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NICHOLAS SMITH, one of the early settlers and merchants of the village, died July 15, aged 38 years.
The Madison Sacred Music Society was organized Sept. 11, 1851, by the election of the following officers: JOHN Y. SMITH, President; DAVID HOLT, JR., Vice President; DANIEL S. DURRIE, Secretary and Treasurer; CALEB JEWETT and A. S. WOOD, Vocal Conductors; WILLET S. MAIN, ERI S. OAKLEY and LEON- ARD S. HILL, Board of Managers. This Society gave a concert at the Assembly Hall January 28, 1852, and one at the Court House May 26, 1852. The exercises were referred to in the vil- lage papers as highly commendable. The Society, however, had but a brief existence.
The following account of the organization of the Presbyte- rian church, is taken from the records of that church. At a meeting of the Presbytery of Dane, held October 3, 1851, du- ring the sessions of the Synod of Wisconsin at its first meet- ing in Fort Winnebago, a petition from several church mem- bers resident in and near Madison, Wis., and formerly con- nected with the Presbyterian, Reformed Dutch, and Associate Reformed churches, asking to be organized into a Presbyterian church, and received into the Presbytery, was presented by Rev. H. B. GARDINER to the Presbytery of Dane, whereupon the
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Presbytery appointed a committee consisting of the Rev. Messrs. D. C. LYON and THOMAS FRASER, to visit Madison, and, if in their judgment the way should be deemed clear, to effect the organization of a' church in connection with the Presbytery, with the privilege of inviting clerical members from the other Presbyteries belonging to the Synod to take part in the discharge of the duties of their commission.
The committee met at Madison, October 4, 1851, Saturday evening, and after divine service, organized a church consisting of the following members:
JOHN Y. SMITH, from the Reformed Dutch church, formerly existing in Madison, of which he was an Elder, and the only remaining member resident here, DANIEL S. DURRIE and ANNA HOLT DURRIE, his wife, by letter from the Third Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, N. Y., MARY E. and CLARA GARDI- NER, by letter from the South Presbyterian church, Galena, Ill., and JANE MCFARLAND, by letter from the Presbyterian church of Mansfield, Ohio. An election of officers was held, and Rev. JOHN W. STERLING, Professor in the State University, and JOHN Y. SMITH were elected Ruling Elders, and D. S. DURRIE, Deacon. On the succeeding day, Sunday, October 5, after pub- lic worship at Lewis Hall, these persons were ordained and in- stalled. Rev. H. B. GARDINER* was engaged as stated supply of the pulpit.
On the same day, in the intermission between the hours of public worship, the session received four additional members: JAMES McBRIDE, and Mrs. MARY ANN MCBRIDE, his wife, from the associated Reformed church of Milroy, Indiana, Mrs. ELIZ- ABETH JANE Fox, from the Presbyterian church of Greenfield, Wis., and WILLIAM Fox, her son.
The church thus organized, occupied for a while, rooms in the second story of Lewis' Hall, opposite the site of the pres- ent church building, subsequently the building owned by C. ABBOTT, corner of Mifflin and Carrol streets, and used as a gro- cery, or more recently by B. D. MINER as a bakery.
* Rev. Mr. Gardiner died at Brooklyn, N. Y., July 23, 1874.
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Rev. Mr. GARDINER made a successful effort to obtain funds for the erection of a church edifice the year after his location here, and a framed building was erected, forty by sixty feet on the corner of Wisconsin avenue and Johnson street, with a spire 110 feet above the ground. A bell of the weight of 1,000 pounds was afterwards procured. An election for Trustees was held March 18, 1852, and Rev. H. B. GARDINER was elected President, and J. Y. SMITH, D. S. DURRIE and J. T. CLARK, were elected Trustees.
The new church building was completed and dedicated, De- cember 25, 1853.
