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. History of the ancient Ryedales, and their descendants in Normandy, Great Britain, Ireland, and America, from 860 to 1884 . n infancy. Mr. Riddle acquired his education in the public schools of his nativetown, and the academies at Bradford and at Atkinson, N. H., and then,with his father and two brothers, formed the firm of Isaac Riddle & Sons,which carried on business at Piscataquog Village, Bedford, and Merri-mack, N. EL, and Boston, Mass. They assisted in constructing the UnionLocks and Canals, one of the links in the chain which connected Concordwith Boston. Dams and locks, for the passa
. History of the ancient Ryedales, and their descendants in Normandy, Great Britain, Ireland, and America, from 860 to 1884 . n infancy. Mr. Riddle acquired his education in the public schools of his nativetown, and the academies at Bradford and at Atkinson, N. H., and then,with his father and two brothers, formed the firm of Isaac Riddle & Sons,which carried on business at Piscataquog Village, Bedford, and Merri-mack, N. EL, and Boston, Mass. They assisted in constructing the UnionLocks and Canals, one of the links in the chain which connected Concordwith Boston. Dams and locks, for the passage of boats, were built onMerrimack River, at Merrills Falls, in Manchester; Griffins, Short, Goffes,and Coos, in Bedford; and Moores and Cromwells, in Merrimack, — atan expense of about 880,000. They built and launched the first canal-boatwhich made the trip, and established a daily line of them. This companyowned saw-mills, grist-mills, and extensive tracts of valuable woodland ;they run what was supposed to have been the first nail-making machinenorth of Boston ; they dealt largely in potash, hops, and
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