of lumber in twenty-four hours. The clothiery was of the most primitive kind, and the distil- lery was the best that could be built at that day. They have all gone to decay, except the grist-mill, which is now owned by Edward Lutz.

From 1825 Uriah Seybert had a grist-mill and a saw- mill farther up the stream for a few years. The grist-mill at Beach Haven was built in 1847 or 1848 by A. T. Mc- Clintock. The original water power proved insufficient, and subsequently steam was applied. The capacity of the mill is roo barrels of flour per day. The saw-mills at the head waters of Mill creek were built since 1840. The upper mill is owned by S. Pollock, and the one far- ther down the stream by Daniel Hill. There are also two saw-mills at the head waters of Seybert creek. The tannery at Beach Haven was built by Albert Hinsey in or about 1847. It is now owned by Andrew Seeley and has been abandoned as a tannery.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

The following is a list of justices of the peace elected in this township since the adoption of the State constitu- tion of 1838, together with the years of election:

Andrew Cortright, 1845; John Kisner, 1840, 1845; William Hicks, 1841; Isaac Courtright, 1846; Jacob Seeley, 1850; Isaac Courtright, 2nd, 1851: Daniel G. Driesbach, 1855; John R. Anderson, 1856; James Bel- ford, 1859, 1864, 1869; Samuel H. Hicks, 1860; Daniel Brader, 1863, 1868; F. E. Brockway, 1873, 1878; J. W. Meixell, 1874, 1879.

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HISTORY OF LUZERNE COUNTY.

CHURCH HISTORIES.

Beach Haven M. E. Church .- Long before there was a church, or even a Methodist class here, the church-going people would meet at the old stone church about a mile and a half northwest from Beach Haven, and listen to either a Lutheran or Reformed preacher, or occasionally a Methodist itinerant. Two men, named Tobias and Loder, after hearing the quaint old "circuit rider," met at the house of Mrs. Catherine McGraw, at Beach Haven, and arranged for Methodist preaching at the school-house. This resulted in the building of a union church on the west side of Mill creek, between the highway and where the railroad now runs. The building lot was donated by Josiah T. Beach.

In 1848 a Methodist Episcopal society was formed. which continued to worship in the union church till early in 1870. In 1869 the society built the present brick church on East Main street, forty by sixty feet, at a cost of $2,700. It was dedicated in February, 1870.

The first preacher was Adam Brittain. Beach Haven was attached to the Baltimore Conference; then to East Baltimore and finally to the Central Pennsylvania Con ference. The successive ministers on this charge have been as follows: 1868, 1869, P. F. Eyre; 1870-72, Adam Brittain; 1873, 1874, John Stiner; 1875-77, H. B. Fortner; 1878, Adam Brittain; 1879, R. L. Armstrong.

The following appointments are connected with the Beach Haven church: Beach Grove school-house, Walton school-house, Dodson or Shickshinny valley school-house, Kenzie school-house and the Sloyer church. The Beach Haven circuit was organized in 1875. The present trustees are Daniel Brader, J. F. Hicks, William Edwards, Nathan Robert and William Keiner. The value of the church property is $2,500.

The union church above referred to was accidentally burned in 1877.

The Evangelical Society of Beach Haven is of recent organization, and is under the pastoral care of the Rev. Mr. Ettinger of Berwick. Its public services are held in the brick school-house.

The old "Stone Church," about a mile and a half north- west from Beach Haven, is occupied alternately by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Rev. Mr. Steck is pastor of the Lutheran congregation, and Rev. Mr. Derr of the Reformed. Rev. Mr. Dixon, Presbyterian, preaches here occasionally. The church lot was donated by Christian Bielhemer.

BEACH HAVEN.

This village was named in honor of Nathan Beach, who owned the land. Mr. Beach was a native of Con- necticut, and became one of the proprietors of this town- ship under the Connecticut title, locating here in the early part of 1773.

One of the first settlers in Beach Haven was John Kulp. He is understood to have lived on the site of the old log house, with stone chimney, now standing in the lot opposite J. F. Hicks's store on Main street.

Mr. Beach had a town plot surveyed soon after the public highway or "river road " was laid out. Beach Haven grew slowly until the completion of the Wyoming valley canal. Then came an increase of business, as this point soon became the boat yard for the- entire length of the canal, giving employment to hundreds of men. With the advent of the railroad the business on the canal began to increase, and boat building declined, until at present but an occasional boat is built here, and comparatively few are repaired. The large flouring mill built here in 1847 or 1848, manufacturing and shipping one hundred barrels of flour per day, has dwindled down to an ordinary custom mill. The lumber trade has ceased, the available supply of timber being exhausted. Of half a dozen stores once doing a large and profitable business now only those of J. F. Hicks, A. W. Holloway and Wesley Robert do a general business. Boat repairing is done by Daniel Brader at the old boat yard. There are two hotels, the Beach Haven House, kept by G. W. Fisher, and the Union Hotel, by T. I. Hess. There is one church (Methodist Episcopal), one two-story brick school building, and a railroad depot. W. G. Dreisbach is the station agent, telegraph operator and postmaster. J. W. Meixell is collector of tolls on the canal. He has passed through the lock at this place as many as 4,500 boats in one season. There is also a weigh lock here.

