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Lowell Advertiser (Demo: ratic). Established in 1834. Daily. Terms, $3 per year. Office, Spaulding's Building, 48 Central Street. Hil-
dreth & Hunt, Publishers.
Lowell Patriot and Advertiser (Democratic). Established in 1834. Weekly. Office and Publishers, same as the " Advertiser." Terms, $1 per annum.
Lowell Daily Citizen and News ( American Republican). Estab- lished, June 4, 1851. Published by Knapp & Morey, 44 Central Street. C. L Knapp, Editor. Terms, $4 per annum.
American Citizen. Established, May, 1854. Published every Friday in connection with the " Daily Citizen and News." Terms, $2 per year.
Vox Populi (Neutral). Established in 1841. Published weekly, by Stone & Huse, at 21 Central Street. Terms, $2 per annum.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency. - Wm. A. Richardson, Lowell. Register of Probate and Insolvency .- Joseph H. Tyler, East Cam- bridge.
Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency. - Isaac F. Jones, East Cambridge.
Clerk of the Courts. - Benj. F. Ham, East Cambridge.
Assistant Clerk. - Marshall Preston, Lexington.
Registers of Deeds. - Caleb Hayden, East Cambridge ; A. B. Wright, Lowell
County Treasurer - Amos Stone, Charlestown.
Overseers of House of Correction. - William Parmenter, Cambridge ; Jan.e. M. Usher, Medford; Samuel Chandler, Lexing Ou.
Master of House of Correction. - Charles J Adams, Cambridge. Sheriff. - Chas. Kimball, Lowell
Deputy Sheriffs.
Brighton, Benjamin Fobes. Cambridge, East, Samuel W. Richard- son. Cambridgeport, Hosea Jewell. Charlestown, John B. Dearborn. Concord, John B. Moore. Dracut, Jefferson Bancroft. Framingham, Joseph G. Bannister. Groton, Andrew Robbins. Groton Junction, E S. Clark. Hopkinton, Jonathan Whitemore. Lowell, Joseph But- terfield, Edwin L. Shed, James Hopkins. Mulden, Aug. L. Barrett. Marlborough, Edward A. Gay. Medford, John T. White. Natick, Ephraim II Brigham. Stoneham, H zen Whitcher. Townsend, Ben- jamin F. Lewis. Waltham, Eben W. Fisk. . Woburn, Horace Colla- Reading, Daniel B. Lovejoy.
Jailers.
Cambridge, Charles J. Adams. Concord, Samuel Staples. Lowell, Charles Kimbalı.
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Times and Places of holding Probate Courts.
Probate Courts are holden at Cambridge, on the 2d and 4th Tues- days of January, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of February, 2d and 4th Tues- days of March, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of April, 2d Tuesday of May, 2d Tuesday of June, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of August, 2d Tuesday of September, 2d Tuesday of October, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of Novem- ber, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of December.
At Lowell, on the 1st Tuesday of February, 1st Tuesday of April, 1st Tuesday of June, 1st Tuesday of September, and 1st Tuesday of December.
At Concord, on the 1st Tuesday of January, 1st Tuesday of March, 1st Tuesday of May, and 1st Tuesday of October.
At Framingham, on the 4th Tuesday of June, and 4th Tuesday of October.
At Groton, on the 4th Tuesday of May, and 4th Tuesday of Sep- tember.
Times and Places of holding Insolvency Courts.
At Cambridge, on the 1st Monday ; at Concord, on the 2d Monday ; and at Lowell, on the 4th Monday of each month.
County Commissioners.
Paul H. Sweetser, South Reading, Chairman. Leonard Huntress, Tewksbury; Edward K. Collins, Newton.
Special Commissioners.
B. K. Haven, Framingham ; John Fletcher, Acton.
Times and Places of Meeting. - At. Cambridge on the 2d Tuesday of January, at Concord on the 1st Tuesday of June, and at Lowell on the 1st Tuesday of September.
Commissioners of Insolvency.
Lowell, Luther J. Fletcher; Waltham, Josiah Rutter ; Natick, John W. Bacon.
Masters in Chancery.
A. P. Bonney, William S. Gardner.
Commissioners to Qualify Civil Officers.
Alpheus R. Brown, Nathan Crosby, John W. Graves, S. W. Stick- ney, Nathaniel Wright.
Notaries Public.
