12 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Boston & Providence, Boston & Worcester and Bos- 

 ton & Lowell, were each opened in 1835. 



The Nashna & Lowell was opened October 8, 1838 ; 

 Lowell & Lawrence, July 1, 1848. 



Stony Brook, July 1, 1848 ; Salem & Lowell, August 1, 

 1850. (These, with the Concord, N. H., are operated now 

 as the Boston, Lowell & Concord road.) The Framingham 

 & Lowell (leased to the Old Colony) Avas opened August 

 22, 1871 ; the Lowell & Andover, December 1, 1874 (now 

 leased to the Boston & Maine). 



Military Recoed. 



The war of the Revolution had closed long before Lowell 

 came into existence ; but during the great war of the Rebel- 

 lion she bore an active and important part. 



The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment was the first to enter 

 the field in response to the call of President Lincoln (April 

 15, 18G1) for 75,000 volunteers. The regiment left Lowell 

 on the IGlh ; on the 19th it was attacked by a mob in Balti- 

 more, and four of its members were killed. 



A monument has been erected to the memory of these 

 first martyrs of the Rebellion in a public square in the heart 

 of our city. 



LoAvell furnished the army and navy, under the various 

 calls for volunteers, more than 5,000 men. 



Gov. Bullock tendered to the people of Lowell his tribute 

 of congratulation at the close of the war as follows : — 



" While the industry and wealth of other communities have 

 been stimulated b^- the war, yours, I apprehend, have been checked 

 and depressed. This, however, did not chili the aidor of your 

 patriotism, which rose above every thought of private interest and 

 broke forth in great acts of generous and chivalrous devotion. 

 Since the men of Chehnsford fought at Concord, Lexington and 

 Bunker Hill, no record has borne prouder honors than those which 

 cluster around the brow of the living and over the graves of the 

 dead soldiers of the Queen Cit}' of the Merrimack." 



The city government of Lowell consists of a mayor, eight 

 aldermen and twenty-four councilmen, elected annually. 



