THE HISTORY OF THE WOLFER CHILDREN IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER, G. F. VON BECK caption title

by G. F. von Beck

$225 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

NP: np, 1869? . Single sheet folded to 35.5 x 22 cm. Two printed pages. Very good. The history involves the death of the son-in-law John A. Wolfer, and the raising of the grandchildren in G.F. von Beck's home in Rondout, NY, but primarily summarizing the money dealings with one grandchild, who had brought legal action against him. Von Beck invested in the grandson's businesses, first building a Propeller to ply the waters of Rondout Harbor and New York Bay, and

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