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	Appleton History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lawrence was less pleased with a provision that the school should teach both men and women, a rather radical idea at the time.
		Lawrence was not happy with the reports he was getting, After all, the original agreement with Smith called for a construction of a college on the Williams property.
		Lawrence, Smith called the site "one of the most romantic and enchanting spots I ever saw." Smith was impressed by the land's unspoiled beauty, the ease of transportation, the fertility of the soil, and the potential for water power from the rushing rapids.
	www.apl.org /history/lawrence.html (973 words)

	MHS Amos Lawrence Papers, 1814-1879 : Guide to the Collection
		Lawrence received an elementary education in the district schools of Groton, Massachusetts, and for a short time was enrolled in the Academy in Groton.
		In June 1831, Lawrence took violently ill and was obliged to retire from active participation in the firm, as a result the rest of his life was devoted to correspondence, family life, and philanthropy.
		The letters from Amos A. Lawrence were written from Andover, Bedford, and later Harvard College, and pertain primarily to his father while visiting Washington D.C., and later while touring the souther and eastern United Sates from 1836-1837.
	www.masshist.org /findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0224 (2260 words)

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		Nancy Amos was the daughter of John Hunter, and was born in Patrick County Virginia in 1798.
		Asa Amos was a veteran of the War of 1812, having enlisted in a "volunteer rifle company" of the Virginia Militia on September 10, 1813.
		Cub Amos was one of Ironton's leading citizens and was one of the pioneer iron men of the region.
	www.lawrencecountyohio.com /families/a_e/amos.html (460 words)

	Lawrence, Kansas
		Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, and is the home of the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University.
		Lawrence is located in northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River, and southwest of Kansas City.
		The University of Kansas was founded in Lawrence in 1866, by the citizens of Lawrence, under a charter granted by the Kansas Legislature, with the donation of 40 acres (160,000 m²) of land on Mount Oread by former Kansas Governor Charles Robinson and his wife Sara and small monetary gift from Amos Adams Lawrence.
	creekin.net /c7578-n221-lawrence-kansas.html (985 words)

	Abolition Activism in Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Amos A. Lawrence: As a young man, Amos Lawrence's father (also named Amos) left the farm in rural Massachusetts and, along with his brother, formed a company that imported textiles from England.
		Besides the establishment of Lawrence University he was also responsible for the creation of the state university in Lawrence, Kansas and the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge.
		Lawrence's public reputation, however, was as an abolitionist and he was best known for his work to ensure that Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a free state.
	www.wlhn.org /topics/abolition/kansas/lawrence_biography.htm (334 words)

	MHS Amos Adams Lawrence Papers, 1817-1886 : Guide to the Collection
		Amos Adams Lawrence was born in Boston on July 31, 1814, the second child of Amos Lawrence and Sarah Richards Lawrence.
		In 1862, Lawrence was authorized by Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew to raise a battalion that became known as the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, although age and family responsibilities kept him from riding off to war himself.
		Not only was Lawrence University being established in Appleton, Wisconsin, but closer to home Lawrence was promoting educational and religious activities for workers at the Salmon Falls Company, of which he was a director.From 1854 to the beginning of the Civil War, Lawrence's papers relate almost exclusively to Kansas and politics.
	www.masshist.org /findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0166 (2165 words)

	Wisconsin Conference United Methodist Church, Commission on Archives and History
		Lawrence's letter to his wife, however, was very favorable and he described the grounds, buildings, faculty and students in glowing terms.
		In 1844, Amos A. Lawrence bought, for the purposes of speculation, 5,000 acres of land in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin.
		Lawrence was an Episcopalian, but that Church had little presence on the frontier and "was out of the question".
	www.wisconsinumc.org /archives/lawrence.htm (1381 words)

	Lawrence History
		The New England Emigrant Aid Society was formed in Massachusetts to encourage and aid emigration to Kansas, and Amos L. Lawrence of Boston was one of its prominent leaders.
		Lawrence and Topeka were the two competitors, and in the ensuing election, Lawrence lost.
		Lawrence people realized they were vulnerable to raids and that it still rankled the ruffians that they had been repulsed in the years back, and they were afraid they would some day be attacked in reprisal.
	www.kancoll.org /books/rowe/lawrence.htm (1770 words)

	Lawrence School - Amos A. Lawrence, the Person (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Amos Lawrence founded two school -- Lawrence University in Wisconsin and a college in Lawrence, Kansas, which was named after him.
		Lawrence died of a sudden heart attack in 1886.
		Lawrence's life wasn't exactly thrilling, but it was a whole lot more interesting than the average guy's.
	lawrence.brookline.mec.edu /office/schinfo/AmosA.html (524 words)

	Welcome to MISS KANSAS USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lawrence, the headquarters of the Jayhawkers, was the scene of several bloody encounters.
		Lawrence's motto, "From Ashes to Immortality," is inspired by the efforts of these settlers.
		Lawrence is located between the two trails, which run through Lawrence and Douglas County.
	www.misskansasusa.com /2007hostcity.html (382 words)

