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the latter fish gave the name " Merrimac " to the 

 river so called, the meaning of that word being 

 " sturgeon " in the Indian tongue. Here, as early 

 as 1653, John Eliot, the celebrated " Apostle to the 

 Indians," came, spending many days, and preaching 

 to the natives. Here courts were held annually, in 

 the month of May, by an English Magistrate, assisted 

 by some Indian chiefs. I have seen the spot where 

 the log church stood which Eliot used to preach in. 

 But Eliot and these sons of the forest have all passed 

 away, and are now in the far off land of the Great 

 Spirit. 



The population of Lowell in 1828 was 3,532. It 

 is now estimated at 35,000. There are fifty mills at 

 work here, managed by twelve corporations, whose 

 capital is $13,210,000, which keep in operation 

 319,946 spindles, and 9,885 looms. The number of 

 yards made per week is as follows : 2,110,000 cotton ; 

 20,477 woollen ; 12,000 carpets ; 40 rugs. In the 

 manufacture of woollen, are consumed 69,000 pounds 

 of wool per week ; of the cotton, per week, 653,000 

 pounds. 345,000 yards are printed ; 3,515,000 dyed. 

 The kinds of goods manufactured are the following : 

 Prints, sheetings, shirtings, drillings, flannels, broad- 

 cloth, cassimere, plain and fancy woollen goods. 



