Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Biographical History of Massachusetts, Vol. 3: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State; With Opening Chapters on What Massachusetts Has Contributed to the Welfare of the American People
In manufactures in colonial days 'massachusetts occupied the front rank in many of the most important industries, and to-day, in spite of the fact that the raw materials of all her great industries are not native to her soil, She occupies the first place in the great textile and leather industries of the Nation. In early days she had large manufactures of iron and steel, and still occupies a high place in the production of many of the finer grades of this style of manufacture, as is attested by the great wire works at Worcester, the watch fac tories at Waltham and the textile machinery manufactures which are preeminent in Massachusetts to-day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
