Chapter XI: Appendix

REPORT OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WOODSIDE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

(This and the school census are given because they furnish many names of early residents.)

Organized Sunday, June 16, 1867.

Completed a year (52 Sundays), June 14, 1868.

No Sunday omitted during the year.

Names enrolled during year 121
Total attendance during year 3,024
Average attendance during year 58
Contributions (begun July 7, 1867) $107.28

Smallest attendance, 44; largest 71.

Organization consists of 11 classes, 3 librarians, 1 organist, 1 superintendent. Number of books in library, 250; amount expended on account of library and papers, $150.

Class No. 1 has had one teacher, Mrs. Sarah L. Tompkins. The names enrolled are Ida Cox, Nelly Galt, Mary White, Frances Honess, Christina Coeyman, Anna Chappell, Alice Chappell, Hannah Filand, Emma Forbes.

Class No. 2.—One teacher, Mrs. Jenny Stimis. Enrollment: Ada Joralemon, Eva Rogers, Fanny Bennett, Jessie Dalrymple, Ellen Mackey, Emma Royce, Jenny Fisher.

Class No. 3.—One teacher, Thomas Kinsey. Enrollment: David Bennett, Willie Pratt, Walter Clark, Theo. Palmer, Henry Mackey, Livingston Forbes, William Fisher.

Class No. 4.—One teacher, Miss Annie Kinsey. Enrollment: Fanny Winser, Bella Gore, Kate Dalrymple, May McDonald, Anne Crane, Mary Bennett, Mary Phillips.

Class No. 5.—One teacher, John C. Bennett. Enrollment: Willie Faitoute, Alvah Stimis, Willie Earl, Willie Clark, Harry Winser, George Boyden, Elven Forbes, John Beach, Fred Moore, Frank Moore, Walter Harlan.

Class No. 6.—Three teachers, Mrs. Bell Z. Booeram, Prof. A. Bigelow, Miss J. A. Avery. Enrollment: Henry Pettit, Avery Hine, George Gore, Charles Van Nostrand, Will Cumming, Wm. Smith, Charles F. Eddowes.

Class No. 7.—Two teachers, Harris McFarlin, Mrs. Harris McFarlin. Enrollment: Allen Earle, Garry Mackey, Charles Briggs, William Epworth, Alex Van Riper.

Class No. 8.—One teacher, Mrs. Anne Callen. Enrollment: Abby Tompkins, Jenny Stimis, Matty Palmer, Cora Clark, Gabrielle Scharff, Letitia White, Lottie Coeyman.

Class No. 9.—One teacher, Miss Hannah Teel. Enrollment: Emma Tompkins, Jenny Morrison, Nelly Baldwin, Anna Swinnerton, Laura Palmer, Belle White, Carrie Morrison, Emma Keen, Gilbert Hine, Neddy Hine, Joseph Swinnerton, Willie Roberts, Clarence Swinnerton, Charley Mackey, Fred’k Sommers, Henry Sommers, Johnny Gore, Johnny Morrison, Lottie Francisco, Jenny White, Harry Callen, Jimmy Carroll, Monroe Coeyman, Miles Coeyman, Alie McFarlin, Lulu Farmer, Violet Scharff, Johnny Evans, Arthur Stimis, Lavina Van Riper, Stella Joralemon, Freddy Beach, Freddy Faitoute, Caroline Coeyman, De Witt Joralemon.

The above nine classes were the original organization.

Class No. 10.—One teacher, George Blackwood. Enrollment: George Blackwood, John Blackwood, Arte Bigelow.

Class No. 11.—One teacher, Mrs. Mary H. Hine. Enrollment: Carrie Day, Emma Sandford, Mary Sandford, Susie Mackey, Mary Carter, Lizzie Carter.

Showing the present regular membership to be:—

Scholars, 68; teachers, 11; librarians, 3; organist, 1; superintendent, 1.

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF WOODSIDE, ESSEX COUNTY, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 6TH, 1870.

Dr.

To amount of Tax Duplicate $15,501 22

“ State School Fund due District Woodside 114 04

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$15,615 26

Cr.

