Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . cy) Jackson, October 31, 1798, and had three sons and onedaughter. His son John left $250,000 for a course of lectures whichresulted in the founding of the Lowell Institute in 1836. Francis CabotLowell died in Boston, Mass., August to, 1817. JOHN AMORY LOWELL. John Amory Lowell was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 11, 1798. Hewas the son of John (1769-1840) and Rebecca (daughter of John andKath
Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . cy) Jackson, October 31, 1798, and had three sons and onedaughter. His son John left $250,000 for a course of lectures whichresulted in the founding of the Lowell Institute in 1836. Francis CabotLowell died in Boston, Mass., August to, 1817. JOHN AMORY LOWELL. John Amory Lowell was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 11, 1798. Hewas the son of John (1769-1840) and Rebecca (daughter of John andKatharine Greene Amory) Lowell and grandson of John and Sarah Hig-ginson Lowell. John Amory Lowell was graduated from Harvard, A. B. 1815, A. , and received his business education in the house of Kirk Boott &Sons, to whose business he succeeded in partnership with the eldest son,Mr. John Kirk Boott. In 1827 he was treasurer of the Boston Manufac-turing Company, at Waltham, and in 1835 built the Boott Mill at Lowell,and was treasurer of the Boott corporation for thirteen years and presidentand director up to the time of his death. In 1839 1^ ^^ ^^^ Massachusetts Mills, at Lowell, of which he was. OF THE UNITED STATES 269 treasurer from its inception to 1848, and a director throughout his 1871-77, he was president of the Pacific Mills, and was also a di-rector of that corporation. He was associated with Abbott Lawrence andothers in the founding of the Essex Company at Lawrence. He was alsoa director of the Lowell Machine Shop, of the Lake Company, and forfifty-nine years a director of the Suffolk Bank, Boston, in which connec-tion he originated the system of redemption of country bank notes. From Harvard, Mr. Lowell received the honorary degree of in1851. He was a Fellow of Harvard College, 1837-77, member of theLinnean Society of London, England, Fellow of the American Academy ofArts and Sciences and member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Hewas a mem
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