Excerpt from A Historical Sketch of Sturbridge and Southbridge The great change which has taken place, in reference to the manufacturing interest, within the last half century, is more strikingly manifested in Southbridge than in Sturbridge. He has spoken of the origin of this interest, and its progress, somewhat in detail. He has sketched the early movements of the temperance reformation, and also for Spreading the Gospel. Making his sketch a little more general, he has given his views of the administration of the general Government, from its origin to the present time. 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.