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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.

Town of Lowell 1826 to 1836

    

The town of Lowell, as incorporated by an act of the legislature, passed on the first day of March, 1826, contained four square miles, and was formerly the northeastern section of the town of Chelmsford. The legislature, in 1834, annexed Belvidere village, the westerly corner of Tewksbury to Lowell. This annexation extends the territory of Lowell to nearly five square miles. The population of Lowell in 1820 was about 2,000; in 1828, 3,532 ; in 1830, 6,477; in 1832, 10,254; in 1833, 12,363. In 1837, it was 18,010. . . .

An Act to Incorporate the Town of Lowell

Lowell became an incorporated city in February, 1836, by an act of the general court, accepted by a vote of the people April 11.

-from Historical collections relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Massachusetts with geographical descriptions by John Warner Barber, 1848
https://archive.org/stream/historicalcolle00barbuoft#page/404/mode/2up

Owner of original document(s): City of Lowell, Massachusetts

Location of original document(s): Lowell City Hall (Lowell, Massachusetts)

 

LINKS TO DOCUMENT LISTS

Doc# 1826_01 to 1831_066

Doc# 1831_067 to 1833_015

Doc# 1833_016 to 1834_077

Doc# 1834_078 to 1835_172

Doc# 1835_173 to s-1831_133

Doc# s-1831_134 to s-1832_200 & 1831 Lists of Voters

Doc# s-1834_303 to s-1836_486

Doc# s-1836_487 to s-1836_800

 

1826_01 to 1831_066

Doc# 1826_01 to 1831_066

1833_016 to 1834_077

Doc# 1833_016 to 1834_077

1835_173 to s_1831_133

Doc# 1835_173 to s_1831_133

s-1834_303 to s-1836_486

 s-1834_303 to s-1836_486

1831_067 to 1833_015

Doc# 1831_067 to 1833_015

1834_078 to 1835_172

Doc# 1834_078 to 1835_172

s_1831_134 to s_1832_200 & List of Voters 1831

Doc# s_1831_134 to s-1832_200 & 1831 Lists of Voters

s-1836_487 to s-1836_800

 s-1836_487 to s-1836_800