Paid P. S. Pierson, County Collector $5,720 00

Woodside school District, Teacher’s Salary 150 00

Montgomery “ ” “ 150 00

Chas. D. Morrison, } $4 00

Chas. Akers, } Judges of Elections 4 00

Alfred Keene, } 4 00

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12 00

Elias Osborn, Assessor’s Fees 77 82

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Militia.

Chas. Akers, Collector’s Fees 172 48

Gilbert W. Cumming, Attorney Fees 50 00

E. W. Cobb, Justice’s Fees 4 28

Town Committee 244 00

Commissioners of Appeals 18 00

Clerk's Fees 104 00

Chas. Akers, Overseer of the Poor 62 39

Alfred Keene, Expenses in Procuring a Copy of 7 50
Supplement

Dodd Bros., Township Seal 6 00

Newark Daily Journal, Notices of Meetings 4 10

” “ Advertiser, ” “ 1 00

A. P. Young, Copying and Engrossing Bill for 5 00
Presentation to the Legislature

Chas. D. Morrison, Ballot Box 14 00

Fogg & Sanborn, Township Books, Tin Box for Clerk 12 50

Interest on Town Notes, Discounted 151 44

Road District, No. 1, Sum Appropriated and 800 00
Expended

” “ No. 2, ” “ ” 800 00

“ ” No. 3, “ ” “ $800 00

Loaned to District No. 4 200 00

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Expended in District No. 3 656 09

Road District, No. 4, Sum Appropriated $800 00

Borrowed from and Due District No. 3 200 00

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Expended in District No. 4 1,000 00

Road District No. 5, Sum Appropriated and Expended 800 00

Amount of Uncollected Taxes to Date 3,588 21

Taxes Remitted by the Commissioners 348 40

Balance of Cash on hand 656 05

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$15,615 26

_JAMES SWINNERTON, Jr._,
Town Clerk.

GILBERT W. CUMMING, }
CHAS. C. HINE, }
JOHN McMULLEN, } Town Committee.
THEODORE G. PALMER, }
EUGENE B. SMITH, }

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DISTRICT CLERK OF TOWNSHIP OF WOODSIDE

