Excerpt from Leading Business Men of Fairfield County and a Historical Review of the Principal Cities
"Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war," sang the poet centuries ago, and it has told to the inestimable good of mankind that the world has been coming to realize this truth more and more. In this historical and statistical review of the commercial and manufacturing interests of Fairfield County, it has been our purpose in as thorough a manner as was possible to justly describe those enterprises which have contributed so largely during the last half century to the material advancement of the city. History plainly shows that many large cities have owed their prosperity and growth chiefly to advantages of situation, great influx of foreign peoples, and similar causes. Of Bridgeport and the other towns in this section it is preeminently true that the genius and efforts of her own people, by the single process of internal development, have brought about the great measure of success which has rendered her name famous throughout the land. This fact, that the history of these towns has practically been made almost entirely by her business men, lends peculiar significance to the close juxtaposition in which the account of her general and business interests are here placed. The same influences and results which are so strikingly characteristic of Bridgeport itself, will also be found to a marked degree in the historical and business accounts of the other enterprising cities and towns of Fairfield County. If, in the compilation of so large an amount of statistical matter, any misstatement of dates or fact should have escaped our notice, we would merely ask the charitable criticism of our readers. To all who have contributed to the success of the work by aid in research, furnishing of historical material, or by financial support, we would desire to again extend our grateful and appreciative thanks.
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