 | Lowell (Mass.) - 1876 - 182 pages
...valley which has been chosen for the site of the manufacturing establishment opened upon our view. It is indeed a fairy scene. Here we beheld an extensive...reminds us of a Russian spring which starts, as it were, frotn the silence and desolation of winter into all the luxuriance and life and motion of summer. It... | |
 | Massachusetts. Homestead Commission - 1916 - 104 pages
...its plight in some parts was deplorable. The city is referred to as being in the early period (1825) "a fairy scene. Here we beheld an extensive city,...prospects of increasing extent and boundless wealth. . . . On the banks of the Merrimack are already three superb factories and two immense piles of brick... | |
 | Massachusetts. Homestead Commission - 1916 - 108 pages
...its plight in some parts was deplorable. The city is referred to as being in the early period (1825) "a fairy scene. Here we beheld an extensive city,...prospects of increasing extent and boundless wealth. . . . On the banks of the Merrimack are already three superb factories and two immense piles of brick... | |
 | Wilson Waters - 1917 - 1020 pages
...valley which has been chosen for the site of the Manufacturing Establishments, opened upon our view. It is indeed a fairy scene. Here we beheld an extensive...thriving, with immense prospects of increasing extent and of boundless wealth. Everything is fresh and green with vigor of youth, yet perfect in all strength... | |
 | Paul E. Rivard - 2002 - 180 pages
...decent living conditions for workers. The Essex Gazette echoed the sentiments of many when it noted:"It is indeed a fairy scene. Here we beheld an extensive...Everything is fresh and green with the vigor of youth. . . . What cannot a combination of genius wealth and industry produce!"1 Michael Chevalier, writing... | |
 | Massachusetts. Homestead Commission - 1916 - 108 pages
...its plight in some parts was deplorable. The city is referred to as being in the early period (1825) "a fairy scene. Here we beheld an extensive city,...prospects of increasing extent and boundless wealth. . . . On the banks of the Merrimack are already three superb factories and two immense piles of brick... | |
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... Tuberculosis Mortality in Lawrence. Lowell presents a unique history, showing in its early years conditions of home and labor suggesting the ideal, yet deteriorating from its high estate until in later years its plight in some parts was deplorable.... 