Topical Pamphlet Collection | Special Collections

TOPICAL PAMPHLET COLLECTION, <1741>-<1996>

Vault B20, Unit 1

Chandler--Great Fire EXTENT: <883> items (in <47> containers).

ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT: Organized into four series: Series I. Historical Topics; Series II. Individuals (As Author or Subject); Series III. Massachusetts Towns—History, Anniversaries, Description, etc.; and Series IV. Pamphlet Materials on Multiple Topics, Organized by Form. The four series are further divided into forty-seven subseries (see Series/Subseries Listing, below). Within each subseries, material in bound volumes is listed in the order in which bound. Loose items are arranged alphabetically by author or subject (as appropriate) and listed following the bound materials.

SCOPE AND CONTENT: A long-established, artificial, still-growing collection consisting largely of printed pamphlets, with articles, reprints, some ephemera, typescripts, photocopied manuscript material, and one set of slides (to accompany a typescript item) also included. Some of the items within were bound during the 19^th century, some are loose. Covering a broad range of topics relating to American (and particularly New England) history, life, and thought, the Topical Pamphlet Collection provides background and context for the more specifically Concord-related materials in the Concord Free Public Library William Munroe Special Collections. The collection—not to be confused with the Concord Pamphlet Collection—includes <883> items, dating from <1741> to <1996>. Series I (Historical Topics) includes <352> items dating between <1741> and <1996>, Series II (Individuals, As Author or Subject) <300> items between <1761> and <1963>, Series III (Massachusetts Towns—History, Anniversaries, Description, etc.) <127> items between <1748> and <1991>, and Series IV (Pamphlet Materials on Multiple Topics, Organized by Form) <104> items between <1752> and <1940>. Some of the bound volumes include the occasional out-of-scope pamphlet. Moreover, there is some topical overlap of material in different subseries. Those researching a particular subject may consequently wish to consult multiple subseries in the item listing (see Series/Subseries Listing for a complete outline). Researchers interested in determining whether the collection holds specific pamphlet titles should search using keywords in the search box on the Selected Finding Aids page.

SOURCES OF ACQUISITION: Multiple. Known sources of acquisition for particular items and copy-specific information suggesting previous ownership and sources of acquisition are noted in the item listing. Some bound volumes came from the collection of the Concord Town Library (predecessor of the Concord Free Public Library). A significant number of the pamphlets in other bound volumes were given by Edward Jarvis. More recently, loose items from the Concord Antiquarian Society gift and from the purchased Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection have been added.

RESTRICTION ON PHOTOCOPY: Because of the fragile condition of much of the collection, photocopy is not permitted from most items in it. No photocopy is allowed from any of the bound volumes, or from any loose items in delicate or brittle condition. Some loose items in good condition and at no risk of damage may be photocopied (all photocopy of pre-20^th century material to be done by staff). Consult Special Collections staff for additional information.

NOTES/COMMENTS: The Topical Pamphlet Collection represents an enhanced, reorganized version of the former Basement Pamphlet Collection, in some areas streamlined and in others augmented by the addition of new materials. Former Basement Pamphlet numbers no longer apply.

PROCESSED BY: LPW; finding aid completed 05/29/04.

SERIES/SUBSERIES LISTING:

TO VIEW THE ITEMIZED CONTENTS OF A SERIES OR SUBSERIES, CLICK ON THE LINE IN WHICH IT IS LISTED.

SERIES I. HISTORICAL TOPICS:

I. A. Native Americans in New England.
I. B. Colonial History and Anniversaries.
I. C. Saugus Ironworks Restoration.
I. D. Revolutionary History, Anniversaries, Commemorative Sermons, etc.
I. E. New England Social History, Architectural History, and Material Culture.
I. F. Politics.
I. G. Masonry and Antimasonry.
I. H. Slavery, Antislavery, Emancipation, Colonization, Fugitive Slave Law, and Underground Railroad.
I. I. Civil War.
I. J. Church Histories and Anniversaries.
I. K. Transportation (Including Railroads and Middlesex Canal).
I. L. Fourth of July Orations (and Some Washington’s Birthday).
I. M. 1876 Centennial Celebrations.
I. N. Weather.
I. O. Geography.
I. P. Trials and Legal Proceedings.
I. Q. Bahai Movement.
I. R. Religion and Atheism.
I. S. Temperance.
I. T. Education (Including Tracts, Primers, Readers, Learning Aids, Syllabi, and Periodical Publications).

SERIES II. INDIVIDUALS (AS AUTHOR OR SUBJECT):

II. A. Biographical Miscellany (including bound volumes of pamphlets and eulogies on multiple individuals, and separate items relating to individuals represented by too few items to warrant a separate subseries).
II. B. Charles Francis Adams (1835-1915).
II. C. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
II. D. John Quincy Adams.
II. E. Thomas Carlyle.
II. F. George E. Ellis.
II. G. Edward Everett.
II. H. Samuel Abbott Green.
II. I. Charles T. Jackson;
II. J. Horace Mann.
II. K. Theodore Parker.
II. L. Andrew Preston Peabody.
II. M. James Hosmer Penniman.
II. N. Charles Sumner.
II. O. Daniel Webster.

SERIES III. MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS—HISTORY, ANNIVERSARIES, DESCRIPTION, ETC.:

III. A. Various Massachusetts Towns (including bound volumes of pamphlets relating to multiple towns, and separate pamphlets relating to towns represented by too few items to warrant a separate subseries and for which rapid collection growth is not anticipated).
III. B. Acton, Mass.
III. C. Bedford, Mass.
III. D. Boston, Mass.
III. E. Carlisle, Mass.
III. F. Groton, Mass.
III. G. Lexington, Mass.
III. H. Lincoln, Mass.
III. I. Sudbury, Mass.

SERIES IV. PAMPHLET MATERIALS ON MULTIPLE TOPICS, ORGANIZED BY FORM:

IV. A. Addresses on Various Topics (including bound volumes of miscellaneous inauguration, dedication, unveiling, historical, political, anniversary, Fourth of July, commencement, Phi Beta Kappa, and other occasional addresses).
IV. B. Sermons on Various Topics (including bound and loose ordination, election, fast, thanksgiving, Christmas, farewell, and other occasional sermons).
IV. C. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Publications.

ITEM LISTING:

SERIES I. HISTORICAL TOPICS, 1741-1996:

Box I.1:

I. A. Native Americans in New England, 1850-1983: (five items)

L’Estrange, Roger. News from New-England, Being A True and last Account of the present Bloody Wars carried on betwixt the Infidels, Natives, and the English Christians, and Converted Indians of New-England, declaring the many Dreadful Battles Fought betwixt them: As also the many Towns and Villages burnt by the merciless Heathens. And also the true Number of all the Christians slain since the beginning of that War, as it was sent over by a Factor of New-England to a Merchant in London. Licensed Aug. 1 (London: Printed for J. Coniers, 1676; reprint, Boston, N.E.: Reprinted for Samuel G. Drake, 1850). Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Forbes, Allan. Some Indian Events of New England … (Boston: Printed for the State Street Trust Company, 1934).

Forbes, Allan. Other Indian Events of New England … Volume II (Boston: Issued by the State Street Trust Company, 1941).

Gookin, Daniel. An Historical Account of the Doings and Sufferings of the Christian Indians in New England, in the Years 1675, 1676, 1677 … (photocopy of pages [423]-534 from unidentified printed book).

Russell, Emily W. B. "Indian-Set Fires in the Forests of the Northeastern United States." Photocopy of article (pages [78]-88) in Ecology, Vol. 64, No. 1 (Feb. 1983).

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Box I.2:

I. B. Colonial History and Anniversaries, 1821-1973: (one bound volume containing fourteen items, plus fifteen separate items)

Note: Related materials may be found in Series III (Massachusetts Towns—History, Anniversaries, Description, etc.).

In bound volume titled "Pilgrims" (accession number 23772), listed in order in which bound:

Emmons, Nathanael. A Sermon, Delivered Dec. 31, 1820, the Last Lord’s Day in the Second Century Since Our Forefathers First Settled in Plymouth (Dedham: Printed by H. & W.H. Mann, 1821).

The Pilgrims’ Song. Words by the Rev. James Flint. Music composed and sung by B. Brown, Esq. at the celebration of the landing of the Forefathers, 1820 ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1821?]).

Sabine, James. The Fathers of New England. A Sermon, Delivered in the Church in Essex-Street, Boston, December 22, 1820. Being the Second Centennial Celebration of the Landing of the Fathers at Plymouth (Boston: G. Clark & Co., 1821).

Ripley, Charles. An Oration, on the Colonization of New England, Delivered December 22, 1838, Before the Pilgrim Society of Louisville (Louisville, Ky.: Prentice and Weissinger, 1839). Edward Jarvis’s copy.

C., J.F. [James Freeman Clarke]. The Pilgrim Fathers: A Poem Recited in the Church of the Disciples, Boston, on the Festival of the Pilgrims, December 22d, 1842. From the Christian Examiner for May, 1843 (Boston: Thurston and Torry, 1843).

Hillard, George S. A Discourse Delivered Before the New England Society in the City of New-York, December 22, 1851 (New York: Published by the Society; George F. Nesbitt and Co., Printers, 1852). Bound with this: Report of the Annual Dinner of the New England Society in the City of New-York; at the Astor House, December 23, 1851 (New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers, 1852).

[Pilgrim Society]. An Account of the Pilgrim Celebration at Plymouth, August 1, 1853, Containing a List of the Decorations in the Town, and Correct Copies of the Speeches Made at the Dinner-Table. Revised by the Pilgrim Society (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1853).

Sumner, Charles. A Finger-Point from Plymouth Rock. Remarks at the Plymouth Festival, on the First of August, 1853. In Commemoration of the Embarkation of the Pilgrims (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1853). Inscribed on title-page: "Francis Jarvis / from Chas. Sumner Esq. / U.S.S."

The Illustrated Pilgrim Memorial. Published in Aid of the Monument Fund (Boston: Published at the Office of the National Monument to the Forefathers; Printed by Hickling & Co., 1864).

Memoranda, Historical, Chronological, &c. Prepared with the Hope to Aid Those Whose Interest in Pilgrim Memorials, and History, Is Freshened by This Jubilee Year … (Boston: Printed for the Use of Congregational Ministers; Todd, Printer, 1870).

New England Society in the City of New York. Sixty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the New-England Society in the City of New York at Delmonico’s, Dec. 22, 1870 ([New York: The Society, 1871]). Inscribed on title-page: "Wheildon / from W.J.A. Fuller, Esq. / New York."

Goodwin, John A. The Pilgrim Fathers. Oration Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Lowell, December 22, 1876 (Lowell, Mass.: Printed by Order of the City Council; Penhallow Printing Co., 1877).

Deverell, William. The Pilgrims and the Anglican Church (London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878).

New England Society in the City of New York. Seventy-fourth Anniversary Celebration of the New-England Society in the City of New York at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Dec. 22, 1879 ([New York: The Society, 1880]).

Separate items:

Anderson, Leon W. Hannah Duston: Heroine of 1697 Massacre of Indian Captors on River Islet at Boscawen, N.H. ([no place of publication specified]: Evans Printing Co., 1973). "This pamphlet was prepared … for the third in a series of historic bottles produced by Jim Beam Distillers for the N.H. state government."

Boutwell, George S. Wadsworth Monument. Date of Sudbury Fight. Communicated to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1866, by Hon. George S. Boutwell (Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers).

Cadbury, Henry J. "Quakers and Their Abettors, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1663." Reprint of article (pages 9-16) in Bulletin of Friends’ Historical Association, Vol. 27, No. 1 (1938).

Ford, Helen deN. The Starshine of Mrs. Hannah Dustin ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]).

Fowler, Samuel P. An Account of the Life, Character, &c., of the Rev. Samuel Parris, of Salem Village, and of His Connection with the Witchcraft Delusion of 1692 (Salem: William Ives and George W. Pease, Printers, 1857). "Read before the Essex Institute, Nov’r 14, 1856."

Green, Samuel Swett. The Use of the Voluntary System in the Maintenance of Ministers in the Colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay During the Earlier Years of Their Existence (Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1886). "The Historical Portion of the Report of the Council of the American Antiquarian Society Presented at the Semi-Annual Meeting of the Society Held in Boston, April 28, 1886."

McGlenen, Edward Webster. The Sudbury Fight, April 21, 1676. An Address Delivered before the Society of Colonial Wars at the Battle Ground, Sudbury, Massachusetts, June 17, 1897 (Boston: [no publisher specified], 1898).

Morison, Samuel Eliot. Historical Background for the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary in 1930 (Boston: Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary, Inc., 1928). "Bulletin Number Ten—April, 1928."

Robbins, Roland Wells, with Evan Jones. Pilgrim John Alden’s Progress: Archaeological Excavations in Duxbury (Plymouth, Mass.: The Pilgrim Society, 1969). Inscribed by Roland Robbins for the Concord Free Public Library.

Sheldon, George. "Flintlock or Matchlock in King Philip’s War?" Reprint from article in the Proceedings of The Worcester Society of Antiquities, 1899. Inscribed by the author.

Sheldon, George. "The Flintlock Used in Philip’s War?" Reprint from the Proceedings of The Worcester Society of Antiquities, 1900. Inscribed by the author.

Ware, Horace E. The Powder Mill on the Neponset; Its Importance to the Colony in Philip’s War ([no place of publication or publisher specified: 1901]). "Read by Horace E. Ware before the Milton Woman’s Club, May 6, 1901."

Winship, George Parker. An Odd Lot of New England Puritan Personalities. With Some Observations on the Bay Psalm Book … (Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1942). Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Wolford, Thorp L. "The Laws and Liberties of 1648." Reprint of article (pages [426]-463]) in the Boston University Law Review, Vol. 28 (Nov. 1948).

Young, Edward J. Oration at the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Green Hill, King Philip’s War, Delivered in Sudbury, Mass., April 18, 1876 (Boston: Lockwood, Brooks and Company, 1876).

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Box I.3:

I. C. Saugus Ironworks Restoration, 1951-1957: (seven items)

First Iron Works Gazette (Saugus, Mass: First Ironworks Association, 1951-1955).

Holdings:
Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1951)
Vol. 1, No. 3 (June 1951)
Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct. 1951)
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1952)
Vol. 2, No. 2 (Mar. 1952)
Vol. 2, No. 3 (June 1952)
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Aug. 1952)
Vol. 2, No. 5 (Nov. 1952)
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1953)
Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1953)
Vol. 3, No. 3 (July 1953)
Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct. 1953)
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1954)
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr. 1954)
Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1954)
Vol. 4, No. 4 (Fall 1954)
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 1955)
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall 1955)

Saugus Ironworks Restoration Newsletter (Saugus, Mass.: Published for Members of the First Iron Works Association, Inc., 1956-1957).

Holdings:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1956)
Vol. 1, No. 2 (Summer 1956)
Vol. 1, No. 3 (Fall 1956)
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 1957)
Vol. 2, No. 3 (Fall 1957)

The Saugus Ironworks Restoration (New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1955).

Folded brochures ("Saugus Ironworks Restoration"): three printings (all undated).

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Box I.4:

I. D. Revolutionary History, Anniversaries, Commemorative Sermons, etc., [1775]-1953: (three bound volumes containing twenty-five items, plus twenty-eight separate items)

Note: Related materials may be found in Series III (Massachusetts Towns—Histories, Anniversaries, Description, etc.).

In bound volume titled "American Revolution, April 19, 1775, Acton and Lexington" (accession number 23774), listed in order in which bound:

Adams, Josiah. An Address Delivered at Acton, July 21, 1835, Being the First Centennial Anniversary of the Organization of That Town; with an Appendix, in which the honors of the Concord Fight, claimed, by some late publications, for Major Buttrick and other officers belonging to Concord, particularly so far as they are supposed to belong to the memory of Capt. Isaac Davis of Acton, who was killed in the engagement, are considered; with some reasons why a proposed monument should not be placed over the two British soldiers who were buried in one grave at the north bridge … Published by the Request of a Committee of the Inhabitants … (Boston: Printed by J.T. Buckingham, 1835).

Adams, Josiah. Letter to Lemuel Shattuck, Esq. of Boston, from Josiah Adams, Esq. of Framingham, in Vindication of the Claims of Capt. Isaac Davis, of Acton, to His Just Share in the Honors of the Concord Fight. Also, Depositions of Witnesses, Stating the Facts on Which the Claims Are Founded, and Other Interesting Papers (Boston: Damrell & Moore, Printers, 1850).

Woodbury, James Trask. Speech Delivered in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, February 3, 1851, upon the Question of Granting Two Thousand Dollars to Aid the Town of Acton in Building a Monument over the Remains of Capt. Isaac Davis, Abner Hosmer, and Jas. Hayward, Acton Minute Men, Killed at Concord Fight, April 19, 1775 … Published by Request of the Town of Acton (Boston: Printed by Bazin & Chandler, 1851). Manuscript note by "J.A." (Josiah Adams?) pasted to page 63.

Boutwell, George S. An Oration Delivered in Acton, Mass., on the 29^th of October, 1851, by His Excellency George S. Boutwell … and a Poem, Pronounced by Rev. John Pierpont … It Being the Celebration of the Completion of the Granite Monument, Erected on Acton Common, over the Remains of Captain Isaac Davis, and Privates Abner Hosmer and James Hayward, with an Appendix, Giving an Account of the Proceedings on That Occasion, and a Few Revolutionary Facts and Anecdotes, Pertaining to the Town of Acton. Published by Request of the Town of Acton (Boston: Bazin and Chandler, Printers, 1852).

Davis, Josiah. Letter of Josiah Adams, to the People of Acton, Relative to the Evidence which procured the Grant for the Davis Monument (Holliston: Parker & Plimpton, Printers, 1852).

Emmons, [--------]. Emmons’s Oration, on Lexington Battle. Delivered April 19^th, 1827 ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1827]). Caption title.

Phinney, Elias. History of the Battle at Lexington, on the Morning of the 19^th April, 1775 (Boston: Printed by Phelps and Farnham, 1825).

King, Daniel P. Address Commemorative of Seven Young Men of Danvers, Who Were Slain in the Battle of Lexington; Delivered in the Old South Meeting House, in Danvers, on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Battle. With Notes … Published by Request (Salem: W. & S.B. Ives, 1835). Inscribed on title-page: "Presented by Geo. Tolman."

Loring, George B. An Oration, Delivered at Lexington on the Dedication of the Town and Memorial Hall, April 19, 1871, Being the 96^th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington … With the Proceedings and a Historical Appendix (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1871).

Hudson, Charles. Abstract of the History of Lexington, Mass. from Its Settlement to the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Our National Independence. July 4, 1876 (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1876).

Lexington (Mass.). Historical Monuments and Tablets, Erected by the Town of Lexington. 1884 ([Lexington: The Town, 1884]).

In bound volume titled "Bunker Hill Battle" (accession number 23775), listed in order in which bound:

Swett, S. Who Was the Commander at Bunker Hill? With Remarks on Frothingham’s History of the Battle … (Boston: Printed by John Wilson, 1850). Inscribed by the author for Doctor S. G. Howe (?).

Drake, Samuel Adams. General Israel Putnam, the Commander at Bunker Hill (Boston: Nichols & Hall, 1875). "To accompany Drake’s ‘Bunker Hill.’"

Drake, Samuel Adams. Bunker Hill: The Story Told in Letters from the Battle Field by British Officers Engaged. With an Introduction and Sketch of the Battle (Boston: Nichols and Hall, 1875).

Ellis, George E. History of the Battle of Bunker’s (Breed’s) Hill, on June 17, 1775, from Authentic Sources in Print and Manuscript … (Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1875).

Parker, Francis J. Colonel William Prescott, the Commander in the Battle of Bunker’s Hill. Honor to Whom Honor is Due. A Monograph (Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1875).

Charlestown. Something of Its History … (Charlestown District, Boston: Bunker Hill Times Office, 1875). Inscribed.

Wheildon, William W. New History of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, Its Purpose, Conduct, and Result (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1875).

Wheildon, William W. Siege and Evacuation of Boston and Charlestown, with a Brief Account of Pre-Revolutionary Public Buildings … (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1876).

In bound volume titled "American Revolution" (accession number 23773), listed in order in which bound:

Moore, George H. Historical Notes on the Employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution (New York: Charles T. Evans, 1862). Inscribed by the author.

Celebration of the Battle of King’s Mountain, October, 1855, and the Address … Together with the Proceedings of the Meetings and Accompanying Documents (Yorkville, S.C.: Published for the Committees by Miller & Melton, 1855). Inscribed by the author for "Mr. Hudson [Frederic Hudson]."

Memorial to the Men of Cambridge Who Fell in the First Battle of the Revolutionary War. Services of Dedication, Nov. 3, 1870 (Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1870).

Coburn, Frank W. The Centennial History of the Battle of Bennington; Compiled from the Most Reliable Sources, and Fully Illustrated with Original Documents and Entertaining Anecdotes. Col. Seth Warner’s Identity in the First Action Completely Established … (Boston: George E. Littlefield, 1877).

Curtis, George William. Burgoyne’s Surrender: An Oration Delivered on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Event, October 17, 1877, at Schuylerville, N.Y. (New York: Baker & Godwin, 1877).

Stone, William L. Memoir of the Centennial Celebration of Burgoyne’s Surrender, Held at Schuylerville, N.Y., Under the Auspices of the Saratoga Monument Association, on the 17^th of October, 1877(Albany: Joel Munsell, 1878).

Separate items:

Adams, Charles Francis. "The Battle of Bunker Hill." Reprint of article (pages 401-413) in the American Historical Review, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Apr. 1896).

Boston (Mass.). Message of the Mayor Transmitting a Communication from the City Registrar Giving Authority for Adding the Names of Lieutenant Benjamin West and Captain William Meacham to the List of Patriots Who Were Killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill (Boston: The City, 1895). "Document 147—1895." (Gift of Janet Turley, 09/02/93.)

Cameron, E.H. Of Yankee Granite: An Account of the Building of Bunker Hill Monument (Boston: Bunker Hill Monument Association, 1953).

[Chapin, Noah]. [Typed transcription of diary, 1775, including account of events of April 19^th; date of transcription not specified].

Clark, Jonas. The Fate of Blood-thirsty Oppressors and God’s tender Care of his distressed People. A Sermon, Preached at Lexington, April 19, 1776. To commemorate the Murder, Bloodshed, and Commencement of Hostilities, between Great Britain and America, in that Town, by a Brigade of Troops of George III, under Command of Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, on the Nineteenth of April, 1775. To Which is Added, a Brief Narrative of the principal Transactions of that Day … (Boston: Printed by Powars and Willis, 1776; reprint, Boston: Franklin Press; Rand, Avery, & Co., 1875).

Cooke, Samuel. The violent destroyed: And oppressed delivered. A Sermon, Preached at Lexington, April 19, 1777. For a Memorial of the Bloody Tragedy, barbarously acted, by a party of British Troops, in that Town and the Adjacent, April 19, 1775 … (Boston: Printed by Draper and Phillips, for Thoma[s] Leverett and Nicholas Bowes, 1777). Inscribed: "From Miss E.A. Stone."

Coolidge, George A. Brochure of Bunker Hill. With Heliotype Views (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, ©1875).

Cumings, Henry. A Sermon Preached at Lexington, on the 19^th of April 1781. Being the Anniversary of the Commencement of Hostilities between Great_britain and America, which took Place in that Town, on the 19^th of April, 1775 … (Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes & Sons, 1781). Inscribed: "Presented by / Dr. Josiah Bartlett."

Dana, Richard Henry. Oration at Lexington, April 19, 1875 (Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1875). Inscribed on wrapper: "From Miss E.A. Stone."

Derby, Samuel Carroll. Early Dublin: A List of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. … (Columbus, Ohio: Press of Spahr & Glenn, 1901). Wrapper title: Early Dublin. I. Revolutionary Soldiers. Inscribed on wrapper: "With respects of S.C. Derby." Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Endicott, Charles M. Account of Leslie’s Retreat at the North Bridge, in Salem, on Sunday, Feb’y 26, 1775 … From the Proceedings of the Essex Institute (Salem: Wm. Ives and Geo. W. Pease, Printers, 1856). Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Everett, Edward. An Address Delivered at Lexington, on the 19^th (20^th) of April, 1835 … Second Edition (Charlestown: Published by William W. Wheildon, 1835).

Everett, Edward. Battle of Bunker Hill. Oration by Edward Everett, with a Brief Account of the Celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, at Charlestown, June 17, 1850 (Boston: Redding and Company, 1850). Inscribed by William Willder Wheildon for Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Frothingham, Richard. The Centennial: Battle of Bunker Hill. With a View of Charlestown in 1775, Page’s Plan of the Action, Romans’ Exact View of the Battle, and Other Illustrations (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1875).

Frothingham, Richard. The Battle-Field of Bunker Hill: with a Relation of the Action by William Prescott, and Illustrative Documents. A Paper Communicated to the Massachusetts Historical Society, June 10, 1875, with Additions (Boston: Printed for the author, 1876). Inscribed by the author for Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Goodale, George Lincoln. British and Colonial Army Surgeons on the 19^th of April, 1775. An Address Delivered on the 19^th of April, 1899, Before the Middlesex South District Medical Society ([no place of publication specified]: Published at the Request of the Society, [1899?]).

Goodell, Abner C. Address Delivered Before the Essex Institute, October 5, 1874, at the Centennial Anniversary of the Meeting of the Provincial Assembly in Salem, October 5, 1774 (Salem: Published by the Essex Institute, 1874).

"How the News of the Battle of Lexington Reached Philadelphia" [consisting largely of facsimile of original dispatch of 1775]. Article (pages 257-261) in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 27, No. 107 (July 1903).

Memorial, Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17^th, 1775 … (Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., ©1875).

Morrill, Isaac. Faith in Divine Providence, the Great Support of God’s People in Perilous Times. A Sermon, Preached at Lexington, April 19, 1780. In Memory of the Commencement of the unnatural War between Great-Britain and America; which took place in said Town April 19, 1775 … (Boston: Printed by John Gill, 1780).

