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Water stains on some pages, particularly in the Lawrence section.
This is a rebound copy of the report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts for the year 1850. Page 437 features a Sanitary Survey of Lawrence which includes information on its founding and industry, geographic make-up and character, detailed information about the boarding houses and what it's like to live in one, information on the schools, and recommendations for good public health as the town grows. Diagrams?Plans of the Essex Company Machine Shop and Foundry, Atlantic Cotton Mills, and the Bay State Mills and Boarding Houses are featured.