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History of Lowell and Its People, vol. 3 (biographical; second copy)

Creator
Frederick W. Coburn
Date
1920
Type
book
Repository
Internet Archive (historyoflowelli03incobu); a copy is in the house library
Locator
Cited pages: scan leaves 416, 420
Access
Public domain. The title page and the pages cited on this site are reproduced here from the copy in the house library; the whole volume can be read at the Internet Archive. Read the source · Original at archive.org
Rights
Public domain (published 1920).

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The title page and the 2 pages this site cites (3 page images), cut from the scanned book. History of Lowell and Its People, vol. 3 (biographical; second copy), Frederick W. Coburn, 1920. Internet Archive scan historyoflowelli03incobu; copy in the house library. Public domain (published 1920). This copy is kept on this site so that it stays one click away.

  1. History of Lowell and Its People, vol. 3 (biographical; second copy): Title pageTitle page
  2. History of Lowell and Its People, vol. 3 (biographical; second copy): p. 324 (leaf 416 of the scan). Cited in note C-177.p. 324 (leaf 416 of the scan). Cited in note C-177.
  3. History of Lowell and Its People, vol. 3 (biographical; second copy): p. 325 (leaf 420 of the scan). Cited in note C-177.p. 325 (leaf 420 of the scan). Cited in note C-177.

Statements this record supports

  • C-177 — Coburn's History of Lowell (1920) gives Butler Ames's life to 1920: born at Lowell on August 21, 1871, son of Adelbert and Blanche (Butler) Ames and grandson of General Benjamin F. Butler; Phillips Exeter Academy; West Point, class of 1894; a degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from MIT in 1896; agent of the Wamesit Power Company; in the war with Spain a second lieutenant and then lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Massachusetts; ten years in Congress for the Fifth District; organizer and major-general commanding the Massachusetts State Guard; treasurer of the U.S. Cartridge, Wamesit Power, Heinze Electric and U.S. Magnet Safety Razor companies; an Episcopalian of St. Anne's; married at Columbia, Missouri, on June 25, 1914, to Fifille Willis.