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t he supplied the state with that necessary article at that time. Of his connection with the Andover scheme we have fortunately preserved to us a document of the strongest weight Andover, February 20, 1790. This may certify that Mr. Lemuel Cox was employed in erecting the Powder Mill at Andover in the year 1776 that he discovered great mechanical ingenuity and rendered essential service in executing that work. Samuel Phillips, Jun. Near the close of the Revolution, in October, 1782, we find Lemuel Cox was residing with his family at Taunton. A petition signed by five hundred inhabitants of Boston resulted in a town meeting held Thursday, 10 February 1785, in Faneuil Hall, with Hon. Samuel Adams as moderator. The first article in the warrant was to consider a petition of Thomas Russell and others for liberty to build a bridge over Charles river, where the ferry from Boston to Charlestown then ran. A vote in favor was passed with only two dissenting among thirtee