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 324 THE GRANITE MONTHLY.

afterwards, from time to time published 1835, 1838-1844; otherwise it was an

by tlie respective classes prior to 1802, octavo. In 1841 and 1844, it was issued

some of them on sheets but six inches in both forms.

square. From the rival -'University" cata-

The first official college catalogue logues on single sheets issued in 1816 and

was issued first in 1802. It was print- 1817.

ed on one s'de of a large sheet, from General Catalogue, "' broadside " 1786.

1802 to 1810. None was issued in Octavo, ''Triennial," 1792-1873; " Quin-

1812. It was a duedecimo in 1827-1830, quennial," 1882.

��NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN IN LOWELL.

��TO enumerate all the natives of New Hampshire, resident in Lowell, who have been or are now prominent in business life and in various industrial occupations in that city, would be an almost interminable task. Following is a brief mention of a few of the number with whom the writer came in contact during a recent brief visit to the Spindle City :

Jacob Rogers, president of the Railroad National Bank, is a native of Exe- ter, and about fifty years of age. He has been a resident of Lowell for the past thiity years, being for a long time engaged in the hardware business with his brother, John F. Rogers, who was subsequently cashier of the bank of which he is president. Upon the death of his brother, in 1870, he was chosen to the position which he now occupies.

Cliarles M. Williams, cashier of the Old Lowell National Bank, is also a na- tive of Exeter, born June 26, 1836. He removed with his father to Lowell in early youth, graduated from the Lowell High School, studied law with D. S. and G. F. Richardson, was admitted to the bar and practiced two or three years, when he gave up the profession to accept the position he now holds, and which he has filled effectually for nearly twenty years past. His father, Henry L. Wil- liams, a native of Deerfield, who subsequently resided in Exeter, though now in his seventy-third year, is still actively engaged in business as a real estate agent and broker. He learned the book-binder's trade in Exeter, and subsequently kept a book store in that town, but removed to Lowell in 1847, where he en- gaged in the book and fancy goods trade for some time. In 1855 he com- menced in the real estate business on Central Street, and has pursued the same to the present time. His operations have been very extensive, and at one time he had charge of property in the hands of four hundred different ten- ants.

One of the most important and extensive manufacturing establishments of its class in the country is the Lowell Machine Shop, which is engaged in the manufacture of cotton machinery of all descriptions. It has furnished facto- ries in all parts of the country and all quarters of the globe. Its works occupy thirteen acres of land, and there are six acres of flooring space in its buildings. The paid up capital of the company is $900,000. Six hundred and fifty tons of castings are produced per month, and there are now fifteen hundred men employed, with a monthly pay roll exceeding $50,000. The superintendent of this vast establishment is Charles L. Hildreth, who was born in Concord in October, 1824. He went to Lowell in 1845, and learned the machinist's trade in this shop, where he has ever since been employed, in various capacities, with the exception of two years in Philadelphia, He was foreman in the machine

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