Muzzey, A.B. The Battle of Lexington: with Personal Recollections of Men Engaged in It … Reprinted from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register for October, 1877 (Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers, 1877). Inscribed on wrapper: [in one hand] "A.R. Lothrop / East-Lexington / Mass." / [in another hand] "From Miss E.A. Stone."

Porter, Edward G. Remarks Concerning the Recent Visit of Lieutenant General George Digby Barker, C.B. and the Diary of Lieutenant John Barker of the Fourth (King’s Own) Regiment During the Siege of Boston (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1898). "Reprinted from the Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol. V." Inscribed for the Concord Free Public Library.

Pulsifer, David. An Account of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Compiled from Authentic Sources … with General Burgoyne’s Account of the Battle (Boston: A. Williams and Co., 1872).

Salem (Mass.). Memorial Services at the Centennial Anniversary of Leslie’s Expedition to Salem, Sunday, February 26, 1775, on Friday, February 26, 1875, by the City Authorities of Salem (Salem, Mass.: [The City], 1875. Signature of Albert E. Wood on front lining leaf.

Sudbury (Mass.). Proceedings at the Dedication of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Honor of Revolutionary Patriots at Sudbury, Massachusetts, June Seventeenth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Six, Including the Oration of Hon. John L. Bates of Boston. 1775-1896 (Sudbury: Published by the Town; South Framingham: Lakeview Press, 1897). Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Wall, Caleb A. The Historic Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773. Its Men and Objects: Incidents Leading to, Accompanying, and Following the Throwing Overboard of the Tea. Including a Short Account of the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770. With Patriotic Lessons Therefrom Adapted to the Present Time (Worcester, Mass.: Press of F.S. Blanchard & Co., 1896).

Watson, John Lee. Paul Revere’s Signal: The True Story of the Signal Lanterns in Christ Church, Boston … With Remarks on Laying Dr. Watson’s Communication Before the Massachusetts Historical Society, Nov. 9, 1876: by Charles Deane (New York: Trow’s Printing and Bookbinding Company, 1880). Inscribed in ink: "Miss Emily, with ye kind regards of / J.L. Watson"; below this, in another hand, in pencil: "To / Paul Revere / 1881." Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Westcott, Henry. Lexington Centennial Sermons, Delivered in the First Congregational Church, Lexington, Mass., April 11^th, 18^th, and 25^th, 1875 (Boston: Printed by Frank Wood, 1875).

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Box I.5:

I. E. New England Social History, Architectural History, and Material Culture, 1855-1977: (ten items)

Babin, Fred, and Barry C. Field. Dimensions of Rurality in New England: A Comparative Analysis of Rurality Indexes for the Sixty-Seven New England Counties (Amherst: Published by the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1977). "Research Bulletin Number 642/January 1977."

Chapin, Howard M. "The Early Use of Flags in New England." Article (pages 60- 73) removed from Old-Time New England, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Oct. 1930).

"Glimpses of New England Life" [unattributed]. Article (pages 510-527) removed from Scribner’s, Vol. 16, No. 36 (1878).

Harvey, Lashley G. The "Walled" Towns of New England (Boston: Boston University Press, 1964). "University Lecture April 15, 1964."

Massachusetts. Senate. Senate No. 155 [regarding smallpox vaccination] ([Boston: The Commonwealth],1855). "C.H. Stedman, Chairman."

Park, Helen. "A List of Architectural Books Available in America before the Revolution." Photocopy of article (pages 115-130) in Journal of The Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Oct. 1961).

Poppeliers, John, with the assistance of Deborah Stephens. Shaker Built: A Catalog of Shaker Architectural Records from the Historic American Buildings Survey ([Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey, 1974).

Some Industries of New England: Their Origin, Development and Accomplishments, illustrated by many Old and Interesting Views (Boston, Mass.: Issued by the State Street Trust Company, 1923). Gift of Robert F. Needham.

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Box I.6:

I. F. Politics, 1801-1942: (one bound volume containing sixteen items, plus two separate items)

In bound volume titled "Political" (accession number 23779), listed in order in which bound:

Harper, Robert Goodloe. A Letter from Robert Goodloe Harper, of South Carolina, to His Constituents ([no place of publication specified]: William Hilliard, Printer, 1801). Thaddeus Blood’s copy.

Republican Address to the Electors of New-Hampshire, on the Choice of Electors of President and Vice-President (Walpole, N.H.: Printed [no name specified], 1804).

The Impartial Inquirer; Being a Candid Examination of the Conduct of the President of the United States, in Execution of the Powers Vested in Him, by the Act of Congress of May 1, 1810: To Which is Added, Some Reflections upon the Invasion of the Spanish Territory of West-Florida … By a Citizen of Massachusetts ([no place of publication specified]: Russell & Cutler, Printer, 1811).

A Letter to an Ex-President of the United States … (Leominster, Mass.: Printed by Salmon Wilder, 1812).

The Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates, from the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode-Island; the Counties of Cheshire and Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire; and the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont;--Convened at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, December 15^th, 1814. Third Edition, Corrected and Improved (Boston: Printed and Published by Wells and Lilly, 1815).

Osgood, David. A Solemn Protest Against the Late Declaration of War, in a Discourse, Delivered on the Next Lord’s Day After the Tidings of It Were Received (Cambridge: Printed Hilliard and Metcalf, 1812).

Poinsett, Joel R. Substance of a Speech Delivered by the Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, at a Public Meeting held at Seyle’s, 5^th October, 1832 (Charleston: Printed by J.S. Burges, 1832).

Proceedings of the State Convention of the Whig Young Men of Massachusetts. Held at Worcester, September 11^th, 1839 (Boston: Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1839).

Secret History of the Perfidies, Intrigues, and Corruptions of the Tyler Dynasty, with the Mysteries of Washington City, Connected with That Vile Administration, in a Series of Letters to the Ex-Acting President, by One Most Familiar with the Subject … (Washington and New York: Published by the Author, 1845). Frederic Hudson’s copy.

Allen, Thaddeus. An Inquiry into the Views, Principles, Services, and Influences of the Leading Men in the Origination of Our Union, and in the Formation and Early Administration of Our Present Government (Boston: Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co., 1845). Edward Jarvis’s copy (presented to Jarvis by the author).

To the Whig Voters of the Fourth Congressional District, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ([no place, publisher, or date of publication specified; 1848]).

Seward, William H. Speech of William H. Seward, on the Claims of American Merchants for Indemnities for French Spoliations, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 21, 1851. Third Edition, with Notes (Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1851).

Remarks on the Proposed State Constitution. By a Free-Soiler from the Start (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Company, 1853).

Quincy, Josiah. Remarks on the Letter of the Hon. Rufus Choate to the "Whig State Committee of Maine," Written in Answer to a Letter of the Hon. John Z. Goodrich ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1856]).

Reunion of the Free-Soilers of 1848, at Downer Landing, Hingham, Mass., August 9, 1877 … (Boston: Albert J. Wright, Printer, 1877).

Report of the Proceedings of the Harvard Republican Meeting Held at Tremont Temple, Boston, Friday Evening, November 2, 1888 (Cambridge: Wm. H. Wheeler, Printer, 1889).

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Washburne, Elihu B., and George S. Boutwell. Impeachment. Speeches of Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, of Illinois, and Hon. George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 22, 1868 (Washington: Printed at the Office of The Great Republic, 1868).

Wolford, Thorp Lanier. "Democratic-Republican Reaction in Massachusetts to the Embargo of 1807." Reprint of article (pages 35-61) in The New England Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Mar. 1942). Two letters (1942 May 1 and 1948 Dec. 15), T.L. Wolford to the Librarian of the Concord Free Public Library, tipped in.

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Box I.7:

I. G. Masonry and Antimasonry, 1797-1834: (three bound volumes containing thirty-two items, plus one separate item)

In bound volume titled "Freemasonry" (accesion number 2461; from the collection of the Concord Town Library), listed in the order in which bound:

Harris, Thaddeus M. Ignorance and Prejudice Shown to Be the Only Enemies to Free Masonry—Their Objections Considered and Answered—and the True Description of the Society Given in a Sermon at the Consecration of Saint Paul’s Lodge in Groton, and the Installation of its Officers in Due Form, August 9^th, A.L. 5797 (Leominster, Mass.: Printed by Brother Charles Prentiss, 1797).

Whipple, William J. A Masonic Address, Delivered Before the Corinthian Lodge, at Concord, on the Anniversary Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, 5819 (Concord, Mass.: Published by Request; Printed by Caleb Cushing, 1819).

Beede, Thomas. The Value of Emblems and Ceremonies, A Discourse, Delivered Before the Most Worshipful, the Grand Lodge of New-Hampshire, at Their Annual Meeting in Concord, June 15, A.L. 5820 (Amherst, N.H.: Printed by Elijah Mansur, 1820).

Gleason, Benjamin. An Address, Pronounced at the Dedication of the New Masonic Hall, in Concord, Ms. Nov. 13, A.L. 5820 … (Concord, Mass.: J.T. Peters, printer, 1820).

Jenkins, Charles. A Discourse, Preached Before the Masonick Fraternity, Convened at Shelburne, Mass., June 24, 1823; in Commemoration of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (Greenfield: Published by request of Mountain Lodge; Denio, Clark & Tyler, Printers, 1823).

Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, for the Government and Management of the Master, Wardens and Members, of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Incorporated June 16, 1817. Adopted September 9, A.L. 5818. As Amended Until the Annual Communication 5825 (Boston: Printed by E.G. House, 1826).

Abbot, John. An Address, Delivered Before the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, at the Annual Communication, December, 5826 (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard, Metcalf, and Co., 1826). John Keyes’s copy.

Hamilton, Luther. Address Delivered at Taunton, on the Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24^th, 1826 (Taunton: Printed by Samuel W. Mortimer, 1826). Nehemiah Jones’s copy.

Colton, Simeon. The Claims of Anti-Masonry, and Duty of Masons. An Address Delivered Before the Central Lodge of Free-Masons, in Dudley, Mass. June 24, A.L. 5830 (Southbridge: J. Snow, Printer, 1830).

Thompson, James W. The Claims of Free-Masonry Stated, and Objections to It Considered. An Address Delivered Before the Fraternity, at Leicester, Mass., on the Anniversary of St. John the Baptist, June 24, A.L. 5831 (Cambridge: Printed by E.W. Metcalf and Company, 1831).

Sheppard, John H. An Address, Delivered Before Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset, June 24, A.L. 5831 … (Boston: Printed by Beals and Homer, 1831). "Published agreeably to an unanimous vote of Lincoln Lodge."

In bound volume titled "Masonry & Anti-Masonry (accession number 2460; from the collection of the Concord Town Library), listed in order in which bound:

Ecclesiastical Record [regarding Baptist Church in South Reading, Mass.] (Boston: Printed by Jonathan Howe, 1832).

Boston Daily Advocate. Extra. Reply to the Declaration of the 1200 Masons (Boston: The Daily Advocate, October 5, 1832).

Adams, John Quincy. Letters on the Entered Apprentice’s Oath … Demonstrating That the First Step in Masonry is Wrong. Stereotype Edition … (Boston: Published by the Young Men’s Antimasonic Association for the Diffusion of Truth, 1833). "Publication No. I."

Massachusetts. House of Representatives. House No. 55 [petition for the investigation of Freemasonry] ([Boston: The Commonwealth], 1834). "March 1834." House No. 76, No. 75, and No. 74 (unrelated to Masonry) bound in between this and the following item.

Massachusetts. House of Representatives. House No. 1. Memorial [regarding voluntary surrender of civil charter of Grand Lodge of Massachusetts] ([Boston: The Commonwealth], 1834). "Jan. 1834."

Massachusetts. House of Representatives. House No. 7. Memorial [requesting investigation of Freemasonry and prohibition of "extrajudicial oaths in Masonic Lodges, Chapters, and all other Masonic bodies"] ([Boston: The Commonwealth],1834). "Jan. 1834."

Massachusetts. House of Representatives. House No. 73. Report by a Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, on Freemasonry. March, 1834 ([Boston: The Commonwealth], 1834). Appendix Containing the Testimony and Documents Received in Evidence by the Committee follows report.

Hallett, Benjamin F., George Turner, and others. Legislative Investigation into Masonry; Being a Correct History of the Examination, Under Civil Oath, of More Than Fifty Adhering and Seceding Masons, Before a Committee of the General Assembly of Rhode-Island, Held at Providence and Newport, Between December 7, 1831, and January 7, 1832. Reported from Minutes Taken at the Time by B.F. Hallett, Geo. Turner and Others, and Carefully Compared (Boston: Office of the Boston Daily Advocate, 1832).

Locke, Charles H. Trial of Moore & Sevey for a Libel on Samuel D. Greene, in the Municipal Court, Boston, July Term, 1833. Reported by Charles H. Locke (Boston: Published by Moore & Sevey, 1833). Daniel Shattuck’s copy.

In bound volume titled "Antimasonry" (accession number 2462; from the collection of the Concord Town Library), listed in order in which bound:

Dexter, Samuel. Letter of the Hon. Samuel Dexter … to the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Massachusetts ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]).

Sumner, Charles Pinckney. A Letter on Speculative Free Masonry … Being an Answer to a Letter … on That Subject by the Suffolk Committee (Boston: John Marsh; Dutton & Wentworth, Printers, 1829).

Pease, David. The Good Man in Bad Company: or Speculative Freemasonry a Wicked and Dangerous Combination. A Sermon Delivered in Belchertown, (Mass.) July 8, 1830 … with an Appendix (Brookfield: Printed by E. and G. Merriam, 1831). "Published by Request."

Fuller, Timothy. Oration, Delivered at Faneuil Hall, Boston, July 11, 1831, at the Request of the Suffolk Anti-Masonic Committee (Boston: Printed at the Office of the Boston Press, for the Publishing Committee, 1831).

Philleo, Calvin. Calvin Philleo’s Light on Masonry, and Anti-Masonry, and a Renunciation of Both, with Undissembled Esteem for Masons and Anti-Masons (Providence: A. H. Brown, Printer, 1831). Herman Atwill’s copy.

[Z., A.]. Free-Masonry, in Reply to Anti-Masonry, in the American Quarterly Review, for March, 1830 (Boston: John Marsh & Co., 1830).

An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Antimasonic State Convention of Massachusetts. Held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, May 19 & 20, 1831 (Boston: Printed at the Office of the Boston Press, for the Publishing Committee, 1831).

Third Antimasonic State Convention. Antimasonic Republican Convention, of Massachusetts, Held at Worcester, Sept. 5^th & 6^th, 1832. For the Nomination of Candidates for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and for Governor and Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Proceedings, Resolutions, and Address to the People (Boston: Printed by Perkins & Marvin, 1832).

A Brief Report of the Debates in the Anti-Masonic Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, December 30, 31, 1829, and January 1, 1830 (Boston: Published by John Marsh, 1830).

An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Anti-Masonic State Convention of Massachusetts, Held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, Dec. 30 and 31, 1829, and Jan. 1, 1830 (Boston: John Marsh, for the Publishing Committee, 1830).

No. 4. Fourth Antimasonic State Convention. Antimasonic Republican Convention, of Massachusetts, Held at Boston, Sept. 11, 12, & 13, 1833, for the Nomination of Candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth, and "For the Purpose of ‘Consulting Upon the Common Good, by Seeking Redress of Wrongs and Grievances Suffered’ from Secret Societies" (Boston: Printed by Jonathan Howe, for the Convention, 1833).

A Freeman on Freemasonry ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]). "To the Editor of the Massachusetts Yeoman." Manuscript response to piece (beginning "A raving Antimason") on final page of text.

Separate item:

The Proceedings of the United States Anti-Masonic Convention, Held at Philadelphia, September 11, 1830. Embracing the Journal of Proceedings, the Reports, the Debates, and the Address to the People (Philadelphia: I.P. Trimble; New York: Skinner and Dewey; Albany: D.B. Packard; [etc.],1830). Accession number 2605; from the collection of the Concord Town Library.

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Box I.8:

I. H. Slavery, Antislavery, Emancipation, Colonization, Fugitive Slave Law, and Underground Railroad, 1829-1996: (three bound volumes containing thirty-five items, plus ten separate items)

In bound volume titled "Slavery" (accession number 23780), listed in order in which bound:

Bowditch, William I. Slavery and the Constitution (Boston: Robert F. Wallcut, 1849).

Proceedings of the Constitutional Meeting at Faneuil Hall, November 26^th, 1850 (Boston: Printed by Beals & Greene, 1850).

Greeley, Horace. A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension or Restriction in the United States, from the Declaration of Independence to the Present Day. Mainly Compiled and Condensed from the Journals of Congress and Other Official Records, and Showing the Vote by Yeas and Nays on the Most Important Divisions in Either House (New York: Dix, Edwards & Co., 1856).

Parker, Joel. Personal Liberty Laws (Statutes of Massachusetts), and Slavery in the Territories (Case of Dred Scott) (Boston: Wright & Potter, Printers, 1861).

American Anti-Slavery Society. The Anti-Slavery History of the John-Brown Year; Being the Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society (New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1861). Samuel Barrett’s copy.

In bound volume titled "Slavery, Fugitive Slave Law, etc." (accession number 23781), listed in order in which bound:

Storrs, Richard S. American Slavery, and the Means of Its Removal. A Sermon, Preached in the First Congregational Church, Braintree, April 4, 1844 (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1844).

Spencer, Ichabod S. Fugitive Slave Law. The Religious Duty of Obedience to Law: A Sermon, Preached in the Second Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1850 (New York: Published by M.W. Dodd, 1850). Inscribed on wrapper: "A. Brooks."

Forman, J.G. The Fugitive Slave Law. A Discourse Delivered in the Congregational Church in West Bridgewater, Mass., on Sunday, November 17^th, 1850 (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1850). "Published by Request." Wrapper inscribed (inscription cropped).

Lord, John C. "The Higher Law," In Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill. A Sermon on the Duties Men Owe to God and to Governments. Delivered at the Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, on Thanksgiving-Day (New York: Published by Order of the "Union Safety Committee," 1851).

Furness, W.H. [William Henry]. The Moving Power. A Discourse Delivered in the First Congregational Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, Sunday Morning, Feb. 9, 1851, After the Occurrence of a Fugitive Slave Case (Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, Printers, 1851).

Forman, J.G. The Christian Martyrs; or, The Conditions of Obedience to the Civil Government: A Discourse … To Which Is Added, A Friendly Letter to said Church and Congregation [the First Church and Congregation in West Bridgewater] on the Pro-Slavery Influences That Occasioned His [Forman’s] Removal (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851).

Hedge, F.H. [Frederic Henry]. Conscience and the State. A Discourse, Preached in the Westminster Church, Providence, Sunday April 27, 1851 (Providence: Published by the Society; Joseph Knowles, Printer, 1851). Wrapper inscribed by the author (inscription cropped).

Krebs, John M. The American Citizen. A Discourse on the Nature and Extent of Our Religious Subjection to the Government Under Which We Live: Including an Inquiry Into the Scriptural Authority of That Provision of the Constitution of the United States, Which Requires the Surrender of Fugitive Slaves. Delivered in the Rutgers Street Presbyterian Church, in the City of New York, on Thanksgiving Day, December 12, 1850. And Afterwards at Their Request, as a Lecture Before the Young Men’s Associations of Albany and Waterford, N.Y., on January 14^th and 15^th, 1851 (New York: Charles Scribner, 1851).

Lunt, William P. The Divine Right of Government: A Discourse Delivered in Quincy, Massachusetts, on the Day of the Annual State Fast, April 10, 1851 (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851).

M’Ewen, Abel. A Sermon, Preached in the First Congregational Church, New London, Conn., on the Day of Thanksgiving, November 28, 1850 (New London: Daniels & Bacon, 1851). Inscribed by Sabin Smith on title-page.

Hall, Nathaniel. The Limits of Civil Obedience. A Sermon Preached in the First Church, Dorchester, January 12, 1851 (Boston: William Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851). "Published by Request."

Stearns, Oliver. The Gospel applied to the Fugitive Slave Law: A Sermon Preached to the Third Congregational Society of Hingham, on Sunday, March 2, 1851 (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851). "Published by Request."

Clark, Rufus W. Conscience and Law. A Discourse Preached in the North Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Fast Day, April 3, 1851 (Boston: Tappan & Whittemore; Portsmouth: Samuel A. Badger, 1851).

Quincy, Josiah. Address Illustrative of the Nature and Power of the Slave States, and the Duties of the Free States; Delivered at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Quincy, Mass., on Thursday, June 5, 1856 … Altered and Enlarged since Delivery (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856).

Quincy, Josiah. Mr. Quincy’s Remarks on Mr. Choate’s Letter to the Whig State Committee of Maine ([no place of publication or publisher specified], 1856).

Palfrey, John G. Papers on the Slave Power, First Published in the "Boston Whig" (Boston: Merrill, Cobb & Co., [1846]). Edward Jarvis’s copy (presented to Jarvis by the author).

In bound volume titled "Slavery, Emancipation, Colonization, etc." (accession number 23782), listed in order in which bound:

Clay, Henry. An Address Delivered to the Colonization Society of Kentucky, at Frankfort, December 17, 1829 … at the Request of the Board of Managers (Lexington: Published at the instance of the Society; Thomas Smith, Printer, 1829). Inscribed on title-page: "Thos. Melvill."

Stewart, Charles. The West India Question. Immediate Emancipation Would Be Safe for the Masters; Profitable for the Masters; Happy for the Slaves; Right in the Government; Advantageous to the Nation; Would Interfere with No Feelings But Such as Are Disgraceful and Destructive; Cannot Be Postponed … An Outline for Immediate Emancipation … Reprinted from the (Eng.) Quarterly Magazine and Review, of April, 1832. Second American Edition (Newburyport: Charles Whipple, 1835). Inscription (cropped; "Plymouth A.S. Library"?) on title-page.

[Austin, James T.]. Remarks on Dr. Channing’s Slavery. By a Citizen of Massachusetts (Boston: Russell, Shattuck and Co., and John Eastburn, 1835).

[Pratt, Minot]. A Friend of the South in Answer to Remarks on Dr. Channing’s Slavery (Boston: Otis, Broaders and Company, 1836).

Cushing, Abel. Speech of the Hon. Abel Cushing, in the Senate of Massachusetts, on the 30^th and 31^st of March, 1837, on Resolves Relative to the Action of Congress upon Anti-Slavery Petitions, and the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia; and Also upon a Resolve Respecting the Further Admission of Slave-Holding States into the Union (Boston: Printed by Beals & Greene, 1837).

The Anti-Slavery Examiner. No. 6. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses … (New York: Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1839). George Partridge Bradford’s copy (inscribed on wrapper).

Lovejoy, J.C. The Alliance of Jehoshaphat and Ahab. A Sermon Preached on the Annual Fast, April 4, 1844, at Cambridgeport ([no place of publication or publisher specified, 1844]). At head of title: "No. 12."

Address of the Committee Appointed by a Public Meeting, Held at Faneuil Hall, September 24, 1846, for the Purpose of Considering the Recent Case of Kidnapping from Our Soil, and of Taking Measures to Prevent the Recurrence of Similar Outrages. With an Appendix (Boston: White & Potter, Printers, 1846). Inscribed on wrapper: "Reading Room."

United States vs. Charles G. Davis. Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis … on a Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave. Held in Boston, in February, 1851 (Boston: White & Potter, Printers, 1851).

Goodloe, Daniel R. The Southern Platform: or, Manual of Southern Sentiment on the Subject of Slavery (Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1858).

De Fontaine, F.G. History of American Abolitionism; Its Four Great Epochs, Embracing Narratives of the Ordinance of 1787, Compromise of 1820, Annexation of Texas, Mexican War, Wilmot Proviso, Negro Insurrections, Abolition Riots, Slave Rescues, Compromise of 1850, Kansas Bill of 1854, John Brown Insurrection, 1859, Valuable Statistics &c. &c., &c. Together with a History of the Southern Confederacy. (Originally Published in the New York Herald.) (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1861).

Lyman, Theodore. Papers Relating to the Garrison Mob. Edited by Theodore Lyman … (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1870). Bookplate of Concord Town Library pasted to wrapper.

Palfrey, John G. Papers on the Slave Power, First Published in the "Boston Whig" (Boston: Merrill, Cobb & Co., [1846]).

Bearse, Austin. Reminiscences of Fugitive-Slave Law Days in Boston (Boston: Printed by Warren Richardson, 1880). Wrapper inscribed: "[first line cropped] wh [with] respects of F.W. Gill."

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Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886). An Oration, Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Fall River, July 4, 1860 (Fall River: Almy & Milne, 1860). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis / from the author."

Blockson, Charles L. "Escape from Slavery: The Underground Railroad." Article (pages [2]-39) in National Greographic (July 1984).

Grimké, Archibald H. "Anti-Slavery Boston." Article (pages [441]-459) from unidentified periodical.

Hansen, Ellen. The Underground Railroad: Life on the Road to Freedom, edited by Ellen Hansen (Carlisle, Massachusetts: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1995). Gift of Leslie P. Wilson, Sept. 1997.

Putnam, A.P. A Discourse on William Lloyd Garrison, and the Anti-Slavery Movement, Delivered at The Church of the Saviour, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sunday Evening, June 1, 1879 (Brooklyn, N.Y.: Tremlett & Co., Printers, 1879).

Rantoul, Robert. Negro Slavery in Massachusetts … From the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. XXIV, p. 81 (Salem: Printed for the Essex Institute, 1887). "Portions of a Paper Read Before the Beverly Lyceum, April, 1833."

Siebert, Wilbur H. "The Vigilance Committee of Boston. A paper read in the Council Chamber of the Old State House at a meeting of the Bostonian Society." Reprint (Boston, 1953) from the Annual Proceedings of the Bostonian Society.

United States. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. The Underground Railroad: Official Map and Guide ([Washington, D.C.]: GPO, 1996). "GPO 1996—404.952/40095. Reprint 1996."

United States. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Underground Railroad. Special Resource Study; Management Concepts; Environmental Assessment ([Denver]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, NPS, 1995). "U.S. Government Printing Office 1996—842.615."

