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Lawrence (City and one)

a city and one of the county-seats of Essex co., Mass., on both sides of the Merrimac river, ver, and on the W. of Boston. The river at this point Boston and Maine railroad; 29 miles N. has a gradual descent of 26 feet in a distance of half a mile, affording excellent water power. It is dammed by a solid granite wall 900 feet long and 30 feet wide, the water being drawn off through a system of canals and distributed to the various factories. Lawrence is a great cotton and woolen milling center, and has extensive manufactures of foundry and machine shop products, wall paper, stationery, cars, carriages, sewing machines, steam engines, boilers, hardware, belting, hats, boots and shoes a councilor of state and comptroller-gen- and flour. The city has an admirable burst he became an object of popular public school system, public library, court hatred and found it best to quit France.

He died in Venice, Italy, March 21, 1729:

LAW, WILLIAM, an English divine; born in King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England, in 1686. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He wrote against Bishop Hoadley, and was also the author of some valuable practical books, as, "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life"; "A Treatise on Christian Perfection," etc. He died in King's Cliffe, April 9, 1761.