FERRIES.

Salem Ferry Company was organized in May, 1878. A one-and-a-quarter-inch wire rope, 1,950 feet in length, is used, which cost $1, 100. The officers and directors of the company are: President, George W. Fisher; secretary, Daniel Brader; treasurer, John Mifflen; directors, Daniel Brader, George W. Fisher, William G. Morris, Andrew Seeley, Samuel Mifflen, F. E. Brockway and J. M. McCale.

The rope ferry at Hicks Ferry was built as early as 1825; it was a private enterprise and for many years afford- ed the only means of crossing between Nanticoke and Berwick. It was put in operation by William Hicks, one of the early settlers, who owned the land in the berd of the river at this point. The property is now owned by the powder company whose mills are in Hollenback township, about one mile from the ferry, on the Big Wapwallopen creek.

SLOCUM TOWNSHIP.

HE township of Slocum was separated from Newport in 1854. It has a farming popula- tion numbering 377, a gain of 60 since 1870. The township is divided into five school dis- tricts. In 1878 there were five months' school, and 125 pupils in attendance. The whole amount of money expended in that year for educational purposes was $1, 116.59. The average wages paid to teachers was $30 per month.

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EARLY TIMES IN SLOCUM AND SUGARLOAF TOWNSHIPS.

PIONEER TIMES.

John Lutsey settled in the township about 1785, near where William Lutsey now lives. His sons William, Henry and Joseph, came with him. William Lutsey, grandson of John Lutsey, is now living in the township, at the advanced age of seventy nine years. The Lutseys were soon followed by others, and in 1799 the following persons were rated as taxables in the township, then New- port, viz .: John Alder, John Lutsey, James Millage, Jacob Mullen, James Mullen, James Mullen, jr., Henry Fritz and Jeremiah Vandermark. Soon after the year 1800, Ira Winters, John Ogin, Jacob Weiss, Jacob Paine, Richard Paine, Jacob Finks, John Rosencrans, one Fred- ericks and one Delemater moved into the township.

The early settlers were compelled to go to Newport and Wapwallopen to do their trading and milling, going one day and returning the next. In many cases the men were compelled to carry the grain on their backs. A saw-mill was built by John Rosencrans about 1836. Since that time there have been several small water- mills, and one steam mill, owned by Aaron Boyd. There are no mills in operation in the township at the present time.

Silas Alexander opened a small store, where Mr. Stackhouse now lives, about 1848. This was the first store in Slocum. Mr. Alexander was followed in a few years by B. Lear, Esq., who moved into the town from Bucks county. He was followed by P. J. Myers, Esq., who is the present postmaster and keeps the only store. At an early day a post-office, called Lutsey, was estab- lished, with John Rosencrans as postmaster. The name of the office was afterwards changed to Slocum. Mails. were formerly brought from Nescopeck once a week. They are now brought from there twice a week.

A building was erected just below the residence of P. J. Myers, Esq., in 1838, to be used as a meeting and school house. Mr. Myers gave the lot. John Rosencrans was the first teacher, and many of the older people speak of that as the first school they ever attended.

The first frame house was built by William Lutsey, about 1837. Hiram Rosencrans was the first blacksmith. B. Lear is the only one in the township now.

The land for the cemetery was left to the town by John Ogin in his will. His wife was the first person buried in Slocum township. She died about 1836, and was buried on a knoll west of the cemetery; but Mr. Ogin, not liking the location, had her body removed to the present site, where he was himself buried in 1844, being the sec- ond person to be buried in the cemetery.

EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

Previous to the organization of this society all religious meetings were held in school-houses. For many years the Evangelists and German Reformed had sent their ministers to preach to the people of Slocum. January 19th, 1869, the society organized with the following mem- bers: B. Lear, Samuel Stair, Eliza Stair, John Myers, Lydia Myers, Mary A. Ogin, Lydia Myers, jr., Priscilla

Iloch, E. A. Boyd, R. J. Myers, Mary A. Myers, LaFay- ette Stair, Rebecca Stout, Margaret Myers, P. J. Myers, Mary J. Lear, Patience Lear, EHlen Brown, Rosanna Paine, Henry Defrain, Catherine Defrain, Zura Simms, Catherine Simms, J. Simms, Anna Boyd and B. F. Wilson.

