DOCSLIB.ORG

Concord River

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Concord River THE MUSKETAQUID During the last decade of his life, Thoreau visited his rivers more than twice as often as the upland woods and lakes that he is far better known for writing about. — Professor Robert M. Thorson, THE BOATMAN, page 3 HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1635 October 6, Saturday: The Reverend John Jones arrived in Boston, bringing a large number of settlers destined for the new inland plantation on the meadows of the Musketaquid River, to be called Concord. For the first 17 or 18 years of its existence, until 1653, Simon Willard would be functioning as the Town Clerk of this new inland town. Prior to the arrival of this group of English intrusives, the indigenous Americans had been utilizing as a seasonal campsite the ford of the Musketaquid (meaning “marsh-grass river”) or Concord River in the vicinity at which there is now the Battle Bridge or Old North Bridge. That river ford itself was presumably clear of vegetation and a part of the Great Fields.1 1. Remnants of roadbeds dating to this period before 1650 are still to be noted in the marsh west of the bridge. HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1654 In approximately this year the 1st bridge was constructed at the ford of the Concord River, where the Battle Bridge or Old North Bridge now stands, linking Concord to that district of Concord that would become Acton, and to Groton and the world beyond. (I know of no evidence to support what the Park Service now asserts to be “widely held,” that a bridge had been there since the 1630s.) HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1659 In Concord, Thomas Brooks was again deputy and representative to the General Court. Concord petitioned the General Court for aid in the maintenance of a bridge in the vicinity of where Battle Bridge or Old North Bridge now stands. MUSKETAQUID HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1665 In Concord, Timothy Wheeler was again deputy and representative to the General Court. The native trail of sorts between Concord and Groton was improved, passing over a bridge where Old North Bridge now stands. The 1st bridge across the Concord River at Concord, the one below Joseph Barrett’s, Esq. that went to Lee’s hill, was washed away (this would be replaced in the following year, and a successor to it would come to be known as “South Bridge”). Curiously, these bridges over the north-flowing Sudbury River were being washed out by south-flowing back floods of the Assabet. More generally, bridge damage was largely self- inflicted, because the flood currents were strengthened by more than an order of magnitude owing to the constrictions of causeways and bridge abutments. — Professor Robert M. Thorson, THE BOATMAN, page 56 HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1666 In Concord, Timothy Wheeler was again deputy and representative to the General Court. When a fire began in the cellar of the home of Henry Woodhouse (Woodis) in Concord, the snow was about 5 feet deep and the wind was from the north-west and extremely cold. The father and mother and their girls jumped from chamber windows with only their linen on and managed to save themselves from the cold by taking refuge in their hoghouse, driving the pigs out. However, the feet of Mrs. Woodhouse were so badly frozen “as to be a cripple whilst she lived.” The only son, a few weeks old, could not be retrieved from the house and died in the blaze. The bridge across the Concord River at Concord that had washed away in the previous year, the one below Joseph Barrett’s, Esq. that went to Lee’s hill, was replaced by another where the South Bridge would later stand. In Concord, Nathaniel Ball, Sr. recorded ownership of a “house lott” of 13 acres. (This property eventually would become the Alcott family’s “Hillside” and the Hawthorne family’s “The Wayside.”) OLD HOUSES HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1699 In Concord, Thomas Brown continued as Town Clerk. At this point Henry Woodhouse (Woodis) owned 350 acres in Concord. His property would eventually be known as Lee’s Hill, named after his son-in-law Dr. Joseph Lee, town physician — until it would revert back to the name Nashawtuk. The trail through Concord to Groton, which had been in existence at least since 1665, was at this point upgraded and incorporated into a Groton Road which ran 200 miles to the British citadel at Crown Point on Lake Champlain, gateway to Québec. The road passed over the Concord River via a bridge near where the Old North Bridge now stands. At some point during the late 17th Century, Captain James Minot had built the home that eventually would become the east wing of Concord’s Colonial Inn (we know he was living there on November 14, 1716). HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1750 In Concord, Massachusetts, Ephraim Jones was Town Clerk. John Jones, Ephraim Jones, Nathaniel Whittemore, Ephraim Wood, Simon Hunt, and Joshua Brooks were Selectmen (6 selectmen?). Ephraim Jones, who had since 1745 been the representative from Concord to the Massachusetts General Court, temporarily left that office (he would again be the representative from Concord to the Massachusetts General Court during 1753), and Chambers Russell became the deputy and representative to the General Court. Chambers Russell of Concord was serving as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and of the Court of Vice- Admiralty. Concord’s 9 Surveyors of Highways and Bridges were increased to 12. James Minott of Concord was an Assistant and Counselor. Since the terrain where the Old North Bridge over the Concord River now