Title: John Lowell papers,
Authors: Lowell, John, 1743-1802.; Lowell, John, 1856-1922,
Year: 1629
Subjects: Lowell, John,; Lowell, John,; Lowell, John,; Lowell family.; United States.; Massachusetts.; United States.; Boundaries, State.; Courts Massachusetts; Debtor and creditor.; United States Politics and government; Massachusetts Politics and government; Europe Description and travel; Massachusetts Boundaries New York (State); New York (State) Boundaries Massachusetts.
Abstract: Contains professional correspondence and legal documents reflecting the careers of the two John Lowells, father and son. Includes depositions, testimonies and memoranda from legal cases; reports and petitions of congresses; and deeds, contracts, wills, accounts, receipts, and promissory notes. Also includes records of the Continental Congress, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, various Massachusetts courts, and New England town meetings, as well as correspondence and court documents concerning the senior Lowell's service on a commission to determine the Massachusetts-New York border, and much correspondence about land sales and debt collection. Also contains correspondence of other family members, including a younger John Lowell (1856-1922) who traveled in Europe in the 1870s, and correspondence of third parties.