History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc., Part 286

Author: Western historical co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1052

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elected by a majority of about three thousand. From 1865 to 1875 he was continued in the House of Representatives and retired, after a continuons service of ten years. only because he refused to be a candidate for re-election. His record as a member of Congress is part of the history of that time. He was one term Chairman of the Committee on Government Expenditures. In the Forty-third Congress he was Chairman of the Pacific Railroad Committee. Eight years he was on the Committee on Commerce. Six years he was the second member on that com- mittee, and during a large portion of that time the Acting Chair- man. Therefore, it became his duty several times to report and take charge of the bills making appropriations for rivers and har- bors, and a fair illustration of the confidence of his fellow mem- bers is found in the fact that such bills appropriating millions were sometimes passed under suspension of the rules when reported and vouched for by him. Mr. Sawyer is not fitted by nature, training or inclination for speech-making in Congress. But his acknowledged influence and sound judgment on matters of practical legislation have been of more influence in obtaining and retaining the confidence of the people of Wisconsin than would any number of speeches reported in the Congressional Record, and if the future may be judged by the past, he will be a useful and influential Senator. In any legislative body, a clear- headed man of affairs, who does not form conclusions from super- ficial examinations and brings strict integrity, as well as sound judgment to the work of legislation, is a valuable and a respected member. Such a member Mr. Sawyer has always been heretofore, and doubtless will be in his new position. He is President of the Sawyer-Goodman Co., of Chicago, a corporation owning a saw- mill at Marinette, Wis., and Inmber-yards in Chicago and various other places. He is Vice President of the Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha Railway Company, and has charge of the lands of that company ; Vice President of the First National Bank, of Osh- kosh, and is largely interested in the Inmber interests of Wiscon- sin, having been prominently identified with them since his settle- ment here. He was married at Schroon, Essex Co., N. Y., in Junc, 1841, to Melvina M. Hadley, a native of Vermont; they have three children-Edgar P., Emma M. (now the wife of Howard G. White, of Syracuse, N. Y.), and Erna M. (now W O. Goodman, of Chicago).

EDGAR P. SAWYER, of the firm of P. Sawyer & Son, lumbermen ; was born at Crown Point, Essex Co., N. Y., Dec. 4, 1842; came to Wisconsin with his parents, Philetus and Melvina M. (Hadley) Sawyer, in 1847; since he became of age he has been identified with his father's extensive business enterprises, having a third interest in all their operations; he is Vice Presi- dent of the Sawyer-Goodman Company, of Chicago, a lumber com- pany with a paid up capital of $500,000. Mr. Sawyer was mar- ried at Oshkosh, Oct. 18, 1864, to Mary E. Jewell, a native of the State of New York ; they have two children-Maria M., and Philetus H.

J. F. W. SCHMIDT, drugs ; commenced in 1874; was born in Prussia, Dec. 15, 1850 ; came to the United States with his parents in 1855 ; they settled in Dodge Co., Wis .; Mr. S. came to Oshkosh in 1868, and clerked in a drug store until he commenced for himself; married in Oshkosh, Feb. 24, 1874, to Miss Bertha Voight, of Oshkosh ; they have two children -- Clara and Hugo ; is a member of " Union " Lodge, No. 179, I. O. O. F., and of the "' Turnverein."

PETER SCHMIDT, firm of Schmidt Bros., 211 and 213 Main street, manufacturers of trunks, valises, traveling-bags, etc .; established in 1868, employ seventy-three men annually, and do about a 890,000 business annually ; they nsed 800,000 feet of lumber in 1880; he was born in Prussia, Jan. 16 1842; emi- grated to America in June, 1854, and located in Washington Co., Wis., and engaged in farming until 1861, when he enlisted in Co. D, 6th W. V. I., April 27th of that year, and after the battle of Antietam, he was transferred to Battery B, 4th Artillery ; served until June 27, 1865, and was mustered out at Madison, Wis .; he

also engaged in the battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Mine Run, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Atlanta, Macon and Savannah ; he kept hotel in Racine until 1866, then he, with his brother, Henry Schmidt, engaged in the above business at Racine, until October, 1868, and moved to Oshkosh as above noted ; he was married in Oshkosh in 1870, to Miss Catharine Gores ; she was born in Prussia.

