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[Papers relating to repairs and improvements to the meetinghouse, Concord, Mass., 1774, 1791-1792].

Title: [Papers relating to repairs and improvements to the meetinghouse, Concord, Mass., 1774, 1791-1792].

Original material concerning renovations to the church in 1791-92. Includes reports and memoranda from the supervising committee; a (partial?) plan of the meetinghouse; financial accounts, memoranda; drafts of promissory notes; material relating to the sale of new pews; and a letter from Reuben Duren concerning the cost of his work on the building.

ArchivalResource: 28 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51390498 View

Ripley, Ezra, 1751-1841. The duty of ministers, and the manner of performing it, explained and applied / [Ezra Ripley]

Title: The duty of ministers, and the manner of performing it, explained and applied / [Ezra Ripley] 1830 Feb. 28.

Sermon given after installation of Rev. Hersey Bradford Goodwin as assistant pastor to Ripley at First Parish Church, Concord, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 16 p. ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17383176 View

Thoreau, John, 1787-1859. Deeds relating to John Thoreau's ownership of a pew in the First Parish in Concord, 1832-1833.

Title: Deeds relating to John Thoreau's ownership of a pew in the First Parish in Concord, 1832-1833.

Two deeds, one recording the transfer of ownership of a pew in the First Parish meetinghouse from Elizabeth, Jane, and Maria Thoreau to John Thoreau (1832 Nov. 20), the other recording the transfer from John Thoreau to Nathan Brooks as administrator of the estate of Samuel Burr (1833 Jan. 23). The connection between the Burr estate and this transaction is not explicitly stated.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34766099 View

Collection of calendars, orders of worship, etc. relating to union services (including summer union services) involving the Trinitarian Congregational Church, Concord, Mass., <1925-[1956]>

Title: Collection of calendars, orders of worship, etc. relating to union services (including summer union services) involving the Trinitarian Congregational Church, Concord, Mass., <1925-[1956]>

Includes material relating to union services involving the Trinitarian Congregational Church, the First Parish, and the Union Church of West Concord.

ArchivalResource: <31> items ; 34 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30769125 View

Albee, John, 1833-1915. Collection of materials relating to the censure of John Whiting and of Daniel Bliss, ministers of the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1743]-1933>

Title: Collection of materials relating to the censure of John Whiting and of Daniel Bliss, ministers of the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1743]-1933>

Includes printed account of ecclesiastical council of 1743 relating to Daniel Bliss (from ms. in Boston Public Library), letter from John Albee to Allen French concerning John Whiting, and carbon copy of French's reply to Albee.

ArchivalResource: <3> items ; 28 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30769313 View

Harvard Club in Concord. Collection of programs, etc. for musical events held at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1871?]-1977>

Title: Collection of programs, etc. for musical events held at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1871?]-1977>

Includes programs (etc.) for events by the Choir and Junior Choir of the First Parish, for events featuring Thomas Whitney Surette (1882), and for events featuring other soloists and musical groups sponsored by the First Parish (e.g. the Harvard Band, presented under the auspices of the Concord Area Harvard Club and the First Parish Music Committee (Apr. 30, 1977)).

ArchivalResource: <15> items ; 28 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30712813 View

Macdonald, Loren B. (Loren Benjamin), 1858-1924. Results of our Civil War that remain thirty years after : typescript / [Loren B. Macdonald].

Title: Results of our Civil War that remain thirty years after : typescript / [Loren B. Macdonald]. [1896]

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([ii], 16 leaves) ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28566402 View

Fenn, Mary R. The deacons : typescript, [1972?] / Mary R. Fenn.

Title: The deacons : typescript, [1972?] / Mary R. Fenn.

Biographical sketches of deacons of the First Parish in Concord, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (8 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30508012 View

Goodwin, Hersey Bradford, 1805-1836. Paraphrased account of sermons preached by the Rev. Hersey Goodwin at the First Parish in Concord, Mass. : ms. / 1836 Apr. 3-July 17.

