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The Town & the City: Lowell before and after The Civil War

Originally created to be a digital archive for Lowell documents from 1826 to 1861, this website has grown to cover many periods and events in Lowell's history.

Documents Collections

DOCUMENTS COLLECTIONS

                                                 

The originals of these document collections belong to the City of Lowell, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the Lowell Historical Society. The originals are located at Lowell City Hall and the Center for Lowell History.

Please note: Not evey collection that has been digitized is listed below on this page. All of the digitized colletions are available by clicking on the blue collection names buttons in the column on the left beneath the "Contact us" button.

The collections were digitized using a Canon Rebel T3i DSLR camera at the O’Leary Library and the Center for Lowell History.

The online collections were built by Mickyas Yihdego, Bailey Wong, and Brad MacGowan. The documents were archived and inventoried by Walter Hickey and Brad MacGowan.

Special thanks to Janine Whitcomb at the Center for Lowell History for her efforts, ideas, and support.

This is a work in progress and documents will be added on a regular basis.

Link to inventory spreadsheet files for the individual document collections listed below

 
Document Images              Inventories
Assessors 1831 Inventory for Assessors 1831
Assessors 1833 Inventory for Assessors 1833  
Assessor 1834 (1 district) Inventory for Assessor 1834 (1 district)  
Assessors 1835 Inventory for Assessors 1835
Assessor (District 2, Flint) 1835 Inventory for Assessor (District 2, Flint) 1835
Assessor 1836 (District 4, Buttrick) Inventory for Assessor 1836 (District 4, Buttrick)     
Auditors' Reports 1837 to 1849 Inventory for Auditors' Reports 1837 to 1849
Beethoven Musical Society Inventory for Beethoven Musical Society
Uriah Boyden Scrapbook Inventory for Uriah Boyden Scrapbook
Common Council Register-Journal 1836 - 37 Inventory for Common Council Register-Journal 1836 - 37
Common Council 1837 Inventory for Common Council 1837
Common Council Register-Journal 1837 Inventory for Common Council Register-Journal 1837
Common Council Minutes 1837 to 1839 Inventory for Common Council Minutes 1837 to 1839
Common Council 1839 to 1840 Inventory for Common Council 1839 to 1840
Common Council 1840 Inventory for Common Council 1840
Common Council 1841 Inventory for Common Council 1841
Common Council 1842 Inventory for Common Council 1842
Common Council 1843-44 Inventory for Common Council 1843-44
Common Council 1845 Inventory for Common Council 1845
Common Council 1846 Inventory for Common Council 1846
Common Council 1847 Inventory for Common Council 1847
Common Council 1848 Inventory for Common Council 1848
Early Deeds (1680 to 1832) Inventory for Early Deeds
Rev. Theodore Edson Diaries Inventory for Rev. Theodore Edson Diaries
Committee on Finance 1836 to 1847 Index for Committee on Finance 1836 to 1847
Hurd's Mill 1825 to 1827 Inventory for Hurd's Mill 1825 to 1827
John Street Congregational Church Inventory for John Street Congregational Church
Index of Mortgages Inventory for Index of Mortgages 
Lowell Bleachery Payrolls 1833 to 1854 Inventory for Lowell Bleachery Payrolls 1833 to 1854
Lowell Board of Health 1836 to 1840 Inventory for Lowell Board of Health 1836 to 1840
Lowell Cemetery Burials 1841 to 1849 Inventory for Lowell Cemetery Burials 1841 to 1849
Lowell Fire Department 1830 to 1853 Inventory for Lowell Fire Department 1830 to 1853
Lowell Institution for Savings Bank Examiners 1825 to 1834 Inventory for Lowell Institution for Savings Bank Examiners 1825 to 1834   
Lowell Institution for Savings & Town Hall Inventory for Lowell Institution for Savings & Town Hall
Marriage Intentions 1826 to 1835 Inventory for Marriage Intentions 1826 to 1835
Intentions of Marriage 1838 Inventory for Intentions of Marriage 1838
Middlesex Company Records 1830 to 1832 Inventory for Middlesex Company Records 1830 to 1832    
Middlesex Mechanic Association 1825 to 1846 Inventory for Middlesex Mechanic Association 1825 to 1846
Middlesex Mechanic Association Governing Meetings 1834 to 1838 Inventory for Middlesex Mechanic Association Governing Meetings 1834 to 1838   
Militia Receipts 1837 to 1852 Inventory for Militia Receipts 1837 to 1852  
Ministry-at-Large in Lowell Inventory for Ministry-at-Large in Lowell
Miscellaneous City Documents 1851 to 1855 Inventory for Miscellaneous City Documents 1851 to 1855
Paul Moody (1779 to 1831) Inventory for Paul Moody (1779 to 1831)
Ephraim Morrill Inventory for Ephraim Morrill
Mortgages Volume I 1832 to 1834 Inventory for Mortgages Vol 1 1832 to 1834
Mortgages Volume II 1834 to 1835  Inventory for Mortgages Vol 2 1834 to 1835
Petitions & Communications 1836 to 1841 Inventory for Petitions and Communications 1836 to 1841
Petitions & Communications 1840 to 1843 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1840 to 1843
Petitions & Communications 1843 to 1846 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1843 to 1846
Petitions & Communications 1846 to 1848 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1846 to 1848
Petitions & Communications 1849 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1849
Petitions & Communications 1850 to 1851 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1850 to 1851
Petitions & Communications 1852 to 1853 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1852 to 1853
Petitions & Communications 1854 to 1855 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1854 to 1855
Petitions & Communications 1856 to 1857 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1856 to 1857
Petitions & Communications 1858 to 1859 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1858 to 1859
Petitions & Communications 1860 to 1861 Inventory for Petitions & Communications 1860 to 1861

Petitions for Office 1852 to 1860

Inventory for Petitions for Office 1852 to 1860
Petty Cash 1843 to 1846 Inventory for Petty Cash 1843 to 1846
Register of Deaths 1847 & 1848 Inventory for Register of Deaths 1847 & 1848
Selectmen Reports Inventory for Selectmen Reports
Town of Lowell 1826 to 1836 Inventory for Town of Lowell 1826 to 1836  
Tax Book 1836 Inventory for Tax Book 1836
Valuation Books 1826 to 1829 Inventory for Valuation Books 1826 to 1829
Valuation Books 1830 to 1835 Inventory for Valuation Books 1830 to 1835
Writs  Inventory for Writs