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Concord Massachusetts
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"Central Part of Concord, Massachusetts"
Historical Collections History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts
John Warner Barber, 1840
Timeline
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1635 Founding of Concord 1770 House is built for Reverend William Emerson later to be known as the Old Manse 1774 Provincial Congress Meets in Concord 1775 April 19, Battle of Lexington and Concord 1814 Ralph Waldo Emerson comes to live with his grandparents at the Old Manse. 1817 Birth of Henry David Thoreau in Concord 1833 Henry David Thoreau enters Harvard 1835 Emerson marries and moves into his home on the Cambridge Turnpike 1835 Bronson Alcott becomes a vegetarian 1836 Emerson's Nature is published 1840 Bronson Alcott Moves His Family to Concord 1842 Thoreau Plants a Garden at the Old Manse 1842 Nathaniel Hawthorne marries Sophia Peabody and settles in Concord, first at the Old Manse, then Wayside 1845 The Alcotts move into a house they name Hillside (later renamed Wayside by Hawthorne) 1845 Fitchburg Railroad is completed with service from Boston to Fitchburg |
1845 Thoreau Goes to Walden 1846 Hawthorne's Moses from the Old Manse is published 1852 After a brief departure from Concord, the Hawthornes return and purchase the Alcott house and name it Wayside 1854 Thoreau publishes Walden; or, Life in the Woods 1854 Louisa May Alcott publishes her first book, Flower Fables 1857 The Alcotts leave Concord for a few years, but return and purchase a home they name Orchard House 1861 Concord sends Bronson Alcott six maple trees in appreciation for his work as School Superintendent 1862 Thoreau dies of tuberculosis 1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne dies while visiting Plymouth, Massachusetts 1868 Louisa May Alcott writes Little Women at Orchard House 1879 Concord Summer School of Philosophy is founded 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson dies 1888 Bronson and Louisa May Alcott die within two days of each other 1945 Original site of Thoreau's cabin is located 2000 Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson is published |
 Click to see a larger image Map of Concord Massachusetts Showing Localities mentioned by Thoreau in his Journals Compiled by Herbert W. Gleason, 1906 Courtesy of the Concord Free Public Library |
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