August 31, 1869

Children Between 5 and 18 Years of Age Residing in the District

_Parents or Guardians._ _No._ _Children._

Barney Agnew 1 Daniel Agnew
“ ” 2 Joseph “
” “ 3 James ”
“ ” 4 Agnes “
” “ 5 Andrew ”
G. A. Boyden 6 George O. Boyden
John C. Bennett 7 Fanny Bennett
“ ” “ 8 David ”
“ ” “ 9 Mary ”
Geo. H. Bartholomew 10 Emily T. Bartholomew
“ ” “ 11 Lewis ”
Baxter T. Blackwood 12 George Blackwood
“ ” “ 13 John ”
Edwin Benson 14 Edwin Benson
Artemus Bigelow 15 Arte Bigelow
Francis Clough 16 Frank Bennett
Franklin Baldwin 17 Nellie Baldwin
William A. Bradford 18 Esther C. Bradford
“ ” “ 19 Millie ”
Timothy Barrett 20 Catherine Barrett
“ ” 21 Michael “
Albert Beach 22 William Beach
” “ 23 John ”
“ ” 24 Maria “
Albert Beach 25 Fred Beach
” “ 26 Josephine ”
Mrs. Mary Hopkins 27 Hattie L. Barnes
Thomas H. Coeyman 28 Harriet Coeyman
“ ” “ 29 Monroe ”
“ ” “ 30 Miles ”
George B. Callen 31 Harry Callen
Franklin Pratt 32 Annie Chappall
“ ” 33 Alice “
William A. Clark 34 William T. Clark
” “ ” 35 Walter A. “
Gilbert W. Cumming 36 William Cumming
Horace Carter 37 Lizzie Carter
Henry Coeyman 38 Lottie Coeyman
” “ 39 Mary ”
“ ” 40 Caroline “
J. S. L. Cummings 41 Bessie Cummings
Edward Carragan 42 Edward Carragan
N. J. Crane 43 Frank S. Crane
” “ ” 44 Jennie M. “
” “ ” 45 Sarah “
Joseph Dreyfous 46 Walter Dreyfous
” “ 47 Adele ”
“ ” 48 Gertrude “
” “ 49 Herbert ”
Reuben W. Earl 50 Willie Earl
“ ” “ 51 Charlie ”
Anthony Epworth 52 William Epworth
E. G. Faitoute 53 Willie Faitoute
“ ” “ 54 Freddie ”
G. W. Gore 55 Belle Gore
“ ” “ 56 Johnnie Gore
Wilbur Garrabrant 57 Frank Garrabrant
” “ 58 George ”
Oliver Gordon 59 Bertie Gordon
William Hunter 60 Lizzie Hunter
“ ” 61 Annie “
William J. Harlan 62 Melville Harlan
” “ ” 63 Walter “
Daniel Halsey 64 George Halsey
C. C. Hine 65 Avery Hine
” “ ” 66 Gilbert “
” “ ” 67 Edward “
Ralph Hyde 68 Florence Hyde
” “ 69 Alice ”
“ ” 70 Ralph “
Robert Honess 71 Charles W. Honess
S. U. Bard 72 A. Judson
William Kennedy 73 Mary E. Kennedy
” “ 74 Sarah ”
“ ” 75 Elizabeth “
George W. Keene 76 Emma Keene
James S. Mackie 77 Clara Mackie
” “ ” 78 Chas. P. Mackie
“ ” “ 79 Stewart J. Mackie
” “ ” 80 Robert O. “
” “ ” 81 Alla C. “
Mrs. Mary F. Mann 82 Ella Mann
Charles D. Morrison 83 Jennie Morrison
” “ ” 84 Carrie “
” “ ” 85 Johnnie “
Ashley Melius 86 Theodore Melius
Bethuel Munn 87 Jennie Munn
” “ 88 Louisa ”
John McDonald 89 Mary S. McDonald
“ ” 90 John P. “
John H. Mackey 91 Charlie Mackey
” “ ” 92 Henry “
” “ ” 93 Garry “
” “ ” 94 Ella “
Mrs. Sarah Moore 95 Frank Moore
Mrs. Sarah Moore 96 Fred Moore
” “ ” 97 Charlie “
George Megrath 98 Robert S. Megrath
” “ 99 Clara ”
Patrick McCabe 100 Fannie McCabe
“ ” 101 Nellie “
Michael McGrann 102 Annie McGrann
Cornelius McIntire 103 Sarah McIntire
” “ 104 Caroline ”
“ ” 105 Margaret “
” “ 106 Louisa ”
Mrs. Holt 107 Charles Maxwell
“ ” 108 Sarah “
J. C. Neagles 109 Emma Neagles
Lewis A. Osborn 110 William Osborn
” “ ” 111 Maria “
” “ ” 112 Emily “
Francis O’Conner 113 Mary O’Conner
William F. Pettit 114 Henry Pettit
Theodore G. Palmer 115 Mattie Palmer
” “ ” 116 Theodore Palmer
“ ” “ 117 Laura ”
John M. Phillips 118 Willie Phillips
“ ” “ 119 Albert ”
Franklin Pratt 120 Will Pratt
“ ” 121 Frank “
Charles Peine 122 Charles Peine
Albert D. Richardson 123 Leander Richardson
” “ ” 124 Maude “
” “ ” 125 Allie “
H. S. McGrain 126 Philomena Ryan
John Redding 127 Richard Redding
F. A. Sherman 128 Ella T. Sherman
James Swinnerton 129 Annie Swinnerton
” “ 130 Joe ”
Gilbert Stimis 131 Jennie Stimis
Gilbert Stimis 132 Alvah Stimis
Mrs. Sarah Smith 133 Lemuel Smith
Mrs. Snowden 134 Susan Simpson
W. V. Snyder 135 Watson B. Snyder
Henry Stimis 136 Clara Stimis
“ ” 137 Henry “
John Searle 138 Joseph Searle
” “ 139 Jane ”
Robert Smith 140 Robert E. Smith
“ ” 141 Charles L. “
Edward Spooner 142 Thos. H. Spooner
T. J. Tobias 143 Fannie Tobias
” “ ” 144 Nellie “
” “ ” 145 Charles “
” “ ” 146 Emily “
Daniel Tompkins 147 Abigal Tompkins
” “ 148 Emma ”
E. J. Vreeland 149 Kate Vreeland
“ ” “ 150 Helena ”
“ ” “ 151 Cyrus ”
Adrian Van Riper 152 Lavinia Van Riper
“ ” 153 Alexander “
Peter White 154 Richard White
” “ 155 Beckie ”
William A. Wauters 156 Lucinda Wauters
Charles H. Tyler 157 Elmira Tyler

CONTENTS.