Rev. Mr. GARDINER resigned October 21, 1855, and Septem- ber 21, 1856, an unanimous call was extended to Rev. WM. L. GREEN, of Greenville, Kentucky, to become pastor, which was accepted, and he preached until April 2, 1865, when, owing to ill-health, he resigned. On the 17th of September, 1865, the church invited Rev. EDWARD G. READ, of Princeton, N. J., to become their pastor, which was accepted, and he was ordained and installed October 11, 1865, with impressive services, in which Rev. J. M. BUCHANAN, D. D., of Milwaukee, and Rev. Messrs. Fox and DAY participated. Mr. READ resigned 1869, and Rev. RICHARD V. DODGE, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was elected pastor, which position he retained until March, 1871, when he accepted a call to a church in San Francisco, Cal. In the spring of 1873, Rev. L. Y. HAYS, of Ottawa, Ill. was elected, and is the pastor at this date, 1874.
The population of Madison this year (1851), was 2,306.
We are indebted to Rev. J. G. MILLER, of this city for the following history of the Church of the Evangelical Association of Madison:
"The first German preaching in Madison, while Wisconsin was a Territory, was in the year 1844, by the Rev. J. G. MILLER, from Ohio, who was appointed by the Evangelical Association of that state, and sent by their annual conference in 1844, as missionary to Galena Mission - which field of labor included a part of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
"His journey commenced from Galena north, in company with
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Rev. JOHN SEIBERT (the first and then only Bishop of the Evan- gelical Association), to Platteville, Potosi, Beetown, Mineral Point and Prairie du Sac. They were the first German minis- ters who crossed the Wisconsin river. The Bishop leaving him at this point, he continued on to Portage City, Fond du Lac, Calumet, Green Bay, Two Rivers, Milwaukee, Prairieville and Jefferson to Madison, where he found a few German families from Pennsylvania, by the names of MALLO and STONER, also a few other Europeans, to whom he preached from time to time in private houses.
" In 1845, the Illinois Conference assigned him the entire Ter- ritory of Wisconsin, named Winnebago Mission. His field of labor extended over four or five hundred miles, in which he found many Germans who had not heard the Gospel preached from two to six years. He traveled from four to five thousand miles annually; his salary for the first year amounted to $40.98, and the second year to $47.52.
" In 1846 the conference saw fit to change the name of Win- nebago Mission to Madison Mission, and owing to the then pre- vailing custom of the Evangelical Association of changing min- isters every one or two years, they appointed the Rev. BENJ. EPLY, from Illinois, as missionary, who, in consequence of sick- ness and other causes, was obliged in part to neglect Madison.
" The following year, Madison was taken in charge by Rev. M. HOWARD, from Jefferson.
" About this time, the German population of Madison com- menced increasing quite rapidly, and in 1848 and '49, they were often visited by Rev. J. G. MILLER, who preached to them, but during his absence of five years to Pennsylvania and Maryland, the conference appointed Rev. C. A. SCHNAKE, who in 1853, was ordered to organize the society and to commence the build- ing of a church, which was erected the following year, in charge of Rev. W. STRASBERGER, and finished in 1856 by Rev. J. G. MILLER, the membership being then about fifty.
"The church being somewhat out of the way, the conference ordered the erection of the second church - the present white brick building at a cost of about seven thousand dollars, includ-
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ing lot, located corner of Pinckney and Mifflin streets, which was completed in 1865, under the directions of Rev. W. F. SCHNEIDER.
"The present membership, numbering about one hundred and fifty, is in charge of Rev. C. F. FINGER and is in a prosper- ous condition. The following are the names of the ministers of the Association: Rev. J. ESSLINGER, Rev. A. HULSTER, P. HELD, G. FRITSCHE, J. HALLACHER, W. F. KAUFMAN, F. ZIM- MERMAN, - VON ESSEN, F. HUDSTER."
The corporation election of 1852 was held March 1, and the following officers elected: CHAUNCEY ABBOTT, President; H. A. TENNEY, J. H. LEWIS, F. G. TIBBITS, E. L. VARNEY, P. H. VAN BERGEN and MICHAEL FRIEND, Trustees; R. L. REAM, Clerk; J. J. STARKS, Treasurer; A. BISHOP, Assessor; J. D. WELCH, Marshal. The town election was held April 7, the same year, when the following persons were elected: PHILO DUN- NING, X. JORDAN and J. R. LARKIN, Supervisors; JAMES DON- NELLON, Town Clerk; C. ZWICKY, Treasurer; M. JOYCE and R. L. REAM, Assessors; D. CLARK, Superintendent of Schools, and WILLIAM WELCH and A. OGDEN, Justices of the Peace.
