Newspapers. Boston Pilot, 1850-1852. Lowell Courier, 1846-7, 1849-65. Lowell Daily Citizen and News, 1867-79. Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Worcester, 1772-79, 1793, Nov.1794, 1795-98, 1799, 1800-19, Periodicals. Alcott, W.S. "Immigration." New England Magazine, Bender, P. Bushee, F.A. Haynes, G.H. New England Smyth, E.C. Abdy, E.S. "The French Canadians in New England," "A Chapter in Local History of Know Magazine, Editorial, February 1906. "French Canadians in New England, " Miscellaneous. Journal of a residence and tour in the Bagenal, P.H. The Irish American. London, 1882. Bromwell, W.J. Buckingham, J.S. History of Immigration to the United America, Historical, Statistical, Desmond, H.J. The Know Nothing Party. Washington, 1905. Palmer, J. Seybert, A. Angleterre. Quebec, 1891. Journals of travels in the United States. Statistical Annals. Philadelphia, 1818. Description of the Maps. The distribution and the increase of the more important foreign elements in Massachusetts are shown by four maps which exhibit the distribution of the Irish, English, and Canadians in 1865, 1875, 1885, and 1895. A comparison of these maps indicates the increase of the three nationalities mentioned during the period under discussion. It is apparent that the Irish exceed the other nationalities both in density and extent of their distribution. In 1865, as we have mentioned, the Irish were widely scattered throughout Massachusetts. The close of each decade since that date has witnessed a constant increase in the density of the Irish population. The English element has steadily increased in importance during these three decades. This nationality is most numerous in the cities and large towns of eastern Massachusetts. The distribution of the Canadian-French has been considered in Chapter III. In 1895 the distribution of the English-Canadians is shown. It is evident that this nationality is of considerable importance, being especially numerous in the eastern counties. |