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Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Site of the first battle of American Revolution
Concord includes: East Quarter, Lake Walden, North Postal Annex, Pine Ridge Station, Reformatory Station, and Westvale.
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- 1635 - Concord is settled and incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
Old Chapter House, 1708.
Postcard- 1775 - American Revolution
First battle of American Revolution fought at Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolut...Read MORE... 
The Fight at the Bridge, 1776
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
Artwork- 1791 - March 10 - John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
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1826 - At Concord, (Mass.) there is a female, not yet eighteen years old, who is a widow for the second time!
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Baltimore Patriot
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August 10, 1826- 1845 - CONCORD. [Pop. 1,784. Inc 1635.]
The Indian tract called Musketaquid was peacefully purchased of the Indians, and, from this circumstance, called Concord.
Concord originall...Read MORE... - 1848 - Concord
In the year 1635, Musketaquid was purchased of the Indians, and called Concord, on account of the peaceable manner in which it was obtained, as appear...Read MORE... - 1854 - Concord
Concord, a post-village and semi-capital of Middlesex county, Mass., on the Fitchburg railroad, 20 miles N. W. from Boston, has 1 bank. The township i...Read MORE... - 1859
CONCORD, the semi-capital of Middlesex co., in Massachusetts, 17 m. NW of Boston, on Concord river. Pop. 1,784.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 - 1872 - Burning of R. W. Emerson's Residence at Concord, Mass.
From the Boston Traveller, July 24.
The homestead occupied by Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Concord, was entirely destroyed by fire this morning, the...Read MORE... 
The Alcott House
"Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) who wrote and set her... Read MORE...
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Emerson House, Concord, Massachusetts
Postcard- Concord Massachusetts, 1890
Concord, the scene of our first triumph in the conflict that made us a nation, is situated in the central part of Middlesex County, 18 miles northwest...Read MORE... 
The Square
Postcard- 1895 - Concord
Concord, a post-village of Middlesex co, Mass, is in Concord township, on the Concord River, at the junction of the Assabet and £ Rivers, 20 miles W.N...Read MORE... 
Concord River, By Thoreau's Landing, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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Old North Bridge showing Minute Man Statue and Battle Green, Concord, Mass.
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Hawthorne's Wayside, Concord, Mass.
"The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts is a National Historic Landmark lived in by three American Literary figures: Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Sidney and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet... Read MORE...
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Old Middlesex Hotel
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Ware Hall, Middlesex School
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Orchard House
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Unitarian Church
Where First Colonial Congress Met
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Wright Tavern, Concord, Mass.
"Wright's Tavern is a historic tavern located in the center of Concord, Massachusetts. It is now a National Historic Landmark owned by the Society of the First Parish, Concord, with important associations with the... Read MORE...
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Reformatory Village, Concord Jct.
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School of Philosophy, 1907
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The Old Manse
"The Old Manse was built in 1770 for Rev. William Emerson, father of minister Rev. William Emerson and grandfather of transcendentalist writer and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson. The elder Emerson was the town minister in Concord,... Read MORE...
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The "Minute Man"
Sculpted by Daniel Chester French, the base is inscribed with the lines of Emerson's poem.
In Concord, at the Old North Bridge within the Minuteman National Historic Park, are several monuments related to the skirmish around... Read MORE...
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Concord Antiquarian House, 1910
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Colonial Inn
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Hancock Clark House
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High School, 1910
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Jones House, The House of the Bulleton
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Concord, a banking post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., is in Concord township (town), on the Concord River, here formed by the junction of the Assab...Read MORE...
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Old Chapter House, 1708.
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
. United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.)
The Fight at the Bridge, 1776
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
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"Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) who wrote and set her novel Little Women (1868–69) there.
The Alcotts had first moved to Concord in 1840, although they left in 1843 to start Fruitlands, a utopian agrarian commune in nearby Harvard. The family returned in 1845 and purchased a house named "Hillside", but left again in 1852, selling to Nathaniel Hawthorne who renamed it The Wayside.
The Alcotts returned to Concord once again in 1857. They moved into Orchard House, which was then two-story clapboard farmhouse, in the spring of 1858. At the time of purchase the site included two early eighteenth-century houses on a 12-acre apple orchard. Consequently, the Alcotts named it Orchard House. "'Tis a pretty retreat", Bronson Alcott wrote soon after moving in, "and ours; a family mansion to take pride in, rescued as it is from deformity and disgrace"..." wikipedia)
The Alcott House
"Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) who wrote and set her... Read MORE...
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Emerson House, Concord, Massachusetts
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
The Square
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
. United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.)
Concord River, By Thoreau's Landing, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Old North Bridge showing Minute Man Statue and Battle Green, Concord, Mass.
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"The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts is a National Historic Landmark lived in by three American Literary figures: Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Sidney and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, and the short story collections; Mosses from an Old Manse and Twice-Told Tales lived here from 1852 until 1870 and gave it the name by which it is still known..." www.nps.gov)
Hawthorne's Wayside, Concord, Mass.
"The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts is a National Historic Landmark lived in by three American Literary figures: Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Sidney and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet... Read MORE...
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"Wright's Tavern is a historic tavern located in the center of Concord, Massachusetts. It is now a National Historic Landmark owned by the Society of the First Parish, Concord, with important associations with the Battle of Lexington and Concord at the start of the American Revolution.