On the 25th of May proposals were advertised to be received for the erection of the new hotel for the Madison Hotel Com- pany, to be completed by December 1, signed by L. J. FARWELL, L. B. VILAS and E. B. DEAN, Jr., Executive Committee. The building was to have sixty-six feet front on Main street, and eighty-six feet on Wisconsin avenue, five stories high, built of brick with stone fronts, to contain ninety-six rooms. The work was commenced and the walls of the foundation and the first story of the Capital House were laid this season. The hotel Company as originally composed, proved a failure; they were un- fortunate in letting their contract, and the work was suspend- ed, when Messrs. VILAS, FAIRCHILD, and FARWELL bought the property in the spring of 1853, and completed the Hotel the same season. The cost of the same was about $25,000.
The celebration of July 4, was carried on this year without any serious accident. The officers of the day were: Gov. L. J. FARWELL, President; E. BRIGHAM, A. BOTKIN, J. C. FAIRCHILD,
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N. B. EDDY, JOHN GRAY, Vice Presidents; BERIAH BROWN and B. F. HOPKINS, Secretaries; D. ATWOOD, Marshal, with W. N. SEYMOUR and N. W. DEAN, aids; JOHN H. LATHROP, LL. D., Chancellor of the University, as Orator; and Rev. CHAS. LORD, Chaplain.
WILLIAMS and NOLAND, who had leased the grounds of N. W. & E. B. DEAN, on Wisconsin Avenue, near the present res- idence of Prof. S. H. CARPENTER, had an impromtu celebration, at which LEOPOLD LATHROP delivered an address. Fireworks in the evening.
The year 1852, was marked by a number of important im- provements, owing to the near advent of the railroad to this place and the advantages to be gained thereby. It gave an in- centive to all branches of business enterprise, and lots were in demand and new buildings almost if not equal to the ability of mechanics to put up. Among the important improvements may be noticed the stone building erected by MARSHAL & ILSLEY on Pinckney street occupied by the State Bank. This was the first bank organized under the general banking law of the state, and issued the first bank bill put in circulation; the large stone block three stories high, built by JOHN CATLIN and SIMEON MILLS, the same being forty-four feet front on King street; the upper part being occupied as a theatre by Mr. LAN- GRISHE; G. C. ALBEE's brick store on Pinckney street; and about eighty private residences erected.
Gov. FARWELL commenced the work of reclaiming the low wet land northwest of the Capitol, ditched and planted Wash- ington avenue, and planted some six thousand forest trees, mostly cotton-wood and soft maple from the bottom lands of the Wisconsin river, along the streets. The low, moist nature of the ground is well adapted to these trees, and they have had a fine growth. The lands referred to, which were previous to this time, wet and marshy, have become so much improved and benefited that they are at this time quite valuable. Some sixty hands were employed in this improvement.
The Wisconsin Palladium, of July 27, 1852, gives a list of manufacturing establishments then in operation: by water -
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FARWELL & Co.'s large grist mill, one saw mill and turning lathe, machine for wool carding under charge of DAWSON & Co., a brewery by J. KEYES; and by steam -a saw mill by ILSLEY & Co .; planing mill by H. C. PARKER; oil mill, DEAN, RUGGLES & Co. ; machine shop and foundry, by BARNES & Co .; bedstead and chairs, CONGER, GREEN & Co .; printing press, BROWN, CARPENTER & Co .; NOLAND & Co., hominy manufac- turers. The following were some of the prominent merchants in the year 1852: TIBBITS & GORDON, WELLS & HOYT, DONALD- SON & TREDWAY, GRAY & STARKS, N. W. DEAN, JAS. R. MEARS, LEWIS & HOLDEN, THOS. REYNOLDS, WRIGHT & TENNEY, PLATT & CHAPMAN, WEED & EBERHARD, D. HOLT, J. T. MARSTON.
