Concord Temperance Society records, 1834.

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Concord Temperance Society records, 1834.

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Records consist of two reports, one dated Jan. 28, 1834 ("to the County Temperance Society"), one Feb. 25, 1834 (this report subsequently transcribed for publication in the Yeoman's Gazette). Both are in the manuscript hand of Ezra Ripley, pastor of the First Parish in Concord.

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Temperance Society (Concord, Mass.)

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Society in Concord, Mass., formed in 1833 "to discountenance the use of ardent spirits, as a drink, & the manufacture & sale of the same for that purpose, by all proper & justifiable means, & the members ... express themselves in favor of entire abstinence from the use of ardent spirits ..." First officers: Ezra Ripley, President; J.C. Prescott, Vice President; Josiah Davis, Secretary; John Stacy, Treasurer. From the description of Concord Temperance Society records, ...

Ripley, Ezra, 1751-1841

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Unitarian minister. A.B. Harvard, 1776. Installed as minister of the First Parish in Concord, Mass. in 1778. Remained minister there for 63 years, until his death in 1841. From the description of Sermons, 1783-1837 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 122592368 Sermon delivered by Ripley--Unitarian clergyman, pastor of the First Church in Concord, Mass., step-grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson--on Nov. 16, 1828, to commemorate the f...