JOSEPH SCHNEIDER, proprietor Phoenix House, Main street; he was born in Prussia, July 3, 1840; emigrated to America with his parents in 1852, and settled in Albany, N. Y., where they lived about fourteen months; then moved to Toledo, Ohio, in 1854; lived there about two years, then moved to Osh- kosh, Wis ; he worked at lumbering in winters, and summers worked in saw mills for ten years ; he began hotel keeping in 1874, and has since continued that business ; he was married in Osh- kosh, Wis., in October, 1865, to Miss Tracy Hess, who was born in Bavaria, Germany ; they have three children-Joseph, William and Dalia.

HUGO SCHROTTKY, engineer G. W. Pratt; was born in Prussia in 1841 ; learned engineering and millwrighting in Prus- sia, and came to the United States in 1860; located in New York City ; enlisted May 8, 1861, in Co. F, 20th N. Y. S. V. I. ; mus- tered out in 1863; came to Wisconsin in 1864, and located in Ripon; engaged in engineering ; in February, 1880, moved to Oshkosh, followed millwrighting for a time, and engaged in pres- ent position in 1881; married in Milwaukee in 1864, to Miss Louisa Lieber of Milwaukee; they have six children-Annie, El- len, Henry, Louisa, Bertha and Arthur; Mr. S. is a member of the G. A. R., of Ripon.

LOUIS SCHWALENK, paints and oils ; commenced busi- ness in 1875; carries stock of about $3,000; was born in Leip- sic, Prussia, Dec. 15, 1824 ; came to the United States in 1850, and located in Winnebago Co., and engaged in farming; came to Oshkosh in the fall of 1853, and commenced in 1854 the saloon and grocery business; was for a time brewing in the county, but lost his buildings by fire in 1864 ; was in the saloon and grocery business off and on about twenty-two years ; married in Germany, March 7, 1850, to Miss Rosina Meisener ; they have two children living-Alvina, no & Mrs. E. Beigler, and Emma.

GEORGE F. SCOTT, foreman ; was born in Washington Co., Maine, in 1842; followed the business of milling, filing, etc., up to 1862, when he enlisted in Co. F, 22d Regt. Me. Vol. ; was mustered ont in 1863, and then went into the 25th Maine as a member of brigade band ; came to Wisconsin in 1864 and located in Oshkosh ; has been foreman of mill since. Mr S. was married in Washington Co., Me., Nov. 16, 1858, to Miss Ida A. Knight, of Washington Co .; they have three children living-Mary, Frank F. and John C.

JESSE R. SCOTT, Inmber manufacturer ; was born at Cal- ais, Maine, April 30, 1830; resided for three years in St. Law- rence Co., N Y., prior to moving to Oshkosh in August, 1855. Mr. Scott has been engaged in his present business ever since he came here ; he was married at Calais, Me., in March, 1852, to Charlotte A. White, a native of St. John, Province of New Brunswick ; they have five children-Lorenzo D., Frank L., Her- bert C., John W. and Edwin C.

LYMAN C. SESSION, Gill's Block, Division street ; dealer in genuine Singer Sewing Machines ; located in May, 1870. He was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aug. 8, 1825; he lived at home until he was fourteen years of age, then learned the tailor's trade, in Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y., working four or five years ; returned home, and enlisted in the Regular Army, in Co. K. 1st U. S. I .; engaged in the Mexican war, in the battle of Palo Alto ; the next day a continuation of the same battle; Monterey, Tam- pico; and was in that division of the army that Gen. Seott took from Gen. Taylor. He was discharged for physical disability at Tampico ; he then worked his way back to N. Y. State, where he remained three or four years; then went to Neenah, Wis., and began his trade, worked three or four years ; then to Ripon for one

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year; then returned to Neenah, until 1870; then moved to Osh- kosh, where he has since been engaged. Ile has sold the same brand of sewing machines for seventeen years, and evidently under- stands his business. IIe has three men employed working for him. He was married in Neenah, Wis., Dec. 31, 1852, to Miss Margaret Jane Hedgins, who was born in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1836; they have five children-George N., May E., Lillie A., Willet A and Margaret Jennett.