Edwin A. Alger, James G. Carney, John A. Knowles, David Hyde, Joseph H. Ely, Isaac S. Morse, Samuel W. Stickney, Abel Whitney.
Coroners.
Josiah B. French, Edwin L. Shed, J P. Jewett, Joel Spaulding, Walter Burnham, Thos. W. Pressey.
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Justices of the Peace and Quorum throughout the Commonwealth.
Homer Bartlett, Elisha Huntington, Josiah G. Peabody, Isaac S. Morse, Wm. A. Richardson, Benj. F. Butler, Chauncy L. Knapp.
Justices of the Peace and Quorum.
Josiah G. Abbott, Edwin A. Alger, Jefferson Bancroft, Samuel A. Brown, Joseph Butterfield, Robert B. Caverly, Linus Child, Homer A. Cooke, H. G. F. Corliss, Nathan Crosby, William S. Gardner, John W. Graves, Samuel P. Hadley, Jr., John A. Knowles, Joseph B. Keyes, Sewall G. Mack, Edward F. Sherman, Theodore H. Sweetser, George Stevens, Ephraim B. Patch, Benj. Poole, Wm. P. Webster, Tappan Wentworth.
Justices of the Peace.
James C. Abbott, Julian Abbott, Edwin A. Alger, Otis Allen, John Avery, J. H. B. Ayer, James C. Ayer, Frank F. Battles, Geo. W. Bean, I. W. Beard, John Bennett, Chas. R. Blaisdell, H. G. Blaisdell, Wright A. Bliss, Andrew Blood, Arthur P. Bonney, Amos R. Boynton, Erastus Boyden, A. W. Buttrick, John A. Buttrick, Walter Burnham, Alpheus R. Brown, Joseph L. Cambridge, George H. Carleton, Josiah G. Chase, Jeremiah Clark, James S. Coleman, Joshua Converse, James Cook, Isaac Cooper, Charles Cowley, Alanson Crane, William Davidson, Robins Dinsmore, Erastus Douglas, Joshua W. Daniels, David Dana, Alpha B. Farr, James K. Fellows, Luther J. Fletcher, James B. Francis, Abner Frost, Abram French, Josiah B. French, Harrison H. Fuller, Robert J. Garrett, Noah F. Gates, Gustavus A. Gerry, Isaac N Goodhue, John A. Goodwin, Peter Haggerty, Philip Hardy, Asa Hildreth, Eliphalet Hills, Paul Hill, Frederick Holton, James M. Howe, Lorenzo G. Howe, Charles F. Howe, James Hopkins, Horace Howard, Samuel K. Hutchinson, D. Fletcher Hunton, Daniel Hurd, Benjamin F. Jackson, Andrew F. Jewett, Jeremiah P. Jewett, Joseph J. Judkins, Jonathan Kendall, John F. Kimball, J. Cheliis Kimball, Jonathan Ladd, Ambrose Law- renee, Samuel Lawrence, Cyrus Latham, Bickford Lang, David G. Lang. James Loughran, James J. Maguire, John F. Manahan, Albert Mallard, Stephen Mansur, Joseph W. Mansur, Joshua M. Marshall, Darius Merriam, Joshua Merrill, Samuel N. Merrill, Samuel Meserve, Wm. G. Morse, John B. McAlvin, John H. McAlvin, Hugh MeEvoy, John F. McEvoy, John Nesmith, Arthur F. L. Norris, Wm. North, Francis H. Nourse, Oldin Nichols, Thomas Ordway, Wm. F. Osgood, Ephraim B. Patch, Timothy Pearson, Paul Perkins, Albert B. Plimp- ton, Sam'l C. Pratt, Thos. W. Pressy, Peter Powers, James A. Rand, Daniel S. Richardson, Geo. F. Richardson, John F. Rogers, Stephen P. Sargent, Benj. C. Sargent, Geo. F. Sawtell, Wm. F. Salmon, E. W. Scott, Edward F. Sherman, Sidney Spalding, A. J. Stackpole, Samuel W. Stickney, Holland Streeter, Chas. A. F. Swan, Joshua Swan, Abraham Tilton, Joseph Tilton, Edward Tuck, Thomas P. Tukey, Samuel J. Tuttle, Artemas S. Tyler, William D. Vinal, Edward F. Watson, Samuel A. Waters, William P. Webster, Jona. Weeks, Abel Whitney, Frederick A. Whitney, M. Bradford White, Hubbard Wilson, John
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Willoughby, Andrew C. Wright, Ashael B. Wright, Hapgood Wright, John Wright, Walter Wright.
