Moses Taft
Moses Taft 2nd (January 16, 1812–April 2, 1893) was born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He was significant as an early American Industrialist and financier in the historic Blackstone Valley, and a member of the famous Taft family.
Read more about Moses Taft: Birth Parents and Family, Early Life and Career, Significance of His Local Industries, Citations From The Blackstone Daily, Death and Afterwards
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“Let my people go.”
—Bible: Hebrew Exodus, 5:1.
The plea of Aaron and Moses to Pharaoh.
“That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)