Breed, William P. Gustavus Smith Benson, Born 13d September, 1806; Died 22d March, 1883 | Memorial Discourse. Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., (1883). First Edition. [10768]
Black cloth with Benson's signature in gilt to front, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, some light stains/soil to the binding. Steel-engraved portrait of Benson by H. B. Hall & Sons of New York. 93 pages. Good. Hardcover.
A Memorial Discourse by the Rev. William P. Breed, D.D., delivered at the West Spruce Street Church, Philadelphia, on the 20th May, 1883. Also, other resolutions, statements, remembrances of Mr. Benson.
Gustavus Smith Benson (1806-1883), Philadelphia banker and philanthropist, an active Presbyterian layman, trustee of Princeton Theological Seminary; he served on the boards of many business and philanthropic concerns.