GEORGE T. SHARP, filer, for B. & Co., was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1837; and from there moved to Wisconsin in 1856, locating in Oshkosh ; commenced sawing in mill, which he followed some four years, then commeneed filing, which he has followed since in the employ of different firms. He was away five winters in saw-mill near Fort Howard. He enlisted in Oshkosh, in 1864, as mechanic. and was engaged four months bridge-build- ing, etc. Mr. S. was married in Oshkosh, in 1861, to Miss Olive Skinner, of Onondaga Co., N. Y.

WILLIAM SHELL, yard foreman for Buckstaff Bros., was born in Fond du Lac, Wis., April 1, 1849; was engaged in that city as foreman of lumber yards for a number of years ; came to Oshkosh in 1880, and engaged with present firm. He was mar- ried in Fond du Lac, March 26, 1872, to Miss Ida Weymer ; they have one child. Mr. S. is a member of the Temple of Honor.

AUSTIN SLATTERY, foreman of Paige's Foundry, mold- ers, was born in Montello, Sept. 15, 1850 ; his parents, Patrick and Mary ( Vaughn) Slattery, moved to Oshkosh in 1868, and in this city the subject of this sketch learned his trade, which he has followed some four or five years.

CASPER SMITH, of the firm of Gustavus & Co., flour mills, was born in Obailand, Prussia, in 1843; came to the United States in 1857 ; located in Winnebago Co., Wis .; enlisted Novem- ber, 1861, in Co. F, 19th W. S. V., and served until mustered out in 1865; was wounded in front of Petersburg, and on his re- covery, was attached to the ambulance train, in which he served about eleven months. He returned to Wisconsin at the close of the war, and farmed in summer, and lumbered in winter time ; moved into Oshkosh in 1876, and formed present firm. He was married in Oshkosh, in 1867, to Miss Mary A. Root; they have three children-Frank, Ralph and Clara. Mr. Smith is a member of the following societies-A .. F. & A. M., A. O. U. W., American Legion of Honor and G. A. R.

GEORGE W. SNELL, of the firm of A. & G. Snell, dealers in general line groceries, farmers' produce, etc., 82 Algoma street, established February, 1872. Mr. S. was born in Anson, Somerset Co., Me., Jan. 11, 1829; he began business for himself at the age of eighteen years ; he followed the manufacture of cotton cloth two years in Cabotville ; twenty years in Lowell, Mass., and two years in Hookset, N. H .; then went to Fond du Lac, Wis., in October, 1870, where he worked at the trade of machinist and other work three years ; then went to Oshkosh, Wis., and engaged in the latter business. He enlisted in Lowell, Mass., in 1861, in Co. A, 6th Mass. I. V., and served three months ; he then enlisted in the same company and regiment in Aug. 31, 1862, and was in the battles of West Branch Church, Oct. 3; Franklio, Oct. 24 ; Lawrence Plantation, Nov. 18, Joiner's Ford, Jan. 3; Deserted House Church, April 11. and battle of Suffolk. lasting eleven days. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and was mustered ont in Lowell, Mass. Ilis was the famous Massachusetts 6th Regiment, assaulted in Baltimore. Mr. Snell had two brothers killed in the war-Walter and Cyrus; Walter was killed when carrying dispatches, and Cyrus was killed in the battle of the Wilderness.

PETER HI. SOPER, sawyer, McM. & Co., was born in Delaware, Delaware Co., Ohio, Oct. 30, 1830. Ilis parents moved to Sangamon Co., Ill., in 1839, and from there to Wisconsin in 1843, locating in Walworth County, where they engaged in farm- ing. The subject of this sketch enlisted March 21, 1847, in 4th

Regular Infantry and served until March 21, 1852, when he was mustered out in California; returned to the States and engaged in milling a short time and also in mining up to 1859, when he located in Winnebago County ; engaged in milling. May 10, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, 5th W. V. I., as Orderly Sergeant ; mustered out May 17, 1865; took part in all the marches and engagements of his regiment during this time; was wounded three times; returned to Winnebago County and moved into Oshkosh in 1873. He was married in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1863, to Miss Eliza S. Robertson, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have five children-Carrie A., Eugenia E., Amy C., Fred E., George.