Title: Paraphrased account of sermons preached by the Rev. Hersey Goodwin at the First Parish in Concord, Mass. : ms. / 1836 Apr. 3-July 17.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 leaves) ; 20 cm., in original envelope 79 x 136 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30740683 View

Wheeler, Ruth Winifred Robinson, 1890-1973. Collection of materials relating to expenditures and fund-raising at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1849]-[1981]>

Title: Collection of materials relating to expenditures and fund-raising at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1849]-[1981]>

Includes reports and communications by the Trustees of the Congregational Ministerial Fund, the Standing Committee, the Parish Committee, the "Committee chosen to raise money for the payment of the debt," the Committee on External Charities, the Every Member Canvass Committee, material on the pew tax, and historical piece (Parish donations) by Ruth R. Wheeler concerning real estate belonging to the Church.

ArchivalResource: <22> items ; 36 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30740601 View

Concord (Mass.). Town Clerk. Order by Town Clerk to Town Treasurer to pay half-year's salary to Rev. Edward Bulkley of the First Parish in Concord, 1695 Oct. 1.

Title: Order by Town Clerk to Town Treasurer to pay half-year's salary to Rev. Edward Bulkley of the First Parish in Concord, 1695 Oct. 1.

Single document addressed to Hubbard by Brown, ordering payment of fifteen pounds to Bulkley.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 11 x 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33143951 View

Collection of programs, schedules, etc., relating to union services (including summer union services) involving the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <1924-1952>

Title: Collection of programs, schedules, etc., relating to union services (including summer union services) involving the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <1924-1952>

Includes material relating to union services involving the First Parish, the Trinitarian Congregational Church and the Union Church of West Concord.

ArchivalResource: <19> items ; 31 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30712980 View

Collection of announcements, programs, etc., for social events, entertainments, and lectures held at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1871?]-1951>

Title: Collection of announcements, programs, etc., for social events, entertainments, and lectures held at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1871?]-1951>

Includes undated newspaper account of lecture on Liberia by the Rev. Mr. Pratt at the Unitarian Vestry, announcements of tea and coffee parties during the 1870's, announcements and programs for entertainments during the 1890's by the Altar Guild of the King's Daughters and the Concord Union of King's Daughters and Sons, playbills for programs during the 1930's by the First Parish Players, and announcements of various other parties and dinners.

ArchivalResource: <24> items ; 47 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30712883 View

DeSuze, Carl. Address by Carl de Suze at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., typescript, 1975 Feb. 22.

Title: Address by Carl de Suze at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., typescript, 1975 Feb. 22.

Address is about George Washington, the person.

ArchivalResource: 5 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49228121 View

Collection of programs for special services and exercises held at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <1894-1977>.

Title: Collection of programs for special services and exercises held at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <1894-1977>.

ArchivalResource: <7> items ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30376950 View

Cameron, Richard Morgan, 1898-1978. Church and town in Concord, 1635-1835 : typescript talk, 1974 / Richard M. Cameron.

Title: Church and town in Concord, 1635-1835 : typescript talk, 1974 / Richard M. Cameron.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (20 leaves) ; 28 cm. + 1 ms. presentation note.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30526942 View

Rideout, Gertrude H. The silver communion service of the First Parish Church, Concord, Massachusetts : typescript, [1972?].

Title: The silver communion service of the First Parish Church, Concord, Massachusetts : typescript, [1972?].

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([6] leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30417918 View

First Parish in Concord (Concord, Mass.). First Parish in Concord records, 1695-1985.

Title: First Parish in Concord records, 1695-1985.

