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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.
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Indexes to Collections
Town/City Directories 1832 to 1861 & 1864 onward
Contributions of the Old Residents' Historical Association & Contributions of the Lowell Historical Society
Writings about early Lowell
Pawtucket & Wamesit Indians - Historic Markers, Plaques, & Statues
John Orne Green, M. D. (1799 – 1885)
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Dr. Green Diaries - Part 2
Videos of Lowell and the rivers
Views, Maps, and Images of Early Lowell
Interactive Map of Early Lowell - Landmarks built before 1836
Historic properties maps and database - Lowell before 1861
Interactive maps and exhibits
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Chelmsford in 1794
Hale's 1831 Map of Lowell
Lowell in 1826
View of Lowell 1834
Map of Lowell 1845
Overlay of 1871 map on current map - interactive
Map Galleries, Maps, and Views of Early Lowell
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Map of Lowell in 1831 (Gallery)
Map of Chelmsford in 1794 (Gallery)
Map of Dracut in 1794 (Gallery)
Map of Tewksbury in 1794 (Gallery)
Plan of Lowell Village - U. A. Boyden (map drawn for the Boston and Lowell Rail-Road Co. 1835)
The Boston & Lowell Rail Road
Locomotive Race on the Lowell Railroad - 1851
From Boston to Lowell and Nashua by Train in 1850
Selections from the "Early Days of Railroading" by Herbert C. Taft
Bay State Monthly article 1884
Buildings & Houses 1850
Time Line & Mayors of Early Lowell
"The capital of the poor man" - The history of public health in Lowell
Native Americans and First Contact with Europeans
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Bibliographic essay for "Native Americans and First Contact with Europeans"
"a curious medley of well-filled phials of medicines" - 1721 to 1822
a pest-house prepared - 1822 to 1824
A Smallpox Outbreak - 1837
Local government and public health - 1825 to 1836
The health of the operatives controversy - 1837 to 1850
Physicians and medicine in early Lowell 1832 to 1861
Female Physicians in Early Lowell / Dr. Rachel Allyn
The 1849 Cholera Epidemic
The 1871 Smallpox Epidemic
The 1890 - 1891 Typhoid Epidemic
Lowell Newspapers - 1837 to 1893
Lowell Journal, December 14, 1827
Henry David Thoreau in Lowell & Chelmsford -1839
Charles Dickens in Lowell - 1842
Frederick Douglass in Lowell - 1843
Frederick Douglass in Lowell - 1844
Abraham Lincoln in Lowell - 1848
Edgar Allan Poe in Lowell - 1848 and 1849
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Jane Ermina Locke and Her “Requiem for Edgar A. Poe”
Thoreau's lectures in Lowell - 1860
Sarah G. Bagley
Elias Howe, the sewing machine, and Lowell
Hand-book for the Visiter to Lowell (1848)
Churches in Early Lowell
The Schools in Early Lowell
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Original pages of minutes of the first School Committee meeting (1827)
The Early Irish Catholic Schools of Lowell, Massachusetts 1835 - 1852 (publication)
The Lowell Museum - 1840 to 1856
Lowell Genealogy Resources
The "Ladies of Lowell" stone in the Washington Monument
Cemeteries & their Gravestones in Early Lowell, including the digitized collection of gravestone rubbings
Spiritualism in 19th century Lowell
Animal Magnetism (Mesmerism) in Lowell
Phrenology in Lowell
Where did all those bricks come from?