Police Court.
Court Room in City Market.
Nathan Crosby, Justice ; George Stevens, Special Justice ; S. P. Hadley, Jr., Clerk.
Commissioners of other States, residing in Lowell.
California. - Wm. A. Richardson.
Connecticut. - Jonathan Ladd.
Indiana. - Jonathan Ladd.
Illinois. - Jonathan Ladd.
Iowa. - Jonathan Ladd.
Maine - S. A. Brown, R. B. Caverly, Samuel Lawrence, Ithamar W. Beard, W. A. Richardson.
Michigan. - Jonathan Ladd, Wm. A. Richardson.
Minnesota. - Jonathan Ladd.
New Hampshire .- Ithamar W. Beard, A. R. Brown, J. C. Kimball, Jonathan Ladd, Samuel Lawrence, A. F. L. Norris, Wm. A. Richard- son, W. P. Webster.
New York. - William A. Richardson.
Ohio. - Jonathan Ladd.
Vermont - A. R. Brown, Jonathan Ladd, Wm. P. Webster.
Wisconsin. - Jonathan Ladd, Wm. A. Richardson.
POST OFFICE. Merrimac, Head of Central.
FISHER A. HILDRETH, Postmaster. Levi Hedge, Chief Clerk ; Philip P. Haggerty, Samuel M. Bellows, Daniel Crowley, J. M. G. Parker, Assistant Clerks. William Kealey, Wm. B. Forbush, James Young, Penny Postmen.
The office is opened at 7, A. M., and closed at 8}, P. M., every even- ing, except Saturday evening, when it is closed at 8.
Mails sent to Boston three times daily; to Nashua, Manchester, and Concord three times daily ; to Salem twice a day; and to Wor- cester twice, and to Fitchburg once a day, over the Stony Brook Railroad.
To Pelham and Windham, N. H., and to Concord, Mass., on Mon- days, Wednesdays, and Fridays. To Lawrence twice daily.
Letters are delivered by the penny post at one cent each. Drop letters, one cent each.
MILITARY.
Second Division Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
William Sutton, Salem, Major General. Lieut. Col. Daniel Perkins, Salem, Division Inspector. Wm. Saunders, Salem, Division Quarter-
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Master. Maj. Alfred A. Abbott, South Danvers, Judge Advocate. Maj. Jairus W. Perry, Salem, Wm. C. Prescott, Jr., Salem, Aides-de- Camp. Maj. David Moore, Salem, Engineer.
Third Brigade.
Benj. F. Butler, Lowell, Brigadier General. William H. Clemence, Lowell, Brigade Inspector. Samuel E. Convers, Lowell, Aide-de-Camp. T. J. Porter, Woburn, Quarter-Master. Peter Haggerty, Lowell, Engineer.
Sixth Regiment Infantry.
Edward F. Jones, Lowell, Colonel. Walter Shattuck, Groton, Lieut. Colonel. B. F. Watson, Lowell, Major. Alpha B. Farr, Low- ell, Adjutant. James Monroe, Cambridge, Quarter-Master. Rufus L. Plaisted, Lowell, Paymaster. Norman Smith, Groton, Surgeon. John Q. A. McCallister, Groton, Surgeon's Mate. Samuel W. Shattuck, Groton, Sergeant Major. Wm. H. Whitmore, Boston, Quarter-Master Sergeant. Rev. Charles Babbidge, Pepperell, Chaplain.
COMPANY A. - LAWRENCE CADETS.
Armory, City Market.
Josiah A. Sawtell, Captain. Andrew F. Johnson, 1st Lieutenant ; Andrew C. Wright, 2d Lieutenant ; Geo. W. Whitehouse, 3d Lieu- tenant ; Geo. W. Lawrence, 4th Lieutenant.
COMPANY C. - LOWELL MECHANIC PHALANX. Armory, City Market.
Albert S. Follansbee, Captain. George H. Pearson, 1st Lieutenant ; Samuel D. Shipley, 2d Lieutenant ; -, 3d Lieutenant ; -, 4th Lieutenant.
COMPANY D. - LOWELL CITY GUARDS. Armory, City Market.