On the 15th of June, 1852, the two Democratic papers, The Argus and The Democrat, were merged in one, and BERIAH BROWN and STEPH. D. CARPENTER became joint editors and proprietors of the consolidated paper, which retained the name of both the old ones. The year following, Mr. CARPENTER retired and ELIAS A. CALKINS was associated with Mr. BROWN until 1855, when the latter sold his interest to JAMES K. PROUDFIT. CALKINS & PROUDFIT were partners in the publi- cation until May, 1857, when PROUDFIT was succeeded by GEO. WEBB, and was continued until the summer of 1859, with some other changes, when it was discontinued, and the printing ma- terials were purchased by the Patriot and State Journal offices.
The Wisconsin State Journal was established by DAVID AT- WOOD, in September, 1852, and the first number of the daily bears date September 30, and was a five column paper. The furniture was entirely new, and the fixtures purchased ex- pressly for the office. It was first issued as a Whig paper, but, on the reorganization of parties, became an advocate of the principles and measures of the Republican party. HORACE RUBLEE was connected as associate editor in 1853, and in 1854 was interested as a partner. GEORGE GARY came May 1, 1855, but retired in 1856. HARRISON REED was interested in its pub- lication, 1859, retiring in 1861, since which last date the paper has been successfully published by ATWOOD & RUBLEE, and AT- WOOD & CULVER, the latter gentleman purchasing the interest
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of Mr. RUBLEE on his receiving the appointment of Minister Resident at Switzerland.
The Wisconsin Patriot was issued on the 17th of June, 1854, by J. T. MARSTON and H. A. TENNEY, editors and proprietors. It was a Democratic paper and edited with force and ability. It was published, with numerous changes in its management, until November 14, 1864, when its publication was suspended. GEORGE HYER Was connected with Mr. CARPENTER for a while, and also Prof. S. H. CARPENTER, now of the State University.
The assessed valuation of the property of the village was, (1852), real estate, $162,785: personal, $39,780; total, $202,565. The amount of tax, $1,012.82. The number of votes polled at the spring election was 300.
The first public meeting of the Madison Young Men's Asso- ciation was held at the Court House on the 9th of February, 1853, with an address by J. N. JEWETT, and a discussion on the annexation of Cuba, in which H. J. NORTHROP, C. T. WAKE- LEY, A. D. GRAY, B. F. HOPKINS, J. H. LEWIS and J. N. JEW- ETT were disputants. On the 11th of February, the Statesman announces that arrangements are being made to have a course of free lectures during the year; Dr. A. P. LADD, H. S. ORTON, J. H. LATHROP, O. M. CONOVER, Rev. W. THOMPSON, S. H. CARPENTER, A. F. CARMAN, J. R. BALTZELL and others have proposed to assist in carrying out the plan. The first lecture was delivered February 15, 1853, by HARLOW S. ORTON, Esq., on "Human Equality."
The annual town meeting was held April 5, and the follow- ing persons were elected: J. T. MARSTON, W. D. BIRD and D. A. BARNARD, Supervisors; JAMES DONNELLON, Clerk; C. M. ROUSE, Assessor; J. W. HUNT, School Superintendent; and J. R. LARKIN and W. N. SEYMOUR, Justices of the Peace. The annual election for corporation officers resulted as follows: H. A. TENNEY, President; F. G. TIBBITS, L. CANNON, D. ATWOOD, B. F. O'BRYAN, C. ZWICKY and A. WILcox, Trustees; WM. WELCH, Clerk; J. J. STARKS, Treasurer; A. MANNING, Marshal.
On the 23d of March, 1853, the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company contracted with CHAMBERLAIN COOK to com-
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plete the road to Stoughton by September 1, 1853, and to Madi- son, January 1, 1854.
