Reply to a Pamphlet Recently Circulated by Mr. Edward Brooks.

211 pp. A response to controversy over the suicide of John Wright Boott, by the first treasurer of Merrimack Manufacturing Company and Boott Cotton Mill, who was also a trustee of the Lowell Institute. Brooks issued a response to this in 1851, spurred by the unsuccessful attempt to set aside Boott's will, which named Lowell as his estate's executor. An interesting example of individuals feuding by way of printed and publicly circulated documents, which was common in the 19th century.