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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

s-1834_327 12/13/1834
s-1834_328 12/13/1834
s-1834_329 12/13/1834
s-1835_330 Schools
s-1835_331 Committee Report
s-1835_332 Committee Report
s-1835_333 Committee Report
s-1835_334 Committee Report
s-1835_335 Committee Report
s-1835_336 Committee Report
s-1835_337 School Districts
s-1835_338 School Districts
s-1835_339 02/26/1835
s-1835_340 02/26/1835
s-1835_341 nd/nd/1835
s-1835_342 03/02/1835
s-1835_343 03/02/1835
s-1835_344 03/02/1835
s-1835_345 02/23/1835
s-1835_346 02/23/1835
s-1835_347 02/23/1835
s-1835_348 02/23/1835
s-1835_349 02/25/1835
s-1835_350 02/25/1835
s-1835_351 03/06/1835
s-1835_352 03/06/1835
s-1835_353 04/02/1835
s-1835_354 04/02/1835
s-1835_355 05/06/1835
s-1835_356 05/06/1835
s-1835_357 05/06/1835
s-1835_358 04/06/1835
s-1835_359 04/06/1835
s-1835_360 04/06/1835
s-1835_361 04/06/1835
s-1835_362 04/06/1835
s-1835_363 04/06/1835
s-1835_364 04/06/1835
s-1835_365 04/07/1832
s-1835_366 04/07/1832
s-1835_367 04/07/1832
s-1835_368 04/27/1835
s-1835_369 04/27/1835
s-1835_370 04/27/1835
s-1835_371 04/27/1835
s-1835_372 04/27/1835
s-1835_373 04/27/1835
s-1835_374 04/27/1835
s-1835_375 04/27/1835
s-1835_376 04/27/1835
s-1835_377 04/27/1835
s-1835_378 04/27/1835
s-1835_379 05/04/1835
s-1835_380 05/04/1835
s-1835_381 05/14/1835
s-1835_382 05/14/1835
s-1835_383 05/16/1835
s-1835_384 05/16/1835
s-1835_385 10/09/1835
s-1835_386 10/09/1835
s-1835_387 10/09/1835
s-1835_388 10/10/1835
s-1835_389 10/10/1835
s-1835_390 05/21/1835
s-1835_391 05/21/1835
s-1835_392 Schools
s-1835_393 Schools
s-1835_394 Schools
s-1835_395 Schools
s-1835_396 Schools
s-1835_397 after 1835
s-1835_398 after 1835
s-1835_399 after 1835
s-1835_400 after 1835
s-1835_401 after 1835
s-1835_402 after 1835
s-1835_403 after 1835
s-1835_404 after 1835
s-1835_405 after 1835
s-1835_406 after 1835
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s-1835_408 after 1835
s-1835_409 after 1835
s-1835_410 after 1835
s-1835_411 after 1835
s-1835_412 after 1835
s-1835_413 Officers
s-1835_414 Officers
s-1835_415 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_416 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_417 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_418 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_419 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_420 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_421 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_422 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_423 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_424 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_425 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_426 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_427 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_428 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_429 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_430 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_431 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_432 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_433 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_434 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_435 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_436 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_437 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_438 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_439 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_440 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_441 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_442 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_443 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_444 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_445 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_446 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_447 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_448 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_449 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_450 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_451 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_452 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_453 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_454 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_455 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_456 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_457 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_458 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_459 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_460 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_461 Expenditures/Expenses
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s-1835_463 Expenditures/Expenses
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s-1835_465 Expenditures/Expenses
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s-1835_468 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_469 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_470 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_471 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_472 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_473 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_474 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_475 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_476 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1835_477 Expenditures/Expenses
s-1836_478 Town to City transition
s-1836_479 Town to City transition
s-1836_480 Town to City transition
s-1836_481 Town to City transition
s-1836_482 04/22/1836
s-1836_483 04/22/1836
s-1836_484 04/22/1836
s-1836_485 04/22/1836
s-1836_486 04/22/1836

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