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Box I.9:

I. I. Civil War, 1861-1964: (one bound volume containing eight items, plus three separate items)

In bound volume titled "Rebellion" (accession number 23777), listed in order in which bound:

Motley, John Lothrop. The Causes of the American Civil War. A Letter to the London Times (New York: James G. Gregory, 1861).

The Seven Days’ Battles in Front of Richmond. An Outline Narrative of the Series of Engagements Which Opened at Mechanicsville, Near Richmond, on Thursday, June 26, 1862, and Resulted in the Defeat and Retreat of the Northern Army Under Major-General M’Clellan. Compiled from the Detailed Accounts of the Newspaper Press (Charleston: Steam-Power Presses of Evans & Cogswell, 1862).

Dresser, Horace E. The Battle Record of the American Rebellion (New York: The Tribune Association, and Sinclair Tousey, 1863).

[Haines, Zenas T.]. Letters from the Forty-Fourth Regiment M.V.M.: A Record of the Experience of a Nine Months’ Regiment in the Department of North Carolina in 1862-3. By "Corporal" (Boston: Printed at the Herald Job Office, 1863). Inscribed on wrapper: "Presented by / Francis L. Lee."

Pierpoint, F.H. Letter of Governor Pierpoint to His Excellency the President and the Honorable Congress of the United States, on the Subject of Abuse of Military Power in the Command of General Butler in Virginia and North Carolina (Washington, D.C.: McGill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1864).

Pierrepont, Edwards. A Review by Judge Pierrepont of Gen. Butler’s Defense, Before the House of Representatives, in Relation to the New Orleans Gold (New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1865). Inscribed on wrapper: "Mr. Hudson."

The Soldier of Indiana in the War for the Union … (Indianapolis: Merrill and Company, 1864). Inscribed on wrapper: "Commonwealth / From / Crosby & Nichols."

H., H.N. [Henry Norman Hudson]. A Chaplain’s Campaign with Gen. Butler (New York: Printed for the Author, 1865).

Separate items:

[Confederate ballot], November 6^th, 1861. " … For President, Jefferson Davis … For Vice President, Alexander Stephens … " Framed.

Hale, Nancy. Daughter of Abolitionists (Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College, 1964). At head of title: The Sophia Smith Collection.

Watson, B.F. An Oration Delivered at Huntington Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts … April 19^th, 1886 … in commemoration of the 25^th Anniversary of the passage through Baltimore of the 6^th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, April 19^th, 1861 (New York: Livingston, Middleditch, Printer, [1886]). "Oration Printed by Order of the Association." Inscribed on wrapper: "With sincere respects of Charles Babbidge / formerly Chaplain of the ‘Old Sixth.’"

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Box I.10:

I. J. Church Histories and Anniversaries, 1819-1882: (three bound volumes containing twenty-one items, plus two separate items)

In bound volume titled "Sermons, etc., Historical & Anniversary" (accession number 23765), listed in order in which bound:

A Statement of the Proceedings in the First Church and Parish in Dedham, Respecting the Settlement of a Minister, 1818. With Some Considerations on Congregational Church Polity. By a Member of the Said Church and Parish, At the request of a multitude within and without (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1819).

Fitch, Charles. View of Holliston in Its First Century. A Century Sermon, Delivered in Holliston, Mass., December 4, 1826 (Dedham: H. & W.H. Mann, Printers, 1827). Inscribed on title-page: "Edward Jarvis."

Lamson, Alvan. A History of the First Church and Parish in Dedham, in Three Discourses, Delivered on Occasion of the Completion, November 18, 1838, of the Second Century Since the Gathering of Said Church (Dedham: Printed by Herman Mann, 1839). Inscribed on wrapper: "Dr. J. Bartlett" (inscription cropped).

Young, Alexander. A Discourse on the Twentieth Anniversary of His Ordination, Delivered in the Church on Church Green, January 19, 1845, by Alexander Young. Published by Request (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845).

Barrett, Samuel. Two Discourses, Preached in the Twelfth Congregational Church, Sunday, February 10, 1850, on the Completion of the Twentyfifth Year of His Ministry, by Samuel Barrett. Printed at the Request and for the Use of the Society (Boston: Printed by Tuttle & Dennett, 1850).

Howe, Nathanael. A Century Sermon, Delivered in Hopkinton, Mass. on Lord’s Day, December 24, 1815. By Nathanael Howe, Pastor of the Church … Fourth Edition. With a Memoir of the Author and Explanatory Notes, by Elias Nason, A.M. (Boston: Published by John P. Jewett & Co., 1851). Inscribed on title-page: "Presented by Rev. H.M. Grout" (inscription cropped).

Adams, Edwin G. An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the First Congregational Church in Templeton, Massachusetts. With an Appendix, Embracing a Survey of the Municipal Affairs of the Town (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1857).

In bound volume titled "Sermons, Historical" (accession number 23766), listed in order in which bound:

Storrs, Richard S. Continuance in the Ministry. A Discourse Delivered in the First Congregational Church, Braintree, Mass. July 3, 1861 … on the Fiftieth Anniversary of His [Storrs’s] Ordination. Published by request of his People (Boston: Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 1861). Inscribed for the Concord Free Public Library by Asa French.

First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.). Jubilee: 1817-1867. Services in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Dedication of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont, Wednesday, the Ninth of January, 1867 (Burlington: Times Press, 1867). Includes The Worth of Half a Century. A Sermon Preached in the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont, Wednesday, the Ninth of January, 1867. By Edward E. Hale … (pages [23]-35) and Fifty Years Past. A Sermon Preached in the First Congregational Church, in Burlington, Vermont, Sunday, the Thirteenth of January, 1867. By L.G. Ware (pages [37]-53).

Burhoe, J.T. History of the Baptist Church in Marlboro, from April 14^th, 1868, to April 14^th, 1878 (Marlboro: Cook & Townsend, Printers, 1878).

Twiss, James J. A Discourse upon the History of the Establishment of the First Parish in Carlisle, Massachusetts. Delivered in the First Parish Church, Carlisle, Mass., on Sunday, February 23, 1879 (Lowell: Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, Printers, 1879).

South Congregational Society (Lowell, Mass.). Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the South Congregational Society (Unitarian), in Lowell, Friday, Sept. 26, 1879 (Lowell, Mass.: Vox Populi Press—Huse, Goodwin & Co., 1880). Includes "Historical Sermon" by Rev. J.L. Seward (pages[13]-40), "Address" by Rev. Henry A. Miles (pages[41]-44), and "Sermon … Delivered in the Unitarian Church, Lowell, Mass., Sunday Morning, Sept. 28, 1879" by Rev. Henry A. Miles (pages [75]- 85). Inscribed on wrapper: "From Unitarian Society."

Lincoln, Calvin. A Discourse Delivered to the First Parish in Hingham, September 8, 1869, on Re-Opening Their Meeting-House (Hingham: Published by the Parish, 1873).

Young, Edward J. The Early Religious Customs of New England. An Address at the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Building of the Meeting-House in Hingham, Mass. August 8, 1881 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1882).

In bound volume titled "Sermons. Church Histories"(accession number 23767), listed in order in which bound:

Wisner, Benjamin B. The History of the Old South Church in Boston, in Four Sermons, Delivered May 9, & 16, 1830, Being the First and Second Sabbaths After the Completion of a Century from the First Occupancy of the Present Meeting House (Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1830).

Robbins, Chandler. Two Sermons, Delivered Before the Second Church and Society, Sunday, March 10, 1844, on the Occasion of Taking Down Their Ancient Place of Worship (Boston: Printed by Isaac R. Butts, 1844).

Second Church (Dorchester, Mass.). Sermons and Addresses Commemorative of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Ordination of Rev. James H. Means as Pastor of the Second Church, Dorchester, July 13^th and 14^th, 1873 (Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, 1873). Includes "Anniversary Sermon" by Rev. James H. Means (pages [5]-23). Inscribed on wrapper: "Dr. Jarvis."

Burroughs, Henry. A Historical Account of Christ Church, Boston. An Address, Delivered on the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Opening of the Church, December 29^th, 1873 (Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1874). "Published by Request."

Chaney, George Leonard. Hollis Street Church from Mather Byles to Thomas Starr King. 1732-1861. Two Discourses Given in Hollis Street Meeting-House, Dec. 31, 1876, and Jan. 7, 1877 (Boston: Press of George H. Ellis, 1877). Inscription (cropped) on wrapper.

Bradlee, Caleb D. Thirtieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Harrison Square Church, Dorchester District, Boston, Mass., Oct. 13, 1878: A Sermon … (Boston: Fred. W. Barry, 1878).

First Church (Charlestown, Mass.). The Commemoration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Church, Charlestown, Mass. November 12, 1882 ([no place of publication specified]: Privately Printed, 1882). Includes sermon by Rev. Alexander McKenzie (pages [5]-25) and historical sketch by James F. Hunnewell (pages [27]-43).

Separate items:

Lowell, Charles. A Discourse Delivered in the West Church in Boston, December 31, 1820 (Boston: Printed by Sewell Phelps, 1820). Inscribed on title-page: "Eliza[?] Hosmer / Concord." Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Newell, William. A Discourse on the Cambridge Church-Gathering in 1636; Delivered in the First Church, on Sunday, February 22, 1846 (Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1846).

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Box I.11:

I. K. Transportation (Including Railroads and Middlesex Canal), 1843-1983: (eighteen items)

Clarke, Mary Stetson. Guide to the Middlesex Canal, 1793-1853 (Billerica, Mass.: The Middlesex Canal Association, Inc., 1972, ©1971). Accompanied by TLS (letter of donation), Arthur L. Eno, Jr. to Librarian, Concord Free Public Library, 1971 Nov. 3, on Middlesex Canal Association letterhead.

"Colonel Baldwin," replica of an 1803 Middlesex Canal Packet Boat … [flier] ([no place of publication, publisher, or date specified; 1976 or later]).

Dickson, Brenton H. "Comparison of the Blackstone and Middlesex Canals." Article (pages 89-98) in Old-Time New England, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Apr.-June 1968). "Serial No. 212."

Dickson, Brenton H. "The Middlesex Canal." Article (pages 12-21) removed from The New England Galaxy, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Spring 1966).

[Eddy, Caleb]. Historical Sketch of the Middlesex Canal, with Remarks for the Consideration of the Proprietors. By the Agent of the Corporation (Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson, Printer, 1843). Two copies (one lacking wrapper).

Historical Commission of Woburn, Massachusetts. Historic Woburn—the Old Canal Town [postcard, showing "Colonel Baldwin" replica] ([Woburn: The Commission, 1977]).

Information on the Middlesex Canal [four photocopied, stapled sheets, consisting of one undated sheet of typed information and three Charlestown plans from the Middlesex Registry of Deeds, So. District].

Linscott, Louis. The Middlesex Canal: Prints by Louis Linscott (Billerica, Massachusetts: Middlesex Canal Association, 1978).

Lovett, Robert W. "The Harvard Branch Railroad, 1849-1855." Reprint (pages [23]-50) from Proceedings of Cambridge Historical Society, Vol. 38 (1961). "Read May 26, 1959." Robert Needham’s copy.

Massachusetts. Department of Environmental Management. Lowell Heritage State Park [brochure; two versions] ([Boston: The Commonwealth, 1976 and 1977]).

Massachusetts Historical Commission. Principal Transportation Canals [photocopied sheet showing three maps, with additions by hand in red marker], 1972.

Miller, E. Spencer. Maine Central Railroad, 1940-1978 (New York; Downingtown; Princeton; Portland: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1979). "… delivered at a National Dinner of The Newcomen Society in North America … at Portland, Maine … July 18, 1979."

Moseley, Frederick P. Freight Facilities. Reply of Frederick P. Moseley to the Statement of Vice-President Lincoln, of the Boston & Albany Railroad (Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1875).

Rogers, Oliver W. "The Middlesex Canal." Article (pages 17-21) in The Middlesex Hearthstone, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 1896).

Thorndike, Joseph J., Jr. "Portrait of a River: Thoreau’s Concord and Merrimack on the eve of a changing time." Article (pages A26-A27) removed from Boston Sunday Globe, Aug. 14, 1983. Reprinted from American Heritage.

Towpath Topics (Billerica, Mass.: Middlesex Canal Association, 1976-1979).

Holdings:
Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan. 1976)
Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr. 1976)
Vol. 14, No. 3 (Sept. 1976)
Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan. 1977)
Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr. 1977)
Vol. 15, No. 2 [i.e. 3] (Sept. 1977)
Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan. 1978)
Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr. 1978)
Vol. 16, No. 3 (Oct. 1978)
Vol. 17, No. 1 (Feb. 1979)
Vol. 17, No. 2 (May 1979)
Vol. 17, No. 3 (Oct. 1979)

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Box I.12:

I. L. Fourth of July Orations (and Some Washington’s Birthday), 1796-1872: (three bound volumes containing forty-three items; subseries includes several out-of-scope items and some duplication of titles among the bound volumes)

In bound volume titled "Orations" (accession number 830; from the collection of the Concord Town Library, with Town Library bookplate, and also earlier Concord Social Library bookplate), listed in order in which bound:

Cushing, John. A Discourse, Delivered at Ashburnham, July 4^th, 1796, at the Request of the Militia Officers in Said Town; Who, with the Infantry Under Their Command, and a Troop of Cavalry, Were Assembled Under Arms, to Celebrate the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America … Published at the desire of said Officers, and others, to whom it is Humbly Inscribed (Leominster, Massachusetts: Printed by Charles Prentiss, 1796). Inscribed on title-page: "Rev. Mr. Ripley from / his Friend & Brother / The Author" (inscription cropped).

Quincy, Josiah. An Oration, Pronounced, July 4, 1798, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence … Second Edition (Boston: Printed by John Russell, 1798).

Dunham, Josiah. An Oration for the Fourth of July, 1798; Delivered in the Meeting-House, in the Vicinity of Dartmouth-College, at Hanover, in Newhampshire [sic], at the Request of the Inhabitants of Said Hanover, and the Adjacent Towns, Who Assembled There for the Celebration of the 22d Anniversary of American Independence, and Published by Their Desire …The Second Edition (Hanover, Newhampshire: Printed by Benjamin True, [no date of publication specified; 1798?]). Inscribed on title-page: Rev. Ezra Ripleys / Presented by his affectionate brother, / Lincoln Ripley."

Sparhawk, Thomas S. An Oration, Delivered at Buckston, in the County of Hancock, Before Capt. Curtis’s, and Capt. Hancock’s Companies of Militia, and a Number of Other Citizens, July 4^th, A.D. 1798. Being the Twenty-Second Anniversary of American Independence (Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, 1798). Inscribed on wrapper: "Ezra Ripleys, presented / him by the Rev. Mr. Sparhawk."

Emerson, Samuel. An Oration, Pronounced at Kennebunk, on the Fourth of July, 1798; the Anniversary of American Independence (Portland: Printed by E.A. Jenks, [1798]). Inscribed on half-title: "Revd. Ezra Ripley / Concord / From his very respectfull Friend / The Author."

Foster, Edmund. An Oration, Pronounced at Westford, on the Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1804 … (Boston: Printed for Adams and Rhoades, 1804). Inscribed in faint pencil on half-title: "Timothy Prescott."

Dutton, Warren. An Oration, Pronounced July 4, 1805, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of American Independence ([Boston]: A. Newell, Printer, [1805]). Inscribed on title-page (inscription cropped).

Foster, Edmund. An Oration Pronounced at Littleton July 4, 1806; the Thirtieth Anniversary of American Independence (Cambridge: Printed by William Hilliard, 1806). Inscribed on title-page: "Timothy Prescott / Littleton."

Thacher, Peter. An Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, on the Thirty-First Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America (Boston: Printed by Munroe & Francis, 1807).

Power, Thomas. An Oration, Delivered at Warwick, Mass. July 4^th, A.D. 1815. Before the Washington Benevolent Societies, and a Large Number of Citizens ([no place of publication specified]: Published at the Request of the Society, [1815]).

Webster, Daniel. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument (Boston: Published by Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1825).

Emmons, William. An Oration and Poem Delivered July 4, 1826, Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence … Second Edition (Boston: Published by the Author, 1826).

Everett, Edward. An Oration Delivered at Cambridge on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America (Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1826).

Quincy, Josiah. An Oration, Delivered on Tuesday, the Fourth of July, 1826, It Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence, Before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston … Delivered at the request, and printed by order of the City Council (Boston: True and Greene, City Printers, 1826).

Prescott, Edward G. An Oration: Delivered Before the Citizens of Boston, on the Fifty Eighth Anniversary of American Independence (Boston: John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1833).

Rantoul, Robert. An Oration, Delivered Before the Gloucester Mechanic Association, on the Fourth of July, 1833 … Published by Request (Salem: Printed by Foote & Chisholm, 1833).

Curtis, Benjamin R. An Address Delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the Birth Day of Washington, at Deerfield. Mass. Feb. 22d, 1832 … Published by Request (Greenfield, Mass.: Printed by Phelps and Ingersoll, 1832). Inscribed on title-page: "Ed. Jarvis / from author."

Gray, Francis C. Oration Delivered Before the Legislature of Massachusetts, at Their Request, on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers to the State, 1832).

Washington (D.C.). Speeches and Other Proceedings at the Public Dinner in Honor of the Centennial Anniversary of Washington. To Which Is Added Washington’s Farewell Address (City of Washington: Printed at the Office of Jonathan Elliot, 1832).

In untitled bound volume (accession number 829; from the collection of the Concord Town Library, with Town Library bookplate), listed in the order in which bound:

Sprague, Charles. An Oration, Delivered on Monday, Fourth of July, 1825, in Commemoration of American Independence, Before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston (Boston: Printed by Order of the Council; True and Greene, City Printers, 1825). Phineas How’s copy.

Gleason, Benjamin. An Oration, Pronounced Before the Associated Citizens of Lechmere Point, Cambridge, Mass. on the Memorable Fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1826 … (Boston: Howe & Norton, Printers, 1826).

Everett, Alexander H. An Oration: Delivered at the Request of the City Government, Before the Citizens of Boston, on the 5^th of July, 1830 … (Boston: Press of John H. Eastburn, Cityn Printer, 1830).

Otis, William F. An Oration Delivered Before the "Young Men of Boston," on the Fourth of July, MDCCCXXXI (Boston: Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831).

Palfrey, John G. An Oration Pronounced Before the Citizens of Boston, on the Anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, July 4^th, 1831 (Boston: Press of John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1831).

Quincy, Josiah. An Oration, Delivered July 4, 1832, Before the City Council and Inhabitants of Boston. By Josiah Quincy, Jr. (Boston: John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1832).

Webster, Daniel. A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, August 2, 1826 (Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Company, 1826).

Everett, Alexander H. A Discourse on the Progress and Limits of Social Improvement; Including a General Survey of the History of Civilization. Addressed to the Literary Societies of Amherst College, at Their Public Anniversary Meeting, August 27, 1833 (Boston: Charles Bowen, 1834). Inscribed on title-page: "Hon. D. Shattuck, with the respects of / his friend the Author."

In bound volume titled "Orations, Fourth of July" (accession number 23776), listed in order in which bound:

Wells, Samuel Adams. An Oration, Pronounced July 5, 1819, at the Request of the Republicans of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence (Boston: Printed and Published by T. Badger, Jr., 1819). Inscribed on the title-page by the author for Thomas Melville (inscription cropped).

Sprague, Charles. An Oration, Delivered on Monday, Fourth of July, 1825, in Commemoration of American Independence, Before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston … Printed by Order of the City Council (Boston: True and Greene, City Printers, 1825). Inscribed on the title-page by the author for Thomas Melville.

A Review of "An Oration Delivered Before the Young Men of Boston, on the Fourth of July, MDCCCXXXI ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified; 1831?]). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis."

Henshaw, David. An Address, Delivered Before an Assembly of Citizens from all parts of the Commonwealth, at Faneuil Hall, Boston, July 4, 1836 (Boston: Beals and Greene, 1836).

Power, Thomas. An Oration Delivered by Request of the City Authorities, Before the Citizens of Boston, on the Sixty Fourth Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1840 (Boston: John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1840).

Chandler, Peleg W. The Morals of Freedom. An Oration Delivered Before the Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1844 (Boston: John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1844).

Greenough, William W. The Conquering Republic. An Oration Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1849 … (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1849).

Whipple, Edwin P. Washington and the Principles of the Revolution. An Oration Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, at the Celebration of the Seventy-Fourth Anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, July 4, 1850 (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1850). Inscribed by the author on the wrapper (inscription cropped).

Russell, Charles Theodore. An Oration Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1851 (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1851).

Alger, William Rounseville. The Genius and Posture of America. An Oration Delivered Before the Citizens of Boston, July 4, 1857 … With Preface and Appendix (Boston: Office Boston Daily Bee, 1857).

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities of Boston, on the Fourth of July, 1863 (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863).

Adams, Charles Francis. An Oration Before the City Authorities of Boston, on the Fourth of July, 1872. By Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, 1872).

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Box I.13:

I. M. 1876 Centennial Celebrations, [1875]-1877: (one bound volume containing nine items, plus two separate items)

In bound volume titled "Centennial Celebrations and Orations" (accession number 23768), listed in order in which bound:

Winthrop, Robert C. Oration Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Boston, on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, July 4, 1876 (Boston: Printed by Order of the City Council, 1876).

Braintree (Mass.). Centennial Celebration at Braintree, Mass., July 4, 1876. Printed by Order of the Town (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1877). Inscribed on title-page: "Concord Public Library / from Asa French" (inscription cropped).

Canton (Mass.). July 4, 1876. Centennial Celebration, at Canton, Mass. Historical Address, by Hon. Charles Endicott (Boston: William Bense, Printer, 1876). Inscribed on wrapper: "Regards of Chs. Endicott." Inscribed on title-page: "Concord Free Public Library / from E.R. Hoar."

Hudson, Charles. Abstract of the History of Hudson, Mass. from Its First Settlement to the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Our National Independence, July 4, 1876 … With the Action of the Town, and the Proceedings at the Celebration ([Hudson]: Published by Vote of the Town; Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, Printers, 1877). Inscribed on inside of front of wrapper: "Regards of / Charles Hudson."

Washburn, John D. Address, Delivered July 4, 1876, at Lancaster, Massachusetts, by Request of the Citizens (Lancaster: [no publisher specified]; Worcester: Press of Chas. Hamilton, 1876).

Hudson, Charles. Abstract of the History of Lexington, Mass. from Its First Settlement to the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Our National Independence. July 4, 1876 (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1876).

Rutter, Josiah. Historical Address Delivered Before the Citizens of Waltham, July 4, 1876 … With an Account of the Celebration of the Day (Waltham: Waltham Free Press Office, 1877).

Fiske, Charles H. Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of Weston, at the Town Hall, July 4, 1876 (Weston: Printed by Vote of the Towns-People, 1876).

Worcester (Mass.). Celebration by the Inhabitants of Worcester, Mass., of the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1876. To Which Are Added Historical and Chronological Notes (Worcester: Printed by Order of the City Council; Press of Chas. Hamilton, 1876).

Separate items:

Centennial Committee for the City of Boston. Address to the People of Massachusetts by the Centennial Committee for the City of Boston (Boston: Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, and Company, [1875].

United States Centennial Commission. United States Centennial Commission and the International Exhibition of 1876. A Brief Sketch of Their History, Progress, and Prospects ([Washington, D.C.: The Commission, 1875]).

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Box I.14:

I. N. Weather, 1852-1939: (three items)

Brooks, Charles. The Tornado of 1851, in Medford, West Cambridge and Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass. Being a Report by Rev. Charles Brooks, and Reports by Other Committees (Boston: J.M. Usher, 1852). Inscribed on front free endpaper: " Doct. Ed. Jarvis / With the respects / of C. Brooks."

Brooks, Charles F. "Hurricanes into New England: Meteorology of the Storm of September 21, 1938." Reprint from article (pages 119-127) in The Geographical Review, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan. 1939).

Tannehill, I.R. Hurricane of September 17 to 21, 1938 [reproduction of four-page typescript], Oct. 1938. "Marine Division, Weather Bureau, Washington." Accompanied by printed map (Track of Hurricane of Sept. 16-22, 1938).

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Box I.15:

I. O. Geography, [1838]-1884: (five items)

A. Williams & Co. Map of Boston and the Country Adjacent, from Actual Surveys (Boston: Published at the Boston Map Store; A. Williams & Co., 1882). Folded map in cloth binding.

Cupples, Upham & Co. Railroad & Township Map of Massachusetts (Boston: Published at the Boston Map Store, 1884). Folded map in cloth binding.

Goodrich, Samuel Griswold. Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Malte-Brun School Geography, Containing the Following Maps and Charts … (New York: Published by F.J. Huntington and Co., [1838]). Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Sanborn’s Geographical Manual, upon the Classification System, Designed to Be Used in Connection with Outline Maps; Being Adapted to Mitchell’s, Smith’s, Cornell’s, and Colton and Fitch’s School Atlases … Second Edition (Concord [N.H.]: Published by B.W. Sanborn, 1856). Inscribed on wrapper: "Leavitt Sanderson / @20¢."

Worcester’s Ancient Classical and Scripture Atlas: Containing the Following Maps … Improved Edition (Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., [1840 or later]). Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

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Box I.16:

I. P. Trials and Legal Proceedings, 1801-1855: (nine items)

Dana, Richard H. Remarks of Richard H. Dana, Jr. Esq. Before the Committee on Federal Relations, on the Proposed Removal of Edward G. Loring, Esq. from the Office of Judge of Probate. March 5, 1855 (Boston: Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 1855).

Dyer, Mary. A Brief Statement of the Sufferings of Mary Dyer, Occasioned by the Society Called Shakers. Written by Herself. To Which is Added, Affadavits and Certificates; Also, a Declaration from Their Own Publication. Copy Right Secured (Boston: Published by William S. Spear, 1818). Inscribed on title-page: "Sophia Heywood." Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

The Genuine Account of the Trial of Eugene Aram; Who Was Convicted, at York Assizes, Eng., Aug. 5, 1759, of the Murder of Daniel Clark … First American, from the Eleventh English Edition (Boston: B. Franklin Edmands; J.H. Eastburn, Printer, 1832).

