Lynn: its representative business men and points of interest . cellence of Lynnshoes soon began to be gen-erally known, as is indicatedby the following extract fromthe Boston Gazette of 1764:—The womens shoes made atLynn do now exceed thoseusually imported, both instrength and beauty, but notin price. Of course the de-mand for such footwear couldnot fail to rapidly increase,and some idea of the rapid-ity of that increase may begained from the fact that80,000 pairs of shoes weremade in Lynn during theyear 1767. Of course the industry was almost ruined by the shaken condition of trade during the
Lynn: its representative business men and points of interest . cellence of Lynnshoes soon began to be gen-erally known, as is indicatedby the following extract fromthe Boston Gazette of 1764:—The womens shoes made atLynn do now exceed thoseusually imported, both instrength and beauty, but notin price. Of course the de-mand for such footwear couldnot fail to rapidly increase,and some idea of the rapid-ity of that increase may begained from the fact that80,000 pairs of shoes weremade in Lynn during theyear 1767. Of course the industry was almost ruined by the shaken condition of trade during the Revolu-tionary times, and in the war of Independence the Lynn people showed the same courage anddetermination which they had shown when the attempt was made to rob them of Nahant. Thisattempt was made away back in i588 by Edward Randolph, who was known as the evil genius ofNew England and who was as dangerous as he was unscrupulous, for he not only had no regardfor the rights of others but as the secretary, counselor and friend of Governor Andros was in a. CHURCH LYNN AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 7 position to do great injury to the colony. He petitioned the Governor for a gift of Nahant, andwhen the Lynn people received notice of this petition they held a town meeting and forwarded tothe Governor and council a strong protest against the granting of the request; their objectionsbeing that the peninsula belonged to the town and was of so much service that its loss would be aserious damage to public and private interests. Randolph was not easily discouraged, however,and he renewed his petition and denied that Lynn had any legal right to claim Nahant as the townhad never been incorporated. The townspeople answered this by an extended and explicit
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