Sarah Maria Cornell
The Trial of Mrs. Hannah Kinney
Examination of Barney Goulding on the Charge of Murdering His Wife - 1848
Elizabeth A. Moore is murdered by Bryant Moore - 1860
Tha Case and Trails of Anna A. Dower 1861 - 1863
The first Lowell Jail - 1838
"The Poor Farm" - early years
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Document collections inventory spreadsheet files - Links to Individual Document Collections and their Inventories are below
Assessors' Books (Multiple Collections)
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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
Assessors (District 2, Flint) 1835
Inventory for Assessors (District 2 Flint)
Assessor (District 4, Buttrick) 1836
Inventory for Assessor (District 4, Buttrick) 1836
Auditor's Reports 1837 to 1849
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Inventory for Auditors Reports 1837 to 1849
Auditor's Log 1836 to 1840
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Inventory for Auditor's Log 1836 to 1840
Uriah Boyden (1804 – 1879) Scrapbook
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Inventory for the Uriah Boyden Scrapbook
Beethoven Musical Society
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Inventory for Beethoven Musical Society
Common Council (Multiple Collections)
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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 1837 to 1839
Inventory for Common Council 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 1822)
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Inventory for Early Deeds (1680 to 1822)
Expenses for the Town of Lowell For one year ending March 1, 1836
Rev. Theodore Edson Diaries
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Inventory for Rev. Theodore Edson Diaries
Committee on Finance 1836 to 1847
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Inventory for Committee on Finance 1836 to 1847
Hurd's Mill 1825 to 1827
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Inventory for Hurd's Mill 1825 to 1827
John Street Congregational Church
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Inventory for John Street Church
Lowell Bleachery Payrolls 1833 to 1854
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Inventory for Lowell Bleachery Payrolls 1833 to 1854
Lowell Board of Health 1836 to 1840
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Inventory for Lowell Board of Health 1836 to 1840
Lowell Cemetery Burials 1841 to 1849
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Inventory for Lowell Cemetery Burials 1841 to 1849
Lowell Fire Department 1830 to 1853
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Inventory for Lowell Fire Department 1830 to 1853
Lowell Institution for Savings Bank Examiners 1825 to 1834
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Inventory for Lowell Institution for Savings Bank Examiners 1825 to 1834
Lowell Institution for Savings & Town Hall
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Inventory for Lowell Institution for Savings & Town Hall
Middlesex Company Records 1830 to 1832
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Inventory for Middlesex Company Records 1830 to 1832
Marriages (Multiple Collections)
Marriage Intentions 1826 to 1835
Inventory for Marriage Intentions 1826 to 1835
Intentions of Marriage 1838
Inventory for Intentions of Marriage 1838
Marriages 1838 to 1844
Inventory for Marriages 1838 to 1844
Index to Intentions of Marriages 1850 to 1863
Inventory for Index to Intentions of Marriages 1850 to 1863
Middlesex Mechanic Association Government Meetings 1834 to 1838
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Inventory for Middlesex Mechanic Association Government Meetings 1834 to 1838
Middlesex Mechanic Association 1825 to 1846
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Inventory for Middlesex Mechanic Association 1825 to 1846
Militia Receipts 1837 to 1852
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Inventory for Militia Receipts 1837 to 1852
The Ministry at Large in Lowell
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Inventory for Ministry-at-Large
Miscellaneous City Documents 1851 to 1855
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Inventory for Miscellaneous City Documents 1851 to 1855
Paul Moody (1779 - 1831)
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Inventory for Paul Moody (LF.M7756)
Ephraim Morrill
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Inventory for Ephraim Morrill
Mortgages 1832 to 1834 (Volume I)
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Inventory for Mortgages 1832 to 1834 (Volume I)
Mortgages 1834 to 1835 (Volume II)
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Inventory for Mortgages 1834 to 1835 (Volume II)
Index of Mortgages
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Inventory for Index of Mortgages
Petitions & Communications 1836 to 1861 (Multiple Collections)
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Petitions & Communications 1836 to 1841
Inventory for Petitions & 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
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Inventory for Petty Cash 1843 to 1846
Register of Deaths 1847 & 1848
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Inventory for Register of Deaths 1847 & 1848
Selectmen Reports 1834 to 1836
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Inventory for Selectmen Reports 1834 to 1836
Tax Book 1836
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Inventory for Tax Book 1836
Town of Lowell 1826 to 1836 (Multiple Collections)
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Inventory for Town of Lowell Collection 1826 to 1836
Valuation Books (Multiple Collections)
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Valuation Books - 1826 to 1829
Inventory for Valuation Books - 1826 to 1829
Valuation Books - 1830 to 1835
Inventory for Valuation Books - 1830 to 1835
Report #98 - 1842 City Map
Writs
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Inventory for Writs
Miscellaneous & Separated City Documents 1793 to 1837
Miscellaneous & Separated City Documents 1838 to 1845
Miscellaneous & Separated City Documents 1793 to 1843
James H. Rand selected mortgage documents
Town Record Lowell Vol. I
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Index of Town Record Lowell Vol. I
1878 Plans of Mill Yards
Lowell in the 1830 Census
Lowell in the 1840 Census
Lowell in the 1850 Census
Lowell in the 1860 Census
1660 Deed
Rate of Toll on the Middlesex Canal - 1808
Tyler Street
Center for Lowell History - Mogan Legacy Site
Part 11 - "the neccessities of the many"
Views of Lowell and Vicinity - 1904
Part 12 - "In the face of probes"
Dr. Green Diaries - Part 3
Lowell on the Merrimack - 1892 Photo Book
Lowell Illustrated - 1907
Photographs from Kenngott's The Record of a City - 1912
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