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HE rank that New England occupies in the Union, the influ-ence her institutions have, and are exerting upon the civilizationof the present century, are duly appreciated by all intelligentmen. Now ifany one will scan the map of New England, and tracethe course of the Connecticut from its source to its mouth, care-fully considering its ramifications—the small tributaries thatflow into it—the amount of water-power they furnish, and thebusiness they thus sustain, he will see that the valley of the Con-necticut, the main artery of New England trade and enterprise,occupies no very insignificant place in the scale of forces thathelp to make New England what itis. 73Walter, M. F. Hartford, Conn., 168Wallach & Schwab, “ 168Warner House, Semaine Mass., » 314 Washburn & Chase, Springfield, Mass., 258Waters, Horace Jr., "Hartford, Conn. > WaWay, Geo. M. & C Ong a 183Weed Bae Machine Co., Hartford, back cover. ConWeston & Place, Fitchburg, Ms., front col’d.White, Samuel S. Boston, Mass.,back cover, and 75, 163, 248, 341Whitfield, Jas. M. & Son, New York,back colored.Whitlock, J. Birmingham, Ct., front colored.Whitmore, P. D. Hartford; Conn. = 182Whitney, Lord & Co. , Orange, Mass., The Mammoth Wardrobe, “ a G4: front colored. The Merchants U. Ex. Co., Springfield, Whittemore, Belcher & Co., ChicopeeMass., Falls, Mass., The New England Fancy Dye Works, Whittaker, Edmund, Holyoke, Mass., 279Hartford, Conn., 186) Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, Hartford, Ct., 168 The New Haven Saw Works, N. Haven, Williams, Geo. W. & Co. se “175Conn., front colored.| Wiese, F. Springfield. Mass., 206 The Railway Passengers Assurance Co , Williams, T. A. & Co., Greenfield, Ms., 3841Hartford, Conn., inside front cover. Wiison, J. & C “841 The Record & Farmer, Brattleboro, Vt., Witter, Albert = Hartford, ‘Gane 5 180 inside back cover. Wood, Light & Co. , Worcester, Mass., The Vermont Chronicle, Windsor, Vt., 406 back colored. _ CONN. RIVER BUSINESS DIRECTORY. SAYBROOK, Town of Middlesex County, Connecticut, is situ-ated on the west bank and at the mouth of the river, borderingon Long Island Sound. Distance from Hartford 45 miles, andfrom New London 17 miles. The principal street runs nearly north and south, and upon itthe dwellings and stores are mostly located. Its situation on thesound makes it an excellent summer resort. Shad fishing isprobably carried on more extensively here than at any otherplace on the river. Steamboats plying between New York and Hartford, stop here.The town is also accessible by the Shore Line Railroad.
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