The first minister in charge was Rev. T. M. Morris, who was followed in 1870 by Rev. D. Kepner. Mr. Kepner preached two years, Rev. P. S. Orwig two years, Rev. W. H. Rhoads two years, Rev. Mr. Barson three years and Rev. A. Kreamer one year. The present min- ister is Rev. J. M. Price.

In 1860 a wooden church building was erected on the corner opposite the house of W. Brown, by the united efforts of the people of Slocum, without regard to sect. The church was built by W. H. Brader, and cost $500. It is used by all denominations who may have occasion to hold services.

The following persons were commissioned as justices in the years given, viz .: Benjamin Lear, 1856, 1861, 1866, 1872, 1877; Philip J. Myers, 1857, 1868; Aaron Boyd, 1863.

The following have served as supervisors: Philip Hoch, seven years; Benjamin Vandermark, one year; William Lutsey, three years; Thomas Lutsey, three years; George W. Keyser two years; Jacob Lutsey, one year; Aaron Boyd, one year; Jacob Kester, four years; Jesse Rosen- crans, one year; Philip Meyers, two years; Isaiah Jones, one year; George Myers, one year; Abraham Jones, five years; Thomas Fink, two years; Zura Simms, one year; Frederick Seigle, two years; William Brown, two years; Samuel Stair, one year; Nathan Hontz, one year; Wil- liam Arnold, two years; W. S. Moore, one year, and John Sponenberger, one year. C. B. Jones was town clerk one year; Charles Weiss one year, James M. Moore two years, James Jackson five years.

The present justice is B. Lear; clerk, Enos Hontz; supervisors, William Arnold and John Sponenberger.

SUGARLOAF TOWNSHIP.

HIS township derives its name from Sugarloaf mountain. It was formed from Nesconeck in April, 1809, and formerly embraced the townships of Butler and Hazle, which were taken off in August, 1839, and Black Creek, which was taken off August 8th, 1848. The population in 1870 was 1,240, and in 1880 1,390.

Settlement began between 1775 and 1780, although grants of land had been given as early as 1769. The earliest grant or patent was from Thomas and John Penn to John Foreman. The application for the same is num- bered 3.701, and was entered August 3d, 1769. This grant was 31134 acres, and the consideration was £15 its. 9d. The tract was called in the conveyance "New- berg," and was west from Seybertsville. Most of it is now

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(1879) occupied by William Seiwell, in whose possession is the original deed given by the Penns. This was sub- sequently deeded to John Maxwell Nesbitt, and by him to Redmond Conyngham, who deeded to Valentine Sei- well, father of the present owner. The Seiwells located on this place in 1811.

The Osterdock family located near the site of the toll- house of the Lehigh and Susquehanna turnpike, half a mile above Conyngham. It is believed they were here at the time of the massacre in 1780, and if not partici- pants in that bloody transaction were fully cognizant of the facts. The Shaffer family were here at the same time, and located a little farther south along the side of the mountain.

The first carding-mill was built by Abraham Stahr in 1814, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Engle. There was also a saw-mill at the same place. Both have gone to decay. About 1809 there was a carding-mill on the north- east side of the Little Nescopeck, where it crosses the Butler road from Conyngham. There was also a saw-mill, the foundations of which are still visible.

The first farm cleared to any extent was William Sei- well's, and Mrs. Engle's the next.

The first road through the town was made, or rather called a road, before 1800. It was the Owens road, from Berwick to Mauch Chunk, and passed through the farm now owned by William Seiwell. The next road of any importance, the Lehigh and Susquehanna turnpike, from Berwick to Mauch Chunk, was chartered March 19th, 1804, and constructed about 1810. It must have been surveyed between 1804 and 1808, as lots in the village of Conyngham were bounded by the center of this turnpike. The first bridge was where the turnpike crosses the Nes- copeck.

The grist-mill now owned by Mrs. Jesse Johnson, south of Seybertsville, was built in 1820 by George Koenig. Benjamin Koenig built one at Seybertsville, on the Little Nescopeck, in 1815, and Richard Allen built a saw-mill above the site of the grist-mill in 1798. They both went to decay many years ago. The first blacksmith, Jacob Mace, lived on the farm now owned by William Seiwell, and was one of the first settlers. The next blacksmith, a Mr. Law, lived on the Black Creek road from Conyng- ham. The first shoemaker was George Rupert. He lived near the west line of the township. The first brick house was built by Daniel Brown, and it is now part of the Brown estate. The first steam mill in this township was built by Stephen Yost in 1865, on the road from Black Creek to Conyngham.

THE SUGARLOAF VALLEY MASSACRE.