A

Abbott, Horace, 119

Adams, Mary Ann, 91

Alexander, James G., 49

Ananias, Mr., 142-146

Anecdotes, 71, 87, 178, 179, 194

Appendix, 295-304

Avery, Miss Jane A., 212

B

Back Road, 66

Baker, Matthias, 96, 99

Ballantine Property on Old Bloomfield Road, 96

Banks, Matthew, 37

Bartholf, John G., 97

Beach, Albert, 98, 230

Bellars, 248-250

Bennett, Jesse C., 67, 78, 88

Bennett, Capt. Thomas, 90, 141

Bennett, William, 109, 114

Benson, Col. Henry, 92

Benson’s Mill, 91

Bird, George and Jonathan, 90, 140

“Bird” House, 140, 141

Bird’s Woods, 108

Black Tom, 32

Blewett, Lieut.-Col. W. E., 243-246

Bloomfield Road, Old, 93

Blue Jay Woods, 104

Boating on the Passaic, 251

Body Snatching, 11

Boot Leg Lane, 64, 65

British on Woodside Soil, 84

British Troops on River Road, 34, 36

Buck, Col. Samuel L., 239

Buried Treasure, 35

Button Factory, 62

C

Calico Print Works, 89

Calico Print Works Property, 141, 142

Cannon Balls from the Passaic, 59

Canoeing on the Passaic, 253

Carter, Horace, 25, 38

Cedars, The, 15

Christ Church Building, First, 190

Christ Church, Chronology of the New Building, 193

Christ Church, Form of Covenant of, 187

Christ Church, Formation of, 182-190

Christ Church Organized in House of C. C. Hine 182, 184

Church Choir, The, 195

Church, First, of Woodside, 173

Church Services in the House of C. C. Hine, 161, 162, 171-175

Coeyman Burial Ground, Stones in, 59-62, 63

Coeyman Genealogy, 51

Coeyman, Hendrick, 59

Coeyman, Minard, 50, 75

Coeyman Possessions, Extent of, 52

Coeyman Reminiscence, 53

Coeymans of the Back Road, 67, 94

Cooper, Peter, 114

Crane Family, Notes on the, 126

Crane, Jasper, 100, 126, 127

Cumming, Gen. Gilbert W., 230

D

Dead Man’s Bend, 31

De Grow, Moll, 10

Devil, The, in the Gully Road, 12

Discomforts of a New Region, 158, 159

Division Road, 64, 65

Dolce, Sanchez y, 23

Dow, Lorenzo, 94

Drift Road, 67, 72

Dryden, John F., 241

Duncan, John, William and Sebastian, 26, 29

Duxbury, Margaret, 58

E

Eagle Printing Company, 90

Early Conveyances, 158

Edgecombe House, 65

Election Ticket, First, 197

Elliott Street School, 88

Ellsworth, Col. Elmer E., 214-222

Elwood Place, 68

Ericsson, John, 118

Erie Railroad, 168

Erie Railroad Brought to Terms, 248

Erskin Map No. 79, 59

F

Fairs, Cake Sales and Lectures, 164-168

Fairy Lamps, 89

Farrand Family History, 104

Farrand Genealogy, 105

Farrand, Moses, Home, 104

Ferrant-Farrand, 106

First Reformed Church, 189

First Reformed Church Building, 190, 193

Fishing at Green Island, 23

Flavel, 69

Floating Palace, 30

Forest Hill Before Morristown, 104

Forrester, Frank, 15-22, 24

Fort on Mt. Prospect, 102

G

Ghost of a British Spy, 15

Ghost of Flesh and Blood, 91

Gibbs, Alfred H., 37

Godon, John, 100

Gray & Wright, 90

Green Island, 23

Griffin, Dr. Edward D., 105

Grist Mill on Old Bloomfield Road, 94

Gully Road, 7-22

Gully Road Ghost, 7

Gully Road, Legend Accounting for Origin of, 7

Gypsies on Murphy’s Lane, 113

H

Handcock, Edward, 100

Hare and Tortoise, 19

Haugevort, Gerard, 70

Hedden, Joseph, Jr., Son of, 35, 97

Herbert, Henry William, 15-22, 24

Hessians Bury Loot, 46

Hewes & Phillips Iron Works, 233

Hewitt, Abram S., 114

Highwaymen on the Back Road, 86

Hine, C. C., Anecdotes of, 171, 136, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209