James W. Hart, Captain. Charles E Jones, 1st Lieutenant ; Lysan- der Chandler, 2d Lieutenant ; Samuel C. Pinney, 3d Lieutenant ; Liwellyn L. Craig, 4th Lieutenant.
COMPANY H. - WATSON LIGHT GUARDS.
Armory, City Market.
Jona.Ladd, Captain. John F. Noyes, 1st Lieutenant ; George E. Davis, 2d Lieutenant ; Benjamin Warren, 3d Lieutenant ; Andrew F. Jewett, Lowell, 4th Lieutenant.
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BOSTON AND LOWELL RAILROAD, AND NASHUA AND LOWELL RAILROAD.
View of New Depot in Boston, on Causeway Street.
The Boston and Lowell and Nashua and Lowell Railroads operate the Stony Brook and Wilton, Lowell and Lawrence, and Salem and Lowell Railroads.
George Stark, Manager. John B. Winslow, Superintendent. Offices at the Depot in Boston. Abiel Rolfe, Freight and Passenger Agent, Lowell.
Incorporated, June, 1830. Open for travel, June, 1835. New Depot at Lowell, corner of Merrimac and Dutton Streets.
Season tickets between Lowell and Boston, not transferable, and payable in advance, are given for three months, for $25 ; six months, $50; and one year, $100. They are not to be used on express business, and entitle the bearer to carry nothing but strictly personal baggage, or such parcels as may be taken in the hand, without incommoding other passengers. Other articles, or merchandise, are not to be taken as baggage, except at the discretion of the conductor, and by paying extra.
Season tickets may be used in any regular train, and allow any number of daily passages, and are half-price for children under twelve years of age, and persons attending school.
Lowell to
Miles.
Fares.
Billerica Mills,.
4}
15
Billerica and Tewksbury,
7
. .
..
25
Wilmington, ..
11
. ...
35
North Woburn, ..
14}
..
45
Woburn Watering-Place,
16
50
East Woburn,
163
.....
50
Winchester,
18
.
.
55
Medford,
21
. .
.
65
Boston, .
26
..
75
No charge for children under four years of age. Between Boston and Lowell, second-class fare, 50 cents. The above rates are five cents less than the fare when taken in the cars.
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NASHUA AND LOWELL RAILROAD.
View of Northern Depot, in Lowell, on Middlesex Street.
United with the Boston and Lowell Railroad, connects at Nashua with the Wilton Railroad, and with the Concord Railroad.
Incorporated, June 23, 1835. Depot, Middlesex Street, Lowell. Opened for travel, October 8, 1838.
STONY BROOK RAILROAD.
Connecting with the Nashua and Lowell Railroad at North Chelms- ford, and terminating at Groton.
· Incorporated in 1845. Capital Stock, $300,000. Opened for travel, July 1, 1848. Depot, Middlesex Street.
OFFICERS. - George Stark, Manager. J. B. Winslow, General Superintendent. F. H. Nourse, Local Superintendent, Lowell. -
LOWELL AND LAWRENCE RAILROAD.
Incorporated, March 27, 1846. Annual meeting, first Monday in January. Capital, $300,000.
F. H. Nourse, Local Superintendent, Treasurer, and Clerk. Office, Middlesex Street Depot.
From Lowell* to
Distances.
Prices.
Mace's,
3
·
12
Tewksbury Centre,.
5
. . .
15
Shed's Cross'g, tor Alms-House Station,
6
. ..... 15
Hagget's Pond,
10
. .....
30
Lawrence,ţ. 13
. .. .. . 40
* Connects with Nashua and Lowell Railroad.
t Connects with Lowell and Salem Railroadl.
# Connects with Boston and Maine Railroad, and Manchester and Lawrence Railroad.
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Season Tickets between Lowell and Lawrence, three months, $12 ; six months, $24 ; nine months, $36 ; twelve months, $48.
Season Tickets between Lowell and Tewksbury, three months, $6 ; six months, $12; nine months, $18; twelve months, $24.
SALEM AND LOWELL RAILROAD.
Incorporated in 1848. Opened, August 1, 1850. Capital, $400,000. Annual meeting on Tuesday after first Monday of January.
OFFICERS. - George Stark, Manager. J. B. Winslow, General Superintendent. F. H. Nourse, Local Superintendent, Clerk, and Treasurer.
From Lowell to
Distances.