On the 6th day of February, a meeting of the members of the Baptist church was held at the Court House, to organize said church under the laws of the state, at which meeting Deacon DANIEL GORUM was chairman. Rev. M. D. MILLER, DANIEL GORUM, JOHN W. HUNT, ELISHA W. KEYES and WILLETT S. MAIN, were elected Trustees, and the meeting empowered the Trustees to purchase a lot for a church, and to raise means by subscription for the erection of a church building. At a sub- sequent meeting of the Trustees, held February 14, Rev. M. D. MILLER was appointed agent of the Society to purchase the lot, circulate subscriptions and to superintend the erection. On the 25th of August, the sum of $3,300 was subscribed, the lot pur- chased (lot 5 in block 74), and considerable progress made in the building. The work was vigorously prosecuted under the di- rection of Rev. M. D. MILLER, who had been elected pastor of the church, and the building was ready for occupancy in Septem- ber, 1854, and was dedicated on the 3d of that month, Rev. J. A. SMITH, of Chicago, and Rev. Dr. R. A. FYFE, of Milwaukee, as- sisting. At this time, the church membership was forty-one. The church building was constructed of brick, forty-eight by sev- enty-eight feet in size, with a basement, fitted up for a lecture room, having seventy pews of black walnut neatly finished. The church was at that time the best building of the kind in the village. Mr. MILLER continued as pastor until his resigna- tion in 1855, when he was succeeded by Rev. JAMES COOPER, who supplied the church for one year, and in December, 1856, was succeeded by Rev. WM. R. BROOKS, of Perry, N. Y., who occupied the pulpit until December, 1858. The church was supplied by various ministers until the summer of 1866, when Rev. W. H. BRISBANE, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was invited to be- come pastor, who accepted the same and served until the time of the troubles at the South, when he resigned, and was appointed chaplain to the First Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment- In 1863, Rev. J. E. JOHNSON accepted a call to preach, and oc- cupied the pulpit until 1865, when he retired, owing to ill
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health. He was succeeded by Rev. J. C. C. CLARKE, of Chi- cago, who preached until 1871, when. Rev. Mr. PAIGE, of the State of Maine, was engaged for about a year, since which time the church has had no settled minister.
From the report of the Dane Baptist Association, the follow- ing statistics are taken: in 1850, there were 34 members; in 1851, Rev. Mr. WHITMAN, pastor, 33 members; 1852, Rev. M. D. MILLER, 40 members; in 1853, 41 members; 1855, the same; 1856, 61 members; 1857, 68; 1858, Rev. Mr. BROOKS pas- tor, 50; 1859, 81; 1860, 81; 1861, 70; 1862, 69; 1863, Rev. Mr. JOHNSON, pastor, 108; 1864, 131; 1865, 135; 1867, Rev. J. C C. CLARKE, pastor, 113; in 1868, 114.
On the 2d of July, a meeting was called to organize a fire company, signed by H. A. TENNEY, President, H. J. NORTHROP, Secretary.
The "Madison Guards," a military company of 50 men, was formed August 25, 1853, of which J. D. BRADFORD was Cap- tain, J. D. WELCH and C. HABICH, Lieutenants.
The Madison Institute was incorporated by act of the Legis- lature, approved July 13, 1853. Its object was "for the pur- pose of establishing and sustaining at Madison a reading room and library, and providing for and instituting literary and sci- entific lectures, and other means of moral and intellectual im- provement."
The Madison Encampment, I. O. O. F., was instituted, March 3, 1853, with the following officers: DAVID H. WRIGHT, C. P .; C. B. CHAPMAN, H. P .; JAS. HALPIN, S. W .; E. ILSLEY, Scribe; H. NYE, Treasurer; E. S. OAKLEY, J. W .; L. CANNON, S .; A. P. LADD, G. E .; CHAPMAN, ILSLEY and HALPIN, Trustees.
The assessed valuation of the property of the village for the year 1853, was: real property, $210,680; personal, $43,610; total, $254,290. Tax, $1,271.45.
The number of votes polled at the corporation election in the spring, was 264.
The officers selected for the 4th of July celebration were L. B. VILAS, President; D. ATWOOD and W. N. SEYMOUR, Vice Presidents; H. S. ORTON, Reader; A. F. CARMAN, Orator.
