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A one-page statistical broadside issued in Lowell, Massachusetts, in January 1846, summarizing the city's textile mills and other industries. Large tables give each mill corporation's capital, spindles, looms, workers, weekly output, raw materials consumed, fuel use and kinds of goods made. A second table lists other manufactures, and a remarks section covers wages, loom production, starch consumption, banks, libraries, schools and population from 1820 to 1846.