Love, Suicide and Murder!! The True History of the Unfortunate Loves of Mary Caroline Austin and Edgar Worthington; with the Full Particulars of Their Awful Suicide (Supposed to Be Murder,) the Trial of Worthington for That Crime, His Condemnation and Delivery from Prison by the People; His Escape, After Being Twice Shot Down by the Officers; His Recapture, Dying Speech and Execution for Murder; His Wonderful Preservation from Death on the Gallows, by an Ingenious Surgical Operation, and His Final Death by the Hands of Richard Austin, in California (Baltimore; Philadelphia; New York; Buffalo: Published by Arthur R. Orton, 1855). Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks, on an Indictment for the Murder of Miss Elizabeth Fales. At the Supreme Court, Holden at Dedham, in the County of Norfolk, on Thursday the 6^th, and Friday the 7^th days of August, 1801. Fourth Edition. Copy Right Secured (Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, Proprietors of the Work, 1801).

Report of the Trial of John Boies, for the Murder of His Wife, Jane Boies, at an Adjourned Term of the Supreme Judicial Court, Holden at Dedham, for the County of Norfolk, June 2, 1829 (Dedham: H. & W.H. Mann, Printers, [1829]).

Report of the Trial of John Wade, for Arson, Before the Supreme Judicial Court, Holden at Dedham, Oct. Term, 1835 ([Dedham]: H. Mann, Printer, 1835).

Scatcherd, Norrisson. Memoirs of the Celebrated Eugene Aram, Who Was Executed for the Murder of Daniel Clark, in 1759: with Some Account of His Family, and Other Particulars … Second Edition, Improved by the Author (London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Leeds: John Heaton, 1838).

Trial of Barker Burnell, Late Cashier of the M. & M. Bank, in Nantucket, Court of Common Pleas, June Term, 1847, Before His Honor, Judge Washburn. Counsel for the Commonwealth, J.H. Clifford … Counsel for the Defendant, Hon. Rufus Choate … ; Timothy G. Coffin … ; Charles Bunker … Reported for the Nantucket Inquirer and Weekly Mirror (Boston: B.B. Mussey & Co., 1847).

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Box I.17:

I. Q. Bahai Movement, [1909]-1925: (eleven items)

Remey, Charles Mason. Bahá’í Manuscripts: Suggestions for Their Preservation and Arrangement ([no place of publication or publisher specified], 1923).

Remey, Charles Mason. The Bahai Movement: For Universal Religion, Brotherhood and Peace: A Sketch of Its History and Teaching (Washington, D.C.: Published by the Persian American Bulletin, 1912). "Distributed by Bahai Publishing Society … Chicago, Illinois."

Remey, Charles Mason. The Bahai Revelation and Reconstruction … ([no place of publication or publisher specified], 1919). "Distributed by Bahai Publishing Society … Chicago, Ill." Bookplate of Charles Mason Remey on back paste-down endpaper.

[Remey, Charles Mason]. The Covenant ([no place of publication or publisher specified], "Published in the Year XXI of the Ministry of Abdul-Baha"). Contents: Foreword—A Tablet upon the Covenant (Translated from the Persian)—Address upon the Covenant, by Abdul-Baha, New York City, June 19^th, 1912. Translated by Dr. Ameen U. Fareed—The Covenant, by Charles Mason Remey (Introduction—The Bab: The Forerunner of Baha’o’llah—Baha’o’llah: The Promised One—Abdul-Baha: The Center of the Covenant)—Afterword. Bookplate of Charles Mason Remey on inside of front of cover.

Remey, Charles Mason. The New Day: The Bahai Revelation: A Brief Statement of its History and Teachings ([no place of publication or publisher specified], 1919). "Distributed by Bahai Publishing Society … Chicago, Ill." Bookplate of Charles Mason Remey on inside of back of cover.

Remey, Charles Mason. Observations of a Bahai Traveller, 1908 ([no place of publication or publisher specified, 1909]). "Distributed by Bahai Publishing Society … Chicago, Ill." Bookplate of Charles Mason Remey on inside of front of cover.

Remey, Charles Mason. The Peace of the World: A brief treatise upon the spiritual teaching of the Bahai Religion … ([no place of publication or publisher specified], 1919). "Distributed by Bahai Publishing Society … Chicago, Ill." Bookplate of Charles Mason Remey on back paste-down endpaper.

Remey, Charles Mason. A Series of Twelve Articles Introductory to the Study of the Bahá’í Teachings … ([no place of publication or publisher specified, 1925]). "Approved by the National Bahá’í Reviewing Committee of America." Bookplate of Charles Mason Remey on back paste-down endpaper.

Remey, Charles Mason. Suggestions for the Arrangement of a Bibliography and Reference Indexes of the Bahá’í Teachings … ([no place of publication or publisher specified], 1923). "Approved by the National Bahá’í Reviewing Committee of America."

Remey, Charles Mason. The Universal Consciousness of the Bahá’í Religion: A brief treatise introductory to the study of the Bahá’í Revelation … ([no place of publication or publisher specified], 1925). "Approved by the National Bahá’í Reviewing Committee of America." Two copies.

Universal Principles of the Bahai Movement … (Washington, D.C.: Published by the Persian-American Bulletin, 1912).

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Box I.18:

I. R. Religion and Atheism, 1741-1886: (seven items)

The Christian ([Boston, Mass.]: Published by H.L. Hastings at the Scriptural Tract Repository, 1877). Holding: Vol. 12, No. 1—Whole No. 133 (Jan. 1877). Monthly. Inscribed above masthead: "From Joseph." Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Damon, David. A Sermon Preached at Concord, Massachusetts, May 15th, 1823, at the Semi-Annual Meeting of the "Evangelical Missionary Society in Massachusetts" ... From the Christian Disciple (Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1823). Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Edwards, Jonathan. The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God. Applied to that uncommon Operation that has lately appeared on the Minds of many of the People of this Land: With a particular Consideration of the extraordinary Circumstances with which this Work is attended. A Discourse Delivered at New-Haven, September 10^th 1741. Being the Day after the Commencement; And now Published at the earnest Desire of many Ministers and other Gentlemen that heard it; with great Enlargements …With a Preface by the Rev. Mr. Cooper of Boston … (Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1741). Inscribed on verso of title-page: "Wm. Dawes His Book." Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

The Judgment Message. The Great Outcry Comes at Midnight (Newton Upper Falls, Mass.: Published by L.T. Cunningham, 1886). Holding:Vol. 6, No. 68 (Dec. 1886). Deposited by the Concord AntiquarianSociety in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Keny, Jonathan. The Advice of Jonathan Keny, jun. of Stoughton; Who died at Aalbany [sic], in the Year 1756, when he went in his Countrys Service, against the French, at Lake-George, To his two Children. Jonathan and Cloe Keny … [broadside] ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]). Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Lamartine, Alphonse de. … Atheism Among the People (Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850). At head of title: Lamartine on Atheism. Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Stearns, Charles. A Sermon, Delivered in Concord, Before the Bible Society in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 26 April, 1815 (Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, Printers, [1815]). Inscribed by the author for Joshua Chandler, Jr. Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

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Box I.19:

I. S. Temperance, [181-]-1859: (two items)

Cheever, George B. The Dream: or The True History of Deacon Giles’s Distillery, and Deacon Jones’s Brewery … (New York: Thomas Hamilton, 1859). Inscribed on wrapper: "C.E. Davis." Inscribed on title-page: "Cummings E. Davis / From James T. Moulton / July 1869." Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Porter, Ebenezer. The Fatal Effects of Ardent Spirits. A sermon ... (Concord, Mass.: Joseph T. Peters, Printer, [181-]). Caption title. Inscribed on wrapper: "Samuel Stearns." Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

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Box I.20:

I. T. Education (Including Tracts, Primers, Readers, Learning Aids, Syllabi, and Periodical Publications), 1823-[1904?]: (nine items)

The A, B, C, Book. With Cries of Cities (Northampton: E. Turner, [no date of publication specified]). Imprint on wrapper: "A. Phelps—Greenfield."

Father’s and Mother’s Manual and Youth’s Instructor. Rev. H.G. Park, Editor (Boston: Published by Fitz & Hobbs [later Fitz, Hobbs & Co.], 1850).

Holdings:
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1850)
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Aug. 1850)
Vol. 4, No. 3 (Sept. 1850)

Inscribed on wrapper of each of the three numbers: "Rufus Hosmer" or "R. Hosmer." All three numbers presented to the Concord Antiquarian Society by Mrs. Herbert Buttrick Hosmer, Aug. 1951. Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

The New England Primer: Containing the Assembly’s Catechism; the Account of the Burning of John Rogers; A Dialogue Between Christ, A Youth, and the Devil; and Various Other Useful and Instructive Matter. Adorned with Cuts. With a Historical Introduction, by Rev. H. Humphrey, D.D., President of Amherst College (Worcester: Published by S.A. Howland, [no date of publication specified]).

The New-England Primer Improved for the more easy attaining the true reading of English. To Which is Added the Assembly of Divines, and Mr. Cotton’s Catechism (Boston: Printed by Edward Draper; Sold by John Boyle, 1777; reprint, [Boston: Ira Webster, 1844]).

The New-England Primer Enlarged, o[r], an easy and pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading. Adorn’d with Cuts, to which are added, the Assembly of Divines, and Mr. Cotton’s Catechism, &c. (Boston: Printed by E. Draper for B. Larkin, [1785-1790]; facsimile reprint, [Boston]: Ginn & Company, [1904?]).

Nutting, I.H. Suggestive Aids to English Composition (Boston: J.M Whittemore & Co., 1860). Lined pages at end filled with manuscript copy work (all verse). Inscribed on first manuscript page: "Marian finished her ‘First Reader’ March 31, 1869, 13 days before she was seven." Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Scientific Tracts and Family Lyceum. Designed for Instruction and Entertainment, and Adapted to Schools, Lyceums and Families. Conducted by J.V.C. Smith, and Others (Boston: Published by Allen & Ticknor, 1834). At head of title: Vol. II, No. IV, New Series. Pagination: [101]-132. From page [101]: August 15, 1834. Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Ticknor, George. Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on the History and Criticism of Spanish Literature (Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1823). Inscribed on wrapper: "C.W. Prescott." Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

The White Kitten: A Sequel to Mary and Her Cat (Boston: Published by Munroe and Francis, [1823]). Ellen M. Locke’s copy.

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SERIES II. INDIVIDUALS (AS AUTHOR OR SUBJECT), 1761-1963:

Box II.1:

II. A. Biographical Miscellany (including bound volumes of pamphlets and eulogies on multiple individuals, and separate items relating to individuals represented by too few items to warrant a separate subseries), 1761-[1944]: (six bound volumes containing eighty-three items, plus thirteen separate items)

In bound volume titled "Sermons. Biographical, Funeral, etc." (accession number 23757), listed in order in which bound:

Ebenezer Warren:

Clarke, Pitt. A Sermon Preached at Mansfield the Sabbath After the Interment of the Hon. Ebenezer Warren, Who Died January 1, 1824 (Taunton: Charles G. Greene, 1824).

William Eustis:

Sharp, Daniel. A Sermon, Preached at the Funeral of His Excellency William Eustis, Esq., Late Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Presence of the Constituted Authorities of the State, February 11, 1825 (Boston: Printed by Order of the Legislature; True and Greene, Printers to the State, 1825).

Peter O. Thacher:

Williams, John M. Proceedings in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, Occasioned by the Sudden Death of Hon. Peter O. Thacher, Late Judge of That Court, with a Sketch of His Judicial Character … Published at the United Request of Members of the Suffolk Bar, and the Mayor and Aldermen of Boston (Boston: Eastburn’s Press, 1843).

Benjamin Pickman:

Brazer, John. A Discourse Preached to the North Church and Society, Salem, Mass., August 20, 1843, the Sunday Succeeding the Death of Hon. Benjamin Pickman … Printed by Request—Not Published (Salem: Printed at the Gazette Office, 1843).

William Prescott:

Young, Alexander. The Stay and the Staff Taken Away. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Hon. William Prescott, LL.D., Delivered in the Church on Church Green, December 15, 1844 (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1844).

Leverett Saltonstall:

Brazer, John. A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Late Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, Delivered in the North Church, Salem, Mass., Sunday, May 18, 1845 … Printed by Request—Not Published (Salem: Printed at the Gazette Office, 1845). Inscribed on title-page: "With the kind regards / of A.E. Saltonstall" (inscription cropped). Inscribed in pencil on wrapper: "from E. Jarvis."

John Davis:

Gannett, Ezra S. A Good Old Age. A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Hon. John Davis, LL.D., and Preached in the Federal Street Meetinghouse in Boston, January 24, 1847 … Published by Request of the Society (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1847). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis / from Mrs. Plympton." Obituary clipping about Judge Davis pasted to page 42 and to inside of back of wrapper.

Silas Wright:

Sprague, William B. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Hon. Silas Wright, Late Governor of the State of New-York, and Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, Sept. 5, 1847 (Albany: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1847). Inscribed on title-page: "Edward Jarvis." Obituary clipping about Dr. Levi Wheaton pasted in at end (discourse on Wheaton’s death bound in following).

Henry Wheaton:

Hall, Edward B. The Value of a Man. A Discourse, Occasioned by the Death of Hon. Henry Wheaton; Delivered Sunday Evening, March 19, 1848, in the First Congregational Church, Providence, R.I. (Providence: Charles Burnett, Jr., 1848). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis."

Harrison Gray Otis:

Lothrop, S.K. The Stay and the Staff Taken Away. A Sermon Preached at the Church in Brattle Square, on the Death of the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, November 5, 1848 … Published by Request (Boston: Eastburn’s Press, 1848).

Peter C. Brooks:

Frothingham, Nathaniel Langdon. God with the Aged: A Sermon Preached to the First Church, Jan. 7, 1849, the Sunday After the Death of Hon. Peter C. Brooks … Private (Boston: Printed by John Wilson, 1849).

John C. Calhoun:

Obituary Addresses Delivered on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, a Senator of South Carolina, in the Senate of the United States, April 1, 1850. With the Funeral Sermon of the Rev. C.M. Butler, D.D., Chaplain of the Senate, Preached in the Senate, April 2, 1850. Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States (Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers, 1850).

John Waldo Lincoln:

Hill, Alonzo. The Strong Staff broken, and the Beautiful Rod: A Discourse Delivered Before the Members of the Second Parish in Worcester, on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. John Waldo Lincoln, Who Died Oct. 2, 1852 (Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son, 1852). Inscribed on wrapper: "With the regards of / A. Hill."

John Davis:

Hill, Alonzo. The Perfect Man. A Sermon on the Death of Hon. John Davis, Preached at Worcester, Mass. April 23, 1854 … Printed for Private Distribution (New York: Charles B. Norton, 1854). Inscribed by author on wrapper (inscription cropped).

Edward Southworth:

Grout, Henry M. Commemorative of Hon. Edward Southworth, Who Died at West Springfield, Mass., December 11, 1869. Prepared by Rev. Henry M. Grout, and Printed by Request of the Bereaved Family … (Springfield, Mass.: Samuel Bowles and Company, Printers, 1870). Inscribed on front lining leaf: "Edward Jarvis / from the family."

John Covode:

Death of Hon. John Covode. Eulogies by Hon. William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania; Hon. Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachusetts; Hon. Ulysses Mercur, of Pennsylvania; Hon. William E. Niblack, of Indiana; Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tennessee; Hon. J. Lawrence Getz, of Pennsylvania; Hon. Richard J. Haldeman, of Pennsylvania; Hon. John Scott, of Pennsylvania; Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts; Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio; Hon. Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania. Delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, February 9 and 10, 1871 (Washington: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, Reporters and Printers of the Debates of Congress, 1871). Inscription on wrapper (cropped).

In bound volume titled "Sermons and Addresses. Biographical, Funeral, etc." (accession number 23759), listed in order in which bound:

John Thornton Kirkland:

Young, Alexander. A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Reverend John Thornton Kirkland … Delivered in the Church on Church Green, May 3, 1840 (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1840). Inscribed by the author on wrapper (for Edward Jarvis?; inscription cropped).

Daniel B. Parkhurst:

Willard, Samuel. Memorials of the Rev. Daniel B. Parkhurst, Minister of the First Congregational Society in Deerfield. Comprising a Sketch of His Life and Character, by Samuel Willard, Two Sermons Selected from His Manuscripts by a Committee Appointed by the Parish, and a few Paragraphs from other Papers (Boston: Printed by D. Clapp, Jr., 1842).

Ebenezer Gay:

Gay, Ebenezer. The Old Man’s Calendar. A Discourse on Joshua XIV.10. Delivered in the First Parish of Hingham, on the Lord’s Day, August 26, 1781, the Birth-Day of the Author, Ebenezer Gay ... (Hingham: Re-Printed by Jedidiah Farmer,1846).

William B.O. Peabody:

Gannett, Ezra S. A Discourse, Delivered at the Funeral of Rev. William B.O. Peabody, D.D. in Springfield, June 1, 1847 … Published by Request (Springfield: Published by Samuel Bowles, 1847).

Thomas Gray:

Frothingham, Nathaniel Langdon. "Gathered to His People." A Sermon Preached in the Congregational Church on Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Saturday, June 5^th, 1847. At the Funeral of Rev. Thomas Gray, D.D. (Boston: Printed by Joseph G. Torrey, 1847).

Samuel Gay:

Durfee, Calvin. The Character and End of the Righteous. A Sermon, Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. Samuel Gay, of Hubbardston, Delivered Before the South Church and Society, in Dedham, Nov. 5, 1848 (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1848). Inscribed by the author on wrapper (inscription cropped).

John Bartlett:

Flint, James. A Sermon Delivered by Request of the Committee, in the Unitarian Church in Marblehead, February 11, 1849, the Sabbath after the Funeral of the Late Rev. John Bartlett, Pastor of the Unitarian Society in that town (Salem: Printed at the Observer Office, 1849). Inscribed by W.O. Moseley on wrapper (inscription cropped).

James F. Brown:

Hall, Nathaniel. A Sermon Preached to the First Congregational Parish, in West Cambridge, on the Sunday Following the Death of Rev. James F. Brown, Its Pastor, June 19^th, 1853 (Boston: White & Potter, Printers, 1853). Inscription on wrapper (cropped).

Alexander Young:

Gannett, Ezra S., and George E. Ellis. Commemorative Discourses on the Late Rev. Alexander Young, D.D. by Rev. Ezra S. Gannett, D.D. and Rev. George E. Ellis. With an Appendix [wrapper title] (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1854). The two discourses are separately paged and include separate title-pages: A Discourse Delivered in the Meetinghouse on Church Green, Boston, on Monday, March 20, 1854, at the Funeral of the Late Rev. Alexander Young, D.D., Pastor of the New South Church, By Ezra S. Gannett, Minister of the Federal-Street Society. Published by Request; and A Sermon Preached in the Church on Church Green, Boston, on Sunday, March 26, 1854, Being the Sunday After the Interment of the Rev. Alexander Young, D.D., Late Pastor of the New South Church, by George E. Ellis, Pastor of Harvard Church, Charlestown. Published by Request. Inscribed on wrapper " […] / with respects of Committee" (inscription cropped).

Thaddeus Mason Harris:

Frothingham, Nathaniel Langdon. Memoir of Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D., by Nathaniel L. Frothingham. From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Fourth Series, Vol. II (Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, 1855).

Barzillai Frost:

Miles, Henry A. A Sermon Preached in the First Parish, Concord, December 10, 1858, at the Burial of Rev. Barzillai Frost (Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, 1859). Inscribed on wrapper " […] / with the respects of / Mrs. Frost" (inscription cropped).

John N. Campbell:

Sprague, William B. An Address Delivered, March 31, 1864, on Occasion of the Funeral of the Rev. John N. Campbell, D.D., Late Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Albany (Albany: Van Benthuysen’s Steam Printing House, 1864). Inscribed on inside of wrapper: "Dr. Jarvis, / with the writer’s kind regards / and best thanks."

Ezra Stiles Gannett:

Services in Memory of Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett, D.D., Late Pastor of the Arlington-Street Church (Boston: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1871).

Henry W. Bellows:

Chadwick, John W. Henry W. Bellows: His Life and Character. A Sermon by John W. Chadwick, Minister of the Second Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. Published by the Society (New York: S.W. Green’s Son, 1882).

Brooks, Charles T., and M.K. Schermerhorn. Memorial Services of Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D.D. Held at the Channing Memorial Church, Newport, R.I. Memorial Verses by Rev. Charles T. Brooks. Sermon by Rev. M.K. Schermerhorn. February 5, 1882 (Newport, R.I.: Davis & Pitman, Printers, 1882). Inscription on wrapper (cropped).

Rufus Ellis:

Peabody, Andrew Preston. A Commemorative Sermon Preached at the First Church in Boston, October 11, 1885, Being the Sunday Succeeding the Funeral of Their Pastor, Rufus Ellis, D.D. ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified; 1885]). Printed slip ("With the Author’s Regards") tipped to title-page.

Henry Ward Beecher:

Chadwick, John W. Henry Ward Beecher: A Sermon … Sunday Morning, March 13, 1887 (Boston: George H. Ellis, [1887]). Inscribed on title-page: "Concord Library / from / R.R. Appleton."

In bound volume titled "Sermons. Biographical, Funeral, etc." (accession number 23760), listed in order in which bound:

King George II:

Cooper, Samuel. A Sermon Upon Occasion of the Death of Our late Sovereign, George the Second. Preach’d Before His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq.; Captain-General and Governor in Chief, the Honourable His Majesty’s Council, and House of Representatives, of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, January 1. 1761. At the Appointment of the Governor and Council (Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1761). Inscribed on title-page: "T. Fiske’s […] 1762" (inscription partially obliterated by ink splotch).

Copernicus:

Brigham, Charles H. Copernicus and His Work. A Sermon Preached on the 400^th Anniversary of His Birth, March 2d, 1873, in the Unitarian Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan … Printed by Request (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Ann Arbor Printing and Publishing Company, 1873).

James Partridge:

Ide, Jacob. A Sermon, Delivered in Medway, May 12, 1816, Occasioned by the Death of Mr. James Partridge, Who Died April 26, 1816, Aetatis 23 (Dedham: Abel D. Alleyne, Printer, 1816).

John Hawes:

Capen, Lemuel. A Discourse on the Character of Mr. John Hawes, Preached Before the Hawes Place Society, at South Boston, February 1, 1829, the Sunday After His Funeral (Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1832).

Elizabeth Bond:

Palfrey, John G. A Sermon Preached in the Church in Brattle Square, December 1, 1833, the Lord’s Day After the Decease of Miss Elizabeth Bond (Boston: Nathan Hale, 1833). Inscribed on title-page: "Saml. Downes [?] jr."

Joseph P. Bradlee:

Frothingham, Nathaniel Langdon. The Memory of the Just. A Sermon, Preached in First Church on the Sunday After the Death of Joseph P. Bradlee, 25 February, 1838 … Published by Request (Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1838).

Nathaniel Bowditch:

Palfrey, John G. Remarks Concerning the Late Dr. Bowditch, by the Rev. Dr. Palfrey, with the Replies of Dr. Bowditch’s Children (Boston: Charles C. Little & Co., 1840). Inscribed on wrapper: "E. Jarvis."

Thomas A. Davis:

Pierce, John. An Address at the Funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, Mayor of Boston, Delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1845).

George Hurlbut:

Lewis, W.B. Christ Would Have His People Where He Is: A Sermon, Preached in the Third Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sabbath Morning, July 25, 1846, on the Occasion of the Death of George Hurlbut, a Member and Trustee of the Church (New York: Printed by Leavitt, Trow & Company, 1846).

Henry A.S. Dearborn:

Putnam, George. City Document.—No. 10. An Address, Delivered Before the City Government and Citizens of Roxbury, on the Life and Character of the Late Henry A.S. Dearborn, Mayor of the City. September 3d, 1851 … Printed by Order of the City Council (Roxbury: Norfolk County Journal Press; Thomas Prince, City Printer, 1851).

Daniel Weld:

King, Thomas Starr. The Losses and Gains of a Church: A Sermon Preached in Hollis-Street Meeting-House, Sunday, September 19, 1852, on Occasion of the Death of Mr. Daniel Weld (Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son, 1852).

Robert Thaxter:

Hall, Nathaniel. A Discourse Delivered in the First Church, Dorchester, on the Sunday Succeeding the Funeral of Robert Thaxter (Boston: Ebenezer Clapp, Jr.; Printed by David Clapp, 1852).

Harriet F. Webster:

Newell, William. The Changes of Life. A Discourse Delivered Before the First Parish in Cambridge, on the Sunday After the Death of Mrs. Harriet F. Webster, October 16, 1853 … Published by Request (Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1853).

Andrews Norton:

Newell, William. The Christian Scholar. A Discourse Delivered Before the First Parish in Cambridge, on the Sunday Following the Death of Mr. Andrews Norton, September 25, 1853 … Published by Request (Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1853).

Luther V. Bell:

Ray, I. A Discourse on the Life and Character of Dr. Luther V. Bell, Read to the Association of Superintendents of North American Institutions for the Insane, at Its Annual Meeting, in Providence, R.I., June 10^th, 1862 (Boston: J.H. Eastburn’s Press, 1863).

J. Sewall Reed and Thomas Starr King:

Morison, John H. Dying for Our Country: A Sermon on the Death of Capt. J. Sewall Reed and Rev. Thomas Starr King; Preached in the First Congregational Church in Milton, March 13, 1864 (Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1864).

Charles Jarvis:

Kimball, M. A Discourse Commemorative of Major Charles Jarvis, of the Ninth Vermont Volunteers. Who Was Mortally Wounded, Dec. 1, 1863, in an Encounter with the Enemy, Near Cedar Point, N.C., Delivered at His Funeral, in the Congregational Church, at Weathersfield Row, Vt., December 13, 1863 (New York: Edward O. Jenkins, Printer, 1864). "This discourse is printed at the request of friends for private distribution. M.K." Obituary clipping about Major Jarvis pasted to inside of front of wrapper.

