Nineteenth of April Committee for the celebration in Concord, Mass., of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Concord records, 1924-1926.

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Nineteenth of April Committee for the celebration in Concord, Mass., of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Concord records, 1924-1926.

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Manuscript and typescript records (1924-1926), printed items (incl. proofsheets), and memorabilia. Records include minutes, reports (incl. Historian's report by Allen French), form letters, postcards, notes (in hand of Prescott Keyes), programs and souvenir program booklet, checklists, correspondence (Chairman's correspondence spanning 1924 to 1926), memoranda, parade orders, traffic regulations, map, membership lists, budget estimates, invoices, drawings, order and application forms, brochures, booklets, tickets, train schedule, publishers' advertisements, commemorative. (Cont.) letter opener, and ribbon pins. Series Patriot Half Dollars includes TLS from Daniel Chester French to Prescott Keyes, 1925 Jan. 24, declining request to design coin. Series Celebrations in Lexington and Boston includes letters to Keyes from Edward C. Stone on behalf of Lexington's celebration committee.

.625 linear ft.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Stone, Edward C.

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French, Allen, 1870-1946

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Allen French (1870-1946), Concord (Mass.) author, historian, and antiquarian, was Chairman of the Concord Free Public Library Committee and President of the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1933-1934. Library expansion / renovation at that time drew his attention to the question of transferring the Adams Tolman Collection of Native American artifacts, deposited in the Library in 1921 by Mrs. Adams Tolman, to the Concord Antiquarian Society. (Tolman, 1862-1920, had been an antiquarian,...

Concord (Mass.). Nineteenth of April Committee

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Committee appointed to arrange public celebration in Concord, Mass., of 150th anniversary of Battle of Concord, Apr. 19-20, 1925. Officers: Prescott Keyes, Chairman; Samuel Hoar, Secretary (later Wells A. Hall); Stedman Buttrick, Treasurer; Allen French, Historian. Dignitaries invited to Concord included officials of state and federal governments; Vice President of U.S. and Governor of Mass. attended. Religious services on Sun. Apr. 19 were followed by placement of wreaths on Revolu...

Keyes, Prescott

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Lawyer; district court judge; director, vice president, and president of Concord (Mass.) National Bank; trustee of Middlesex Institution for Savings; president of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company; resident of Concord and active member of local boards and committees. Born in Concord in 1858 to John Shepard and Martha Lawrence Prescott Keyes; died in Concord in 1943. Married Alice Reynolds (d. 1927) in 1881 and Grace Cahoon Boutwell (d. 1936) in 1928. From the description of Som...

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931

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Sculptor and artist. From the description of Daniel Chester French papers, circa 1848-1968 (bulk 1911-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450719 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. and Glendale, Mass. From the description of Daniel Chester French letters, 1908-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648173 Biographical Note 1850, Apr. 20 Born, Exeter, N.H....

Hoar, Samuel, 1887-1952

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