Transcribed records, 1739-1857 (acts, votes, admissions, membership, baptisms, deaths, councils, excommunications, funds, ordinations, pastors, persons owning covenant); annual meeting warrants, 1892-1901; annual reports, 1856-1985; marriage records, 1778-1894; death records, 1778-1857; Sunday school. (Cont.) records, 1827-1901 (minutes, reports, catalog of books, financial records, notes & questions by Sunday school teacher Ellen Tucker Emerson); membership lists, correspondence relating to membership (e.g. Thoreau 1841 sign-off & Emerson 1865 letter reaffirming membership); profession of faith, covenants; records of ministry (reports on councils. (Cont.) sermon on death of Daniel Bliss, minutes & correspondence relating to selection of pastors, subscription lists); 1855 records of separation of church from town government; records of Society Auxiliary to the American Unitarian Association (1832-1841; constitution, minutes, membership lists, treasurer's reports) & Women's Parish Association (1881-1910, with annotations to 1941; constitution, membership list, reports & minutes, lists of officers & committees). (Cont.) 1791-1937 records of church property (deeds, leases, building specifications), to use of church facilities, to sale of pews; financial records, 1695-1938 (1695 order by Town Clerk for payment to Rev. Edward Bulkley of half-year's salary, funds, valuations of estates for determination of Parish Tax, invoices, receipts, etc.).

ArchivalResource: 8.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33143821 View

Fenn, Mary R. The deacons : collection of articles concerning deacons of First Parish in Concord, Mass., [1972] / Mary R. Fenn.

Title: The deacons : collection of articles concerning deacons of First Parish in Concord, Mass., [1972] / Mary R. Fenn.

ArchivalResource: 8 items ; 14 x 22 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30526775 View

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. ALS : Concord, [Mass.], to Mr. Clerk [i.e. Town Clerk], 1841 Jan. 5.

Title: ALS : Concord, [Mass.], to Mr. Clerk [i.e. Town Clerk], 1841 Jan. 5.

Single letter, the text of which reads: I do not wish to be considered a / member of the First Parish in this town.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 12 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33143913 View

Ripley, Ezra, 1751-1841. A printed half-century discourse : holograph, 1828.

Title: A printed half-century discourse : holograph, 1828.

Discourse deals with passage of time, with change (political, social, and religious, national and local), and with Concord and First Parish history. The manuscript is revised in Ripley's hand, evidently in preparation for printing.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (58 p.) ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33226448 View

Greeley, Dana McLean, 1908-. Memory and hope : a bicentennial sermon : typescript, 1975 Apr. 20 / [preached by Dana McLean Greeley].

Title: Memory and hope : a bicentennial sermon : typescript, 1975 Apr. 20 / [preached by Dana McLean Greeley].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30417592 View

Bliss, Daniel, 1715-1764. Daniel Bliss sermons : holograph, 1748-1754.

Title: Daniel Bliss sermons : holograph, 1748-1754.

Two sermons, one dated 1748 Apr. 26 (on Psalms 72.17) and one dated 1754 Nov. 16 (on Psalms 4.7), written in what appears to be a variety of Greek shorthand. Attribution to Bliss based partly on ms. annotation on 1754 sermon.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 10 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33193311 View

Estabrook, Joseph, ca. 1640-1711. Abraham the passenger : his privilege and duty : typed partial transcription of 1705 Boston printing, [1982?].

Title: Abraham the passenger : his privilege and duty : typed partial transcription of 1705 Boston printing, [1982?].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (11 leaves) ; 28 cm. + 11 leaves of photostat.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30417340 View

Galloway, Barendina M. Treason against heaven : dissension and division in the First and Second Parishes of Concord, 1790-1850 : typescript, 1986 Jan. 28 / Barendina M. Galloway and John Wood Sweet.

Title: Treason against heaven : dissension and division in the First and Second Parishes of Concord, 1790-1850 : typescript, 1986 Jan. 28 / Barendina M. Galloway and John Wood Sweet.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (79 leaves, [7] leaves of plates) : ill., plans ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30769288 View

First Parish in Concord (Concord, Mass.). Miscellaneous correspondence, 1742-1829.

Title: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1742-1829.

