Insurance appraisal of Boott Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts

The Boott Cotton Mills, located in Lowell, Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1835 by Abbott Lawrence, John Amory Lowell and Nathan Appleton for the purpose of producing "drillings, sheetings, shirtings, linens, fancy dress goods, and yarns." By the 1870s, Boott Cotton Mills shifted to a variety and order mill with six mills working as a unified plant. In 1905, the mill closed and the corporation ceased, with stockholders, dominated by the current generation of directors, selling the plant and its assets to a group of investors from Lowell and Boston. Renamed Boott Mill, this new company reorganized management and production, invested in new equipment and retrained workers. In 1955, Boott Mill closed after one hundred and twenty years of operation.