Middlesex County Manual — Charles Cowley — 1878

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Full title: Middlesex County Manual by Charles Cowley. Published in Lowell, MA by the Penhallow Printing Company in 1878. 

Offers a comprehensive and detailed historical account of Middlesex County from its formation in 1643 up until the late 19th century. 

The interesting part of this thin and very inexpensive book is the early history of the area.

Middlesex, which was founded in 1643, doesn’t include Boston but it does includes the cities just beyond, including Somerville, Everett, Woburn, Malden, Marlborough, Lowell, Woburn, Cambridge, Concord, Bedford, Billerica, and Melrose. (Today it is the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populous county in the United States.)

Also includes a historical sketch of the county of Middlesex which integrates crucial narratives from General Gookin's rare works on New England Indians, providing insights into the area's early colonial and Native American interactions.

Also includes information about the financial reforms in the county of Middlesex.

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