Fares.
Whipple's Crossing,
1
0
Tewksbury,
5
. . .
15
Shed's Cross'g, or Alms-House Station,
6
...
15
Burt's Mills,. .
8
. . . . .
20
Wilmington Junction,
9
..
25
Wilmington,
10
. .
45
Paper Mills,.
16
. . . . . .
50
Phelps Mills,.
18
. .. .. .
55
Proctor's Corner,.
20
. .... .
60
South Danvers,.
22
. .... .
70
Carltonville,.
23
. . . . . .
75
Salem, .
24
. . . . . .
75
STAGES.
LOWELL, CONCORD, AND FRAMINGHAM LINE.
Connecting with the Fitchburg Railroad at Concord, and with the Boston and Worcester Railroad at Framingham.
The U. S. Mail Stage leaves Lowell at 9 o'clock, A. M., Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays ; passes through Chelmsford, Carlisle, Con- cord, Acton Powder Mills, Assabet, Sudbury, Saxonville, Framingham, and arrives at South Framingham at 4 o'clock, P. M.
Returning, leaves South Framingham at 9 o'clock, A. M., Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and arrives in Lowell at 3 o'clock, P. M. Books kept at the Stage Offices.
J. SLEEPER, Proprietor and Driver.
LOWELL AND LAWRENCE STAGE.
Leaves Lowell Sundays, at 9, A. M. Fare 50 cts. JOHN SLEEPER, Proprietor.
LOWELL, PELHAM, AND WINDHAM STAGE.
Leaves Lowell Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. CHARLES GOING, Agent.
STAGE OFFICE.
American House Stage Office. CHAS. GOING, Agent.
·
30
North Reading,.
14
. .. .. .
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EXPRESSES.
SARGENT & CO.'S LOWELL AND BOSTON EXPRESS.
From each place four times daily.
Offices in Lowell, at Upper and Lower Railroad Depots.
Principal Office, in the Boston and Lowell Railroad Depot, Lowell. Office in Boston, 33 Court Square.
Run in connection with Wells, Fargo, & Co.'s California Express, and Harnden & Co.'s and Kinsley & Co.'s New York and Southern Expresses. Also, with Thompson & Co.'s Western Express.
All orders entrusted to the care of Sargent & Co.'s Express will re- ceive the most careful attention, and will be executed in an expeditious manner. Thankful for the generous favors the public have hitherto bestowed upon this line, it will be the aim of the proprietors to show their gratitude by endeavoring to merit a continuance of the same.
Goods called for and delivered at any part of the city.
SARGENT & CO.'S SALEM AND LOWELL EXPRESS.
Two trips daily.
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Office in Lowell, at Boston and Lowell Railroad Depot; in Salem, at Railroad Depot.
SARGENT & CO.'S LOWELL AND LAWRENCE EXPRESS. Three trips daily.
Office in Lowell, at Upper and Lower Railroad Depots. Office in Lawrence, at 3 Lawrence Street.
SARGENT & CO.'S STONY BROOK EXPRESS. Three trips daily.
Office in Lowell, at Upper and Lower Railroad Depots. E. M. SARGENT. E. S. RAND.
CHURCHES.
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH (Episcopal), Merrimac Street. Organized, February 26, 1824. Rev. THEODORE EDSON, D.D., Rector.
KIRK STREET CHURCH ( Orthodox). Organized, May 21, 1855. Rev. AMOS BLANCHARD, Pastor,
APPLETON STREET CHURCH ( Orthodox ). Organized, December, 1830. Rev. JOHN P. CLEAVELAND, D D., Pastor.
FIRST CONGREGATIONALIST CHURCH ( Orthodox), Merrimac, above Worthen Street. Organized, 1826. Rev. JONATHAN L. JENKINS, Pastor.
JOHN STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ( Orthodox). Organ- ized, May 9, 1839. Rev. E. B. FOSTER, Pastor.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist ), Church Street. Organized, February 8, 1826. Rev. W. H. ALDEN, Pastor.
WORTHEN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist ). Organized, 1831. Rev. G. F. WARREN, Pastor.
THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH ( Baptist ), John Street. Organized, August, 1840. Rev. JOHN HUBBARD, Pastor.
FIRST FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH (Free-Will Baptist), Paige Street. Organized, 1833. Rev. DARWIN MOTTE, Pastor.