The victims of this butchery by the "noble red men " were not the loving mother and the innocent babe, but a party of thirty-three "seven months men " on their way to the Wyoming valley. They had come up from the southeastern part of the State, crossing over Broad and Buck mountains, passed down through the ravine south- east from Conyngham, and halted at the spring on E. Frederick's lot, north of the road and west of the Little

Nescopeck creek, where it crosses the Butler road, on the east side of Conyngham. Feeling, no doubt, a degree of safety, the little band set their guns around a tree, and were refreshing the inner man with the pure water from the spring. While thus employed they suddenly found themselves separated from their trusty old firelocks by a band of Indians, with here and there a heartless tory among them. The enemy had come down through the same ravine, and taking the troops at such disadvantage completely discomfited them.

The accounts given in former histories of this bloody transaction differ materially from the facts given by those who in former times conversed with some of the party that escaped, and by those who were sent to bury the dead. The Gilbert family were captured in the spring of 1.780, and with them was Abigail Dodson, who was taken to Canada. The massacre occurring after her capture, she obtained her information from a prisoner whom the savages spared and turned over to the British; and she told the story as here given. A great uncle of the Engle brothers now living in Hazleton escaped over the Nesco peck mountains, and reached Fort Jenkins. Abram Kla- der, a brother of the officer in commend of the patriot party, escaped by concealing himself in the Little Nesco- peck creek, clinging to a tree that had fallen across the stream, and keeping only his face above water, until the savages had disappeared. Frederick Shickler escaped over Buck mountain, avoiding the Indian trail, and finally reached the settlement in the Lehigh valley. The num- ber of whites killed is given by Miner as fourteen. Both Miner and Pearce say that the company of seven months men were commanded by Captain Myers, while Chapman says that William Moyer was in command; but the most reliable tradition and testimony of descendants of the murdered men declare that Captain Daniel Klader was in command. After performing deeds of valor that caused his name afterward to inspire feelings akin to ven- eration, he was finally killed and scalped by the savages, and subsequently buried, as were also others of the party, on what is now the farm of Samuel Wagner, half a mile east of Conyngham. No trace is to be seen of the grave of Klader. The oak tree under which he was laid, and upon which were cut the initials of his name, was sacri- legiously cut down several years ago, and even the stump is decayed and gone. He sold his life as dearly as ·pos- sible, killing several Indians. An old flintlock and gun barrel were plowed up on Klader's grave several years ago, and they are now in possession of Hon. George W. Drum, of Conyngham.

SUGARLOAF , RIFLE COMPANY.

As soon as the population of this township had become sufficiently numerous there was organized, May 6th, IS22, the "Sugarloaf Rifle Company." The following is a copy of the old muster roll:

Captain, Jacob Drumheller; first lieutenant, John Balliet; second lieutenant, George Klinger. Privates-George Drum, jr., George Betterly, Abrahamn Stanner, Archibald D. Murray, Samuel Ballict, Abrain Miller, George Stahr, George Wenner, Jacob Fether, Leonard Wener, Jolin Henry, Marthen Smith, John Dombach, Jacob More,

RESIDENCE OF NATHAN SNYDER, SUGAR LOAF

Tr. LUZERNE CO., PA.

SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN IN THE DISTANCE

"GERMAN CARP"

"FISH PONDS"

"TROUT"

RESIDENCE OF S . D . YOST, SUGAR LOAF TP. LUZERNE CO., PA.

ABRAHAM DRUM, (DECEASED) BUTLER, TP. LUZERNE CUUNIT, FA.

HON. G.W. DRUM, CONYNGHAM, LUZERNE CO., PA.

PHILIP V. WEAVER, HAZLE TON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA.

STEPHEN D. ENGLE, HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA.

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VOTERS OF SUGARLOAF TOWNSHIP-CHURCH HISTORIES.

Abraham Balliet, George Earo, John Smith, Jeremiah Heller, Peter Minig, William Heller, Ludwick Heller, Jacob Keifer, Andrew Miller, John Keifer, Charles Rittenhouse, Salmon Stahr, Amos Foster, John (lear, Abraham Maurer, John Wintersteen, George Becsline, Jacob Baro, Jacob Drum, Andrew Maurer, Abraham Drum, William Winter- steen. Ira Heemans, Alexander Klinger, Peter Scheitz, Christian Henry, John Miller, Philip Drum, Daniel Wenner, Jacob Minig, Philip Weaver, Jacob Oxrider. Daniel Weaber, Philip Seine, Henry Maurer, Jacob Geiting, Frederick Neisley, Thomas W. Troy, John Beesleine, James Smith, Jacob Kocher, Benjamin King, John Andreas, lames MeCarty, Stephen Balliet, Jolm Bright, George Sehadie and Jacob Schaver.

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History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 113

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York Publication date: 1880 Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co. Number of Pages: 900

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co.
Number of Pages: 900