WILLIAM SPIKES & CO., furniture, undertaking, etc .; firm composed of William Spikes and Joseph Stringham, and was organized May, 1875; employ four men; carry stock worth about $12,000, and do a business of about $30,000 yearly.

WILLIAM SPIKES, of above firm, was born in London- derry, Ireland, March, 1832; came to United States in 1849; located in Boston and learned trade of cabinet making; remained there about two years and then removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he followed his trade; in 1853 he came to Wisconsin, located in Oshkosh and worked at his trade up to January, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. B, 3d Cavalry; was mustered out in Feb- ruary, 1865; returned to Oshkosh, and for a time resumed his trade; in 1865 bought an interest with Soper, and two years later sold out to his partner and took charge of the business, continuing in this position up to 1875. He was married in Boston in 1849 to Miss Matilda Taggert. They have one daughter-Eliza Jane. Mr. Spike is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Lodge, Chapter and Council, and G. A. R. Mr. S. was City Alderman for one year.

WILLARD SPRAGUE, engineer Diamond Match Co., born in Greene Co., N. Y., Sept. 30, 1848; in 1868 he removed to Wisconsin and located in Fond du Lac County, where he remained engaged in farming until he came to Oshkosh in 1870; engaged in firing when he first came to the city; made an engagement with J. L. Clark & Son in 1870, and remained with them until they sold out, when he took a position with their snecessors. He was married in Oshkosh July 24. 1870, to Miss Sarah Johnston, of Oshkosh. They have two children-George Elmer, Stella May.

GEORGE B. STREETER, lumberman and logger , began lumbering in 1863; employs usually twenty-five men during the season ; gets out on an average 2,000,000 feet yearly, and sells his product usually to the manufacturers in Oshkosh and Fond du Lac. He was born at Whitefield, N. H., Jan. 28, 1830; he was about twenty-one years of age when he began business for him- self. His father, Ezekiel Streeter, was a lumberman in the New England States, where George B. first followed the business until 1855; then went to Oshkosh where he worked for others by the month about eight years, after which he began business for him- self and has since continued. He was married in Oshkosh, June 19, 1861, to Miss Adaline C. Reynolds, who was born in Green- field, N. H. They have four children-Edward E., Merton R., Stella C. and Ben.

GABRIEL STREICH, firm of A. Streich & Bros. (estab- lished in 1855 by John F. Streich ); they employ thirteen men ; they build about 200 wagons and two-seated buggies, sleighs and four-wheel saw-mill dump carts yearly; also heavy mill and brew- ery wagons; they are also extensive manufacturers of Babbit metals for filling boxes in machinery. Mr. G. Streich was born in West Prussia, city of Charnekan, Sept. 17, 1846; emigrated to America in 1854 ; he first worked eleven years in a machine- shop ; then began with his brother and formed the co-partnership as above noted. He was married in Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 24, 1870, to Miss Augusta Kreppane, who was born in Saxony, Ger- many ; she died Feb. 9, 1878. They had five children-Clara A. N., Alma (deceased), Walter (deceased), E. Hatwig, August F. (deceased ); he was married to Miss Louisa Wirehaust ; she was born in Wisconsin June 24, in 1879,near Oshkosh.

