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Adams, George. The Lowell Directory, Containing the City Record, Schools, Churches, Banks, Societies, Etc., Names of the Citizens, A Business Directory, An Almanac for 1855, and a Variety of Miscellaneous Matter. Lowell, MA: Oliver March and Merrill & Straw, 1855.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Landmark Report: Lowell Water Power System. Lowell, MA: American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1985.

An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing Drawn Out of the Quiver of Scriptures/By the Ministers of Christ at Boston. Boston: Printed by Samuel Green, 1684. Reproduction, New York: New York Public Library, 2013.

Bacon, George B. "A Day of Scottish Games." Scribner's Monthly, an illustrated magazine for the people, Vol. III, Issue 3, January, 1872. 345–355.

Bartlett, Elisha. A Vindication of the Character and Condition of the Females Employed in the Lowell Mills: against the charges contained in The Boston times, and The Boston quarterly review. Lowell : L. Huntress, printer, 1841.

Bay State Monthly. Vol. I, No. 3, Boston: John N. McClintock and Co., 1884.

Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. April 26, 1856, Vol. X., No. 17.

Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. March 15, 1856, Vol. X., No. 11.

The Ball-room Guide. With coloured plates. London, F. Warne and co., 1866.

The Ball-Room Instructor; Containing A Complete Description of Cotillons and Other Popular Dances. New York: Huestis & Craft, 1841.

Bessie; or, Reminiscences of a Daughter of a New England Clergyman of the Eighteenth Century : simple facts, simply told, by a grandmother. New Haven, CT : J. M. Benham, 1861.

Boïelle, James. A New French and English Dictionary Compiled from the Best Authorities in Both Languages. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1903.

Breul, Karl. A German and English Dictionary Compiled from the Best Authorities in Both Languages. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1906.

Brookes, L. De G. Brookes on Modern Dancing, Containing A Full Description of All Dances as Practised in the Ball Room and at Private Parties, Together with An Essay on Etiquette. New York: n.p., 1887.

Burchenal, Elizabeth. American Country-Dances: Twenty-Eight Contra-Dances Largely from the New England States. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1918.

"Canobie Lake Park History," Canobie Lake Park, www.canobie.com/history.php.

Carpenter, Lucien O. J. W. Pepper's Universal Dancing Master, Prompter's Call Book and Violinist's Guide. Philadelphia: J. W. Pepper, 1882.

Castle, Irene. Castles in the Air. 1st ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958.

Castle, Vernon and Irene. Modern Dancing. New York: Published by the World Syndicate Co. under an arrangement with Harper & Brothers, 1914.

Cellarius, Henri. The Drawing-Room Dances. Boston: Dinsmore & Co., 1858.

Chester, S. Beach. Secrets of the Tango. London: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1914.

Chevalier, Michael. Society, Manners and Politics in the United States: Being a Series of Letters on North America, translated from the third Paris Edition. Boston: Weeks Jordan and Company, 1839.

Clendenen, F. Leslie. Dance Mad or The Dances of the Day. St. Louis, MO: Arcade Print Co., 1914.

Coburn, Frederick W. History of Lowell and Its People. Vol. 1. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1920.

Contributions of the Lowell Historical Society. Vol. I, No. 2. Lowell, MA: Butterfield Printing Co., 1911.

Contributions to the Old Residents Historical Association. Vol. VI, No. 1. Lowell, MA: Published by Old Residents Historical Association and printed by Courier-Citizen Company, 1896.

Converse, Parker Lindall. 1642 –1842. Legends of Woburn. Woburn, Mass: Printed for Subscribers only, 1892.

Coolidge, Lillie Pierce. The History of Prescott Massachusetts. N.p.: n.p., n.d.

Cowley, Charles. Illustrated History of Lowell. Rev. ed. Boston: Lee & Shepard, Lowell, MA: B. C. Sargeant and Joshua Merrill, 1868.

Crozier, Gladys Beattie. The Tango and How to Dance It. London: Andrew Melrose, Ltd., 1913.

Derrah, Robert H. Derrah's Official Street Railway Guide for Eastern New England. Boston: Derrah Excursion and Publication Co., 1900.

Dodworth, Allen. Dancing and its relations to education and social life, with a new method of instruction... New York and London: Harper & brothers, 1900.

