Records of the public celebration in Concord, Mass., of the 100th anniversary of Washington's inauguration, 1889.
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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...
Concord (Mass.). Selectmen
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The 100th anniversary of Washington's inauguration was declared a holiday by Act of Congress. President Harrison called for observances of prayer and thanksgiving across the country. The celebration in Concord, Mass., arranged by Selectmen Prescott Keyes, George E. Walcott, and Woodward Hudson, included patriotic music, prayer, the reading of President Harrison's proclamation, addresses by Prescott Keyes, Grindall Reynolds, and E.R. Hoar, and a poem read by George B. Bartlett. From t...
Washington, George, 1732-1799
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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...