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GEORGE F. STROUD. One of the most public-spirited and enterprising business men of the city is George F. Stroud. He was born Dec. 10, 1836, in Willsboro, Essex Co., N. Y. His father, William D. Stroud, is a native of New Hampshire, and his mother, whose maiden name was Laura A. Lee, was born in Ver- mont. Two of Mr. Stroud's ancestors on his mother's side were signers of the Declaration of Independence. In 1851, Mr. Stroud's family emigrated to Wisconsin and located at Oshkosh the 15th day of April in that year. For some time, George F. Stroud attended a select school, and afterward assisted his father in the management of his farm, and also in getting out building stone from the stone quarry now known as the Lutz quarry, which was managed at that time by William D. Stroud. He next engaged as a traveling salesman for a Rochester nursery uotil the fall of 1867. In that year he engaged in the paint and oil trade, and, in the spring of 1868. opened the first store in the State devoted exclusively to this specialty. The business proved a success from the start. Commencing in a small way, with limited capital, it gradually increased, until it now requires two large stores and two warehouses, and Stroud's traveling salesmen visit every town and village in Northern Wisconsin. Mr. Stroud was married Dec. 29, 1859, to Miss Angeline F. Reed, sister of Maj. L. B. Reed, and has three children. Mr. Stroud is always ready to encourage and promote any enterprise which promises to benefit the city, and is ever foremost in all public works. He is an active member of the Business Men's Association, and, in connection with Mayor Beck- with and Ossian Cook, worked up the subscription which secured to the city the carriage works of Parsons & Goodfellow, which now employ upward of 150 men. During the political campaign of 1880, Mr. Stroud was President of the Garfield and Arthur Club, and per- formed his arduous duties in the same energetic and whole-souled manner which characterizes all his business transactions. Mr. Stroud is emphatically a self-made man, and one who deserves great credit for the success which has marked his efforts.

W. D. STROUD, agricultural implements ; commenced his present business in 1878; has the agency of the Warrior Mowers, Buford, Deere & Co., Moline Company, and Furst & Bradley's walking and sulky plows, Manny mower and reaper, and Appleton seeder and cultivator. Was born in' Essex Co., N. Y., July 10, 1808. His parents were originally of Connecticut. Mr. S. was engaged in the iron business with the Peru Iron Company until he moved to the West; came to Wisconsin in 1852 and settled in Oshkosh. Engaged in farming and also operated a stone quarry ; worked the latter for fourteen years ; sold his farm in 1868, and went into patent rights, a business he followed until 1878. Mr. S. was married at Wilmington, Clinton Co., N. Y., Jan. 22, 1832, to Laura Ann Lee, a native of New York. They have had nine children-William, Laura (now Mrs. E. S. Thompson), George F., Horace, Amanda (now Mrs. R. J. Harney ), Albert, James, Irene ( married Rev. J. Blyman ) and Charles. Mr. Stroud is a member of the Methodist Church.

SAMUEL SUTTON, foreman of Paige's foundry, was born in Liverpool, England, March 7, 1835 ; came to the United States in 1850; located in Baltimore, where he learned his trade and re- mained until 1861, when he moved to Wisconsin, locating in Oshkosh, and worked at his trade. Mr. S. had charge of shops at Grand Rapids some fifteen months. He was married in Balti- inore to Miss Mary Llewellyn, of Baltimore, a native of Wales. They have eight children living-Mary A., Louisa, Lizzie, George, Thomas, Samu-1, William and Margaret. Mr. S. is a member of the A. O. U. W., Legion of Honor and Royal Templars.

A. M. THIOMES, engaged in land hunting, locating and ex- amining pine lands ; settled in Oshkosh, Wis., in 1854; was born in Harrison, Cumberland Co., Me., Jan. 16, 1821. Ile was reared on a farm, where he lived until he was twenty-five years of age ; clerked in a store some time, then went to Boston, Mass., clerked two years, then went to Oshkosh, Wis., in 1854. He there en- gaged in land-looking and lumbering the second year of his resi- dence there, and continued the same until April, 1861; then culisted in Co. E, 2d W. V. I., was engaged in the two battles of

Bull Run, Gainesville, Antietam, South Mountain, and many skirmishes, and was mustered out at Washington, D. C., in Jan- uary, 1863. He returned home and the following winter was drafted ; paid $300 for a substitute. He engaged in lumbering until 1866, then went to Kansas City, Mo., and hecame one of the firm of F. O. & A. M. Thomes, dealers in woolen goods, where he continued about one year, sold out and returned to Oshkosh, and since has been in business as above noted.

