Excerpt from Leading Business Men of Nashua and Vicinity: Embracing Milford, Wilton, Greenville, Derry and Derry Depot, Also East Pepperell I am wonderfully delighted to see a body of men thriving in their own fortunes, and at the same time promoting the public stock, or, in other words, raising estates for their own families, by bringing into the country whatever is wanting, and carrying out of it whatever is superfluous. Nature seems to have taken particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different regions of the' world, with an eye to their mutual intercourse and traffic among mankind, that the nations of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of dependence upon one another, and be united together by their common interest. Addison. In offering this book to to the public, the aim of the publishers has been to present in a concise manner the principal events in the history of Nashua and vicinity, and a brief review of its leading business interests. In the following pages will be found descriptions of the many establishments to whose influence this section owes much of its fame as a manufacturing and jobbing center. The financial institutions and wholesale and retail houses described in this volume are also leaders in their particular lines, and their push and enterprise is rapidly extending the influence of Nashua and vicinity as a great trade center. 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.