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The improvements of the village for the year were large and valuable. Col. J. C. FAIRCHILD erected his large stone block on the corner of Morris and Pinckney streets. It is built of crean colored sandstone, sixty-six feet on Morris or Main street, and seventy feet on Pinckney street, designed for three stores on the first floor, the second story for offices, and the third, a large and commodious hall, 60 by 66 feet. The base- ment rooms are entered by a stone stairway on Pinckney street. W. D. BRUEN, Esq., of New Jersey. erected his elegant block on Pinckney street and Washington avenue. It is four stories high beside the basement, 80 feet on Pinckney street and 90 on the avenue, built of sandstone, well dressed, and tooth-chiseled style; the basement is reached by stone stairs, and divided into five rooms. The first floor, divided into five large stores, the walls 124 feet between the joists, fronts of double flint French glass, 36 by 46 inches, supported by 12 stone and iron pillars. The second floor is reached by a five foot entrance on Pinckney street, with a flight of stone stairs, and from the avenue by the two flights of iron stairs, and iron balcony, 40 feet long - divided into ten large and convenient offices. The third floor into three large rooms or offices; and the fourth story in one large concert room, with ante-chambers; with an observatory, and was considered the most beautiful and costly block in the State at the time. J. L. ROUNDY was the architect and builder: ANDRUS VIALL, master mason; A. S. WOOD, stone cutter. A new jail, nearly completed, fronts on Henry street, and nearly in the rear of the Court House. It is 36 feet by 56 feet, two stories high; the front part and basement used as the jailor's residence; the jail proper is divided into fourteen cells, eight below and six above, those in the second story being con- siderably larger than those in the first. It is built by the county of Dane. JONA. LARKIN, A. A. BIRD and J. R. LARKIN, contractors, receiving $6,900. The lot cost $400, with fencing, etc., making in all about $7,500. The Presbyterian church edifice was this year (1853) completed.
The foundation of the Catholic Cathedral was laid November 17th, and the corner stone laid with appropriate ceremony by
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Bishop HENNI, May, 28, 1854, on the grounds opposite the Court House on Main street. It is to be 120 feet in length by 60 in width, of fine cut stone. The edifice when completed will be a magnificent structure of great architectural beauty. The spire is designed to have a height of 150 feet.
During the year Washington avenue was opened on the west side of the Capitol park, and King, now State street was very much improved.
During the fall, the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company selected their depot grounds, and the depot build- ing put under contract; the building to be one hundred and fifteen long by fifty feet wide, walls eighteen feet high, piazza and platform ten feet wide on each side - to be built of stone, and to be completed by January 1, 1854. The contract was awarded to BIRD and LARKIN who faithfully performed the work. The freight depot, engine house and other buildings were soon after erected.
At the time the grounds were selected, which are now sprinkled over with warehouses, dwellings, etc., they were covered with a thick growth of coppice wood, and the whole tract between the freight depot and the lake was a dense thicket of poplar and crab and plum trees.
During the year, spiles were driven, and a beginning made at building the railroad bridge over the bay of Lake Monona. The bridge was finished in the spring of 1854 and the depot com- pleted.
The Methodist Episcopal Church was completed and dedi- cated on the 11th of September, 1853.
H. S. ORTON, Esq., delivered an address at the Court House, October 3, 1853, on the death of Lieut. Gov. TIMOTHY BURNS.
In the fall of the year, we find that the Court House was used on Sunday as a house of worship. On the 10th of Octo- ber, Rev. HENRY POWERS of the Protestant Episcopal Church, preached at 102 o'clock A. M .; Rev. M. D. MILLER, Baptist, at 2} P. M., and Rev. H. B. GARDINER, Presbyterian, at 4 P. M. No notice of its being occupied in the evening.
DANIEL GORUM built a steam saw mill on Lake Mendota
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near the University grounds, during the year. It was bought by I. E. BROWN in 1856, and changed to a foundry - pur- chased by P. H. TURNER in 1859, and by him sold to E. W. SKINNER. Mr. O. S. WILLEY, became a partner in 1864 and Hon. S. D. HASTINGS in 1865. This establishment did a large business in the manufacture of sugar mills; in the year 1865 upwards of 500 of these mills were sold.
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