Middlesex Agricultural Society records, 1803-1892.

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Middlesex Agricultural Society records, 1803-1892.

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Records include: 1803 copy of act of incorporation; record books (1807-1821, incl. minutes, membership and attendance lists, and lists of premiums; 3 v., 1840-1892, incl. minutes of annual and special meetings, lists of officers, trustees, committees, premiums); issues of printed Transactions (1852; 1856). (Cont.) membership books listing members by town of residence (2 v.: 1820-1861; 1820-1888, incl. entries transcribed from earlier v.); undated ms. list of life members; printed membership list ([1891?]); three printed membership diplomas; 1831 copy of account of funds; treasurer's receipt book (1866-1875); cash books (2 v.: 1871-1888; 1889-1891); loose bills and receipts (1890-1892). (Cont.) listings of livestock show entries (1842-1859); lists of premium awards (2 v.: 1874-1882; 1883-1891); toasts made at annual Cattle Show (1838-1858, plus some undated); 1853 printed report of Committee to Purchase Land, &c., detailing expenses of exhibition area in Concord; printed List of committees and premiums for the Cattle Show and Exhibition ... (1859); handbills and postcards (1876-1891); correspondence (incl. two ALS, Edward Everett to Nathan Brooks, 1825 and 1833, regarding invitation to Everett to deliver address at Cattle Show); printed forms and notices. (Cont.) ephemera and artifacts (tickets; badges for Cattle Show marshals; old storage trunk for records).

11 linear ft.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...

Brooks, Nathan, 1785-1863

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Lawyer of Concord, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Mass., 1785; died in Concord, 1863. Graduated from Harvard College, 1809, then studied law at Concord office of Samuel Hoar. Legal practice largely concerned with probate. Held wide variety of organizational positions and public offices. Secretary/Treasurer of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Concord for 37 years (from 1826). Director of Concord Bank; President of Middlesex Institution for Savings; Attorney of Supreme Judicial Court; N...

Middlesex Agricultural Society (Middlesex County, Mass.)

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Organized 1794 by Middlesex County members of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture as Western Society of Middlesex Husbandmen. Incorporated Feb. 28, 1803; first Board of Trustees chosen Oct. 22, 1804. Name changed to Society of Middlesex Husbandmen and Manufacturers Jan. 24, 1820, to Middlesex Agricultural Society in 1852. First meetings held in various locations in Middlesex County; activities centered at Concord from 1820. Society's first Cattle Show held at Concord...

Society of Middlesex Husbandmen and Manufacturers (Middlesex County, Mass.)

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Western Society of Middlesex Husbandmen

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Middlesex Cattle Show (Mass.)

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