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Title: The New England magazine
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Publisher: Boston : (New England Magazine Co.)
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rise and feels the keen atmosphere oftrade, the question arises as to Attleborospart in the greater problems of State andnation. Is this pursuit of commercial su-premacy so engrossing as to leave no roomfor patriotism, for altruistic devotion to thepublic interest? The question is one that foreigners areprone to answer in the affirmative, not onlyfor Attleboro, but for all America, and it isone of the deepest interest to all Americans. Attleboros answer is clear and clean-cut.It is an old town, well past its second cen-tury, and has seen all the great movementsof American history — and in them all itsown part has been both unusually large andhighly honorable. In the days of the minute-men Attleboro was able to organize twocompanies of these devoted soldiers, andmany a quota of staunch supporters of theColonial cause besides. Veteran manufac-turers like Mr. C. O. Sweet, of the C. O.Sweet & Son Company, long with theBigney factory, and now at the head of a 262 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE
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Washington Street, North Attleboro flourishing establishment, have seen theshops emptied of hands at Lincolns stirringcall in the days of the great war for theUnion. Nor has interest in letters and the learnedprofessions languished through the press oftrade. Attleboro has furnished collegepresidents to Yale University, Rhode Island,Union and Columbia Colleges, and has sentforth men distinguished in the pulpit, atthe bar, and in the sciences. Samuel Robin-son, the distinguished geologist, BenjaminWest, the mathematician, Dr. NaphtaliDaggett, president of Yale College, Hon.David Daggett, chief justice of Connecticut,Rev. James Maxcy, president of ColumbiaCollege, and Nathan Smith, of the HarvardMedical College, are a few of her distin-guished sons. Another common mistake is to identifyAttleboro with the cheap jewelry trade. Itis true that the Attleboro factories* turn outgreat quantities of low-priced jewelry, butof excellent quality. They also manufacturethe very highest grades in many

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