Letter (1742) describing a revival led by Mr. Buell; together with letter of dismission (1829) from pastor Ezra Ripley to Mrs. Lucy Warren, with note which could be torn off, indicating that he could not approve of her choice of a church other than his.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70946057 View

Lucy Caroline (Whittemore) Myrick : typescript, [1879 or later].

Title: Lucy Caroline (Whittemore) Myrick : typescript, [1879 or later].

Comments about musical abilities of Lucy Myrick (organist at the First Parish in Concord, Mass., 1875-1879), with several of her poems.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([1] leaf) ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30712753 View

Collection of calendars, orders of exercises and services, and programs for special services at the Trinitarian Congregational Church, Concord, Mass., <1827-1951>

Title: Collection of calendars, orders of exercises and services, and programs for special services at the Trinitarian Congregational Church, Concord, Mass., <1827-1951>

Includes program for union service with First Parish in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Concord Fight.

ArchivalResource: <17> items ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30769155 View

Mansur, Ina Babb, 1910-. Collection of pieces relating to the early history of the churches in Concord and Bedford, Mass., 1964-1965.

Title: Collection of pieces relating to the early history of the churches in Concord and Bedford, Mass., 1964-1965.

Pieces concern early history of the First Parish in Concord and the First Congregational Society of Bedford.

ArchivalResource: 7 items ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30754441 View

Ripley, Ezra, 1751-1841. Ezra Ripley papers, 1784-1838.

Title: Ezra Ripley papers, 1784-1838.

Correspondence, sermons, lecture, mss. of parts of series intended for newspaper publication, & reports. Some items: manuscript copies in Ripley's hand. Correspondence, 1805-1838, includes ALS to Nathan Barrett, 1812 Aug. 24, ALS to Benj. Russell, 1815 July 28, on behalf of Mary Jones Dunbar Minot (Thoreau's grandmother), letters of reference for John Barrett & Sally Chandler, letter from Town Clerk Abiel Heywood (1810 Apr. 6) concerning change in intermission of public worship, ALS to James Warren of Plymouth, Mass., 1820 Feb. 28, petition by Ripley (1822 Jan. 16) to Gov. John Brooks, on behalf of prisoner Daniel Smith. (Cont.) & ALS to Nathan Barrett (Jr.), 1838 Feb. 22; interfiled with correspondence is copy of "Observations to the congregation on the Alteration of the Intermission," read Sun. after Apr. 28, 1809. Sermons (1784 Nov. 22, 1801 May 17, 1822 Oct. 16, 1828 Nov. 16, & 1835 Jan. 25) include manuscript of Ripley's Half century discourse, apparently edited for publication. Lecture (read before Concord Lyceum, 1830 Dec. 29 and later in Lincoln and Ashby) entitled "On the government of the temper." Pseudonymous "Monument in Concord" series, [1835], consisting of installments 1 and 3-8. (Cont.) written to editor of Yeoman's Gazette and signed "Middlesex," relates to proposed Battle Monument in Concord & to Battle of Concord. Reports include committee reports by Ripley to First Parish in Concord (one 1795 one undated concerning covenant, one undated concerning measures necessitated by erosion of Hill Burying Ground), 1815 report on ecclesiastical council held in Sudbury, & 1831 report to Berry Street Conference.

ArchivalResource: 27 items ; 33 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33192772 View

Smith, Eric Parkman. Collection of miscellaneous materials relating to the history of the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1635]-[1985]>.

Title: Collection of miscellaneous materials relating to the history of the First Parish in Concord, Mass., <[1635]-[1985]>.

ArchivalResource: <4> items ; 28 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30417896 View

Macdonald, Loren B. (Loren Benjamin), 1858-1924. Commemorative sermons : holographs, 1904-1924.

Title: Commemorative sermons : holographs, 1904-1924.

Two sermons: Memorial Day sermon (preached June 29, 1904); Washington, Lincoln, Wilson (dated Feb. 17, 1924).

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 27 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32667360 View