George Livermore:

Badger, Henry C. The Consecrated Life: A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Mr. George Livermore. Preached to the Cambridgeport Parish, Sunday, 3d September, 1865 (Cambridge: Printed for the Family, 1865).

John Brown:

Taft, S.H. A Discourse on the Character and Death of John Brown. Delivered in Martinsburgh, N.Y. Dec. 12, 1859 … Second Edition.—Published by Request. With an Introduction by the Reverend J.H. Morison, D.D. (Des Moines: Steam Printing House of Carter, Hussey and Curl, 1872).

Charles Lowe:

Memorial to Charles Lowe. Departed This Earthly Life at Swampscott, Mass., June 20, 1874. Last Services, Tributes of Love, and Sermon Preached at Somerville by Rev. H.H. Barber, June 28, 1874. Reprinted, with Additions, from "The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine" (Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1874).

William Lloyd Garrison:

May, Joseph. William Lloyd Garrison. A Commemorative Discourse Preached at the First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia (Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 1879).

Wendell Phillips:

Beecher, Henry Ward. Wendell Phillips: A Commemorative Discourse … With Portrait of Mr. Phillips. Delivered at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Sunday Morning, February 10^th 1884, and issued as No. 20, Volume VII, of "Plymouth Pulpit," the Weekly Pamphlet Edition of Mr. Beecher’s Current Sermons (New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1884).

In bound volume titled "Biographical: Addresses, Eulogies, Sketches, etc." (accession number 23762), listed in order in which bound:

Solomon Metcalf Allen:

Hall, Frederick. Eulogy of the Late Solomon Metcalf Allen, Professor of Languages in Middlebury College. Pronounced According to Appointment of the President and Fellows, March 17, 1818 … (Middlebury, Vt.: Published by Request of the Corporation; Printed by Francis Burnap, 1818).

James Grahame:

Quincy, Josiah. Memoir of James Grahame, LL.D., Author of The History of the United States of North America. Originally Prepared for the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845).

Quincy, Josiah. The Memory of the Late James Grahame, the Historian of the United States, Vindicated from the Charges of "Detraction" and "Calumny" Preferred Against Him by Mr. George Bancroft, and the Conduct of Mr. Bancroft Towards That Historian Stated and Exposed (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1846).

Cornelius Conway Felton:

Woolsey, Theodore D. Eulogy of Cornelius Conway Felton, LL.D., &c., One of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Prepared at the Request of the Board (Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1862).

John Hughes:

Biographical Sketch of the Most Rev. John Hughes, D.D., Archbishop of New York. With Portrait (New York: Office of the "Metropolitan Record," 1864).

Thomas Sherwin:

Waterston, R.C. Address on the Life and Character of Thomas Sherwin … Delivered February 16, 1870, Before the English High School Association, the Members of the School Board, and Teachers of the Public Schools of Boston. With an Appendix, by Wm. H. Moriarty … (Boston: Printed for the Association, 1870).

Austin Dickinson:

Eastman, O. Rev. Austin Dickinson, His Services to Amherst College, in Its Early History (New York: [no publisher specified], 1872). "Reprint from Congregational Quarterly, April, 1872."

Benjamin Peirce:

Rantoul, Robert S. Memoir of Benjamin Peirce … From Historical Collections of Essex Institute, Vol. XVIII (Salem: Printed for the Institute, 1881).

George Barrell Emerson:

Waterston, Robert C. Memoir of George Barrell Emerson, LL.D. … Presented at the Meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, May 10, 1883. With a Supplement (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1884).

Edward Jarvis:

Wood, Robert W. Memorial of Edward Jarvis, M.D. (Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, Printers, 1885). At head of title: American Statistical Association. "The following paper was read at the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, January 16, 1885 … "

In bound volume titled "Biographical" (accession number 23763), listed in order in which bound:

Rosa Bonheur:

Bois-Gallais, F. Lepelle de. Memoir of Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur … Translated by James Parry (New York: Published by Williams, Stevens, Williams & Co., 1857). Bound in following memoir: poem ("The Critic Foiled at Rosa Bonheur’s Great Horse Fair"); "Opinions of the Press on … Rosa Bonheur’s Great Picture of the Horse Fair."

Robert Burns:

Report of the Meeting Held to Celebrate the Centenary of the Birthday of Robert Burns, at the Revere House, Boston, January 25, 1859 … (Boston: Published by the Committee of Arrangements; Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1859). Inscription on title-page (cropped).

John Cabot:

Kidder, Frederic. "Discovery of North America by John Cabot in 1497." Article (pages 381-389) removed from The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 32 (Oct. 1878). Article within hand-made paper wrapper with manuscript caption "Kidder’s John Cabot." Inscribed on wrapper by Frederic Kidder for the Concord Free Public Library, June 17, 1879.

George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte:

[Lieber, Francis]. Washington and Napoleon. A Fragment … (New York: [no publisher specified], 1864). "Two hundred copies printed for the Metropolitan Fair, held in behalf of the Sanitary Commission, in the month of April."

Benito Juarez:

Juarez and Cesar Cantú. A Refutation of the Charges Preferred by the Italian Historian, in His Last Work, Against the American Patriot … Official Edition (Mexico: Printing Office of the Federal Government, 1885).

Alexander Von Humboldt:

Agassiz, Louis. Address Delivered on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander Von Humboldt, Under the Auspices of the Boston Society of Natural History … With an Account of the Evening Reception (Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1869). Inscribed on wrapper: "R.W. Emerson" (inscription cropped).

Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis:

Bowditch, Henry I. Brief Memories of Louis and Some of His Contemporaries in the Parisian School of Medicine of Forty Years Ago (Boston: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1872). Inscribed on wrapper: "E. Jarvis / from the author."

Major John Pitcairn:

Hudson, Charles. "Life and Character of Major Pitcairn"[running title]. Reprint of article (pages 315-326) in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 17 (Jan. 1880).

John Wycliffe:

Storrs, Richard S. John Wycliffe and the First English Bible: An Oration (New York: Anson D.F. Randolph & Company, 1880).

American Bible Society. Proceedings at the Wycliffe Semi-Millennial Celebration, by the American Bible Society, Held in the Academy of Music, New York, December 2, 1880, To Commemorate the First Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Language, by John Wycliffe (New York: American Bible Society, 1881).

In bound volume titled "Biographical and Historical" (accession number 23764), listed in order in which bound:

Levi Lincoln:

A Memorial of Levi Lincoln, the Governor of Massachusetts from 1825 to 1834 (Boston: Printed by J.E. Farwell & Company, 1868). Inscribed on wrapper and title-page (inscriptions severely cropped).

George Whitefield and James Habersham:

The Union Society (Savannah). Bethesda: A Historical Sketch, with Incidental Recollections of Whitefield & Habersham, Its Founders. To Which Are Added Chronological Lists of the Officers and Members of the Union Society; Also, of Its Beneficiaries from 1750 to 1859. With Anniversary Addresses Delivered by Hon. T.U.P. Charlton, Col. Howell Cobb, Hon. Robert M. Charlton, Rev. Willard Preston and Col. Robert H. Griffin (Savannah: Power Press of John M. Cooper & Company, 1860). Inscribed on wrapper: "Misses M. & E. Munroe / Concord, Mass." (inscription cropped).

Illinois officers of the Civil War:

Wilson, James Grant. Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861 … Illustrated with Portraits (Chicago: James Barnet, 1862).

Levi Lincoln:

Washburn, Emory. Memoir of Hon. Levi Lincoln. Prepared Agreeably to a Resolution of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1869). Inscription on wrapper (cropped).

Bryant, William Cullen:

To William Cullen Bryant, at Eighty Years, from His Friends and Countrymen (New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1876.)

Bradlee family:

Doggett, Samuel Bradlee. History of the Bradlee Family, with Particular Reference to the Descendants of Nathan Bradley, of Dorchester, Mass. (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1878).

Seth Padelford:

A Memorial of Seth Padelford. Born October 3, 1807, Died August 26, 1878 (Providence: E.L. Freeman & Co., Printers, 1881).

Loammi Baldwin:

Vose, George L. A Sketch of the Life and Works of Loammi Baldwin, Civil Engineer. Read Before the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Sept. 16, 1885 (Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 1885).

Separate items (listed alphabetically by subject):

Eleazar (Eleazer) Brooks:

Stearns, Charles. A Sermon Preached November 11, 1806, at the Interment of the Hon. Eleazar Brooks, Esq. (Cambridge: Printed by William Hilliard, 1807). Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Josiah Parsons Cooke:

In Memoriam. Josiah Parsons Cooke. Feb. 15, 1787.—Feb. 29, 1880 … ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1880]). Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Convers Francis:

Vaughan, Mosetta I. Sketch of the Life and Work of Convers Francis, D.D. Written for the Historical Society of Watertown … November 29, 1944 (Watertown, [Mass.]: Published by Historical Society of Watertown, [1944]).

Ebenezer Gay:

Gay, Ebenezer. The Old Man’s Calendar. A Discourse on Joshua XIV.10. Delivered in the first Parish of Hingham, on the Lord’s-Day, August 26, 1781, the Birth-Day of the Author, Ebenezer Gay … (Boston: Printed by John Boyle, 1781). Title-page damaged (ink-splotched; torn, imprint lacking).

James Kendall Hosmer:

Six O’Clock Club ([Minneapolis]). Dinner of the Six O’Clock Club to Dr. Hosmer on His Ninetieth Birthday [typescript], 1924.

"Dr. Hosmer’s 90^th Birthday." Article (page 4) removed from Community Bookshelf, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1924).

Eben D. Jordan:

Memorial Tributes: Eben D. Jordan. Born Oct. 13, 1822—Died Nov. 15, 1895 (Boston: The Boston Globe, 1980; facsimile of original edition, Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 1896). Boxed; copy no. 53.

Edward Griffin Porter:

Green, Samuel Swett. Memoir of Edward Griffin Porter … Reprinted from the Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol. VI (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1901). Inscribed on wrapper: "With the regards / of Samuel S. Green." Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Chandler Robbins:

Smith, Charles C. Memoir of the Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D. … Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, December, 1883 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1884). Inscribed on wrapper: "Abba D. Robbins / For / S.R.R."

Edmund Hamilton Sears:

Robbins, Chandler. A Sermon in Commemoration of Rev. Edmund Hamilton Sears, Preached at Weston, Mass., on Sunday, Jan. 23d, 1876 … Also, the Last Sermon Written, But Not Preached, by Mr. Sears, and a Christmas Song, the Last of His Lyrical Pieces. Printed by Request (Boston: Lockwood, Brooks & Co., 1876). Inscribed on wrapper: "Dr. Josiah Bartlett / Concord Mass."

Robert B. Storer:

Gannett, Ezra S. A Discourse Delivered in the Arlington-Street Church, Boston, Dec. 25, 1870, the Sunday Succeeding the Death of Robert B. Storer (Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1871). Inscribed on wrapper: "Dr. Bartlett / With Mrs. Storer’s regards."

Amos Wilson:

Wilson, Amos. The Sweets of Solitude! Or Directions to Mankind how they may be Happy in a "Miserable World!" And Insure a Glorious Inheritance in That Which is to Come. By Amos Wilson, Who lived 19 Years in a Cave, secluded from the Society of Man. Annexed is a sketch of the life of said Wilson, the extraordinary manner in which he spent the 19 years of his seclusion, and the particulars of the melancholy event which led him to prefer a Solitary life (Boston: Printed for John Wilkey, 1822). Inscribed on page [1] (blank): "Sophia Heywood." Also on page [1]: genealogical information about S. Heywood recorded by her grandchild S.E. Richardson. Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted in 1974.

James Wolfe:

Sabine, Lorenzo. An Address Before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, in the Hall of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Tuesday, Sept. 13^th, 1859. The Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Major General James Wolfe, with Passages Omitted in the Delivery, and Illustrative Notes and Documents (Boston: Published by A. Williams & Co., 1859). Inscribed on wrapper: "A.E. Wood." Inscription on title-page (erased, illegible).

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Box II.2:

II. B. Charles Francis Adams (1835-1915), 1892-1912: (fourteen items)

Adams, Charles Francis. The Civil-War Pension Lack-of-System. A Four-Thousand-Million Record of Legislative Incompetence Tending to General Political Corruption …Reprinted from The World’s Work ([no place of publication or publisher specified, 1912]). "The following paper appeared in separate articles in three successive numbers of the World’s Work—that for December, 1911, and those for January and February, 1912."

Adams, Charles Francis. Columbus and the Spanish Discovery of America: A Study in Historical Perspective … A Paper Read Before the Massachusetts Historical Society at Its Regular Monthly Meeting, November 10, 1892 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1892).

Adams, Charles Francis. The Confederacy and the Transvaal: A People’s Obligation to Robert E. Lee … A Paper Read Before the American Antiquarian Society, at Its Annual Meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts, Wednesday, October 30^th, 1901 (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901). At head of title: 1865-1900.

Adams, Charles Francis. "Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers": A Paper Read … Before the Lexington, Massachusetts, Historical Society, Tuesday, December 20, 1898 … (Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1899).

Adams, Charles Francis. Lee’s Centennial: An Address … Delivered at Lexington, Virginia, Saturday, January 19, 1907, on the Invitation of the President and Faculty of Washington and Lee University ([no place of publication or publisher specified, 1907]). Two copies.

Adams, Charles Francis. The Panama Canal Zone: An Epochal Event in Sanitation (Boston: [no publisher specified], 1911). "From the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for May, 1911."

Adams, Charles Francis. Plea for Military History … From the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1900, Vol. I, pages 193-218 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901). At head of title: American Historical Association.

Adams, Charles Francis. "Shall Cromwell Have a Statue?" Oration … Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of the University of Chicago, Tuesday, June 17, 1902 (Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co., 1902).

Adams, Charles Francis. The Sifted Grain and the Grain Sifters: An Address at the Dedication of the Building of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at Madison, October 19, 1900 (Cambridge, Mass.: Electrotyped and Printed by H.O. Houghton and Co., The Riverside Press, [1900]).

Adams, Charles Francis. "The Solid South" and the Afro-American Race Problem: Speech … at the Academy of Music, Richmond, Va., Saturday Evening, 24 October, 1908 (Boston: [no publisher specified, 1908]).

Adams, Charles Francis. Some Phases of the Civil War: An Appreciation and Criticism of Mr. James Ford Rhodes’s Fifth Volume … Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. XIX, pp. 315-356 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1905).

Adams, Charles Francis. Theodore Lyman (1833-1897) and Robert Charles Winthrop, Jr. (1834-1905): Two Memoirs … for the Massachusetts Historical Society (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1906). "The following Memoirs, prepared for the Massachusetts Historical Society, appear in the printed volumes of the Proceedings of that Society, Second Series, Vol. XX, pp. 147-200."

Adams, Charles Francis. The Trent Affair: An Historical Retrospect … (Boston: [no publisher specified], 1912). "The following paper, prepared for the Massachusetts Historical Society, submitted and in part read at its November meeting, 1911, appears in the printed Proceedings of that Society, vol. XLV, pp. 35-76. A few changes in language have been made, and a paragraph added in this issue. In the Proceedings it is accompanied … by letters on the Trent Affair … "

Adams, Charles Francis. An Undeveloped Function: Inaugural Address … From the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1901, Vol. I, pages 47-93 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902). At head of title: American Historical Association.

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Box II.3:

II. C. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, 1806-1884: (one bound volume containing nine items)

In bound volume titled "John Adams and Thomas Jefferson" (accession number 23761), listed in order in which bound:

Everett, Edward. An Address Delivered at Charlestown, August 1, 1826, in Commemoration of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (Boston: William L. Lewis, 1826). Inscribed on title-page, page [3], and page [5]: "Tho. Melvill."

Wirt, William. A Discourse on the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Who Both Died on the Fourth of July, 1826. Delivered, at the request of the Citizens of Washington, in the Hall of Representatives of the United States, on the Nineteenth of October, 1826 (Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1826). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis." Inscribed on title-page: "Tho. Melvill’s."

Adams, John, and Samuel Adams. Four Letters: Being an Interesting Correspondence Between Those Eminently Distinguished Characters, John Adams, Late President of the United States; and Samuel Adams, Late Governor of Massachusetts. On the Important Subject of Government (Boston: Printed for Adams & Rhoades, 1802). Inscribed on title-page: "Edward Jarvis."

Chamberlain, Mellen. John Adams, the Statesman of the American Revolution. Address Before the Webster Historical Society, at Its Annual Meeting in Boston, Jan. 18, 1884 (Boston: Published by the Society, 1884).

Sprague, Peleg. Eulogy on John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Pronounced in Hallowell, July, 1826; at the Request of Committees of the Towns of Hallowell, Augusta, and Gardiner (Hallowell: Glazier & Co.; Augusta: William Dewey, 1826).

Staughton, William. Sermon, Delivered in the Capitol of the United States; on Lord’s Day, July 16, 1826; at the Request of the Citizens of Washington, on the Death of Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Adams … (Washington: Published at the Columbian Office, 1826). Inscribed on wrapper: "Tho. Melvill."

Sergeant, John. An Oration Delivered in Independence Square, in the City of Philadelphia, on the 24^th July, 1826, in Commemoration of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826).

Colman, Henry. A Sketch of the Character of John Adams, Delivered in the Church in Barton Square, Salem, 9^th July, 1826, the Lord’s Day, After His Interment. With Notices of the Character of the Late Mrs. Adams (Salem: Published by James R. Buffum, 1826). Inscribed on title-page and page [3]: "Tho. Melvill."

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Box II.4:

II. D. John Quincy Adams, 1829-1848: (one bound volume containing nine items)

In bound volume titled "John Quincy Adams" (accession number 23783), listed in order in which bound:

Adams, John Quincy, and others. Correspondence Between John Quincy Adams, Esquire, President of the United States, and Several Citizens of Massachusetts Concerning the Charge of a Design to Dissolve the Union Alleged to Have Existed in That State (Boston: Press of the Boston Daily Advertiser; W.L. Lewis, Printer, 1829). Inscribed on title-page, page [3], and page [5]: "Thomas Melvill."

Adams, John Quincy. The Jubilee of the Constitution. A Discourse Delivered at the Request of the New York Historical Society, in the City of New York, on Tuesday, the 30^th of April 1839; Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington as President of the United States, on Thursday, the 30^th of April, 1789 … (New York: Published by Samuel Colman, 1839).

Adams, John Quincy. Address of John Quincy Adams, to His Constituents of the Twelfth Congressional District, at Braintree, September 17^th, 1842. Reported originally for the Boston Atlas (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, Printer, 1842).

Everett, Edward. A Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams, Delivered at the Request of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in Faneuil Hall, April 15, 1848 … (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1848). Inscribed on title-page: "C.W. Bellows."

Lunt, William P. A Discourse Delivered in Quincy, March 11, 1848, at the Interment of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1848).

Storrs, Richard S. God determines the Rise and Fall of Princes. A Discourse Delivered to the First Religious Society in Braintree, on Occasion of the Death of the Hon. John Quincy Adams, on Lord’s Day, March 5, 1848 (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1848). Inscribed on wrapper: "O.P. Bacon Esq. / from / S.D.H."

United States. Congress. Token of a Nation’s Sorrow. Addresses in the Congress of the United States, and Funeral Solemnities on the Death of John Quincy Adams, Who Died in the Capitol at Washington, on Wednesday Evening, February 23, 1848 (Washington: Printed by J. and G.S. Gideon, 1848). Inscribed on wrapper: "Town Library."

Walker, Timothy. An Oration on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams: Delivered Before the Citizens of Cincinnati, On the twenty-second day of March, 1848 … Published by Request (Cincinnati: Gazette Office; Wright, Fisher & Co., Printers, 1848).

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Box II.5:

II. E. Thomas Carlyle, 1843-1850: (eight items)

Carlyle, Thomas. Latter-Day Pamphlets Edited by Thomas Carlyle … (Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1850).

Library has seven of the eight numbers (all deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974). Inscribed on wrapper of each number: "Frost."

No. I. The Present Time.
No. III. Downing Street.
No. IV. The New Downing Street.
No. V. Stump-Orator.
No. VI. Parliaments.
No. VII. Hudson’s Statue.
No. VIII. Jesuitism.

Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present … Fourth Edition (New York: William H. Collyer, 1843). Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

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Box II.6:

II. F. George E. Ellis, 1840-1881: (one bound volume containing ten items, plus one separate item)

In bound volume titled "Sermons and other Writings by George E. Ellis" (accession number 23784), listed in order in which bound:

Ellis, George E. The Preacher and the Pastor. Two Discourses Delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown, Sunday, March 15, 1840, on the Commencement of His Ministry … Printed by Request, for the Use of the Society (Boston: William Crosby & Co., 1840).

Ellis, George E. Address Delivered at the Consecration of the Woodlawn Cemetery in Chelsea and Malden. On Wednesday, July 2, 1851 (Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son, 1851).

Ellis, George E. Commemoration of Washington. A Discourse (on the New Holiday,) Preached in Harvard Church, Charlestown, on Sunday February 22, 1857 (Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1857).

Ellis, George E. The Christian Trinity: The Doctrine of God, the Father; Jesus Christ; and the Holy Spirit. A Discourse Preached in Harvard Church, Charlestown, February 5, 1860 (Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1860).

Ellis, George E. "The Preservation of the States United:" A Discourse Delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown, on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 29, 1860 (Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1860). Inscribed on title-page: "B. Edmands."

Ellis, George E. The Nation’s Ballot and its Decision: A Discourse Delivered in Austin-Street Church, Cambridgeport, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 1864; Being the Sunday following the Presidential Election (Boston: William V. Spencer, 1864).

Ellis, George E. A Discourse Delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown, on Sunday, March 12, 1865, on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of his Ordination … With a Historical Note (Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1865).

Ellis, George E. A Discourse Delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown, June 13, 1869, at the Close of His Ministry, by George E. Ellis. Printed for the Society (Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1869).

Ellis, George E. I. The Aims and Purposes of the Founders of Massachusetts. II. Their Treatment of Intruders and Dissentients. Two Lectures of a Course by Members of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Delivered before the Lowell Institute, On Jan. 8 and Jan. 12, 1869 (Boston: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1869).

Ellis, George E. Introduction by George E. Ellis to the History of the First Church in Boston by Arthur B. Ellis. Printed Separately (Boston: John Wilson and Son; University Press, 1881).

Separate item:

Ellis, George E. Address Delivered Before the Middlesex County Agricultural Society, at Concord, on Wednesday, October 4, 1854 ([no place of publication or publisher specified, 1854]).

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Box II.7:

II. G. Edward Everett, 1828-1865: (one bound volume containing nine items, plus one separate item)

In bound volume titled "Edward Everett" (accession number 23785), listed in order in which bound:

Everett, Edward. An Oration Delivered Before the Citizens of Charlestown on the Fifty-Second Anniversary of the Declaration of the Independence of the United States of America (Charlestown: Wheildon and Raymond; Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1828). Inscribed on wrapper, title-page, and page [5]: "Tho. Melvill."

Everett, Edward. Eulogy on Lafayette, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, at the Request of the Young Men of Boston, September 6, 1834 (Boston: Nathan Hale; Allen & Ticknor, 1834). Inscribed on wrapper: "Capt. John De Wolf / Boston / Feb. 10 … " (inscription cropped). Inscribed on title-page: "Mrs. Mary M. De W[olf] / Boston / Feb. 10^th … " (inscription cropped).

Everett, Edward. An Address, Delivered at Lexington, on the 19^th (20^th) April, 1835 (Charlestown: Published by William W. Wheildon, 1835).

Everett, Edward. An Oration Delivered at Charlestown, on the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1850 (Boston: Redding and Company, 1850).

Everett, Edward. Stability and Progress. Remarks Made on the 4^th of July, 1853, in Faneuil Hall (Boston: Eastburn’s Press, 1853).

Everett, Edward. The Discovery and Colonization of America, and Immigration to the United States. A Lecture Delivered Before the New York Historical Society, in Metropolitan Hall, on the 1^st of June, 1853 (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1853). Inscribed on wrapper by Edward Everett (inscription—including name of recipient—cropped).

Everett, Edward. Success of our Republic; An Oration … Delivered in Boston, Mass., July 4, 1860 (New York: H.H. Lloyd & Co., 1860). At head of title: Pulpit and Rostrum. Sermons, Orations, Popular Lectures, &c., Phonographically Reported by Andrew J. Graham and Charles B. Collar. "No. 14. Serial … July 20^th, 1860." Inscription on wrapper (cropped).

Thursday-Evening Club. Proceedings of the Thursday-Evening Club, On the Occasion of the Death of Hon. Edward Everett (Boston: Wilson and Son, Printers, 1865).

American Antiquarian Society. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, at a Special Meeting, January 17, 1865, in reference to the Death of their former President, Hon. Edward Everett (Boston: J.E. Farwell and Company, Printers, 1865).

Separate item:

Everett, Edward. An Address Delivered at Bloody Brook, in South Deerfield, September 30, 1835, in Commemoration of the Fall of the "Flower of Essex," at That Spot, in King Philip’s War, September 18, (O.S.) 1675 … Published by Request (Boston: Russell, Shattuck, & Williams, 1835). Inscribed on wrapper: "Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson / With the best respects of / E. Everett."

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Box II.8:

II. H. Samuel Abbott Green, 1871-1917: (twenty-four items)

Note: Related materials may be found in Series III (Massachusetts Towns—History, Anniversaries, Description, etc.), Subseries F (Groton, Mass.).

Green, Samuel Abbott. [Communication concerning deed of land by Thomas Danforth to the Trustees of the Town of York, Maine, presented by Green at the Apr. 10, 1890 meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society]. Reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 5, Second Series (Apr. 1890).

Green, Samuel Abbott. James Murray Mason and John Slidell in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. With Other Matter Relating to the War of the Rebellion (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1912). Inscribed by Green for the Concord Free Public Library.

Green, Samuel Abbott. James Otis’s Argument Against the Writs of Assistance, 1761. Remarks Made Before the Massachusetts Historical Society, December 11, 1890 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1890). On wrapper: "With the Compliments of Samuel A. Green."

