Concord Farmers' Club records, 1852-1883.

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Concord Farmers' Club records, 1852-1883.

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Series Bound volumes contains material dating from 1852 to 1883, including ms. minutes of meetings, constitution (printed and ms.), clippings, ms. transcripts of essays read at meetings, committee reports, programs for meetings (ms. and printed), ms. indexes of subjects covered within volumes, and ms. lists of members. Series Manuscript essays includes essays 1854-1882 and many undated by some 45 members. There are a significant number of essays (five or more) by H.T. Brown, H.F. French, M. Houghton, C.A. Hubbard, H.W. Jones. (Cont.) J.S. Keyes, F.G. Pratt (among Pratt's essays a history of the club), Minot Pratt, A.B. Warren, G.F. Wheeler, and E. Wood, Jr. There are a smaller number of essays by prominent members Simon Brown, E.W. Bull, E.C. Damon, J.B. Moore, and Joseph Reynolds. Series Printed programs contains listings for most years 1855-1883 (each listing including date of meeting, member at whose house held, and topic for discussion). Series Clippings includes dated (1854-1872) and undated loose clippings (most containing texts of essays).

2.75 linear ft.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7343642

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Moore, John B. (John Brooks), 1817-1887

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Jones, Hiram Wilkins, 1825-1918

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Houghton, Marcellus

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Hubbard, Charles A., 1820-1889

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Bull, Ephraim Wales, 1806-1895

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Horticulturist who developed the Concord grape. From the description of Document signed : Concord, to Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536503 Goldsmith, politician, horticulturist, originator of the Concord Grape; res. of Concord, Mass.; b. Boston, 3/4/1806, d. Concord, 9/26/1895. Five siblings, incl. John Clark (wife: Melissa), Albert Chester (wife: R.A. [Ann]), who later changed his last name to Lawrence, & Harriet Morton (husba...

Wheeler, George F. (George Francis), 1842-1925

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Lifelong resident of Concord, Mass.; farmer; member of Company G, 47th Massachusetts Infantry, garrisoned in New Orleans during Civil War. Born Feb. 2, 1842 to Abiel H. and Harriet Lincoln Wheeler; died Sept. 21, 1925. Married Alice R. Rattray in 1867. Member of Concord Farmers' Club. Commander of Old Concord Post 180 of the Grand Army of the Republic. From the description of George F. Wheeler correspondence, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1863). (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 3...

Farmer, Jacob B., 1801-1872

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Brown, Henry Taylor, 1843-1881

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Damon, Edward Carver, 1836-1901

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Pratt, F. G. 1831-1905.

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Warren, Alfred B., 1822-1881

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Keyes, J. S.

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John Shepard Keyes (1821-1910) was a lawyer, Mass. Senator, Sheriff of Middlesex County, Mass., U.S. Marshal, Judge of District Court of Eastern Middlesex, resident of Concord, Mass., and President of Concord Antiquarian Society. Adams Tolman (1862-1920) was an antiquarian, historian of Concord, collector of Native American artifacts, amateur botanist and entomologist, Secretary and Director of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Concord), and Secretary of Concord Antiquarian Society. ...

French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg), 1813-1885

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Banker, lawyer, judge, college president, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and author; b. in Chester, N.H. From the description of Papers, 1850-1870. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70960554 ...

Brown, Simon, 1802-1873

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Editor of New England farmer. Born in Newburyport, Mass.; lived in Newburyport, Chester, N.H., Hingham, Mass., Newport, N.H., Concord, N.H., Washington, D.C., and Concord, Mass. Printer, publisher, editor, writer, and lecturer. Published Hingham gazette, New Hampshire spectator, and Concord freeman (Concord, Mass.). (Cont.) Librarian of the U.S. House of Representatives. Politically active as a Democrat, a Know-Nothing, and a Free-Soiler. Assistant Secretary of State in ...

Concord Farmers' Club (Concord, Mass.)

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Organization composed largely of working farmers of Concord, Mass.; formed to provide a forum for discussion on topics of practical value and interest, and to encourage experimentation. First assembled at home of Simon Brown (editor of New England farmer) Jan. 30, 1852; formally established with election of officers and adoption of constitution shortly thereafter. First officers: Jacob B. Farmer, President; James P. Brown, Vice President; Simon Brown, Secretary; Charles A. Hubbard, ...

Reynolds, J. d. 1872.

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Wood, Elijah, 1816-1882

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Pratt, Minot

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