Betty, is that the name of the author "divers hands" or am I misreading your e-mail to the Middlesex board? To get to the books about Lowell, I had seen the "Illustrated History of Lowell and Vicinity Massachusetts" by divers hands . in a Library before. Would love to get this from our library do you have the Library of Congress No.? Diane Elgin IL

Hi Diane, I'm pretty sure that the expression, "divers hands" means that "many" people contributed to the writing of the book ! And, if you saw the size of the book, you would hope "many, many" people helped to write it ! :o) I did not make note of the technical information, but I did copy the title page: "Illustrated History of Lowell and Vicinity, Massachusetts, ...." Lowell, MA, Courier-Citizen Company, 1897 An FYI is that I believe that anyone can go to the on-line catalog of the public Libraries in our state ! And, you can look for books, and the information about them that way ! http://www.pollardml.org/ And, I think the way it works is that "all ?" books within the "Merrimack Valley Consortium ...." should be in each Library's catalog ! So, you should find the books on Lowell in Billerica and Chelmsford's Libaries, also ! Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bitsyba@aol.com> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Lowell MA > Betty, is that the name of the author "divers hands" or am I misreading > your > e-mail to the Middlesex board? > > To get to the books about Lowell, I had seen the "Illustrated History > of Lowell and Vicinity Massachusetts" by divers hands . in a Library > before. > > Would love to get this from our library do you have the Library of > Congress > No.? > > Diane > Elgin IL > > ______________________________