Green, Samuel Abbott. "John Lakin’s Deed, 1653." Reprint from The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 45 (Jan. 1891).

Green, Samuel Abbott. "Maverick’s Account of New England." Reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 4, Second Series (Apr. 1889).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Note-Book Kept by Capt. Robert Keayne, an Early Settler of Boston. Remarks Made Before the Massachusetts Historical Society, March 14, 1889 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1889).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Note-Book Kept by the Rev. William Brinsmead, the First Minister of Marlborough, Mass. Remarks Made Before the Massachusetts Historical Society, February 14, 1889 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1889). On wrapper: "With the Compliments of Samuel A. Green."

Green, Samuel Abbott. Notes on a Copy of Dr. Wm. Douglass’s Almanack for 1743, Touching on the Subject of Medicine in Massachusetts Before His Time … Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, February, 1884 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1884).

Green, Samuel Abbott. A Number of Villages Near Groton, Massachusetts, Formerly Known as Harbors (Groton, Mass.: [no publisher specified]; Ayer, Mass.: Huntley S. Turner, Printer, 1917). Inscribed on wrapper for Concord Free Public Library by Samuel A. Green. "Groton Historical Tract No. One."

Green, Samuel Abbott. A Paper Read Before the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, May 25, 1893, at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Its Foundation in That City (Groton, Mass.: [no publisher specified]; Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1893). Title at head of text: "The Career of Benjamin Franklin." On wrapper: "With the Compliments of Samuel A. Green."

Green, Samuel Abbott. Papers Relating to Captain Thomas Lawrence’s Company, Raised in Groton, Massachusetts, During the French and Indian War, 1758. Remarks Made Before the Massachusetts Historical Society, May 8, 1890 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1890). On wrapper: "With the Compliments of Samuel A. Green."

Green, Samuel Abbott. Paul Lunt’s Diary. May-December, 1775. Edited by Samuel A. Green, M.D. (Boston: For Private Distribution; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1872).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Piracy Off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1911). Inscribed on wrapper by Samuel A. Green for the Concord Free Public Library.

Green, Samuel Abbott. "Remarks on an Early File of the Boston News-letter, Made Before the Massachusetts Historical Society, November 13, 1890. With a Letter by Thomas Jefferson." Reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 6, Second Series (Nov. 1890).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Remarks on an Original Portrait of the Rev. Increase Mather, D.D. and on Some of the Engravings Taken from It … Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for March, 1893 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1893). On wrapper: "With the Compliments of Samuel A. Green."

Green, Samuel Abbott. "Remarks on Benjamin Tompson’s Elegy on John Woodmancy and Ezekiel Cheever." Reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 5, Second Series (Oct. 1889). Inscribed by Samuel A. Green for the Concord Free Public Library.

Green, Samuel Abbott. "Remarks on Nonacoicus, the Indian Name of Major Willard’s Farm at Groton, Mass." Reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 8, Second Series (May 1893).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Remarks on the Early Appearance of the Northern Lights in New England … Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1885 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1885).

Green, Samuel Abbott. The Report of the Council of the American Antiquarian Society, Made October 21, 1875, at Worcester (Worcester: Charles Hamilton, Printer, 1876).

Green, Samuel Abbott. School Histories and Some Errors in Them (Boston: For Private Distribution, 1872).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Slavery at Groton, Massachusetts in Provincial Times (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1909).

Green, Samuel Abbott. "Some Indian Names." Reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 4, Second Series (May 1889).

Green, Samuel Abbott. The Story of a Famous Book: An Account of Dr. Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography (Boston: For Private Distribution; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1871).

Green, Samuel Abbott. "Tribute of Dr. Samuel A. Green to Charles F. Dunbar and Edward G. Porter." Reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 13, Second Series (Feb. 1900). At head of title: Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Box II.9:

II. I. Charles T. Jackson, 1847-1896: (three items)

By Jackson:

Jackson, Charles T. "Discovery of Emery." Reprint from the American Journal of Science, Vol. 39 (Jan. 1865). Inscribed on page 4 (final printed page): "For this Discovery Dr. Jackson / received a Diploma & silver medal / from the French Exposition / 1868 / Mrs. C.T. Jackson."

About Jackson:

Barber, William. "Dr. Jackson’s Discovery of Ether." Article (pages 46-58) removed from National Magazine (Oct. 1896).

Gay, Martin. A Statement of the Claims of Charles T. Jackson, M.D. to the Discovery of the Applicability of Sulphuric Ether to the Prevention of Pain in Surgical Operations (Boston: Printed by David Clapp, 1847). Inscribed on wrapper: "C.W. Prescott."

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Box II.10:

II. J. Horace Mann, [1823]-1963: (one bound volume containing fourteen items, plus one separate item)

In bound volume titled "Horace Mann" (accession number 23786), listed in order in which bound:

Mann, Horace. An Oration, Delivered at Dedham, July 4^th, 1823, on the Forty-Seventh Anniversary of American Independence(Dedham: Printed by H. and W.H. Mann, [1823]).

Mann, Horace. An Oration Delivered Before the Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1842 (Boston: John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1842). Inscribed on wrapper: "Dr. E. Jarvis / with best regards of / Horace Mann" (inscription cropped).

The Common School Controversy; Consisting of Three Letters of the Secretary of the Board of Education, of the State of Massachusetts, in Reply to Charges Preferred Against the Board, by the Editor of the Christian Witness and by Edward A. Newton Esq. of Pittsfield, Once a Member of the Board; To Which Are Added Extracts from the Daily Press, in Regard to the Controversy (Boston: Printed by J.N. Bradley & Co., 1844).

E., G.B. [George Barrell Emerson]. Observations on a Pamphlet, Entitled "Remarks on the Seventh Annual Report of the Hon. Horace Mann, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education" [caption title] ([no place of publication, publisher, or date specified; 1844]).

Mann, Horace. Reply to the "Remarks" of Thirty-One Boston Schoolmasters on the Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education (Boston: Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen, 1844).

Rejoinder to the "Reply" of the Hon. Horace Mann, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, to the "Remarks" of the Association of Boston Masters, Upon His Seventh Annual Report (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845).

Mann, Horace. Answer to the "Rejoinder" of Twenty-Nine Boston Schoolmasters, Part of the "Thirty-One" Who Published "Remarks" on the Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education (Boston: Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen, 1845). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis."

Penitential Tears; or A Cry from the Dust, by "The Thirty-One," Prostrated and Pulverized by the Hand of Horace Mann … (Boston: C. Stimpson; Printed by David H. Ela, 1845).

Sequel to the So Called Correspondence Between the Rev. M.H. Smith and Horace Mann, Surreptitiously Published by Mr. Smith; Containing a Letter from Mr. Mann, Suppressed by Mr. Smith, with the Reply Therein Promised (Boston: William B. Fowle; Tuttle and Dennett, Printers, 1847).

Mann, Horace. Speech of Mr. Horace Mann, on the Right of Congress to Legislate for the Territories of the United States, and Its Duty to Exclude Slavery Therefrom. Delivered in the House of Representatives, in Committee of the Whole, June 30, 1848 (Boston: William B. Fowle, 1848).

Mann, Horace. Horace Mann’s Letters on the Extension of Slavery into California and New Mexico; and on the Duty of Congress to Provide the Trial by Jury for Alleged Fugitive Slaves. Republished with Notes [caption title] ([Washington]: Buell & Blanchard, Printers, [1850]).

Mann, Horace. New Dangers to Freedom, and New Duties for Its Defenders: A Letter from Horace Mann to His Constituents, May 3, 1850 (Boston: Redding and Company, 1850). Inscribed on title-page by Frances Dawes of Boston.

Mann, Horace. Speech of the Hon. Horace Mann, on the Fugitive Slave Law. Delivered at Lancaster, Mass., May 19^th, 1851 (Boston: Office of the Commonwealth, 1851).

Barnard, Henry. Biographical Sketch of Horace Mann, LL.D. … Reprinted from Barnard’s American Journal of Education for December, 1858 ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1858]).

Separate item:

Messerli, Jonathan C. "Horace Mann at Brown." Reprint (pages 285-311) from Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 33, No. 3 (1963). Inscribed on wrapper: "for Mrs. Moss / with regards— / Jonathan Messerli.

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Box II.11:

II. K. Theodore Parker, 1846-1892: (two published collections, two bound volumes containing twenty-seven items, plus four separate items)

Published collections:

Parker, Theodore. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons …in Two Volumes (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1852). Inscribed on front free endpaper of Vol. 1: "Elizabeth Fisher / 1856 / from E.D," and on front free endpaper of Vol. 2: "E.D. / To / Elizabeth Fisher / 1856." Purchased of Up-Country Letters (Cat. 6), 04/24/03. Accessioned as part of AMC 090, 05/07/03.

Parker, Theodore. West Roxbury Sermons by Theodore Parker. 1837-1848. From Unpublished Manuscripts. With Introduction and Biographical Sketch (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892). Purchased of Up-Country Letters (Cat. 6), 04/24/03. Accessioned as part of AMC 090, 05/07/03.

In bound volume titled “Theodore Parker: Sermons & Letters” (accession number 23788), listed in order in which bound:

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Perishing Classes in Boston; Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, August 30, 1846…Published by Request (Boston: Printed by I. R. Butts, 1846).

Parker, Theodore. A Letter to the People of the United States Touching the Matter of Slavery. (Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1848).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Moral Condition of Boston, Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 1849…Published by Request (Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1849).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Spiritual Condition of Boston, Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, Feb. 18, 1849… Published by Request (Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1849).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of Immortal Life: Preached at the Melodeon. On Sunday, September 20th, 1846…And Now Published by Request. Second Edition (Boston: W M. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1850).

Parker. Theodore. A Sermon for Midsummer Day. Beauty in the World of Matter, onsidered as a Revelation of God. Preached at the Music Hall, on Sunday, July 15, 1855(Boston: Published by the Fraternity, 1859). Two copies.

Parker, Theodore. John Brown’s Expedition Reviewed in a Letter from Rev. Theodore Parker, at Rome, to Francis Jackson, Boston(Boston: Published by the Fraternity, 1860).

In bound volume titled “Theodore Parker: Sermons, Addresses, etc” (accession number 23787), listed in order in which bound:

Parker, Theodore. A Letter to the Boston Association of Congregational Ministers, Touching Certain Matters of their Theology (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown. 1845).

Parker, Theodore. The Idea of a Christian Church. A Discourse at the Installation of Theodore Parker as Minister of the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Church in Boston, January 4, 1846. Delivered by Himself. Published by the Request of the Society (Boston: Benj. H. Greene, 1846).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of Immortal Life: Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, September 20th, 1846…and Now Published by Request (Boston: Jordan & Wiley [publisher from wrapper], 1846). Imprint on title page: “Printed by George Coolidge.”

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Dangerous Classes in Society, Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, Jan. 31 … And Now Published by Request (Boston: C. & J. M. Spear, 1847).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of Merchants: Preached at the Melodeon. on Sunday, November 22d, 1846…Published by Request (Boston: Jordan & Wiley [publisher from wrapper], 1847). Imprint on title page: “Printed by George Coolidge.” Inscribed on wrapper: “M. Pratt

Parker, Theodore. The Public Education of the People. An Oration Delivered Before the Onondaga Teachers’ Institute, at Syracuse, N. Y., On the 4th of October, 1849…Published by Request (Boston: Wm. Crosby & H. P. Nichols, 1850).

Parker, Theodore. Speech of Theodore Parker, Delivered in the Old Cradle of Liberty, March 25, 1850 (Boston: R. F. Wallcut, 1850).

Parker, Theodore. The Function and Place of Conscience, in Relation to the Laws of Men; a Sermon for the Times; Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, September 22, 1850 … Published by Request (Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1850).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of Old Age, Preached at the Music Hall, on Sunday, the 29th of January, 1854 (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1854).

Parker, Theodore. The Nebraska Question. Some Thoughts on the New Assault upon Freedom in America, and the GeneralState of the Country in Relation Thereunto, Set Forth in a Discourse Preached at the Music Hall, in Boston, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1854
(Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1854).

Parker, Theodore. The New Crime Against Humanity. A Sermon, Preached at the Music Hall, in Boston, on Sunday, June 4, 1854 (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1854). Two copies, separated by the following sermon.

Parker, Theodore. The Laws of God and the Statutes of Men. A Sermon, Preached at the Music Hall, in Boston, on Sunday, June 18, 1854 … Phonographically Reported by Rufus Leighton (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1854).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Dangers which Threaten the Rights of Man in America; Preached at the Music Hall, on Sunday, July 2, 1854 . . . [Phonographically Reported by Messrs. Yerrinton and Leighton] (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1854).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon on the Consequences of an Immoral Principle and False Idea of Life. Preached at the Music Hall, in Boston, on Sunday, November 26, 1854 … [Phonographically Reported by Rufus Leighton] (Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1855).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Moral Dangers Incident to Prosperity, Preached at the Music Hall, in Boston, on Sunday, November 5, 1854 … [Phonographically Reported by Rufus Leighton] (Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1855). Two copies.

Parker, Theodore. A New Lesson for the Day: A Sermon Preached at the Music Hall, in Boston, On Sunday, May 25, 1856 … Phonographically reported by Messrs. Yerrinton and Leighton (Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1856).

Parker, Theodore. The Present Aspect of Slavery in America and the Immediate Duty of the North: A Speech Delivered in the Hall of the State House, Before the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Convention, on Friday Night, January 29, 1858 (Boston: Bela Marsh, 1858).

Parker, Theodore. A False and True Revival of Religion. A Sermon, Delivered at the Music Hall, Boston, on Sunday, April 4, 1858 … Phonographically Reported by James M. W. Yerrington [sic] (Boston: William L. Kent & Co., 1858).

Parker, Theodore. The Revival of Religion Which We Need. A Sermon, Delivered at Music Hall, Boston, on Sunday, April 11, 1858 … Phonographically Reported by James M. W. Yerrinton (Boston: W. L. Kent & Company, 1858).

Hepworth, George H. A Discourse Delivered in the Church of the Unity, After the death of Theodore Parker … Published by Request (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee, and Company, 1860).

Separate items:

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of Old Age, Preached at the Music Hall on Sunday, the 29^th of January, 1854 … Phonographically Reported by Rufus Leighton (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1854). Purchased of Up-Country Letters (Cat. 6), 04/24/03. Accessioned as part of AMC 090, 05/07/03.

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Dangers Which Threaten the Rights of Man in America; Preached at the Music Hall, on Sunday, July 2, 1854 … Phonographically Reported by Messrs. Yerrinton and Leighton (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1854).

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Perishing Classes in Boston; Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, August 30, 1846 … Published by Request (Boston: Printed by I.R. Butts, 1846). Inscribed on title-page and page 28 (final printed page): "Fred. W. Holland." Purchased of Up-Country Letters (Cat. 6), 04/24/03. Accessioned as part of AMC 090, 05/07/03.

Parker, Theodore. A Sermon of the Public Function of Woman, Preached at the Music Hall, March 27, 1853 … Phonographically Reported by J.M.W. Yerrinton and Rufus Leighton (Boston: Robert F. Wallcut, 1853). Purchased of Up-Country Letters (Cat. 6), 04/24/03. Accessioned as part of AMC 090, 05/07/03.

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Box II.12:

II. L. Andrew Preston Peabody, 1845-1888: (one bound volume containing nineteen items)

In bound volume titled "Andrew P. Peabody" (accession number 23789), listed in order in which bound:

Peabody, Andrew Preston. The Connection Between Science and Religion. An Oration Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, August 28, 1845 (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. A Sermon, Delivered at the Closing of the Sunday-School Room in Court Street, Prior to Its Removal to give place to a New Chapel, on Sunday Evening, February 15, 1857 … Published by Request (Portsmouth: J.F. Shores, Jr. and J.H. Foster; C.W. Brewster & Son, Printers, 1857).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. A Sermon Preached at Portsmouth, N.H., by Andrew P. Peabody, Pastor of the South Church, on Sunday, October 24, 1858, Being the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of His Ordination (Portsmouth: Frank W. Miller, Printer, 1858).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. The Immutable Right: An Oration Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Brown University, Aug. 31, 1858 … Published by Request (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1858). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis."

Peabody, Andrew Preston. A Sermon Preached at Portland, Maine, at the Funeral of Rev. Ichabod Nichols, D.D. … Published by Request (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1859).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. The Scripture Doctrine of Christ. Three Sermons, Preached at Portsmouth, N.H., December 25, 1859; and January 15, 1860 … Published by Request (Portsmouth: James F. Shores, Jun., & Joseph H. Foster, 1860).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. A Sermon Preached in the Appleton Chapel, March 9, 1862, Being the Sunday After the Funeral of Cornelius Conway Felton … Published by Request (Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1862).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. Advocate of Peace. Lessons from Our Late Rebellion. An Address Delivered at the Anniversary of the American Peace Society, May 19, 1867 … Published by Request (Boston: American Peace Society, 1867).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. A Sermon Preached at the Installation of Rev. Charles E. Grinnell as Pastor of the Harvard Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, November 10, 1869, by Andrew P. Peabody. Also, A Sermon Preached by the Pastor on the Following Sunday. With a Supplement Containing an Account of the Other Services of the Installation. Printed for the Society (Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1869).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. Lessons for Our Times from the Life of Washington. An Address Delivered Before the Boston Young Men’s Christian Union, on the Evening of February 22, 1874 (Boston: Rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Union, 1874).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. The Voting of Women in School Elections (Boston: Tolman & White, Printers, 1879).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. "The Cloud, and the Voice out of the Cloud. A Valedictory Sermon Preached June 15, 1879, to the Graduating Class of Harvard University." In: Harvard College. Class of 1879. Baccalaureate Sermon, and Class-Day Orations and Poem. Class of 1879 (Cambridge: John Wilson & Son, 1879).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. The Faithful Christian Minister: A Sermon in Commemoration of the Life and Services of the Reverend Chandler Robbins, D.D. Preached at the Second Church in Boston, on the Evening of December 31, 1882 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1883).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. Harvard College. Hospitality. Baccalaureate Sermon, for the Class of 1883 ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1883]).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. The Teil-Tree and the Oak. A Sermon Preached at the South Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at the Close of the Fiftieth Year from His Ordination as Its Minister, November 4, 1883, by Andrew P. Peabody. Printed by Request (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1883).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. Memoir of John Langdon Sibley … Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, May, 1886 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1886).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. Memoir of Rev. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop, D.D., LL.D. … Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1887).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. An Address on the Seventieth Anniversary of the South Parish Sunday School, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire … Published by Request of the School (Portsmouth: Journal Steam Printing Establishment, 1888).

Peabody, Andrew Preston. "Boston Mobs Before the Revolution." Reprint (pages [321]-333) from the Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 62, No. 371 (Sept. 1888).

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Box II.13:

II. M. James Hosmer Penniman, 1917-1927: (fourteen items)

By James Hosmer Penniman:

Penniman, James Hosmer. George Washington, All American Athlete ([no place of publication or publisher specified]; 1926).

Penniman, James Hosmer. George Washington as Commander-in-Chief ([no place of publication or publisher specified]; 1917).

Penniman, James Hosmer. The Gold Service Star [brochure] ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]). Two copies.

Penniman, James Hosmer. "The Mosque of Saint Sophia at Constantinople." Reprint (pages 65-70) from The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. 18, No. 3 (July 1920).

Penniman, James Hosmer. I. Our Debt to France. II. What Lafayette Did for America … ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1921]).

Penniman, James Hosmer. Philadelphia in the Early Eighteen Hundreds (Philadelphia: Published by St. Stephen’s Church, [1923]).

About or Relating to James Hosmer Penniman:

Graves, Frank Pierrepont. The Maria Hosmer Penniman Memorial Library of Education. The Departmental Library of the School of Education, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.: The University, 1920). University of Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 15 (May 1, 1920). "Published Semi-Monthly by the University."

Graves, Frank Pierrepont. The Penniman Memorial Libraries of Education (Philadelphia, Pa.: The University of Pennsylvania, 1923). University of Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 29 (Apr. 7, 1923). "Published Weekly by the University."

"James H. Penniman, N.F.A. ’80, Establishes Three Noted Libraries." Reprint from Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin (Apr. 14, 1926).

Keogh, Andrew. The Penniman Memorial Library of Education [handbill] ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1921]). "From the Report of Andrew Keogh, Librarian of Yale University, 1921."

"The Penniman Memorial Library of Education" [handbill] ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1920]). "Reprinted from The Yale Alumni Weekly, July 9, 1920."

Thayer, Mary Dixon. "Dr. James H. Penniman Discusses His Hobbies, Which Are Books, Base Ball and Cats." Photocopy of article (page 28) in The Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia), Dec. 12, 1927.

Wedge, Will. "‘The Country’s Greatest Fan’—J.H. Penniman, ’84." Reprint from The Yale Alumni Weekly, Oct. 14, 1927.

[Withington, Mary]. Check List of an Exhibition of the Rarer Books and Manuscripts Given to the Penniman Memorial Library of Education by James Hosmer Penniman, Litt.D., Yale 1884. Chittenden Library, 19-23 June 1921, 8:30 A.M. to 7 P.M. (New Haven: [Printed Under the Direction of the Yale University Press], 1921).

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Box II.14:

II. N. Charles Sumner, 1845-1874: (one bound volume containing eight items)

In bound volume titled "Charles Sumner" (accession number 23790), listed in order in which bound:

Sumner, Charles. The Grandeur of Nations: An Oration Delivered Before the Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1845 … (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1845).

Sumner, Charles. The War System of the Commonwealth of Nations. An Address Before the American Peace Society, at Its Anniversary in Boston, May 28, 1849 … (Boston: American Peace Society, 1854). Inscribed on wrapper: "S.B. [or L.B.] Wilde."

Sumner, Charles. Defence of Massachusetts. Speeches of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Boston Memorial for the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill, and in Reply to Messrs. Jones of Tennessee, Butler of South Carolina, and Mason of Virginia. In Senate of United States, June 26 and 28, 1854 (Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1854).

Brooks, Preston S. Speech of Honorable Preston S. Brooks. Delivered at Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 29, 1856 (Boston: Published by John P. Jewett & Co., 1856). At head of title: Disunion Document, No. 1.

The Outrage in the Senate. Proceedings of a Public Meeting of the Citizens of Providence, Held in Howard Hall, on the Evening of June 7^th, 1856 (Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Company, Printers, 1856). Inscribed on title-page by George L. Stearns.

Sumner, Charles. Our Foreign Relations: Showing Present Perils from England and France; the Nature and Conditions of Intervention by Mediation; and Also by Recognition; the Impossibility of Any Recognition of a New Power with Slavery as a Cornerstone; and the Wrongful Concession of Ocean Belligerency. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, Before the Citizens of New York, at the Cooper Institute, Sept. 10, 1863 … (New York: Young Men’s Republican Union, 1863).

Scudder, Evarts. Memorial Record. In Memory of Hon. Increase Sumner, of Great Barrington, Mass. A Funeral Discourse … With an Appendix, Containing Obituary Notices of the Press; Resolutions and Proceedings of the Berkshire Bar; and Dedicatory Exercises of Julia Sumner Hall (Bridgeport, Conn.: Gould & Stiles, 1871).

Hall, Nathaniel. The Uncorrupt and Incorruptible Statesman. A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Charles Sumner, Preached in the Church of the First Parish, Dorchester, Sunday, March 15, 1874 … Printed by Request of Parishioners (Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874).

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Box II.15:

II. O. Daniel Webster, 1825-1882: (two bound volumes containing twenty-five items, plus two separate items)

In bound volume titled "Daniel Webster" (accession number 23791), listed in order in which bound:

Nutting, Suggestive Aids Webster, Daniel. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument (Boston: Published by Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1825).

Webster, Daniel. Speech of Daniel Webster, in Reply to Mr. Hayne, of South Carolina: The Resolution of Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, Relative to the Public Lands, Being Under Consideration. Delivered in the Senate, January 26, 1830 (Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1830). Inscribed on title-page and page [3]: "Tho. Melvill."

Webster, Daniel. Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican Convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832 (Boston: Stimpson & Clapp, 1832).

Webster, Daniel. Speech Delivered by Daniel Webster at Niblo’s Saloon, in New-York, on the 15^th March, 1837 (New York: Printed by Harper & Brothers, 1837). Inscription (cropped; dated 1854) on title-page.

Webster, Daniel. Speech Delivered at the Dinner Given to Mr. Webster, by the Merchants of Baltimore, on Thursday, May 18, 1843 (New York: Published by John S. Taylor & Co., 1843). Inscription (cropped) on title-page.

Webster, Daniel. Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, at Abington, October 9, 1848 ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1848]).

Webster, Daniel. Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, to the Young Men of Albany. Wednesday, May 28, 1851 ([no place of publication specified]: Gideon & Co., Printers, [1851]). Inscription (cropped) on wrapper.

Webster, Daniel. Address Delivered by the Hon. Daniel Webster in Faneuil Hall, May 22, 1852, at the Request of the City Council of Boston (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1852). At head of title: City Document—No. 31.

The Proceedings of Two Meetings, Held in Boston, on the 7^th& 14^th July, to Protest Against the Nomination of Gen. Scott, for the Presidency, and to Recommend Hon. Daniel Webster for That Office (Boston: Printed by Prentiss & Sawyer, 1852).

Walker, Timothy. Oration on the Life and Public Services of Daniel Webster. Delivered Before the Bar of Cincinnati, November 22d, 1852 … Published at the Request of the Cincinnati Bar (Cincinnati: Morgan & Overend, Printers, 1852).

Poole’s Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1853. To Which Is Added the Eulogy delivered by Hon. George S. Hillard, on Daniel Webster, Seventh Series (Boston: White & Potter, Printers to the State, 1853).

Parker, Joel. Daniel Webster as a Jurist. An Address to the Students in the Law School of the University at Cambridge … (Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1853).

Everett, Edward. Daniel Webster, an Oration … on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster, in Boston, September 17^th, 1859 (New York: Published by H.H. Lloyd & Co., 1859). At head of title: The Pulpit and Rostrum. Sermons, Orations, Popular Lectures, &c., Phonographically Reported by Andrew J. Graham and Chas. B. Collar. "No. 8. Serial … October 15^th, 1859."

