Excerpt from History of Bridgeport, Vol. 1: And Vicinity The Government of Bridgeport; The Town Boundaries; First Meeting; The Protest; Highways Alms House, Work House and House of Correction Town House; Courthouse the Act of Removal; the Second Courthouse; The Government of Bridgeport (Continued); Incorporation of the City; the First Meeting; East Bridgeport Town and City Consolidation Annexation of West Stratford City Mayors, Roster Streets Pavement Sewers; The Government of Bridgeport (Continued); Fire Department; Police Department; Water and Lights; Gas; Electricity; First Tax Levy; The City Charter; City Court; Senators Representatives; The Commercial Bridgeport; Early Trade Character; The First Store; Ante-Bellum Revival Period of 1812 Packets Coasting Trade; The Company Block; Shipping and Ships; Business of the '40s; The Dry Goods; Trade Druggists; Jewelers; Books and Stationery; Merchant; Tailors; Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps; Grocers; Hotels; Other Trades; Summary About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.