Wright's Tavern was built in 1747 by Ephraim Jones, who operated it until 1751. At the dawn of the American Revolution in April 1775, it was managed by Amos Wright, whose name it has borne ever since. On April 19, the day of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, when the courthouse bell announced the approach of Major Pitcairn's British troops, the Concord Minutemen assembled at Wright's Tavern. Later, after Pitcairn's arrival in the Concord square, British officers refreshed themselves in the tavern..." wikipedia)
Wright Tavern, Concord, Mass.
"Wright's Tavern is a historic tavern located in the center of Concord, Massachusetts. It is now a National Historic Landmark owned by the Society of the First Parish, Concord, with important associations with the... Read MORE...
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Old Middlesex Hotel
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Ware Hall, Middlesex School
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Orchard House
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Unitarian Church
Where First Colonial Congress Met
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Reformatory Village, Concord Jct.
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
School of Philosophy, 1907
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"The Old Manse was built in 1770 for Rev. William Emerson, father of minister Rev. William Emerson and grandfather of transcendentalist writer and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson. The elder Emerson was the town minister in Concord, chaplain to the Provincial Congress when it met at Concord in October 1774 and later a chaplain to the Continental Army. Rev. Emerson observed the fight at the North Bridge, a part of the Concord Fight, from his farm fields while his wife and children witnessed the fight from the upstairs windows of their house.
Rev. Emerson died in October 1775 in West Rutland, Vermont, while returning home from Fort Ticonderoga. His widow, Phebe Emerson, remarried to the Rev. Ezra Ripley, who succeeded Rev. Emerson as the minister at First Parish Church in Concord. Their family continued to live in the Old Manse. Rev. Ripley served as Concord's town minister for 63 years.
In October 1834, Ralph Waldo Emerson moved to Concord and boarded at the Manse where he lived with his aging step-grandfather Ezra Ripley.[2] He shared the home with his mother Ruth, his brothers Charles, and his aunt Mary. While there, he wrote the first draft of his essay "Nature", a foundational work of the Transcendentalist movement..." wikipedia)
The Old Manse
"The Old Manse was built in 1770 for Rev. William Emerson, father of minister Rev. William Emerson and grandfather of transcendentalist writer and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson. The elder Emerson was the town minister in Concord,... Read MORE...
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Sculpted by Daniel Chester French, the base is inscribed with the lines of Emerson's poem.
In Concord, at the Old North Bridge within the Minuteman National Historic Park, are several monuments related to the skirmish around the bridge on April 19, 1775. The most notable memorial is the one with a sculpture of a minuteman.
The Minuteman Monument
The monument is made of bronze on a stone base. The bronze sculpture is of a farmer with a gun, leaving his plough behind to join the battle that he heard. The base has inscriptions on it. The front inscription is a verse of a poem by Ralph Emerson:
"By the rude bridge
that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's
breeze unfurled.
Here once the embattled
farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard
round the world."
On the backside, the stone has been etched to create the text:
"1775 Nineteenth of April - 1875." www.waymarking.com
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The "Minute Man"
Sculpted by Daniel Chester French, the base is inscribed with the lines of Emerson's poem.
In Concord, at the Old North Bridge within the Minuteman National Historic Park, are several monuments related to the skirmish around... Read MORE...
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Concord Antiquarian House, 1910
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Colonial Inn
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Hancock Clark House
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
High School, 1910
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Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Jones House, The House of the Bulleton
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1635 - Concord is settled and incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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Concord: A History
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1775 - American Revolution
First battle of American Revolution fought at Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American... Read MORE...
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1791 - March 10 - John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
historyorb.com
1826 - At Concord, (Mass.) there is a female, not yet eighteen years old, who is a widow for the second time!
genealogybank.com
Baltimore Patriot
Baltimore, Maryland
August 10, 1826
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1845 - CONCORD. [Pop. 1,784. Inc 1635.]
The Indian tract called Musketaquid was peacefully purchased of the Indians, and, from this circumstance, called Concord.
Concord... Read MORE...
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1848 - Concord
In the year 1635, Musketaquid was purchased of the Indians, and called Concord, on account of the peaceable manner in which it was obtained, as... Read MORE...
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1854 - Concord
Concord, a post-village and semi-capital of Middlesex county, Mass., on the Fitchburg railroad, 20 miles N. W. from Boston, has 1 bank. The township... Read MORE...
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1859
CONCORD, the semi-capital of Middlesex co., in Massachusetts, 17 m. NW of Boston, on Concord river. Pop. 1,784.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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1872 - Burning of R. W. Emerson's Residence at Concord, Mass.
From the Boston Traveller, July 24.
The homestead occupied by Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Concord, was entirely destroyed by fire this morning,... Read MORE...
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Concord Massachusetts, 1890
Concord, the scene of our first triumph in the conflict that made us a nation, is situated in the central part of Middlesex County, 18 miles... Read MORE...
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1895 - Concord
Concord, a post-village of Middlesex co, Mass, is in Concord township, on the Concord River, at the junction of the Assabet and £ Rivers, 20 miles... Read MORE...
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1916
Concord, a banking post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., is in Concord township (town), on the Concord River, here formed by the junction of the... Read MORE...
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