	City's namesake a focus of sesquicentennial history \| LJWorld.com
		Amos Lawrence donated thousands of dollars to a city on the Plains that had fought slavery for seven years before the official beginning of the Civil War.
		As Lawrence prepares to kick off its official Sesquicentennial Summer celebration Sunday, Gridley and other historians are looking to the past to uncover details of the city's 150-year past, including Amos Lawrence's visit.
		The town was formally christened "Lawrence" to honor Amos A. Lawrence, a Free-Stater and major supporter of the New England Emigrant Aid Society which had sponsored the migration of settlers to Lawrence.
	www.ljworld.com /section/150th/story/171388 (634 words)

	Welcome to THE COLLEGE GAME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lawrence, who played at UNC from 1977 to 1980, is one of just two backs in major college football history to ever rush for 1,000+ yards in each of his four seasons.
		Lawrence remains one of the most beloved players in Carolina's fine history but his jersey is nowhere to be found in honor of his great career.
		Lawrence may have never had an incredible season, but he did have four excellent ones and was an integral part of the programs next rise to national prominence.
	members.aol.com /totlsprts/famous.html (429 words)

	Amos Lawrence
		LAWRENCE, Amos, merchant, born in Groton, Massachusetts, 22 April, 1786; died in Boston, Massachusetts, 31 December, 1852.
		Amos became a clerk in a country store in Dunstable in 1799, and soon afterward in Groton.
		After a serious illness in 1831, Amos was compelled to retire from active participation in the affairs of his firm, and devoted the remaining years of his life to acts of beneficence.
	www.famousamericans.net /amoslawrence (1120 words)

	Amos Adams Lawrence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amos Adams Lawrence was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1814, the son of famed philanthropist Amos Lawrence.
		Amos Adams Lawrence was a key figue in the United States abolition movement in the years leading up to the Civil War.
		Lawrence's farm outside of Boston became the campus for Boston College.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amos_Adams_Lawrence (234 words)

	Lawrence University and the Fox Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lawrence's benefactor, Boston merchant and philanthropist Amos Lawrence, envisioned an institution of higher learning that would be noted for excellence and serve the growing number of people settling in the area.
		Samuel Appleton, a relative of Amos Lawrence, donated $10,000 to fund the library; in appreciation, his name was given to the town that grew up around the college.
		Lawrence values its roots in the Fox Valley and is committed to contributing toward the strength of this region.
	www.lawrence.edu /about/heritage/index.shtml (193 words)

	WebRoots Library U.S. History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Amos A. Lawrence, of Boston, a man of wealth and honor and large influence, was prominent among those who gave the movement not only their sanction, but their active cooperation.
		Lawrence was one of the first men of means to endorse the movement for the settlement of Kansas in the interest of freedom.
		Lawrence was the headquarters of the free-state party, and the center of the free movement.
	www.webroots.org /library/usahist/aholk001.html (13025 words)

	Our Fiery History \| visitlawrence.com
		Lawrence is where the game of basketball "came of age," and no other city can claim a rich basketball tradition.
		Lawrence is also home to Haskell Indian Nations University, the premier Native American educational institution in the country.
		Lawrence is situated between the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails.
	www.visitlawrence.com /visitor/history (635 words)

	Structural Equation Modeling using AMOS: An Introduction
		AMOS is available to faculty, students, and staff at the University of Texas at Austin via the STATS Windows terminal server.
		AMOS also produces tabular output similar to that of SPSS that displays the unstandardized and standardized regression coefficients, the standard error estimates of the unstandardized regression coefficients, and tests of statistical significance of the null hypothesis that each unstandardized regression coefficient equals zero.
		Although AMOS does a good job of laying out the coefficients in its default display, it may be necessary from time to time to move a particular parameter estimate value so that the drawing appears less cluttered and more easily interpretable.
	www.utexas.edu /its/rc/tutorials/stat/amos (9978 words)

	Lawrence, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lawrence is a river city in Douglas County, Kansas, 41 miles (66 km) west by south of Kansas City, along the banks of both the Kaw and Wakarusa Rivers.
		Lawrence was founded in 1854 for the New England Emigrant Aid Company, by Charles Robinson, who later served as governor of Kansas, and named after Amos Adams Lawrence, a prominent politician and abolitionist and the son of famed philanthropist Amos Lawrence.
		Lawrence also holds the distinction of having been the site of operation for the state's first railroad in 1871 and the city where the state's first telephone was installed in 1877.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas (2316 words)

	Happy 149th, Lawrence \| LJWorld.com
		Now, nearly 150 years later, Lawrence has boomed from an anti-slavery village of about 200, with men emerging from their tents to gather around a campfire for meals, to a bustling city of more than 80,000.
		Lawrence's rich history will be the focus of a year of events during the next year surrounding the city's sesquicentennial.
		Clenece Hills, president of the Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission, said her organization's goal was to connect the city's past with its present and future.
	www.ljworld.com /section/archive/storypr/145793 (1168 words)

