Contributions of the Old Residents' Historical Association, Lowell, Mass: Organized December 21, 1868, Volumen1The Association, 1879 |
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afterward Aldermen Alfred Gilman Appleton Bancroft Bank Bartlett Benjamin Benjamin Walker Board boat born Boston Brown building Capt cents Charles CHARLES HOVEY Chelmsford citizens City Clerk-John cloth Coburn commenced committee Common Council-1 Company Concord River cotton Daniel died early Edward elected Elisha England enterprise Francis Francis Cabot Lowell French George George W Gilman Hale Henry honor Hosford hundred Huntington interest Isaac Jackson James Jewett John Jonathan Joseph Joshua Josiah Kirk Boott labor land Lawrence lived Locks and Canals Lowell machinery Mack manufacturing Massachusetts Mayor McAlvin ment Merrimack River Merrimack Street Middlesex Middlesex Canal MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Nashua Nathaniel Nesmith Newburyport occupied operation Parker party Paul Moody Pawtucket Falls power-loom President purchased Railroad Richardson Samuel Samuel L Sewall G Tappan Wentworth Thomas tion town Tracy Trustee Tyler Waltham Willard William Worthen Wright
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Página 274 - Celestial voices Hymn it unto our souls : according harps, By angel fingers touched when the mild stars Of morning sang together, sound forth still The song of our great immortality...
Página 274 - tis in the gentle moonlight ; 'Tis floating 'midst day's setting glories ; night, Wrapped in her sable robe, with silent step Comes to our bed, and breathes it in our ears ; Night, and the dawn, bright day, and thoughtful eve, All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse, As one vast mystic instrument, are touched By an unseen living Hand, and conscious chords Quiver with joy in this great jubilee.
Página 274 - Wrapped in her sable robe, with silent step Comes to our bed and breathes it in our ears ; — Night and the dawn, bright day and thoughtful eve, All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse, As one vast mystic instrument, are touched By an unseen, living Hand, and conscious chords Quiver with joy in this great jubilee. The dying hear it ; and, as sounds of earth Grow dull and distant, wake their passing souls To mingle in this heavenly harmony.
Página 232 - Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 287 - He was secretary of the treasury ; and how he fulfilled the duties of such a place, at such a time, the whole country perceived with delight and the whole world saw with admiration. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet.
Página 80 - The warp was placed perpendicularly, the reed fell with the weight of at least half a hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time.
Página 287 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet . The fabled birth of Minerva, from the brain of Jove, was hardly more sudden or more perfect than the financial system of the United States, as it burst forth from the conceptions of ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
Página 201 - In 1821, Mr. Ezra Worthen, who had formerly been a partner with Mr. Moody, and who had applied to Mr. Jackson for employment, suggested that the Pawtucket Canal, at Chelmsford, would afford a fine location for large manufacturing establishments, and that probably a privilege might be purchased of its proprietors. To Mr. Jackson's mind, the hint suggested a much more stupendous project — nothing less than to possess himself of the whole power of the Merrimack River at that place.
Página 295 - With one brave bound the copse he cleared, And, stretching forward free and far, Sought the wild heaths of Uam-Var. Yelled on the view the opening pack; Rock, glen, and cavern paid them back; To many a mingled sound at once The awakened mountain gave response.
Página 77 - But until ingenuity could devise some machine which would greatly facilitate the process of cleaning, it was in vain to think of raising cotton for market. Separating one pound of the clean staple from the seed was a day's work for a woman ; but the time usually devoted to picking cotton was the evening, after the labor of the field was over.