The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . e following spring. The stoves met with readysale, and in a short time it became necessary to dou-ble the size of the factory. He removed his worksto Providence in the fall of 1844
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . e following spring. The stoves met with readysale, and in a short time it became necessary to dou-ble the size of the factory. He removed his worksto Providence in the fall of 1844, enlarging fromyear to year, until the products of the manufactoiywere sold in. all parts of America, in the islands ofthe Pacific, China, and England. Politically, hewas an old-time whig, an original republican, andfrom the first was prominently identified with thetemperance and antislavery movements. In 1851 hewas elected to the assembly by the whig party, and,in 1870, was made speaker of the house. In 1853Mr. Barstow was also elected mayor of Providence,declining re-election on account oi the pressure of hispersonal business, and a natural disinclination forpublic life. In 1875 he was appointed to the boardof Indian commissioners by President Grant, hold-ing oftice until 1880, and was chairman of the boardduring the last two years. He is president of theCity national bank, president of the Mechanics sav-. 306 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA
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