WORTHEN STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ( Methodist Episcopal). Organized, 1841. Rev. LORENZO R. THAYER, Pastor.
CENTRAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Methodist Episcopal ), corner of Merrimac and Central Streets. Organized, April, 1854. Rev. CHESTER FIELD, Pastor.
Sr. PAUL'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ( Methodist Epis- copal ), Hurd Street. Organized, 1839. Rev. W. R. CLARK, Pastor.
FREE CHAPEL, Middlesex Street. Rev. HORATIO WOOD, Minis- ter at large.
HIGH STREET CHURCH ( Orthodox). Organized, 1846. Rev. OWEN STREET, Pastor.
FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH ( Universalist ), corner of Central and Green Streets. Organized, July, 1827. Rev. J. J. TWISS, Pastor.
SECOND UNIVERSALIST CHURCH ( Universalist ), corner of Market and Shattuck Streets. Organized, 1838. Rev. L. J. FLETCHER, Pastor.
CHURCH OF THE FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY ( Unitarian ), Merrimac Street. Organized, 1832. Rev. FREDERIC HINCKLEY, Pastor.
LEE STREET CHURCH ( Unitarian ). Organized, Aug. 2, 1845. Rev. WILLIAM C. TENNY, Pastor.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH (Roman Catholic ), Suffolk, near Lowell Street. Organized, 1847. Rev. JAMES T. MCDERMOTT, Pastor ; Assistant Minister, Rev. J. C. GRAY.
ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH (Roman Catholic ), Fenwick Street. Rev. JOIIN O'BRIEN, Pastor ; Assistant Ministers, Rev. EDWARD O'CON- NOR and Rev. - - MELIANO.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH (Roman Catholic), corner of Gorham and Appleton Streets. Rev. PETER CRUDDEN, Pastor.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH (Episcopal), Gorham Street, north of the Court-House. Organized, 1860. Rev. CHARLES W. HOMER, Rector.
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CHRONOLOGY OF LOWELL.
1605. July 17, Samuel Champlain discovers Merrimac River.
1644. June 12, Passaconaway, Sachem of all the Indians on Mer- rimac River, submits to Governor Winthrop.
1648. John Eliot preaches to the Indians at Wamesit.
1655. Town of Chelmsford incorporated.
1660.
Passaconaway resigns his Sachemship to Wannalancet.
1675. November 15 (during King Philip's war), white men from Chelmsford attack the wigwams at Wamesit, kill one Indian, and wound others.
1686. Jonathan Tyng purchases the lands reserved to the Indians at Wamesit, and the Indians retire.
1726. Wamesit is annexed to Chelmsford.
1774. First bridge built across Concord River, near its mouth.
1792. Proprietors of locks and canals on Merrimac River incor-
porated. First bridge built across Merrimac River, at Pawtucket Falls.
1797. Pawtucket Canal completed for the passage of rafts, &c., around Pawtucket Falls.
1801. Carding Machines run in Chelmsford, by Moses Hale.
1804. Middlesex Canal completed.
1813. Cotton is manufactured in Chelmsford, by P. Whiting and J. Fletcher.
1817. Francis C. Lowell, from whom Lowell was named, dies, aged 43.
1818. Powder is manufactured in Chelmsford, by Moses Hale ; flannels, by Winthrop Howe; and satinets, by Thomas Hurd.
1820. East Chelmsford (now Lowell) contains two hundred inhabitants.
1822. The Merrimac Manufacturing Company is incorporated.
1823. The first mill of the Merrimac Manufacturing Company is put into operation.
1824. June 18, Ezra Worthen dies. The " Middlesex Journal " (now the " Lowell Journal and Courier") is established. The first church (now St. Anne's Church) and the first school (now the Bartlett Grammar-School) are organized.
1825. Hamilton Manufacturing Company and Middlesex Mechanic Association incorporated. Phalanx Military Company organized.
1826. Town of Lowell incorporated. Edward Everett elected Representative in Congress from the Lowell District. Central Bridge erected.
1828. Appleton and Lowell Manufacturing Companies, and Lowell Bank, incorporated.
1829. Fire Department established. Lowell Institution for Savings incorporated.
1830. Population of Lowell, 6,477. Town Hall (now City Hall) built. Middlesex, Tremont, and Suffolk Manufacturing Companies, and Boston and Lowell Railroad, incorporated.
