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Lowell Daily Courier

Location

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1901

Page

5

Two Hundred Years Of Dracul A Bicentennial Chronicle

A historical bicentennial address by Walter Gayton Hall recounts Dracul from its 1701 settlement by Samuel Varnum and Edward Coburn through two centuries of growth, church and school development, wars, and notable native families like the Varnums, Coburns, and Bradleys, ending with a reflection on civic virtue and local heritage.

Walter Gayton Hall Dracul General Court Samuel Sewell Ephraim Hunt Benjamin Walker John Hunt Jonathan Belcher Merrimack River Wekasook Capt. Scarlet Dunstable Kinball Jeremie Hill Merrimacke Dracut Township Danforth Dracut Lowell Centralville Pawtucketville Pelham Pawtucket Passaconaway Wannalandt John Thomas Riverside Street Loverell John Varnum Henry Coburn Lake Winnipiscogee

Dracut Anniversary Speech Reflects on History and Hope

The Dracut celebration features Rev Cyrus Richardson praising a two century old town, linking present changes in farming and industry to heritage. He urges gratitude and connection to ancestors, notes history as a shared life, and emphasizes progress tempered by past sacrifices. The message closes with a call to honor Puritan roots amid ongoing renewal.

Old Meadow New Boston Boston New England Chelmsford Dracut Flag Meadow Hill Thomas Varnum Pawtucket Falls Pelham J. L. Sargent Pawtucket Church John Eliot Pawtucket Central Hillside Church Central Church Evangelical Congregational Church of Phineas Stevens Andover Concord Stephen Russell Peter Coburn Bunker Hill John Thissell Saratoga Buraha Captussell Valley Forge Dracul Abraham Lincoln Sedar Pond Richard Jakes Nathaniel Cheever Merrimack Beaver Brook Col. Varnum Halcyon Antony Tony New Hampshire Massachusetts Massachusett’s Bay Lowell Centralville Pawtucketville N. H Marsh Navy Yard North Collinsville Michael Collins Bridge Street Ferry Lane Central Bridge Benjamin F. Butter Rufus Choate Choate Rarrow Thomas Parker Harvard College Cyrus Richardson Nashua Earth Betsey

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