. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. t is a substantial stone structure, and was con-secrated by Bishop Griswold, March 16,1825. It has a pleas-ant chime of 11 the eminentcitizens of Lowell pastand present are theRev. T. Edson, ,first rector of church ; KirkBoott, first treasurerand agent of the Merri-mack Corporation;Benjamin F. Butler, ofnational reputation ;Dr. J. C. Ayer, famedfor his medicines, andesteemed as a citizen. Lowell was most loyal during the war of the Rebellion, and fur-nished its full share of men and money f
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. t is a substantial stone structure, and was con-secrated by Bishop Griswold, March 16,1825. It has a pleas-ant chime of 11 the eminentcitizens of Lowell pastand present are theRev. T. Edson, ,first rector of church ; KirkBoott, first treasurerand agent of the Merri-mack Corporation;Benjamin F. Butler, ofnational reputation ;Dr. J. C. Ayer, famedfor his medicines, andesteemed as a citizen. Lowell was most loyal during the war of the Rebellion, and fur-nished its full share of men and money for the support of the UnionArmy. Two of its citizens, Addison 0. \Yhitney and Luther , belonging to the Lowell City Guards, were killed in the affrayat Baltimore, April 19, 1861; and to their memory a handsomemarble monument has been erected on Monument Square. It wasdedicated June 17, 1865 ; and the lines inscribed upon the monu-ment were selected from Miltons Samson Agonistes by Gov. JohnA. Andrew, who gave the oration. Lower Factory, a village in West ST. ANNES EPISCOPAL CHlRCII, LOWELL. 428 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. Lr\\ATf±r TVTtllc a l°cality on the Neponset River, in theOWei IVllllb, D0rchester district of Boston. T 11 n__. is a farming town lying in the northern side of theJL,l W eastern section of Hampden County, 90 miles from Boston. Chicbpee bounds it on the west, Granby and Belchertownon the north, the latter and a northeastern projection of Wilbrahamon the east, and the body of the last-mentioned town, with Spring-field, on the south. The assessed area is 15,969 acres, including5,637 acres of woodland. The geological structure is sienite, upper conglomerate, and ferru-ginous gneiss; and there is a valuable quarry of red sandstone onthe right bank of the Chicopee River. The land in the north-eastern and eastern sections rises into three beautiful eminences,known as Facing Hills Rock, High Hill and Minechoag Chicopee River, here a li
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