Durang, Charles. The Fashionable Dancer's Casket, or the Ball-Room Instructor. Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother, 1856.

Edson, Theodore. Reverend Theodore Edson's Diaries, December 1822 through April 1841. Transcribed by Walter Hickey with an introduction and history by Martha Mayo. Lowell, MA: Lowell Historical Society.

Falls, Warren H. Images of America: Lynnfield. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1998.

Faulkner, Thomas A. From the Ball-Room to Hell. Chicago: Henry Publishing Co., 1892.

The Gentleman & Lady's Companion; Containing, The Newest Cotillions and Country Dances; to which is added, Instances of Ill Manners to be carefully avoided by Youth of both Sexes. Norwich, Ct: Printed by J. Trumbull, 1798.

The German. How to give it. How to lead it. How to dance it. By two amateur leaders. Chicago, Jansen, McClurg and Co., 1879.

Gersuny, Carl. "'A Devil in Petticoats' and Just Cause: Patterns of Punishment in Two New England Textile Factories," The Business History Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, 131 - 152, Cambridge, MA: President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1976.

Gilbert, M. B. Round Dancing. Portland, ME: M. B. Gilbert, 1890.

Grindon, Leo H. Lancashire, Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes. London: Seeley and Co., Ltd, 1892.

Griscom, John. A Year in Europe, Comprising a Journal of Observations in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, The North or Italy, and Holland. In 1818 and 1819. Vol. II. New York: Collins and Hannay, 1824.

Herndon, Richard (compiler) and Edwin M. Bacon (editor). Boston of Today: A Glance at its History and Characteristics with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Many of its Professional and Business Men. Boston: Post Publishing Company, 1892.

Hillgove, Thomas. Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1864. Reprint, N.p.: Da Capo Press, 1981.

Hood's Sarsaparilla Book of Parlor Games, Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood & Co., c. 1885.

Hopkins, G.M. City Atlas of Lowell Massachusetts. Philadelphia, 1879.

Howe, Elias et al. American Dancing Master and Ball-Room Prompter: containing about five hundred dances; including all the latest and most fashionable. Boston: Elias Howe, c. 1862. Reprint, N.p., n.p., n.d.

Howe, Elias et al. Howe's Complete Ball-Room Hand Book: Containing Upwards of Three Hundred Dances, Including All the Latest and Most Fashionable Dances, With Elegant Illustrations. Boston: Ditson & Co., 1858.

Josephson, Hannah. The Golden Threads: New England's Mill Girls & Magnates. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949.

Kennedy, Douglas. English Folk Dancing Today and Yesterday. London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd., 1964.

Kenngott, George F. The Record of a City. A Social Survey of Lowell, Massachusetts. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1912.

The Ladies' Home Journal. November, 1914. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1914.

The Ladies' Home Journal. Christmas, 1914. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1914.

The Laws of Etiquette; or, Short Rules and Reflections for Conduct in Society. Philadelphia : Cary, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836.

Low, Betty-Bright and Jacqueline Hinsley. Sophie Du Pont, A Young Lady in America. Sketches, diaries, & Letters 1823–1833. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 1987.

The Lowell Book. Boston: Printed by George H. Ellis, 1899.

The Lowell Directory 1866. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, and Co., 1866.

The Lowell Directory 1874. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, and Co., 1874.

Lowell Illustrated. Lowell, MA: Nelson Colonial Department Store, 1907.

Martineau, Harriet. Society in America, Vol. II. Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1837.

Massachusetts Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Groveland, 1985. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Commission, 1985.

McKnight, William James. A Pioneer History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania and my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania 1840–1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1898.

Page, Ralph. "A History of Square Dancing," Square Dancing Magazine, 1972–1974.

Page, Ralph. Northern Junket Magazine. Volumes I,IV,V, & VIII-XIV, 1949–1984.

Pendergast, Jay. Images of America: Lowell. Vol. II. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1997.

Podmore, Frank. Robert Owen: A Biography. Vol. I. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907.

Powell, R. Powell's Art of Dancing; or Dancing Made Easy. Louisville, KY: Printed by Harney, Hughes & Hughes, 1848.

Report of the Chief of the Massachusetts District Police for the Year Ending Oct. 31, 1917. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1918.

Report of the Massachusetts Commission for the Investigation of the White Slave Traffic, So Called, February, 1914. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing co., State Printers, 1914.

