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Title: A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nason, Elias, 1811-1887 Varney, George J. (George Jones), 1836-1901
Subjects: Massachusetts -- Gazetteers
Publisher: Boston : B.B. Russell
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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he central village.The citizens regard the institution as somewhat foreign; havingmore interesting and admirable objects to occupy their attention,Among these, besides those already mentioned, are the res-idences of Emerson and the Alcotts — father and daughter,and the Old Manse, immortalized by Hawthorne, who also made ithis residence while in Concord. It is now the summer home of D.Lothrop, the publisher, and his wife, Margery Deane, the authoress.At this village also, for several years, was the famous ConcordSchool of Philosophy. Concord was the first inland town settled in the State. Many ofthe settlers were men of wealth and intelligence, who willingly en-dured great sufferings for conscience sake. Simon Willard, JohnJones, Mr. Spencer and others, purchased of Tahatawan and Nimrod,in 1635, a tract of land six miles square, whose centre was near thehouse of the Rev. Peter Bulkley, in which they were met. Duringthe first year of their residence, most of the settlers lived in huts
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CO X CORD. 249 covered with bark and brushwood, but during the second yearmany convenient houses were erected. The Indian name for theplace was Musquetequid, meaning grassy brook. On its incorpora-

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