June 1, 1883. The company makes ingrain, Brussels, and Wilton carpets.

[Illustration: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.]

The Middlesex Company was incorporated in 1830. The treasurers have
been William D. Stone, 1830; Samuel Lawrence, 1840; R.S. Fay, 1857;
George Z. Silsbee, 1882. The agents have been James Cook, 1830; Nelson
Palmer, 1845; Samuel Lawrence, 1846; O.H. Perry, 1848; William T. Mann,
1851; Josiah Humphrey, 1852; James Cook, 1858; O.H. Perry, 1858;
G.V. Fox, 1869; William C. Avery, 1874; O.H. Perry, from June, 1882.
O. Saunderson, superintendent. The company makes indigo blue coatings,
cassimeres, police, yacht, and cadet cloth, ladies' sackings, beavers,
and shawls.

The Suffolk Manufacturing Company was incorporated January 17, 1831. The
proprietors of the Tremont Mills were incorporated March 19, 1831. The
two were consolidated in 1871. The treasurers of Suffolk Manufacturing
Company were John W. Boott, 1831; Henry Hall, 1832; Henry V. Ward, 1857;
Walter Hastings, 1865; William A. Burke, 1868; James C. Ayer, 1870. The
treasurers of the proprietors of the Tremont Mills were William
Appleton, 1831; Henry Hall, 1832; Henry V. Ward, 1857; Walter Hastings,
1865; William A. Burke, 1868; James C. Ayer, 1870. The treasurers of
Tremont and Suffolk Mills have been James C. Ayer, 1871; John C.
Birdseye, 1872. The agents of Suffolk Manufacturing Company were Robert
Means, 1831; John Wright, 1842; Thomas S. Shaw, 1868.

[Illustration: WORTHEN-STREET METHODIST CHURCH.]

The agents of the proprietors of the Tremont Mills were Israel Whitney,
1831; John Aiken, 1834; Charles L. Tilden, 1837; Charles F. Battles,