Richardson, Phillip J.S. The Social Dances of the 19th Century. London: Herbert Jenkins, Ltd. Printed by Charles Birchall & Sons, Ltd., Liverpool and London, 1960.

Robinson, Harriet H. Loom & Spindle or Life Among the Early Mill Girls. Rev. ed. Kaliua, Hi: Press Pacifica, 1976.

Rosenburg, Chaim M. The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775–1817, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010.

Shaw, Lloyd. The Round Dance Book. 3rd printing. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1950.

Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, "Lowell National Historical Park and Preservation District: Cultural Resources Inventory Report," 1980.

A Solemn Warning to Dancers. New York: N. Bangs and J. Emory for the Tract Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, inter 1824 and 1832.

Souvenir of Grand Concert and Ball of Lowell Lodge #87 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) Boston: The Statist Publishing Co., 1908.

A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators, 1909. Volume XVIII (Issued Annually). Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, 1909.

Stein, Charles W. American Vaudeville as seen by its Contemporaries. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.

Stevens, Pamela Mutch. Images of America: Salisbury Beach. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000.

Todd, John M. A Sketch of the Life of John M. Todd (Sixty-two Years in a Barber Shop) and Reminiscences of His Customers. Portland: William W. Roberts Co., 1906.

Théleur, E.A. Letters on Dancing, Reducing This Elegant and Healthful Exercise to Easy Scientific Principles. London: Sherwood & Co., 1832.

Trades and Labor Council of Lowell. Lowell: A City of Spindles. Lowell, MA: Printed by Lawler & Company, 1900.

Urban, Sylvanus. The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. January to June, 1817. Vol. 87, Part 1. London: Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1817.

Views of Lowell and Vicinity. Lowell, MA: Published exclusively for S.H. Knox and Company, 1905. Copyright by L.H. Nelson Company, Portland, ME .

Ville, Paul, comp. Reels, Hornpipes, Jigs, Etc., The Universal Favorite Contra Dance Album. New York: Carl Fischer, 1905.

Waters, Wilson. History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Lowell, MA: Printed for the town by the Courier–Citizen Company, 1917.

Watson, Thomas. The Select Works of the Rev. Thomas Watson, Comprising his Celebrated Body of Divinity in a series of Lectures on the Shorter Catechism and Various Sermons and Treatises. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1855.

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1976.

Wilson, Marquerite. Dancing. rev. ed. N.p.: The Penn Publishing Company, 1913.

Wilson, Thomas. An Analysis of Country Dancing: wherein are displayed all the figures ever used in country dances, in a way so easy and familiar, that persons of the meanest capacity may in a short time acquire (without the aid of a master) a complete knowledge of that rational and polite amusement. London: Printed by W. Calvert, 1808.

Wilson, Thomas. An Analysis of Country Dancing, wherein all the figures used in that polite amusement are rendered familiar by engraved lines. London: J.S. Dickson, 1811.

Wilson, Thomas. Analysis of the London Ball-Room: in which is comprised, the history of the polite art, from the earliest period, interspersed with characteristic observations of each of its popular divisions of country dances, which contain a selection of the most fashionable and popular quadrilles and waltzes. London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, Cheapside, and R. Griffen and Co., 1825. Reprint, N.p., n.p., n.d.

Wilson, Thomas. The Complete System of English Country Dancing, containing all the figures ever used in English country dancing, with a variety of new figures, and new reels. London: Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, c. 1815.

Wilson, Thomas. A Description of the Correct Method of Waltzing: the truly fashionable species of dancing, that from the pleasing Beauty of it Movements has attained an ascendancy over every other Department of that Polite Branch of Education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French Waltzing. London: Sherwood, Neely, Jones, and Paternoster Row, 1816.

Wilson, Thomas. The Quadrille and Cotillion Panorama, or, Treatise on Quadrille Dancing, in Two Parts: with an explanation, in French and English, of all the quadrille & cotillion figures generally adopted, as described by diagrams on the plate. New York: R. & E. Williamson, 1822.

Y.M.C.I. Five Year Book. Lowell, MA: Y.M.C.I. Choral Society, 1907.

Yorke, Dane. The Men and Times of Pepperell. Boston: Pepperell Manufacturing Company, 1945.

 
   
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