History of Lowell and its people . has been shown,was the meeting house at Pawtucketville, at this period under Pres-byterian control. The companys feeling that definite provision oughtto be made for requiring all its operatives to attend worship led tothe establishment in East Chelmsford of one of the first edifices inthis part of Massachusetts of the Protestant Episcopal Church ofAmerica. That St. Annes Church was erected to follow the faith of theAnglican Church rather than of one of the denominations, or dis-sents, to which practically all country people in New England inthe first part of
History of Lowell and its people . has been shown,was the meeting house at Pawtucketville, at this period under Pres-byterian control. The companys feeling that definite provision oughtto be made for requiring all its operatives to attend worship led tothe establishment in East Chelmsford of one of the first edifices inthis part of Massachusetts of the Protestant Episcopal Church ofAmerica. That St. Annes Church was erected to follow the faith of theAnglican Church rather than of one of the denominations, or dis-sents, to which practically all country people in New England inthe first part of the nineteenth century gave adherence, was seem-ingly due to Kirk Bootts proselyting zeal, acquired during hisEnglish education and service in the British army. It happened thatin 1821 the Unitarian controversy which split the historic Congre-gational body of New England into opposing factions was at itsheight. Most of the directors of the Merrimack company were Uni-tarians. On account, perhaps, of the bitterness which they feared. 1. CHLKCH OF TliK CONCKPTluN (Human CatlioliuJ. 2. ST. ANNES CHURCH (Episcopal). 3. GRACE ;IST CHURCH. 4. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. THE FACTORY SYSTEM 157 might be engendered it an effort were made to force their forms ofworship and belief upon a population most of whom must come fromcommunities in which the orthodox or trinitarian type of Congre-gationalism was still dominant, they appear to have listened withinterest to a suggestion from Mr. Boott that a Protestant EpiscopalChurch be established. Nathan Appletons narrative shows that inDecember, 1822, Messrs. Jackson and Boott were appointed a com,-mittee of the corporation to build a suitable church for the it was voted that the structure should be of stone at a cost notto exceed nine thousand dollars. In pursuance of this vote the corner-stone of St. Annes Church was laid May 20, 1824. The church society had previously been organized on February24, 1824, as
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