Choate, Rufus. A Discourse Delivered Before the Faculty, Students, and Alumni of Dartmouth College, on the Day Preceding Commencement, July 27, 1853, Commemorative of Daniel Webster … Published by Request (Boston; Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1853). Inscribed on wrapper: "Editor of Christian Register / from Publisher."

Allen, William H. Eulogy on the Character and Services of the Late Daniel Webster, Pronounced at the Request of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, January 18, 1853 (Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, Printers, 1853). Inscribed on wrapper: "Dr. Edw. Jarvis / with respects of / Jos. M. Thomas."

Adams, Nehemiah. A Sermon Preached to the Congregation at the Essex Street Church, October 31, 1852, the Sabbath After the Interment of Hon. Daniel Webster … Second Edition (Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand, 1852). Advertisement for "Parley’s Celebrated Cabinet Library" (4 pages) bound in following sermon. Inscribed on wrapper: "Francis Jarvis / March 185[3]" (inscription cropped).

In bound volume titled "Webster, Daniel" (accession number 23792), listed in order in which bound:

The Andover Husking; A Political Tale, Suited to the Circumstances of the Present Time, and Dedicated to the Whigs of Massachusetts … (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, Printer, 1842).

[Stuart, Moses]. Mr. Webster’s Andover Address and His Political Course While Secretary of State. The Publishers have no authority to designate the authorship of the following pages; but from various circumstances, they infer the probability, that they were written by Prof. Stuart, of Andover (Essex County: Published for Distribution, 1844).

Webster, Daniel. Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, at the Dinner Given to Him by the Merchants and Other Citizens of Philadelphia, December 2, 1846 (Washington: Printed by J. & G.S. Gideon, 1847).

Jeffries, John. An Account of the Last Illness of the Late Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. With a Description of the Post-Mortem Appearances, etc. … Extracted from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, for January, 1853 (Philadelphia: T.K. and P.G. Collins, Printers, 1853).

South Carolina. Legislature. Senate—No. 16 [proceedings of the South Carolina legislature on the deaths of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster] ([Columbia: The State]; 1853).

A Description of Mr. Healey’s Picture of the Great Constitutional Debate in the Senate of the United States, January 26, 1830; with Biographical Sketches of Mr. Webster and General Hayne (Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, 1851).

The Seventy-Fourth Anniversary of the Birth-Day of Daniel Webster, Celebrated at the Revere House..…Boston, January 18, 1856 [wrapper title] (Boston: Published at the Office of the Daily Courier, 1856). Title-page reads: In Memory of Daniel Webster. Inscribed on wrapper: "Frederick Hudson Esq / with the respects of / John Clark."

The Illustrated Fryeburg Webster Memorial (Fryeburg, Me.: A.F. & C.W. Lewis, 1882).

The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel Webster (Rochester: Wilbur M. Hayward; Boston: Fetridge & Co.; New York: Dewitt & Davenport; Philadelphia: J.W. Moore; Chicago: Mellon & Co., 1853). Inscription (cropped) on wrapper.

Separate items:

Allen, Stephen M. Address at the Tomb of Daniel Webster [caption title] (Boston: Addison C. Getchell, Printer, [1882]). Wrapper title: Centennial Celebration of the Birth of Daniel Webster by the Webster Historical Society at Marshfield Massachusetts, October 12, 1882. (Allen’s address comprises the entire printed text; the program for the celebration is printed on the inside—front and back—of wrapper.)

Bartol, Cyrus Augustus. The Hand of God in the Great Man: A Sermon Delivered in the West Church, Boston, Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster … Published by Request (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1852). Inscribed on title-page: "Martin O’Neill." Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

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SERIES III. MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS—HISTORY, ANNIVERSARIES, DESCRIPTION, ETC., 1748-1991:

Note: Related materials may be found in Series I (Historical Topics), Subseries B (Colonial History and Anniversaries) and Subseries D (Revolutionary History, Anniversaries, Commemorative Sermons, etc.).

Box III.1:

III. A. Various Massachusetts Towns (including bound volumes of pamphlets relating to multiple towns, and separate pamphlets relating to towns represented by too few items to warrant a separate subseries and for which rapid collection growth is not anticipated ), 1803-1977: (three bound volumes containing twenty-four items, plus ten separate items; subseries includes three out-of-scope items, one on Waterford, Maine, one on the Princeton Theological Seminary, and one on Bedford, N.H.)

In bound volume titled "Town Histories" (accession number 4756; from the collection of the Concord Town Library), listed in order in which bound:

Northborough, Mass.:

Allen, Joseph. Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Town of Northborough, with the Early History of Marlborough, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Furnished for the Worcester Magazine (Worcester: Published by W. Lincoln & C.C. Baldwin; Charles Griffin, Printer, 1826).

Natick, Mass.:

Moore, Martin. A Sermon, Delivered at Natick, January V, MDCCCXVII, Containing a History of Said Town, from MDCLI to the Day of Delivery (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1817).

Biglow, William. History of the Town of Natick, Mass. from the Days of the Apostolic Eliot, MDCL, to the Present Time, MDCCCXXX (Boston: Published by Marsh, Capen, & Lyon, 1830).

Quincy, Mass.:

Whitney, George. Some Account of the Early History and Present State of the Town of Quincy, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ([Boston]: S.B. Manning, Printer, [1827]).

Sherburne, Mass.:

Biglow, William. History of Sherburne, Mass. from Its Incorporation, MDCLXXIV, to the End of the Year MDCCCXXX; Including That of Framingham and Holliston, So Far As They Were Constituent Parts of That Town (Milford, Mass.: Printed and Published by Ballou & Stacy, 1830).

Waterford, Maine:

Ripley, Lincoln. "A Description and History of Waterford, in the County of York." Article (pages [1]-10) removed from unidentified periodical (Aug. 1803). "Vol IX."

Westminster, Mass.:

Hudson, Charles. A History of the Town of Westminster, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time (Mendon, Mass.: G.W. Stacy, Printer, 1832).

Watertown, Mass.:

Francis, Convers. An Historical Sketch of Watertown, in Massachusetts, from the First Settlement of the Town to the Close of Its Second Century (Cambridge: E.W. Metcalf and Company, 1830).

In bound volume titled "Town Histories" (accession number 23769), listed in order in which bound:

Barre, Mass.:

Thompson, James W. A Discourse Pronounced at Barre, June 17, 1874, on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of That Town (Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1875). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis."

Bedford, Mass.:

Stearns, Jonathan F. Bedford Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, Aug. 27, 1879. Historical Discourse … Also, a Sketch of the Celebration (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1879). Inscribed by Josiah A. Stearns on behalf of the Committee of Arrangements (inscription cropped).

Bridgewater, Mass.:

Celebration of the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at West Bridgewater, June 3, 1856; Including the Address by Hon. Emory Washburn, of Worcester; Poem by James Reed, A.B., of Boston; and the Other Excercises of the Occasion. With an Appendix. Published by Request of the Committee of Arrangements (Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1856). Inscription (cropped) on wrapper.

Barnstable, Mass.:

The Cape Cod Centennial Celebration at Barnstable, Sept. 3, 1839, of the Incorporation of That Town, Sept. 3, 1639. Giving a Full Detail of the Preliminary Proceedings of the Committees, and the Speeches and Toasts at the Dinner. Correctly Reported and Revised (Barnstable: S.B. Phinney, 1840).

Danvers, Mass.:

Proctor, John W. Centennial Celebration, at Danvers, Mass. June 16, 1852 … (Boston: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth, 1852). Wrapper title: Mr. Proctor’s Address. Includes appendix ("The Peabody Donation"). Inscribed on wrapper: "Editors of the New England Farmer / with the respects of the / Author / J.W.P." (inscription cropped).

Hingham, Mass.:

Lincoln, Solomon. An Address Delivered Before the Citizens of the Town of Hingham, on the Twenty-Eighth of September, 1835, Being the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town (Hingham: Jedidiah Farmer, 1835). Inscribed on the wrapper by the author (inscription cropped).

In bound volume titled "Town Histories" (accession number 23770), listed in order in which bound:

Lowell, Mass.:

Proceedings in the City of Lowell at the Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Incorporation of the Town of Lowell, March 1^st, 1876 (Lowell, Mass.: Penhallow Printing Establishment, 1876).

Cary, Thomas G. Profits on Manufactures at Lowell. A Letter from the Treasurer of a Corporation to John S. Pendleton, Esq., Virginia (Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1845).

Northampton, Mass.:

Allen, William. An Address, Delivered at Northampton, Mass., on the Evening of October 29, 1854, in Commemoration of the Close of the Second Century Since the Settlement of the Town (Northampton: Hopkins, Bridgman & Company, 1855). Inscribed on wrapper: "Hon. Samuel Hoar, LL.D. / With the Respects [of] / Wm. Allen" (inscription cropped).

Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, N. J.):

Sprague, William B. A Discourse Addressed to the Alumni of the Princeton Theological Seminary, April 30, 1862, on Occasion of the Completion of Its First Half Century … With an Appendix Containing Notices of the Other Commemorative Exercises (Albany: Steam Press of Van Benthuysen, 1862). Inscribed on inside of wrapper: "Dr. Jarvis, / with the writer’s most respectful regards."

Salem, Mass.:

A Brief Sketch of a Lecture Delivered Before the Essex Institute, May 12, 1856, Respecting the Founders of Salem and the First Church (Salem: William Ives and George W. Pease, Printers, 1856).

Historical Sketch of the Salem Lyceum, with a List of the Officers and Lecturers Since Its Formation in 1830. And an Extract from the Address of Gen. Henry K. Oliver, Delivered at the Opening of the Fiftieth Annual Course of Lectures, November 13^th, 1878 (Salem: Office of the Salem Gazette, 1879). Inscribed on wrapper: " … / with the compliments of the / Salem Lyceum" (inscription cropped).

Sudbury, Mass.:

Bi-Centennial Celebration at Sudbury, Mass. April 18, 1876. Full Report of Exercises, Including the Oration by Prof. Edward J. Young, of Harvard College ([Sudbury, Mass.]: Published by the Trustees of the Goodnow Library; Lowell, Mass.: Printed by Marden and Rowell, 1876).

Weymouth, Mass.:

Proceedings on the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Permanent Settlement of Weymouth, with an Historical Address by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. July 4^th, 1874 (Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1874). Inscribed on title-page: "Hon. E.R. Hoar / with respects of / C.F. Adams Jr."

Bedford, N.H.:

Barnes, Isaac O. An Address, Delivered at Bedford, New Hampshire, on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, May 19^th, 1850 (Boston: Printed by Alfred Mudge, 1850). Inscribed on wrapper (inscription cropped).

Rutland, Mass.:

Blake, Francis E. Rutland and the Indian Troubles of 1723-30 (Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, Publisher, 1886).

Separate items (listed alphabetically by town):

Charlestown, Mass.:

Documents Relating to the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown (Boston: Reprinted by Samuel Dickinson, 1842).

Colrain, Mass.:

Smith, Carl G. "From Homesteads to Cellar Holes on Catamount Hill, Colrain, Massachusetts." Reprint of article (pages 60-69) in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 96 (Jan. 1942). Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Lancaster, Mass:

Harrington, Timothy. A Century Sermon, Preached at the First-Parish, in Lancaster. May 28^th 1753 … (Leominster: Printed by S. & J. Wilder, for Mr. Joshua Fletcher, 1806). Title-page damaged. Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Malden, Mass.:

Green, James D. An Oration Delivered at Malden, on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, May 23, 1849 … Published by Request of the Town (Boston: Printed by Geo. C. Rand & Co., 1850). Inscribed on wrapper: "W.W. Wheildon, Esq. / with the respects of / Jas. D. Green."

Maynard, Mass.:

Mullin, John R. "Development of the Assabet Mills in Nineteenth Century Maynard." Photocopy of article (pages 64-88) in Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter 1992).

Medfield, Mass.:

Exercises at the Bi-Centennial Commemoration of the Burning of Medfield by Indians in King Philip’s War, February 21, 1876 (Medfield: Printed by George H. Ellis, 1876). Inscribed on page [5]: "Concord Free Public Library, / from E.R. Hoar."

Methuen, Mass.:

Whitman, Eleanor Wood. A Pageant of the Merrimack, Celebrating the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Town of Methuen, 1726-1926. Written by Eleanor Wood Whitman. Produced by Mr. and Mrs. John Pratt Whitman. Acted, Sung, and Danced by the Citizens of Methuen. Given in Gorrall’s Woods, Methuen, Saturday July 3d … Monday July 5^th … ([Methuen]: The Methuen Press, [1926]).

Milford, Mass.:

Dickinson, Gideon. A Hundred Years; or, Milford’s First Centennial … In Three Cantos … (Milford, Mass.: Cook and Sons, Steam Job Printers, 1880). Inscribed on title-page: "Editor—Boston Herald, / with Compliments. / Author." Inscribed on back of wrapper: "Mr. Whelden [i.e. Wheildon?]."

Reading, Mass.:

[Howard, Loea Parker]. The Parker Tavern. Being an Account of a Most Interesting House Built by Abraham Bryant in 1694, Together with Some Facts About Early Owners (Reading, Mass.: Reading Antiquarian Society, [1930]). "Privately Printed." Includes information regarding imprisonment of Lt. Col. Archibald Campbell in Reading (pages 27-31).

Roxbury, Mass.:

Roxbury Centennial. An Account of the Celebration in Roxbury, November 22, 1876. With the Oration of Gen. Horace Binney Sargent, Speeches at the Dinner and Other Matters (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1877). Inscribed on title-page: "Wm. W. Wheildon."

Stow, Mass.:

Stow Revolutionary Bicentennial Committee. Stow’s Bicentennial Quilt. With Historical and Biographical Notes ([Stow]: Published under the Auspices of the Bicentennial Committee, 1977).

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Box III.2:

III. B. Acton, Mass., 1835-1984: (ten items)

Acton (Mass.). Acton Massachusetts Two Hundredth Anniversary, 1735-1935, July 20—21—22 , 1935 [program booklet] ([Acton: The Town], 1935).

Acton (Mass.). [Engraved invitation to observance of 200^th anniversary of Acton’s incorporation] ([Acton: The Town], 1935).

Acton (Mass.). Program. Celebration of the 200^th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Acton, July 20, 21, and 22, 1935 ([Acton: The Town], 1935).

Acton Historical Commission. Acton, Massachusetts, 1976: Maps and Sketches of early historic structures [folded brochure] ([Acton: The Commission], 1976).

Acton Historical Society. Apple Blossom House Tour, May 14-May 15 … [photocopied leaflet] ([Acton: The Society, no date of publication specified]).

Acton Historical Society. A Brief History of Acton (Acton: The Society, 1974). Inscribed as gift from the Acton Historical Society to the Concord Free Public Library.

Porter, Edward G. Memorial Stones Dedicated by the Town of Acton, April 19, 1895. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1895). Inscribed: "The Concord Public Library / from Edward G. Porter / Lexington, / Nov. 4, 1895."

Trip to North Bridge [two-fold brochure] ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]).

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Box III.3:

III. C. Bedford, Mass., [1969]-[1989]: (six items)

Mansur, Ina. The Deacon Job Lane House of Bedford, Massachusetts … Illustrated by Ellen Hatch Michaud ([Bedford]: Published by the Friends of the Job Lane House, Inc., 1984).

Mansur, Ina. The Growth of Bedford Center [photocopy of unpublished typescript], 1979.

Mansur, Ina. Job Laine of Malden and Billerica, 1620-1697 [photocopy of unpublished typescript], 1982.

Mansur, Ina. The Story of the First Parish of Bedford Unitarian Universalist. Compiled for the 150^th anniversary of the Second Meetinghouse, 1817-1967 (Bedford: The First Parish in Bedford Unitarian Universalist, [1969]).

Mansur, Ina. The Story of the First Parish of Bedford Unitarian Universalist (Bedford: The First Parish in Bedford Unitarian Universalist, [1989]).

Mansur, Ina. The Town Meeting [photocopy of unpublished typescript], 1982.

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Box III.4:

III. D. Boston, Mass., 1872-1976: (seventeen items)

Boston (Mass.). Re-Dedication of the Old State House, Boston. July 11^th, 1882 (Boston: Printed by Order of the City Council, 1882). Inscribed on wrapper: "A.E. Wood."

Boston (Mass.). Regiment of Artillery. Orderly Book of the Regiment of Artillery Raised for the Defence of the Town of Boston, Commanded by Col. Thomas Crafts, from June, 1777, to Dec., 1778. Also Called the ‘Massachusetts State’s Train.’ Communicated by James Kimball. From the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Volume xiii (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1876).

Boston Athenaeum. Change and Continuity: A Pictorial History of the Boston Athenaeum. Being selections from an exhibition held in December, 1976 (Boston: The Athenaeum, 1976).

Boston Chamber of Commerce. Convention Bureau. Boston, Massachusetts: A Great, Modern Manufacturing and Commercial Community Built on Historic Ground Around America’s National Shrines (Boston: Published by Convention Bureau, Boston Chamber of Commerce, ©1931).

Chandler (W.H.) & Co. Chandler & Co.’s Full Account of the Great Fire in Boston! And the Ruins. Over 30 Illustrations (Boston: Published by W.H. Chandler & Co., 1872).

Crosby, W.O. Physical History of the Boston Basin (Boston: Press of J. Allen Crosby, 1889). At head of title: Teachers’ School of Science of the Boston Society of Natural History. Lowell Free Courses. 1889-90.

Forbes, Allan, and Ralph M. Eastman. Some Statues of Boston. Reproductions of some of the Statues for which Boston is famous, with information concerning the personalities and events so memorialized (Boston: Issued by the State Street Trust Company, ©1946). Stamp of Harry W. Fenn on front free endpaper.

Forbes, Allan, and Ralph M. Eastman. Other Statues of Boston. Reproductions of other Statues of Boston as a sequel to our brochure of 1946 entitled "Some Statues of Boston" (Boston: Issued by the State Street Trust Company, ©1947).

Hitchings, Sinclair, and Catherine F. Hitchings. Theatre of Liberty: Boston’s Old State House (Boston: Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, 1975). Gift of Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, 1975 (accompanied by letter of donation).

Massachusetts. House of Representatives. House No. 100. South Boston Flats. Report of the Committee Appointed Under Chap. 88 of the Resolves of 1874, in Relation to the Use of the Commonwealth Flats at South Boston. January, 1875 (Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1875).

Meigs, Peveril. "John G. Hales, Boston Geographer and Surveyor, 1785-1832." Reprint (pages [23]-29) from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 129 (Jan. 1975). Inscribed on inside of wrapper: "Compliments of / Pev Meigs."

State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.). Boston, England and Boston, New England, 1630-1930. Reproductions of Rare Prints with a Commentary of Historic Notes Presented by the State Street Trust Company in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Naming of Boston(Boston: Printed for the State Street Trust Company, 1930).

State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.). Some Events of Boston and Its Neighbors (Boston, Mass.: Printed for the State Street Trust Company, 1917).

United States. Boston National Historic Sites Commission. Final Report of the Boston National Historic Sites Commission. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior Transmitting the Final Report of the Boston National Historic Sites Commission Pertaining in Particular to Major Problems of Historical Preservation in the Municipality of Boston, Pursuant to the Act of August 4, 1959 (73 Stat. 279). March 15, 1961.—Referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed with illustrations (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961).

Wilder, Marshall Pinckney. The Horticulture of Boston and Vicinity … Substantially the Same as the Chapter Prepared for the Boston Memorial Series, Vol. IV. Privately Printed (Boston: Tolman & White, Printers, 1881).

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Box III.5:

III. E. Carlisle, Mass., 1988-1991: (two items)

Hayes Farm Partnership. Hayes Farm, Carlisle, Massachusetts. Draft Environmental Impact Report. EOEA #6960. Project Proponent: Hayes Farm Partnership … Prepared by: IEP, Inc. … Davis, Malm & D’Agostine … Stamsky and McNary, Inc. … (Concord: The Partnership, 1988).

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Box III.6:

III. F. Groton, Mass., 1876-1889: (one bound volume containing thirteen items; subseries includes two out-of-scope items, one on Congregational churches in Nova Scotia, one on inscribed tablets placed in Boston cemeteries)

Note: Related materials may be found in Series II (Individuals, As Author or Subject), Subseries H (Samuel Abbott Green).

In bound volume titled "Groton, Mass." (accession number 23771), listed in order in which bound:

Groton (Mass.). Proceedings of the Centennial Celebration at Groton, Mass., July 4^th, 1876, in Commemoration of the Destruction of the Town, March, 1676, and the Declaration of Independence, July 4^th, 1776. With an Oration by Samuel Abbott Green, M.D. (Groton: [The Town], 1876).

Green, Samuel Abbott. An Account of the Early Land-Grants of Groton, Massachusetts (Groton: [no publisher specified]; Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1879).

Green, Samuel Abbott. An Historical Address Delivered at Groton, Massachusetts, February 20, 1880, by Request of the Citizens, at the Dedication of Three Monuments Erected by the Town (Groton: [no publisher specified]; Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1880).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Congregational Churches in Nova Scotia … Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, February, 1888 (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1888).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Two Chapters in the Early History of Groton, Massachusetts (Boston: Press of David Clapp & Son, 1882).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Inscriptions on the Bronze Tablets Recently Placed on the Gates of the Older Burial Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts. Prepared by Samuel A. Green (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1883).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Groton in the Witchcraft Times (Groton, Mass.: [no publisher specified]; Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1883). Inscribed on wrapper: "Rev. Grindall Reynolds, / with the regards of / Samuel A. Green."

Green, Samuel Abbott. The Geography of Groton, Massachusetts. Prepared for the Use of the Members of the Appalachian Club, on a Proposed Visit to That Town, Saturday, September 18, 1886 (Groton: [no publisher specified]; Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1886). Inscribed on wrapper: "Samuel A. Green" (inscription cropped).

Green, Samuel Abbott. The Population of Groton at Different Times, with Some Notes on the Provincial Census of 1765. A Paper Read Before the Massachusetts Historical Society, on May 10, 1888, and Now Reprinted from the Proceedings (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1888).

Green, Samuel Abbott. Journal Kept by Sergeant David Holden of Groton, Mass. During the Latter Part of the French and Indian War. February 20-November 29, 1760. With Notes and an Introduction by Samuel A. Green, M.D. (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1889). On wrapper: "With the Compliments of Samuel A. Green."

Boutwell, Francis Marion. Old Homesteads of Groton, Massachusetts (Groton: [no publisher specified], 1883).

Boutwell, Francis Marion. Old Highways and Landmarks of Groton, Massachusetts (Groton: [no publisher specified], 1884).

Lawrence Academy (Groton, Mass.). Proceedings at the Celebration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of the Founding of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts, June 21, 1883 (Groton: Published by Order of the Trustees, 1883).

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Box III.7:

III. G. Lexington, Mass., 1813-1960: (twenty-one items)

Hudson, Charles. Lexington Town Meetings from 1765 to 1775. From Hudson’s History of Lexington, Embodying the Resolutions and Instructions of the Town Meetings (Boston, Mass.: Published by the Old South Association, [no date of publication specified]). At head of title: Old South Leaflets. No. 156.

Lexington (Mass.). Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lexington, Order of Service, Sunday Evening, April 18, A.D. 1875 (Boston: Rand, Avery & Co., Printers, 1875).

Lexington (Mass.). [Engraved ticket for "Grand Levee and Ball" at the centennial celebration of the Battle of Lexington] ([Lexington: The Town], 1875).

Lexington (Mass.). [Invitation to "Grand Levee and Ball" at the centennial celebration of the Battle of Lexington ([Lexington: The Town], 1875).

Lexington (Mass.). One Hundredth Anniversary, Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1875 [order of exercises] ([Lexington: The Town]; Boston: Frank Wood, Pr., 1875). Inscribed on page [1]: "From Miss E.A. Stone."

Lexington (Mass.). 150^th Anniversary, Battle of Lexington, April 19 and 20, 1925. Program [handbill] ([Lexington: The Town], 1925).

Lexington (Mass.). Proceedings & Addresses Commemorative of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Lexington ([Lexington]: Published by Vote of the Town; Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1914).

Lexington (Mass.). Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1875 (Lexington: Published by the Town; Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, & Co., 1875). Inscribed on blank verso of half-title: "B. Beedham Esq. / with the compts. of / Edward G. Porter. / Lexington: / July 21, 1883."

Lexington (Mass.). Report of the Committee Appointed to Consider the Subject of Building a New School-House for the Hancock School, Lexington, Mass. (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1890). Inscribed on wrapper: "The Concord Library / from E.G. Porter."

Lexington (Mass.). Welcome to Lexington. A Greeting to the Society of American Florists in attendance at their Sixth Annual Convention. Reception on the Grounds at Oakmount by invitation of Mrs. Francis B. Hayes, Lexington, Wednesday August 20, 1890 [four-page brochure] (Boston: Frank Wood, Printer, 1890).

Lexington Historical Society. What to See in Lexington [two-fold brochure] (Lexington: Lexington Historical Society, 1921).

Mascarene, John, supposed author. A Dissertation on the Rev. Jonas Clarke’s Seat at Lexington [caption title; four-page brochure]([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]). Printed on page [1]: The following poem is supposed to have been written by John Mascarene, a Spanish student, living in the family of Dr. Henry Ware, at Cambridge, and presented to his daughter, Lucy Clarke Ware. It was probably written sometime between 1800 and 1805, the date of Mr. Clarke’s death.

Phinney, Elias. History of the Battle at Lexington, on the Morning of the 19^th April, 1775 (Boston: Printed by Phelps and Farnham, 1825). Deposited by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1971; converted to gift in 1974.

Piper, Fred S. Lexington: The Birthplace of American Liberty. A Handbook Containing an Account of the Battle of Lexington; Paul Revere’s Narrative of His Famous Ride; a Sketch of the Town and the Places of Historic Interest; Inscriptions on All Historic Tablets; Directory; Map and Numerous Illustrations … Second Edition (Lexington: Lexington Publishing Co., 1904).