Hine, C. C.—Personal, 259-291

Hine, Charles Cole, Early History of, 132-135

Hine, Mary Hazard Avery, 209

Hine, Mr., First Visits Woodside, 137

Hine, Mr., Impressions of, 256

Hine’s, Mr., Character, Notes on, 202-209

Holt, Ed., 30

Holt, Ed., Floating Palace of, 252

Holt, Mrs., 30

Horse Cars, First, 159

Houses Erected in 1866-7, 139

Houses of Early Settlers, 140

Houses on Lincoln Avenue, 139

Houses on the River Road, 139

Houses on Washington Avenue, 138

I

I’Anson, Miles, 70, 71

I’Anson Property, Previous Owners of, 72-74

Ianthe Canoe Club, 253

Incidents of Early Days of the Church, 194

Indian Name of Woodside, 110

Indian Relics in Gully Road, 9

Indian Relics on River Road, 62

Indian Trails, 7, 93

Indians, Fort for Protection from, 102

Indians on the Old Bloomfield Road, 103

Irving, Washington, in Woodside, 158

J

Jackson, George, 29

Janes, Dr. J. E., 248

Johns, Joseph, 109, 110, 111

K

Keen, Alfred, 104, 109

Keen Family History, 98

Keen Farm House, 98

Kidd, Captain, Legend of, 149

Keen Lane, 85, 99

King, J. F., 67

King, Jasper, 27, 33

King, Phœbe, 27, 33

King, “Poddy”, 27, 33

Kinsey, Thomas W., 246, 247

L

Lanes, Early, 85, 99

Lime Kiln, 49

Lincoln Avenue, The Trees of, 236

Long Hill Road, 93

Longworth, Isaac, 102

Longworth, Martha, 101

Longworth, Nicholas, 102

M

Macauley, Dr. John M., 191

Maclure, David, 237

Magazine House, 85

Maverick, 37

Melius, Esley, 42

Mellen, Rev. Henry Merle, 192, 194

Merrimac, The, 118, 120

Merrimac’s Engineer, Tale of the, 120

Monitor, Sinking of the, 122

Monitor, The, 116-126

Monitor, The, Turret Machinery, 234

Moore & Seeley, 91

Morris, John, 97

Morrison, Charles D., 150

Morrison and Briggs, 150

Mud, Plenty of, 159

Munn Family History, 40

Murphy’s Lane, 107

Murphytown, 109, 112

Mystery Solved, 62

N

New Barbadoes, 38

Nichols, Horace H., 25, 213

O-P

“Old Johns’s Money”, 111

Park Athletic Association, 69

Passaic, Boating on, 251

Passaic, Canoeing on, 253

Passaic, First Recorded Boat Race on, 21

Perou, Tract, The, 77

Phillips, David, 75

Phillips Family History, 75

Phillips Farm, 74-79, 83

Phillips, John Morris, 70, 83, 233

Phillips Lane, 66

Pigot, Dr. Edward, 1, 22

Pioneering in Woodside, 179

Pobishon, Indian Name of Woodside,110

Point House, 26-32

Prayer Meeting, First, 174

Presbyterian Church Organized, 172, 173

Presbyterian Church Organized in House of C. C. Hine, 171

Presbyterian Church, Pastors of, 181

Presbyterian Church, Split in, 176, 177

Prudential Insurance Company, Its Start, 242

Pullinger, Mrs. Dorcas or Gilbert, 43, 78

R

Rano, Joseph S., 23

Reminiscences by Mr. Swinnerton, 158, 196

Retreat from Belleville, 168

Revolutionary Camp Ground, 240

Revolutionary Incident, 35, 36, 46, 53, 76, 81, 83, 84

Ridgewood, 154

River Road, 7-71

River Road an Indian Trail, 7

River Road Laid Out in 1707, 7

Riverside Athletic Club, 68

Roads, Old, 5

