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Lowell Writing Activity

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Imagine you are a mill worker in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1845. You have just moved from your family farm in Barnet, Vermont. Do you like your new life? Or are you homesick? What sort of things have you discovered in this big city? Write a letter home to your family telling them about your new life in Lowell.

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