1831. July 7, Paul Moody dies. Lawrence Manufacturing Com- pany, and Railroad Bank, incorporated.
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1832. Lowell Bleachery incorporated. District School system abolished in Lowell.
1833. Police Court established ; Joseph Locke, judge. President Jackson visits Lowell. Bartlett and Edson Grammar School Houses erected.
1834. Belvidere annexed to Lowell. Belvidere Manufacturing Company incorporated. " Lowell Advertiser" established.
1835. Boston and Lowell Railroad completed. Boott Cotton Mills and Nashua and Lowell R. R. incorporated Alms-House established. 1836. April 11, Kirk Boott dies, aged 48. City of Lowell incor- porated; Elisha Bartlett, Mayor. Lowell Dispensary established. Richmond's Batting Mills established.
1837. Elisba Bartlett, Mayor. Market House erected.
1838. Luther Lawrence, Mayor.
1839. April 17, Luther Lawrence, Mayor, dies, aged 61. Elisha Huntington succeeds him in the mayoralty. Lowell Hospital estab- lished. Massachusetts Cotton Mills incorporated.
1840. Elisha Huntington, Mayor. North and South Commons laid out. Museum established.
1841. Elisha Huntington, Mayor. Lowell Cemetery dedicated. City Guards organized. " Vox Populi " established.
1842. Nathaniel Wright, Mayor.
1843. Nathaniel Wright, Mayor. Lowell Missionary Association established. President Tyler visits Lowell.
1844. Elisha Huntington, Mayor. City Library established.
1845. Elisha Huntington, Mayor. Lowell Machine Shop and Stony Brook Railroad incorporated.
1816. Jefferson Bancroft, Mayor. Whipple's Mills established. Lowell and Lawrence Railroad incorporated. Nathan Crosby ap- pointed Judge of Police Court.
1847. Jefferson Bancroft, Mayor. Patrick T. Jackson dies. Apple- ton Bank incorporated. Cemetery Bridge built. Northern Canal completed by James B. Francis. President Polk visits Lowell.
1848. Jefferson Bancroft, Mayor. City Institution for Savings and S lem and Lowell Railroad incorporated.
1849. Josiah B. French, Mayor.
1850. Josiah B. French, Mayor. Prescott Bank incorporated. Gas introduced into Lowell.
1851. James H. B. Ayer, Mayor. Watson Light Guard organized. " Citizen and News " established.
1852. Elisba Huntington, Mayor. May 6, Kossuth visits Lowell.
1853. Sewall G. Mack, Mayor. Wamesit Bank incorporated. Huntington Hall built. November 10, Judge Locke dies.
1854. Sewall G. Mack, Mayor. Merchants Bank and Five-Cent Savings Bank incorporated.
1855. Ambrose Lawrence, Mayor. Lawrence Cadets organized.
1856. Elisha Humington, Mayor. 1857. Stephen Mansur, Mayor. Financial crisis. One-half the mills stopped. Jail erected. East Merrimac Street Bridge built. 1858. Elisha Huntington, Mayor. Church Street Bridge built. 1859. James Cook, Mayor.
1860. Benjamin C. Sargeant, Mayor.
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STATE OFFICERS (IN PART), 1861. Elected, November 6, 1860.
JOHN A. ANDREW, of Boston, . Governor.
JOHN Z. GOODRICH, of Stockbridge, . . .. · Lieutenant-Governor. OLIVER WARNER, of Northampton, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
HENRY K. OLIVER, of Lawrence,. . Treas. and Receiver Gen.
LEVI REED, of Abington, . . Auditor of Accounts.
DWIGHT FOSTER, of Worcester, . Attorney- General.
THE COUNCIL.
District 1. Jacob Sleeper, of Boston.
66 2. John I. Baker, of Beverly.
" 3. James M. Shute, of Somerville.
66 4. Hugh W. Greene, of Northfield.
66 5. Joel Hayden, of Williamsburg.
6. James Ritchie, of Roxbury.
7. Oakes Ames, of Easton. 8. E. C. Sherman, of Plymouth.
SENATOR FROM MIDDLESEX SIXTH DISTRICT. Arthur P. Bonney, of Lowell.
REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT, FROM LOWELL.
Middlesex District 23 ( Wards 1, 2, and 5, of Lowell). - Stephen P. Sargent, David Nichols, Jeremiah Clark.
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