History of the city of Lawrence . en and Andover by legisla-tive enactment in the winter of 1847. This separation wasopposed by residents and authorities of both Andover and Me-thuen; not, perhaps, with the idea that it could be long post-poned, but more upon the plea that it was then altogetherunnecessary and premature. Immediately after the project ofsevering the new city from the territory of Andover andMethuen was proposed, letter writers in distant papers began tosuggest that the toAvn should take the name of Lawrence,as a compliment to Hon. Abbott Lawrence, who had doneso much for Massac
History of the city of Lawrence . en and Andover by legisla-tive enactment in the winter of 1847. This separation wasopposed by residents and authorities of both Andover and Me-thuen; not, perhaps, with the idea that it could be long post-poned, but more upon the plea that it was then altogetherunnecessary and premature. Immediately after the project ofsevering the new city from the territory of Andover andMethuen was proposed, letter writers in distant papers began tosuggest that the toAvn should take the name of Lawrence,as a compliment to Hon. Abbott Lawrence, who had doneso much for Massachusetts and this place in particular. Onthe loth of January, 1847, a meeting of a considerable numberof residents took place at the office of the Essex Company,Avith a view to an understanding in regard to the name of thenew town, to be embodied in a petition to the legislature for acharter. At the suggestion of Mr. Storrow, the name ofLawrence Avas agreed upon, not, as the newspaper Avriters 28 ADVERTISEMENTS. SJ^RGr TINTS. FOR Cles^nmg Pibrous Materials^ PATE]SrTED DECEMBER 3, 1861. Witheach Mnchine is furnished a counter shaft and all necessary pullies. The driv-ini? pullies are 14 in. diameter, 6 in. face and require a speed of 400 revolutions perminute. Parties ordering should provide a pulley on their main shaft 12 in. face, andof sufficient size to give the counter shaft 400 revolutions per minute. The machineweighs frem 3000 to 4000 lbs., and is built in the most thorough and workmanlike man-ner. All orders promptly attended to. CHARLES G. SARGENT, Manufacturer of Cotton and Woolen Macliinery, GRANITEVILLE, MASS., near Lowell, on Stony Brook R. R. (see also pages 80, 32, -34, 36, 38 and 40.) HISTORY OF LAWREXCE. 29 had proposed, as a compliment distinctively to Mr. AbbottLawrence, but as a token of respect to a family among themost liberal and distinguished in the country. There werethen living three members of this family: Amos, Abbott andSamuel. Of these, Abbott
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