1828; the Reverend A.D. Sargent, in 1829; the Reverend E.K. Avery, in
1830 and 1831; the Reverend George Pickering, in 1832; the Rev. A.D.
Merrill, in 1833 and 1834; the Reverend Ira M. Bidwell, in 1835; the
Reverend Orange Scott, in 1836; the Reverend E.M. Stickney, in 1837 and
1838; the Reverend Orange Scott, in 1839 and 1840; the Reverend Schuyler
Hoes, in 1841 and 1842; the Reverend W.H. Hatch, in 1843 and 1844; the
Reverend Abel Stevens, in 1845; the Reverend C.K. True, in 1846 and
1847; the Reverend A.A. Willets, in 1848; the Reverend John H. Twombly,
in 1849 and 1850; the Reverend G.F. Cox, in 1851 and 1852; the Reverend
L.D. Barrows, in 1853 and 1854; the Reverend D.E. Chapin, in 1855; the
Reverend George M. Steele, in 1856 and 1857; the Reverend H.M. Loud, in
1858 and 1859; the Reverend William R. Clark, in 1860 and 1861; the
Reverend Daniel Dorchester, in 1862 and 1863; the Reverend Samuel F.
Upham, in 1864, 1865, and 1866 (during the year 1865 he was chaplain of
the Massachusetts House of Representatives); the Reverend S.F. Jones,
in 1867. The church is known as St. Paul's, and the Reverend Hiram D.
Weston is the present pastor.

[Illustration: COUNTY COURT HOUSE, GORHAM STREET, 1860.]

[Illustration: LOWELL SKATING RINK, GORHAM STREET.]

The First Universalist Church was organized in July, 1827. The following
year they built their church on Chapel Street, but removed it in 1837
to Central Street. The Reverend Eliphalet Case was pastor from 1828 to
1830; the Reverend Calvin Gardner, from 1830 to 1833; the Reverend
Thomas B. Thayer, from 1833 to 1845; the Reverend E.G. Brooks, in 1845;
the Reverend Uriah Clark, from 1846 to 1850; the Reverend Thomas B.
Thayer, from 1851 to October, 1857; the Reverend J.J. Twiss, from 1859
to January 1, 1872; the Reverend G.T. Flanders was settled in 1872; the