Headnote

CONCORD, c. h., p. t, seat of justice, together with Cambridge and Lowell, of Middlesex co„ Mass., 17 ms. N. W. of Boston; from W. 445 ms. Watered by Concord river. Pop. 2,249. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Middlesex County, MA
Date Type
John Brown speaks at the Concord Town Hall Personal
Local officials foil U.S. Senate attempt to arrest Frank Sanborn for failure to appear to testify on Harpers Ferry Lawmaking/Litigating
Moncure Conway attends the Nathaniel Hawthorne centennial celebration in Concord, Massachusetts Personal
Moncure Conway becomes co-editor of "The Commonwealth, " an anti-slavery journal Slavery/Abolition
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA Location or Site
Walden Pond, Concord, MA Location or Site
Date Title
Moncure Daniel Conway Journal, June 27, 1853
Moncure Daniel Conway Journal, June 28, 1853
Ralph Waldo Emerson to William Emerson, October 23, 1859
Ralph Waldo Emerson to Sarah Hathaway Forbes, October 26, 1859
John Brown in Concord
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