Rowe, Henry, 22

S

St. John’s Episcopal Church, 145, 148

Sandford, Abraham, Jr., 22, 38, 39

Sandford Family History, 38

Scharff, Adrian, 95

Schenck, Rev. Isaac Van Wart, 192

Second River, Inhabitants of, 1

Shields Guards, 109

Sidman Family History, 99-102

Sidman House, 102

Slave, Last? in Woodside, 37

Smelt of the Passaic, Memoir on, 24

Smith, “White-house”, 95

Smith, “Brick-house”, 99

Smith, Ebenezer, 95

Smith, Matthias, 107, 96, 99

Smith, Robert, 95, 96

Stimis, Christopher, 45, 52

Stimis Family Traditions, 44

Stimis, Henry, 45

Stimis, John, 43, 44, 45, 75

Stimis Lane, 85

Stimis, William, 24, 45, 52, 63, 64, 75

Stout, Capt. Jacob, 90, 141

Strawberry Lot, 68

Street Car Octopus, 5

Street Cars, 200

Sunday Horse Cars, No, 232

Sunday School, First, in Newark, 111

Sunday School, First, in Woodside, 110

Sunday School in Elliott Street, 181

Sunday School in the House of C. C. Hine, 160, 161, 170

Sunday School of June 16, 1867, 161

Sunday School Proposed, 160

Sunday School, Report of First Year of, 295

Swinnerton, James, 229

Swinnerton, James, Reminiscences by, 158-168, 196-199

Sydenham-Sidman, 99, 102

T

Taxes, What We Get for Our, 3

Teel, Miss Hannah, 175

Terhune Place, 37

Thomas, Thomas, 62

Thornhill, 37

Timby, Dr. Theodore R., 117, 118

Tobey, William, 64

Tobey’s Lane, 65

Toler, Hugh, 37

Toll Gate on Old Bloomfield Road, 94

Tompkins, Daniel F., 53, 240

Tompkins, Francis, 49

Tory, A, 103

Town Meetings, 199

Tragedy, A Woodside, 199

Trail, James, 113

Triton Boat Club, 251

Two Bottles, 46

V

Van Cortlandt Genealogy, 55

Van Cortlandt House, Old, 55-57, 63

Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 55, 59

Van Emburgh, Abraham, 26, 42

Van Emburgh, Capt. Chris., 32

Van Rensselaer, John, 57, 58

Van Riper, Charles, 107

Van Winkle, Polly, 39, 112

W

Washington Avenue, Opening of, 153, 158

Washington, Gen’l, on the Back Road, 92

Washington, Gen’l, on the River Road, 53

Wauters, William T., 109, 112

Wayne, Anthony, Camp, 33, 34, 79, 240

Weeks, Dr. Grenville M., 114-126

Weiler, Peter, 248

West, Joseph, 70

Winser, Henry J., Reminiscences of, 214-229

Winser, Henry J., Settles in Woodside, 138

Witch, A, of the Gully Road, 10

Woodside, 1868-9, 196-199

Woodside a Part of Belleville, 2, 151

Woodside a Part of Bloomfield, 2

Woodside a Township, 2, 154-157

Woodside Absorbed by Newark, 3

Woodside Before March, 1743, 1

Woodside Formerly Ridgewood, 154

Woodside in 1849, Map of—Facing Page, 1

Woodside—Its Boundaries, 1, 2

Woodside Molasses Jar, A, 148

Woodside School Census, 1869, 300-304

Woodside, The, of 1867, 158

Woodside Township, First Annual Report of, 298, 299

Woodside, When There Were No Politics in, 225

Y-Z

Yereance, James, 116

Zenana Mission Band, 210

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Transcriber’s note:

○ Archaic spelling and punctuation have been retained.