Concord Town Library records, [1851]-1873.

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Concord Town Library records, [1851]-1873.

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General records ([1851]-1866) include: vote to the town from the Library Committee concerning payment for Court House space for the Town Library; ALS, 1865 Jan 2, E. Wilde to Gentlemen [Library Committee], concerning his resignation as Librarian; two documents dated 1853 Mar. and 1866 Mar. 3 concerning library statistics, and Librarians' record book, 1868-1870 (kept by S.D. Mason and E.W Bull [Jr.]). Shelflist of the Concord Town Library dated Jan. 1865. Financial records (1852-1873) include: account book, 1852-1873. (Cont.) bills and receipts for supplies, book purchases, salaries, etc. (including items from Albert Stacy and successor Henry L. Whitcomb, Benjamin Tolman, James C. Melvin & Co. of Concord, Mass.; from Charles A. Cutter, Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum. (Cont.) from Boston firms including Little & Brown, Tolman & White, and William D. Ticknor & Co.; from firms in Portland, Me. and New York City; as well as receipts signed by George Heywood and E.R. Hoar, Library Committee members, A.A. Kelsey, Dr. Joseph Reynolds, E. Wilde, Librarians, and E.W. Bull).

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Albert Stacy (Firm : Concord, Mass.)

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Benjamin Tolman (Firm : Concord, Mass.)

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Bull, E. W. b. 1849.

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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...

Hoar E. R. 1816-1895.

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Mason, Sampson, 1805-1878

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Concord Town Library (Concord, Mass.)

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At a meeting held by the Concord Social Library on Oct. 11 1851, it was voted "To give the Library to the town on condition they shall establish a public library on the plan contemplated by the Act passed May 24, 1851, entitled 'An Act to authorise cities and towns to establish and maintain public libraries'." At a Town Meeting on Nov. 10, 1851, it was voted to Accept the Concord Town Library, and to house it in the Court House. The original Committee members were John S. Keyes, Add...

Reynolds, J.

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James C. Melvin & Co. (Concord, Mass.)

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Wilde, Eben

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Heywood, George, 1826-1897

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Lawyer, town and state politician, and businessman of Concord, Mass. Born (1826 May 24) and died (1897 Jan. 31) in Concord. Graduated from Harvard College in 1848; studied law with Samuel Hoar and E.R. Hoar; admitted to bar in 1850. Concord Town Clerk 1853-1894; also Town Treasurer, Assessor, Tax Collector. Member of Massachusetts Legislature (House of Representatives 1862, 1863, 1866, 1867, and 1875; Senate 1864 and 1865). Served as Treasurer of Middlesex Institution for Savings in...

Henry L. Whitcomb (Firm : Concord, Mass.)

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Cutter, Charles A. (Charles Ammi), 1837-1903

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Boston Athenaeum librarian and library systematizer. From the description of Letters received, 1880-1883. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 166325294 Athenaeum librarian, 1869-1892. From the description of Letters : from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1878. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41479582 ...

Kelsey, Aaron Ames, 1816-1855

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