Piper, Fred S. Lexington: The Birthplace of American Liberty. A Handbook Containing an Account of the Battle of Lexington; Paul Revere’s Narrative of His Famous Ride; a Sketch of the Town and the Places of Historic Interest; Inscriptions on All Historic Tablets; Directory; Map and Numerous Illustrations … Fourth Edition (Lexington: Lexington Historical Society, 1915).

Piper, Fred S. Lexington: The Birthplace of American Liberty. A Handbook Containing a Brief Summary of the Events Leading Up to the Outbreak of the American Revolution; Paul Revere’s Narrative of His Famous Ride; an Account of the Battle of Lexington; a Sketch of the Town and the Places of Historic Interest; Inscriptions on All Historic Tablets; Directory; Map and Numerous Illustrations … Eighth Edition (Lexington: Lexington Historical Society, 1928).

Porter, Edward G. Address at a Dinner Given by the Lexington Historical Society, November 5, 1889, on the 100^th Anniversary of Washington’s Visit to Lexington … Reprinted from the Society’s Proceedings (Boston: Geo. H. Ellis, 1890). Inscribed on wrapper: "The Concord Library / from E.G. Porter."

Porter, Edward G., and H.M. Stephenson. Souvenir of 1775. Lexington, 1775-1875 (Boston: Published by James R. Osgood & Co.; Press of Rand, Avery, and Company, 1875).

Pullen, Doris L., and Donald B. Cobb. The Celebration of April the Nineteenth from 1776 to 1960 in Lexington, Massachusetts, "The Birthplace of American Liberty." A Publication of the Town Celebrations Committee for the people of Lexington (Lexington, Mass.: Town Celebrations Committee; Printed by the Lexington Press, Inc., 1960).

Staples, Carlton A. Two Old-time Ministers of Lexington ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]).

Williams, Avery. A Discourse Delivered at Lexington, March 31, 1813, the Day Which Completed a Century from the Incorporation of the Town (Boston: Printed by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1813). Inscribed on title-page: "From Miss E.A. Stone."

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Box III.8:

III. H. Lincoln, Mass., 1897-1989: (nineteen items)

Chapin, R. Curtis. "Excavating an Italian Garden in America: An unusual combination of archaeology and horticulture saves a turn-of-the-century showpiece from ruin." Photocopy of article (pages [38]-[45]) in Horticulture (Nov. 1975).

Cunningham, Henry Crawford. Address of Henry Crawford Cunningham, Rector of St. Anne’s Church, South Lincoln, Massachusetts. Memorial Day, Sunday, May 30^th, 1897. To be deposited in the Archives of Grand Army Post 180, Concord, Massachusetts. The Author deeply appreciates and is grateful for the honor of the request for a copy of his address [typescript], 1897. Inscribed by the author.

Cunningham, Henry Crawford. "A new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Address on Memorial Sunday, St. Anne’s Church, South Lincoln … May Twenty-seventh, Nineteen Hundred [typescript], 1900.

Fitch, Marion, and Jane Poor. Hartwell Farm [brochure for historic building and restaurant; two versions] ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified]).

Forbes, Harriette M. "Some Seventeenth-Century Houses of Middlesex County, Massachusetts." Article (pages 90-105) in Old-Time New England, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jan. 1939). Includes section on and photographs of the Captain William Smith House in Lincoln. Ruth R. Wheeler’s copy, with annotation.

Glass, Kerry. The Nathan Brown Farm ([Lincoln, Mass.]: The Lincoln Historical Commission, 1977).

Hapgood, Ruth. Hobbs—His Brook [typescript slide lecture for the Lincoln Historical Society, accompanied by 47 color slides], 1984. Gift, 11/01/94 (donor unrecorded).

Lincoln Conservation Commission. Flint Fields Preservation (Lincoln, Mass.: The Commission, 1989).

Little, Elizabeth A., compiler. Environmental Studies: 1970-1975, Lincoln, Massachusetts [thirteen items collected by the compiler], 1970-1975. Contents: 1970 LHS [Lincoln Historical Society] Mill History (Abbott’s Mill)—Mill Site Hunt, 1970-1971, Documentation—Mill Site Hunt Guidelines—Looking for Limestone in Lincoln, 1973—Eskers in Lincoln, 1973—Clues to a Rope Industry in 18^th century Lincoln, 1973—Wild Cranberries in Lincoln, 1972—Harvesting Ice on Lincoln Ponds, by Sumner Smith, 1973—The American Chestnut in Lincoln, 1972—Tools in Lincoln: 1754-1829, 1972—Swamps in Lincoln, 1973—Map of Lincoln in 1775—Environmental Studies at Mt. Misery, 1973.

Little, Elizabeth A. The Law Suit, Hobbs Brook Mill, 1854 [photocopy of typescript draft of a work in progress, notes, maps, and related materials], 1971.

Mack, Robert W. The History of Old Brooks Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts [photocopy of draft typescript], 1980.

Martin, Margaret M. A Cursory Inventory of Papers Received from Minuteman National Park [photocopy of typescript and of some original plans], 1972.

Martin, Margaret M. Flint’s or Sandy Pond? [typescript], 1986.

Martin, Margaret M. People, Bridges, and Taverns. A drama in seven scenes describing events in Lincoln, Massachusetts, on the eve of the American Revolution ([Lincoln]: Privately Printed for the Lincoln Historical Society, ©1971). Gift of Mrs. William Henry Moss, 1972.

Martin, Margaret M. Script used for school bus tours of Lincoln, sponsored by the Lincoln Historical Society [photocopy of typescript, with accompanying map and key], 1971-1972. Consists of the 1971 version with one emended page added in 1972.

[Minute Man National Historical Park.] Hartwell Tavern: Major Alterations and Dates [photocopied typescript timeline with sketches on reverse, accompanied by genealogy and other supporting materials], [1982?].

Minute Man National Historical Park. [Invitation to open house at Captain William Smith House, Sunday, June 30, 1985], 1985.

Smith, Sumner, Lydia Gillis, Jean Koehler, and others. Harvesting Ice on Lincoln Ponds … January 1973, Smith School [photocopied typescript, with sketches and photographs], 1973.

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III. I. Sudbury, Mass., 1748-[1939]: (five items)

Boutwell, George S. Address of Governor Boutwell, at the Dedication of the Monument, to the Memory of Capt. Wadsworth, at Sudbury, Mass., Nov. 23, 1852 ([place of publication and publisher unknown; 1852]). Pages [9]-21 from unidentified pamphlet or book.

Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration of Massachusetts. A Brief History of the Towne of Sudbury in Massachusetts. Together with the Programme of Exercises enacted in Commemoration of its Three Hundredth Anniversary. 1639-1939 ([Sudbury: Sudbury Tercentenary Committee, 1939]).

Loring, Israel. Diaries, Rev’d. Mr. Israel Loring, Pastor, Westside Church (West Precinct Church), Sudbury, Massachusetts [photocopy in four volumes of original manuscript diary in possession of the Goodnow Library, Sudbury], 1748-1765; photocopied 1979. Contents: November 20, 1748-May 8, 1750—April 18, 1753-December 7, 1753; December 9, 1753-January 30, 1757—February 1, 1757-April 25, 1759—July 28, 1762-November 3, 1765. Gift of George D. Max. Permission to photocopy must be obtained from the Goodnow Library, Sudbury, Mass.

Porter, [----]. Sudbury, by Porter [undated duplicated typescript, with title in manuscript].

Sudbury (Mass.). Proceedings at the Dedication of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Honor of Revolutionary Patriots at Sudbury, Massachusetts, June Seventeenth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Six. Including the Oration of Hon. John L. Bates of Boston. 1775-1896 (Sudbury: Published by the Town; South Framingham, Mass.: Lakeview Press, 1897).

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SERIES IV. PAMPHLET MATERIALS ON MULTIPLE TOPICS, ORGANIZED BY FORM, 1752-1940:

Box IV.1:

IV. A. Addresses on Various Topics (including bound volumes of miscellaneous inauguration, dedication, unveiling, historical, political, anniversary, Fourth of July, commencement, Phi Beta Kappa, and other occasional addresses), 1821-1884: (four bound volumes containing forty-two items; subseries overlaps topically with other subseries, duplicates some material elsewhere, and includes several specifically Concord-related items, two sermons, and a long poem)

In bound volume titled "Addresses, Inauguration & Dedication" (accession number 23754), listed in order in which bound:

Coolidge, J.I.T. The Power of Christianity. A Discourse Preached at the Dedication of the House of the Thirteenth Congregational Church, in Harrison Avenue, Boston, May 3, 1848 … Published by Request of the Society (Boston: Wm. Crosby & H.P. Nichols, 1848). Inscription on wrapper (cropped).

Webster, Daniel. Mr. Webster’s Address at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Addition to the Capitol; July 4^th, 1851 … (Washington: Gideon and Co., 1851). Inscribed on wrapper: "Frederic Hudson / New York City, / 1851."

Wise, Henry A. Gov. Wise’s Inaugural Address, at Lexington Va. Military Institute, July, 1856 ([no place of publication or publisher specified; 1856]).

Winthrop, Robert C. Oration at the Inauguration of the Statue of Benjamin Franklin, in His Native City, Sept. 17, 1856 (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1856). Inscribed on the title-page by the author (inscription cropped).

Inauguration of the Statue of Horace Mann, in the State-House Grounds, Boston, Massachusetts, July 4, 1865; with the Addresses of Gov. Andrew, John D. Philbrick, President Hill, Dr. S.G. Howe, and Others (Boston: Walker, Fuller, and Company, 1865).

Austin, Arthur W. Address at Dedication of the Town-House at Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1868). Inscribed on front lining leaf: Worcester's Ancient ... Atlas "To The Free Public Library, / Concord Massachusetts, from / Arthur W. Austin"

Waite, Morrison R., and Noah Porter. Addresses at the Unveiling of the Joseph Henry Statue, at Washington, D.C., April 19, 1883 … From the Smithsonian Report for 1883 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884).

Services at the Dedication of a Mural Monument to James Walker, D.D., LL.D., in the Harvard Church in Charlestown, in the City of Boston, January 14, 1883 … (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1884). Inscribed on wrapper for the Concord Free Public Library (inscription cropped).

In bound volume titled "Addresses, Educational, etc." (accession number 23755), listed in order in which bound:

Bellows, Henry W. The Leger and the Lexicon: or, Business and Literature in Account with American Education. An Oration Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, July 26, 1853 (Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1853).

Hill, Thomas. Liberal Education. An Address Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College, July 22, 1858 (Cambridge: Published by John Bartlett, 1858).

Harvard College. Addresses at the Inauguration of Cornelius Conway Felton, LL.D., as President of Harvard College, and at the Festival of the Alumni, Thursday, July 19, 1860 (Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1860).

Osgood, Samuel. The Graduate’s Return: An Oration Before the Alumni of Harvard University, at Their Triennial Festival, July 19, 1860 (Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1860). Inscribed on wrapper: "Edward Jarvis, M.D."

Hill, Thomas. Addresses at the Inauguration of Thomas Hill, D.D., as President of Harvard College, Wednesday, March 4, 1863 (Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1863).

Andrew, John A. An Address to the Graduating Class of the Medical School in the University at Cambridge, on Wednesday, March 9, 1864 (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864).

In untitled bound volume (unaccessioned; stamped "Allen’s Country Store / South Sudbury, Mass."; purchased from Henry A. Fredette, 1982), listed in order in which bound:

Ripley, Ezra. A History of the Fight at Concord, on the 19^th of April, 1775, with a Particular Account of the Military Operations and Interesting Events of That Ever Memorable Day; Showing That Then and There the First Regular and Forcible Resistance Was Made to the British Soldiery, and the First British Blood Was Shed by Armed Americans, and the Revolutionary War Thus Commenced (Concord: Printed and Published by Allen & Atwill, 1827). Inscription on title-page (cropped) and on page [iii] ("Charles Reed’s Property / 1840").

[Henshaw, David]. Observations Occasioned by the Remarks, on the Character of Napoleon Bonaparte, Published in the Christian Examiner, Vol. IV. No. V. By a Citizen of Boston (Boston: True and Greene, Printers, 1828). Inscribed on title-page: "Chs. Reed, Esq. / from D. Henshaw."

Prince, Joseph H. An Address, Delivered at Faneuil Hall, July 4, 1828. At the Jackson Celebration, in Boston (Boston: True and Greene, Printers, 1828).

Stetson, Caleb. An Oration Delivered at Lexington, on the Fourth of July, 1825 (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1825).

Sumner, Bradford. An Address Delivered at the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Massachusetts Peace Society, January 19, 1831 (Boston: Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1831).

Gray, Francis C. Oration Delivered Before the Legislature of Massachusetts, at their Request, on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers to the State, 1832).

Lexington (Mass.). Report of a Committee Appointed by a Vote of the Town to Investigate the Ministerial Fund of Lexington (Concord: Published by Herman Atwill, 1832).

Cheney, John M. An Address Delivered Before the Society of Middlesex Husbandmen and Manufacturers, at Concord, Mass. Oct. 5, 1831 (Concord: Published by Herman Atwill, 1831).

Phinney, Elias. Address Delivered Before the Middlesex Society of Husbandmen and Manufacturers. At Their Annual Festival, October 7, 1830 (Charlestown: Printed by William W. Wheildon, 1830).

Everett, Edward. An Address, Delivered at Lexington, on the 19^th (20^th) April, 1835 (Charlestown: Published by William W. Wheildon, 1835).

Mercantile Library Association (Boston). An Address Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, on Its Seventeenth Anniversary, in the Masonic Temple, Monday Evening, March 20, 1837, by Isaac C. Pray, Jr., A.M. A Poem, by Lovet Stimson, Jr. Together with the Remarks of Hon. Stephen Fairbanks, and His Excellency Edward Everett, on That Occasion(Boston: Printed for the Association, 1837). Inscribed in pencil on title-page: "Chs. Muzzey Reed / No. 3 Morton Place."

Everett, Edward. An Address, Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, at the Odeon in Boston, September 13, 1838 (Boston: Published by William D. Ticknor, 1838).

Fields, James T. Anniversary Poem, Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association of Boston, September 13, 1838 (Boston: Published by William D. Ticknor, 1838).

Colman, Henry. On Labor. An Address at the Annual Cattle Shows of the Worcester and the Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin Agricultural Societies, Massachusetts, October, 1838 (Boston: Otis, Broaders and Company, 1839).

In untitled bound volume (unaccessioned; gift of Janet Turley), listed in order in which bound:

Webster, Daniel. A Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England … Second Edition (Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821). Inscribed on title-page: " […] / Asa Alford Tufts / Feb. 5. 1822" (inscription cropped).

Beecher, Lyman. The Memory of Our Fathers. A Sermon Delivered at Plymouth, on the Twenty-Second of December, 1827 (Boston: T.R. Marvin, Printer, 1828).

Wisner, Benjamin B. Influence of Religion on Liberty. A Discourse in Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1830 (Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1831).

Webster, Daniel. An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument … Fifth Edition (Boston: Published by Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1825).

Webster, Daniel. Speech of Daniel Webster, on the Subject of the Public Lands, &c. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 20, 1830 (Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1830).

Hayne, Robert Y., and Daniel Webster. Speeches of the Hon. Robert Y. Hayne, and the Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan. 21 and 26, 1830. With a Sketch of the Preceding Debate on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, Respecting the Sale, &c., of Public Lands (Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee, 1830).

Holmes, John. Speech of Mr. Holmes, of Maine, in the Senate of the United States, on His Resolutions Calling upon the President of the United States for the Reasons of His Removing from Office, and Filling the Vacancies Thus Created, in the Recess of the Senate (Washington: Printed and Published at the Office of the National Journal, 1830).

Ware, Henry. A Sermon, Delivered in King’s Chapel, Boston, 9 July, 1826; Being the Next Lord’s Day After the Death of John Adams, Late President of the United States (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1826).

Everett, Edward. An Address Delivered at Charlestown August 1, 1826, in Commemoration of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (Boston: William L. Lewis, 1826).

Everett, Edward. A Lecture on the Working Men’s Party, First Delivered October Sixth, Before the Charlestown Lyceum, and Published at Their Request (Boston: Published by Gray and Bowen, 1830).

Wisner, Benjamin B. A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of the Hon. William Phillips, Preached on the Third of June, 1827, Being the Sabbath After the Funeral (Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1827).

Quincy, Josiah. An Address to the Citizens of Boston, on the XVIIth of September, MDCCCXXX, the Close of the Second Century from the First Settlement of the City (Boston: J.H. Eastburn, Printer to the City, 1830).

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IV. B. Sermons on Various Topics (including bound and loose ordination, election, fast, thanksgiving, Christmas, farewell, and other occasional sermons, 1752-1874: (two bound volumes containing thirty-six items, plus four separate items; subseries includes several non-sermon items and some specifically Concord-related items)

In untitled bound volume (accession number 2128; from the collection of the Concord Town Library, with Town Library bookplate pasted to front paste-down endpaper; inscribed on front free endpaper: "Concord Town / Library. / The gift of / Geo. F. Hoar."), listed in order in which bound:

Middlesex Bible Society. First Report of the Bible Society in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, MDCCCXVI. With the Constitution, List of Members, Donors, &c. (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1816).

Middlesex Bible Society. Second Report of the Bible Society in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 30 April, MDCCCXVII [caption title] ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified; 1817]). Inscription on page 1 (cropped).

Middlesex Bible Society. Third Report of the Bible Society in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 29 April, MDCCCXVIII (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1818).

Remarks on the Existing State of the Laws in Massachusetts, Respecting Violations of the Sabbath (Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Willis, 1816).

A Political Sermon, Addressed to the Electors of Middlesex ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified; 1808]).

Packard, Hezekiah. Federal Republicanism. Displayed in Two Discourses Preached on the Day of the State Fast at Chelmsford, and on the Day of the National Fast at Concord, in April, 1799 … (Boston: Printed by John Russell, 1799).

Cumings, Henry. A Sermon Preached in Billerica, December 11, 1783, the Day recommended by Congress to All the States to be observed as a Day of Public Thanksgiving, and Appointed to be observed accordingly, throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by the Authority of the same (Boston: Printed by T. and J. Fleet, 1784). Inscribed on title-page: "For Ephraim Wood Esq. in Concord / from his friend Joshua Abbot in Bill[erica]" (inscription cropped).

Ripley, Ezra. A Sermon, Delivered at York, October 10, 1798, at the Ordination of the Rev. Rosewell Messinger, to the Pastoral Charge of the First Church as Colleague Pastor, with the Rev. Isaac Lyman ... (Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Printed by Charles Peirce, 1798).

Bliss, Daniel. The Gospel Hidden to Them That Are Lost; Being the Substance of Two Sermons, Preached at Concord; Shewing When and Whence the Gospel Is Hid to Any Under the Dispensation of It; and Some of the Miseries Such Persons Are Under, and Others to Which They Are Exposed … (Concord, MS. [Mass.]: Printed by Joseph T. Peters, 1818).

Adams, Moses. A Sermon, Delivered at Acton, Lord’s-Day, Jan. 1, 1804; Occasioned by the Death of Col. John Edwards … (Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, 1804).

Ripley, Ezra. Fidelity in Christian Ministers. A Sermon, Delivered, November 22, 1809, at the Ordination of Rev. Samuel Ripley to the Care of the Church and Congregation in Waltham, and Published by Their Request (Boston: Printed by John Eliot, Jun., 1809).

Holmes, Abiel. A Sermon Delivered at the Episcopal Church in Cambridge, by the Request of the Wardens and Vestry, December 25, 1809, in Celebration of the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810).

Cumings, Henry. An Half-Century Discourse, Addressed to the People of Billerica, Feb. 21, 1813 … Published at the Unanimous Request of the Town (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1813).

Lathrop, John. A Discourse on the Law of Retaliation, Delivered in the New Brick Church, February 6, 1814 … Published by Request of the Hearers (Boston: Published by James W. Burditt, 1814).

Beecher, Lyman. A reformation of morals practicable and indispensable. A Sermon Delivered at New-Haven on the Evening of October 27, 1812 … Second Edition (Andover: Flagg and Gould, Printers, 1814).

Stearns, Charles. A Sermon, Delivered at Concord, Before the Bible Society in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 26 April, 1815 (Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, Printers, [1815]).

Eliot, Richard R. Two Sermons Preached at Watertown, Sept. 22, 1816 … Published at the Request of the Hearers (Concord, Mass.: Printed by Joseph T. Peters, 1816). Inscribed on title-page: "Mr. Eliots Sermon."

Ripley, Ezra. The Obligations of Parents to give their children a virtuous education, and to provide Schools for this purpose, with Advice to Scholars, illustrated and urged in a Sermon, Delivered, September 7, 1820, at the Opening of Three New School Houses, Which were Religiously Appropriated to the Interests of Learning and Virtue, and Directed to the Honour of God; and Which Sermon Is Now Affectionately Inscribed to the Children and Youth in Concord, Who Usually Attend the Schools … Published at the request of the Committee for building the school houses, and many others who heard it (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1820).

Osgood, David. A Sermon at the Ordination of the Reverend Convers Francis to the Pastoral Charge of the Church and Society in Watertown, June 23, 1819 (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1819).

Ripley, Ezra. A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall, to the Pastoral Care of the East Church and Society in Barnstable, December 22, 1819 (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1820). Inscription on title-page (cropped).

Gallison, John. Address, Delivered at the Fourth Anniversary of the Massachusetts Peace Society, December 25^th, 1819 … Published at the request of the Society (Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1820).

In bound volume titled "Sermons. Election and Farewell." (accession number 23756), listed in order in which bound:

A Political Sermon, Addressed to the Electors of Middlesex ([no place of publication, publisher, or date of publication specified; 1808]).

Channing, William Ellery. A Sermon, Preached at the Annual Election, May 26, 1830, Before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, Governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts (Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee; Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1830).

Pierce, John. Requisites to Our Country’s Glory. A Discourse Before His Excellency George N. Briggs, Governor, His Honor John Reed, Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, 3 Jan. 1849 (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1849).

Park, Edward A. The Indebtedness of the State to the Clergy. A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency George N. Briggs, Governor, His Honor John Reed, Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, January 2, 1851 (Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, State Printers, 1851).

Huntington, F.D. Christian Citizenship and Honest Legislation. A Sermon Delivered Before the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1858 (Boston: Published by Gould and Lincoln, 1858). Inscribed on wrapper: "Francis Jarvis / March 185[…]" (inscription cropped).

Hale, Edward Everett. A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency Nathaniel P. Banks, Governor, His Honor Eliphalet Trask, Lieutenant-Governor, the Honorable Council, and the General Court of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1859 (Boston: William White, Printer to the State, 1859).

Phelps, Austin. The relations of the Bible to the Civilization of the Future. A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency Nathaniel P. Banks, Governor, His Honor Eliphalet Trask, Lieut. Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, January 2, 1861 (Boston: William White, Printer to the State, 1861).

Grinnell, Charles E. Fanaticism. A Sermon Delivered Before the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, January 4, 1871 (Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1871). Inscribed on wrapper: "Joseph Derby."

Grinnell, Charles E. A Farewell Sermon Delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown, 28 December, 1873 … Printed by Request for the Society (Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1874).

Walker, James. A Discourse Delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown, July 14, 1839, on Taking Leave of His Society … Printed by Request, for the Use of the Society (Cambridge: Metcalf, Torry, and Ballou, 1839).

Fosdick, David. The Anniversary and Farewell Sermons Preached in the Hollis-Street Meeting-House, the Former March 3, the Latter September 19, 1847 … With an Appendix (Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1847).

Coolidge, J.I.T. A Farewell Discourse, Delivered to the Purchase Street Congregation, April 30, 1848, on Occasion of Leaving Their Old Church … Printed by Request, for the Use of the Church, Not Published (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1848). Inscription on wrapper (cropped).

Parkman, Francis. A Sermon Delivered in the New North Church, in Boston, Jan. XXVIII. 1849, on Resigning His Pastoral Charge (Boston: Printed by John Wilson, 1849). Inscription on wrapper (cropped).

Frothingham, Nathaniel Langdon. Farewell: A Sermon Preached to the First Church, on Resigning Its Pastoral Charge, Sunday, March 10, 1850 … Printed by Request (Boston: Printed by John Wilson, 1850).

Clarke, James Freeman. The Duties of Massachusetts. A Sermon Delivered Before the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1868 (Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1868).

Separate items:

Gay, Ebenezer. The Mystery of the Seven Stars in Christ’s Right Hand. Open’d and Apply’d in a Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Jonathan Dorby, to the Pastoral Care of the Second Church in Scituate: November 13. 1751 …(Boston: Printed and Sold by J. Draper, 1752). Title-page damaged. Inscription on verso of title-page (only partially legible).

Greenough, William. Sermon, Delivered May 10, 1820; at the Ordination of the Rev. Marshall Shedd, as Pastor of the Church and Congregation in Acton ... With the Charge, Right Hand of Fellowship to the Minister, and an Address to the People. Published at the request of the Town (Concord, Mass.: Joseph T. Peters, 1820). Removed from the Winnifred L. Sturdy Collection (purchased in 1990 from the Harvard Historical Society).

Richmond, Edward. A Sermon, Delivered at Lexington, April 28, 1819, at the Ordination of the Reverend Charles Briggs, to the Pastoral Charge of the Church in That Town (Boston: Printed by Munroe & Francis, 1819). Inscribed on title-page: "From Miss E.A. Stone."

Whitney, Peter. A Sermon, Delivered at Quincy, January 1, 1837 … Published by Request (Quincy: Printed by Green & Osborne, 1837).

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IV. C. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Publications, 1921-1940: (twenty-two items)

Carlton, Mabel Mason. Framing the Declaration of Independence. Adopted July 4, 1776 (Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, ©1926). Issue No. 110. Collection includes three printings. Stamp of J.J. Van Emden on title-page of one of the printings.

Dickens, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth (Abridged): A Fairy Tale of Home (Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, [no date of publication or copyright date specified]). Issue No. 101. Stamp of J.J. Van Emden on title-page.

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