LYNN, a seaport-town of the United States of North America, Essex county, Massachusetts, on the N.E. shore of Massachusetts Bay, near the mouth of Saugus River, 9 miles N.E. of Boston; N. Lat. 42. 28, W. Long. 70. 56. It is regularly laid out on a gentle eminence rising gradually from the shore, and is environed by beautifully wooded heights. The streets are generally long, and many of them are ornamented with rows of trees. The chief public buildings are,—the town-house, the lyceum, and many churches and schools. There is also a natural history institution, with a library and museum. Lynn has be-
come famous as the principal seat of the boot and shoe manufacture in New England, which has increased here very rapidly. During the year ending June 1855, there were made in Lynn 3,274,593 pairs of boots, and 6,000,700 pairs of shoes; the manufacture employing 6476 females, and 4545 males, or nearly three-fourths of the whole population. Lynn and its neighbourhood are much resorted to by sea-bathers and pleasure parties from Boston. It was founded in 1629, and incorporated as a city in 1850. Pop. (1845) 9367, (1855) 15,800.