Life and times in Hopkinton, . this firm, and numerous clerks found busy employment,while strong teams from the upper country resorted herefor the products of trade and barter. During this period,the stores of Thomas W. Colby, Lerned & Sibley, andThomas Williams were notable places of business. Colbys. Joseph Stan wood. A SHORT SKETCH OF TRADE. 231 store occupied the comer now used by Kimball & Co.;Lerned & Sibley, the building lately occupied by MissLydia Story; Thomas Williams, a building standing be-tween Mrs. John S. Kimballs and the Congregationalmeeting-house. At this time, besides o
Life and times in Hopkinton, . this firm, and numerous clerks found busy employment,while strong teams from the upper country resorted herefor the products of trade and barter. During this period,the stores of Thomas W. Colby, Lerned & Sibley, andThomas Williams were notable places of business. Colbys. Joseph Stan wood. A SHORT SKETCH OF TRADE. 231 store occupied the comer now used by Kimball & Co.;Lerned & Sibley, the building lately occupied by MissLydia Story; Thomas Williams, a building standing be-tween Mrs. John S. Kimballs and the Congregationalmeeting-house. At this time, besides other stores, were theusual attendant establishments representing the multiplebusiness wants of a complex community. In the earlier times, trade was not so closely confined tothe village as now. One of the outposts of business wason the Concord road, near the present residence of JosephL. Hagar. Abel Kimball and Nathaniel Proctor were trad-ers at this point, as may have been others. Different par-ties have also traded in a store that stood near the presentresidence of Perley W. Beck, at the four corners at Stump-field. Among those trading in Hopkinton village in latertimes, Joseph Stanwood, Stephen B. Sargent, James Fel-lows, and Nathaniel Evans are prominent. Among theearlier traders in Con
Size: 1584px × 1576px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidlifetimesinh, bookyear1890
