Records, 1849-1852.

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Records, 1849-1852.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70923034

Account book containing committee minutes and pamphlet entitled Around and Through the Common, a Walking Tour of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

.2 linear ft.

Lawrence Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8044601

Lawrence Public Library

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Committee on the Lawrence Common (Lawrence, Mass.)

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Committee of five formed by the town of Lawrence, Mass., to confer with the Essex Company on conditions under which the company would deed land to the town to be used as a park known as Lawrence Common (later also known as Campagnone Memorial Common). From the description of Records, 1849-1852. (Lawrence Public Library). WorldCat record id: 70923034 ...

Essex Company (Lawrence, Mass.)

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The company, located in Lawrence, Mass., was incorporated in 1845 to construct a dam across the Merrimack River with power canals to create water power for use in manufacturing. The original incorporators were Samuel Lawrence, John Nesmith, Daniel Saunders, and Edward Bartlett. The company purchased the rights to nearly 4,000 acres of land in Methuen and Andover, Mass. Construction of the dam and other industrial structures began in 1845 in what would become the city of Lawrence, Mass. Beginning...