	Lawrence's namesake left lasting legacies \| LJWorld.com
		Both the city, which is celebrating its 150th birthday this year, and Derby are namesakes of Amos A. Lawrence, the Boston philanthropist who helped finance the first abolitionist settlement in present-day Lawrence and provided seed money for what is now Kansas University.
		But city leaders were looking for a tribute to Amos Lawrence, a textile manufacturer who came from a wealthy Boston family.
		Lawrence stayed with former Gov. Charles Robinson during at least part of his visit to the city.
	www2.ljworld.com /news/2004/oct/03/lawrences_namesake_left (701 words)

	Lawrence Kansas - From Ashes to Immortality
		On December 1, 1855, a small army of Missourians, acting under the command of "Sheriff" Jones, laid siege to Lawrence in the opening stages of what would later become known as "The Wakarusa War." However, the intervention of the new governor, Wilson Shannon, kept the proslavery men from attacking Lawrence.
		His body was returned to Lawrence where the entire citizenry followed it to its burial, in the presence of his young wife and children, in Pioneer Cemetery.
		Lawrence became the continuing scene of several bloody encounters and the state would become known as Bleeding Kansas.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /OZ-Lawrence.html (747 words)

	Ayer - pafg16.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		George Lawrence was born on 23 Feb 1840 and died on 29 Oct 1910.
		Emily Lawrence was born about 1846 and died in 1871.
		Amos Botsford Barnes (Jane Ayer, Nehemiah Ayer, Elijah Ayer, Joseph Ayer, Joseph Ayer, John Ayer, John Ayer, Robert,) was born about 1815 in,, BA.
	home.earthlink.net /~dougayer/ayer/pafg16.htm (1709 words)

	Amos Lawrence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amos Lawrence, (born in Groton, Massachusetts, 22 April 1786; died in Boston, Massachusetts, 31 December 1852) was the son of Samuel Lawrence, a Revolutionary War officer, and the founder of Groton Academy, (now Lawrence Academy at Groton.) Amos Lawrence was educated at Groton Academy.
		In 1830, Lawrence established a cotton factory in Lowell, Massachusetts, and soon afterward became very ill. He devoted the rest of his life to philanthropy.
		Among other things, Amos Lawrence donated libraries to academic institutions, established a children's hospital in Boston, and gave $10,000 for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amos_Lawrence (243 words)

	Lawrence Manufacturing Company
		Lawrence Manufacturing was affected by economicfluctuations, closing wholly or in part at least three times before theCivil War.
		In 1862 nine mills in Lowell, including Lawrence, anticipated ashortage of cotton from the south for the duration of the Civil War andshut down entirely.
		Lawrence Manufacturingreopened early in 1864, adding hosiery and underwear manufacture to theproduction of cotton.
	www.library.hbs.edu /hc/sfa/lawrence.htm (1191 words)

	LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1... - Online Information article about LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1...
		Luther Lawrence, the eldest brother, represented the firm's interests; and in 1845—1847 by establishing and See also:
		His brother, ABBOTT LAWRENCE (1792–1855), was born in Groton, Massachusetts, on the 16th of December 1792.
		Hamilton A. Hill, Memoir of Abbott Lawrence (Boston, 1884).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /LAP_LEO/LAWRENCE_AMOS_17861852_.html (1299 words)

	George Alfred Lawrence - LoveToKnow 1911
		GEORGE ALFRED LAWRENCE (1827-1876), English novelist, was born at Braxted, Essex, on the 25th of March 1827, and was educated at Rugby and at Balliol college, Oxford.
		The book achieved a very large sale, and had nine or ten successors of a similar type, the best perhaps being Sword and Gown (1859).
		Lawrence may be regarded as the originator in English fiction of the beau sabreur type of hero, great in sport and love and war.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /George_Alfred_Lawrence (152 words)

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		Lawrence was founded in 1854 by individuals from the Massachusetts-based New England Immigrant Aid Society.
		Named for one of its benefactors Amos A. Lawrence, Lawrence was the focal point for anti-slavery sentiment in pre-Civil War Kansas.
		Lawrence's second university, Haskell Indian Nations University, is the oldest inter-tribal university in the U.S. Opened in 1884 as an elementary school, Haskell has evolved into a university offering associate and four-year degree programs.
	www.stephensre.com /about_lawrence.shtml (1149 words)

	Bigelow, Katherine (6) = kat69521.htm
		The name of Lawrence is one of the earliest to be found among the Puritan settlers of MA.
		John Lawrence the lst emigrant of the name, was established at Watertown as early as 1635.
		Lawrence was its president and the lst and largest subscriber to its stock.
	bigelowsociety.com /rod/kat69521.htm (1530 words)

	LJWorld.com : Photogalleries
		The parade, Saturday in downtown Lawrence, was watched by thousands of spectators and was one of dozens of events Saturday to celebrate the city’s 150th birthday.
		Clenece Hills, center, President of the Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission, introduces descendants of Amos Lawrence during a closing ceremony of the Lawrence Sesquicentennial.
		Clenece Hills, foreground left, president of the Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission, and Benny Smith, foreground right, and others gather around the Time Capsule as it is lowered into the ground at the closing ceremony of the Lawrence Sesquicentennial.
	etc.lawrence.com /galleries/091804 (1065 words)

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