Lawrence is a city located in Essex County,Massachusetts,United States,on the Merrimack River. At the 2020 census,the city had a population of 89,143. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north,Andover to the southwest,and North Andover to the east. Lawrence and Salem were the county seats of Essex County,until the state abolished county government in 1999. Lawrence is part of the Merrimack Valley.
The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's historic upper class. In the late 19th century through the mid-20th century,they were often associated with a cultivated New England accent,Harvard University,Anglicanism,and traditional British-American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonists are typically considered to be the most representative of the Boston Brahmins. They are considered White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs).
Abbott Lawrence was an American businessman,politician,and philanthropist. He was among the group of industrialists that founded a settlement on the Merrimack River that would later be named for him,Lawrence,Massachusetts.
Augustus Lowell was a wealthy Massachusetts industrialist,philanthropist,horticulturist,and civic leader. A member of the Brahmin Lowell family,he was born in Boston to John Amory Lowell and his second wife Elizabeth Cabot Putnam. His great-grandfather,John Lowell,was among the first Judges for the newly created federal courts,appointed by Presidents George Washington and John Adams. Augustus' elder brother,Judge John Lowell,would be appointed to hold the same seats held by their great-grandfather,by Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Rutherford Hayes.
Elisha Huntington was an American physician and politician who served as the mayor of Lowell,Massachusetts and as the 19th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854.
Andrew James Peters was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Boston and as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is today best remembered for being a suspect in the death of Starr Faithfull.
Jerome Van Crowninsfield Smith was an American physician,author and politician,serving as the fourteenth mayor of Boston,Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855.
West Medford station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Medford,Massachusetts. It serves the Lowell Line,and is located at West Medford Square.
The Salem and Lowell Railroad,chartered in 1848,was a railroad in Massachusetts that connected the towns of Peabody and Tewksbury. The company connected to other railroads at both ends to provide service to its two namesake cities - the Lowell and Lawrence Railroad at Tewksbury Junction,and the Essex Railroad at Peabody. Construction was completed in 1850,with train operations contracted to the Lowell and Lawrence until 1858,when the Boston and Lowell Railroad took over both companies. In 1887,the Boston and Maine Railroad took over the Boston and Lowell and became the new operator of the Salem and Lowell. The line gradually declined in importance from the start of the 20th century,and was progressively abandoned from 1925 onwards. The last trains ran on the route in 1980,and the remainder of the route formally abandoned in 1987. Parts of the right of way are now a rail-trail.
Walter Lawrence Ramsdell was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 28th Mayor of Lynn,Massachusetts.
Alpheus Brown Alger was a Massachusetts politician who served in the Massachusetts State Senate,as a member of the Board of Aldermen and as the Mayor of Cambridge,Massachusetts.
Thomas Goodwin Pinnock was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Salem,Massachusetts,United States.
Walter Edward Lawrence was an American politician and city manager who served as a member of Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Mayor of Medford.
John Albert Wilson was a Canadian sculptor who produced public art for commissions throughout North America. He was a professor in the School of Architecture at Harvard University for 32 years. He is most famous for his American Civil War Monuments:the statue on the Confederate Student Memorial on the campus of the University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill,and the Washington Grays Monument in Philadelphia.
Magoun Square station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line located at Lowell Street south of Magoun Square in Somerville,Massachusetts. The accessible station has a single island platform serving the two tracks of the Medford Branch. It opened on December 12,2022,as part of the Green Line Extension (GLX),which added two northern branches to the Green Line,and is served by the E branch.
William Rice (1821–1897) was a Methodist Episcopal minister,author,and from 1861 to his death in 1897,the President and Executive Director of the Springfield City Library Association. He was an important public figure in nineteenth-century Springfield,Massachusetts.
The Boston mayoral election of 1858 saw the reelection of Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. It was held on December 13,1858.
The 1864 Boston mayoral election was held on December 12,1864 and saw Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. reelected to a sixth overall term.
The 1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1938.
The Nashua and Lowell Railroad (N&L) was a 14-mile-long (23 km) railroad built to connect Nashua,New Hampshire with the city of Lowell,Massachusetts. Chartered in June 1835,construction began in 1837 and the first train ran the next year. The Nashua and Lowell was the first railroad built in the state of New Hampshire.