DR. JOHN R. THOMSON, First Assistant Superintendent of the Northern Hospital for the Insane, was born in Northum- berland, England, July 20, 1845. His parents came to United States in 1847 and located in New York City. The subject of this sketch received a common-school education in New York, and, in 1857, he went to Scotland, where he remained until 1861, pur- sning his classical studies. On his return to the United States, he engaged in the drug business in New York City. In 1869, he entered Columbia College and graduated in 1872; was then sur- geon on an Atlantic steamer for a short time; after practicing medicine in New York about one year, and in Colorado some three years, he then took a position in the Northern Hospital for the Insane. He was married in Appleton, Wis., May, 1880, to Miss Annie Galpin ; they have one child-Georgiana. Dr. Thomson is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Lodge and Chapter.

E. W. TILTON, agent for branch Crookes & Co's saws, emery wheels, and diamond tools ; saw-repairing a specialty, also patentee of Tilton's slotted circular saws. Mr. Tilton was born in Charleston, Penobscot Co., MIc., June 1, 1828, where he lived until 1856. He learned his trade in Bangor, Me., and followed the same in Calais, Me., eight years previous to emigrating to Oshkosh in 1856, where he has since made the above his princi- pal busines. Mr. Tilton is one of the pioneers of Oshkosh and vicinity, and was the first saw-maker who located in this part of Wisconsin. He was married in Calais, Me., Jan. 11, 1853, to Miss Nancy M. Ellsworth ; she was born in Calais, Me., in 1834. They have four children-Helen M., Mark H., Edward W., Jr., and Benjamin E., all at home.

A. A. TOBEY, yard foreman for Conlee Bros., was born in Somerset Co., Me., July 6, 1845; came to Wisconsin in 1875; located in Winnebago County and engaged in farming, which he followed three years, and then moved to Oshkosh. He was mar- ried in Somerset Co., Me., Oct. 16, 1872, to Miss Olive Snell, of Somerset County. They have two children-William and Henry.

JOHN and ROBERT TURNER, lumbermen. The broth- ers came here from Vermont in 1855, and engaged in the lumber- ing industry, which they have successfully prosecuted since.

G. E. TYRRELL, of the firm Crozier & Tyrrell, lawyers, was born in Fulton Co., N. Y., in February, 1858; came to Oshkosh with parents in 1870; received his schooling at graded and high schools in the city. Was admitted to practice at the bar in 1879.

J. H. VAN DOREN, dealer in general line of groceries, crockery, sceds, notions, cigars, etc., 17 Main street. He was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Jan. 17, 1847. He settled in Nekimi, five miles from Oshkosh, and lived with his parents until he came to this city in 1855; located in his present place of business in 1878, and began on a capital of $2,000, in company with another party, under firm name of IIolmes & Van Doren, which they con- tinued until Feb. 23, 1881, since which time he has had the whole business. He was married in Nekimi, Wis., March, 1869, to Miss Anna M. Cook, who was born in same town. Have four children-Guy A., Flora M., Ray N. and Dee W.

A. VON KAAS, drugs, successor to R. Guenther, carry stock of about 84,000 to 85,000, strictly drugs, no paints and oils ; sales about 812,000 yearly. Was born in Sheboygan Co., Wis., Jau. 18, 1854, his parents having located there two years previously ; educated in Sheboygan in Graded and lligh School ; came to Oshkosh in 1871, and went into Guenther's store. Mr. Von Kaas is a member of "Centennial " Lodge, No. 205, A., F. & A. M., " Casino" Musical Society, Turners, and Oshkosh Yacht Club.

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B. E. VAN KEUREN, of Pike & Van Keuren, lawyers, was born in Utiea, Winnebago Co., Wis., in 1851 ; entered Ripon Col- lege in 1871 and remained until 1875, when he entered Appleton College ; read law with Moses Hopper and was admitted to the bar in April, 1878, and to practice in the Supreme Court January term. 1881. He was married in Oshkosh September, 1879, to Miss Hattie Thomas, of Oshkosh. They have one child-Emmett B., born Nov. 18, 1880. Mr. Van K. is a member of the First Congregational Church and of Association of " Royal T. of T."

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Author: Western historical co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 1052

Author: Western historical co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1052