Concord Academic Debating Society records, 1828-1830.

Concord Academic Debating Society (Concord, Mass.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b33m9k (corporateBody)

Debating club established at Concord Academy in Concord, Mass., in 1828. Members included Henry David Thoreau and his brother John, William Whiting, Josiah G. Davis, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William M. Prichard, and Jonathan Fay Barrett, among other students. From the description of Concord Academic Debating Society records, 1828-1830. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37262706 ...

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6165668 (person)

Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....

Thoreau, John, 1815-1842

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j10sgx (person)

Concord Academy (Concord, Mass. : 1822)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x1205j (corporateBody)

Private school established in Concord, Mass., in 1822; opened in Sept., 1823. Original proprietors: Samuel Hoar; Abiel Heywood; Josiah Davis; Nathan Brooks; William Whiting. First schoolmaster George Folsom was succeeded by Josiah Barnes, then Richard Hildreth, then Phineas Allen, whose tenure lasted from 1827 to 1836. Allen's Concord Academy pupils included the children of families in Acton, Boston, Brookline, Concord, Grafton, Groton, Harvard, and Lincoln, Mass. Among Allen's stud...