The book History of New Bedford And Its Vicinity 1620 1892 was written by author Leonard Bolles Ellis Here you can read free online of History of New Bedford And Its Vicinity 1620 1892 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is History of New Bedford And Its Vicinity 1620 1892 a good or bad book?
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Cornish; 1872-77, George B. Wheeler; 1877-81, William B. Sherman; 1882, to the present time, Robert C. P. Coggeshall. The Board of Commissioners of 1891, are Mayor C. S. Ashley and Joseph Dawson, both ex officio ; Henry How- ard, David B. Kempton, and William N. Church. The history of New Bedford since the close of the civil war, so far as it relates to this part of the volume, can only be a brief record of the principal features of its steady growth and development, and of con- 374 HISTORY OF ...NEW BEDFORD. spicuous incidents that have taken place in that period. During this quarter of a century, the city has been changing from a port in which the whaHng business was the chief source of wealth. This industry had given the city a world-wide reputation through the numberless vessels that for nearly two centuries had visited every ocean and clime. The transition was fraught with anxiety and forlorn hope. For a time it seemed as if the city was to experience the fate of Nantucket and be- come an abandoned seaport.
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