stands is quite marshy and vulnerable to flooding, a raised, cobblestone causeway was at this point constructed to allow access during river floods, from the bridge at that location to Jonathan Buttrick’s house in Concord. He donated the land for this road to the town and pledged to build and maintain a stone wall on the road’s north side to protect his farm from travelers. The following table exhibits the appropriations for several objects at different periods in the town of Acton:2 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 Minister £50 £52 £70 £3,562 £80 $353 $353 $363 ___ Schools 13 12 24 2,000 49 333 450 450 450 Roads 26 70 60 800 120 400 500 600 800 Incidental 20 12 80 10,000 100 500 1,000 1,400 600 At about this point Ammi Ruhammah Faulkner created the Grist Mill, sometimes referred to as the Corn Mill, at “Mill Corner” in South Acton. During this year or the following year, A-1-1-1-2 Hannah Hosmer Post, who had been born during 1671, died. She had been married to Stephen Post, who had been born on December 3d, 1664 and would die on May 16th, 1752. 2. Lemuel Shattuck’s 1835 A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CONCORD;.... Boston: Russell, Odiorne, and Company; Concord MA: John Stacy (On or about November 11, 1837 Henry Thoreau would indicate a familiarity with the contents of at least pages 2-3 and 6-9 of this historical study.) HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1760 Construction, or reconstruction, of an “Old North Bridge” across the Concord River. The Concord River I find nothing more fit to compare it with than one of the half- torpid earthworms I dig up for bait. The worm is sluggish and so is the river. The river is muddy and so is the worm. You hardly know whether either be alive or dead. But, still, in the course of time they both creep away. Upon a selectmen’s petition to the General Court, a lottery was sponsored to raise money for bridge work. What would be built consisted of five sets of pilings with railings on both sides, a simple oak bridge with a surface of loose planking which might be rearranged by wagon drivers or military units as necessary. It was this loose plank surface which the British soldiers would attempt to remove to impede the crossing of the militia formation during the infamous 1775 dustup. HDT WHAT? INDEX MUSKETAQUID CONCORD RIVER 1770 In Concord, Jonas Heywood, James Chandler, David Brown, Humphrey Barrett, and Jonas Minott were Selectmen. (Concord’s five selectmen would henceforth be reduced to three.) In Concord, John Beaton continued as Town Treasurer. Jonas Heywood became Town Clerk. James Barrett was Concord’s deputy and representative to the General Court. David Brown, who lived near the Old North Bridge over the Concord River, was paid by Concord to care for the causeway and wall associated with this bridge.3 The following table exhibits the appropriations for several objects at different periods in the town of Acton:4 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 Minister £50 £52 £70 £3,562 £80 $353 $353 $363 ___ Schools 13 12 24 2,000 49 333 450 450 450 Roads 26 70 60 800 120 400 500 600 800 Incidental 20 12 80 10,000 100 500 1,000 1,400 600 Nearby Lincoln has been said to have been (despite lack of real statistics upon which to base such a claim) a reasonably healthy town: From 1760 to 1770, to 1780, to 1790, to 1800, to 1810, to 1820, —Total. Intentions of Marriage 56 79 65 69 73 59 =401. Marriages 38 40 35 48 87 56 =274. Births 185 196 186 192 168 164 =1091. Deaths 83 122 104 86 118 94 =607.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Edmund Rice Descendents at Concord And
    Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Involvement by Edmund Rice Descendants Michael A. Rice, Treasurer Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. Summary • Historical background leading up to the Battles of Lexington & Concord April 18- 19, 1775 • Brief biography of key leaders in the battles • Details of the progression of the battles and their aftermath • Some Edmund Rice descendants who were participating combatants in the battles Historical Background 1 • Boston Tea Party --- December 16, 1773 In response to increasing taxes & business restrictions 1760s (including Stamp, Townsend Acts) after the Seven Years War Tea Act of 1773 favored W.D. Cooper. 1789. "Boston Tea status of East India Company Party." In: The History of North America. London: E. Newberry tea monopoly excluding Publisher. colonial shipping businesses Historical Background 2 • American Colonies Act of 1766 Declared Parliamentary sovereignty to North America • Massachusetts Government Act of May 20, 1774 abolished the Great & General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony & asserted greater royal control of governing appointees • Massachusetts Provincial Congress formed Oct. 5, 1774 & w/ John Hancock as its president; this extralegal body became the de facto Seal of the Provincial Congress of government of Massachusetts outside Massachusetts, "By the sword we of Boston; & it maintained the seek peace, but peace only under Colonial Militia (including the liberty." Minutemen) Historical Background 3: Address to Parliament by King George III on February 6, 1775 We ... find
    [Show full text]
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
    Battles of Lexington and Concord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord Coordinates: 42°26′58.7″N 71°13′51.0″W From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.[9][10] They were fought Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Part of the American Revolutionary War within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Through effective intelligence gathering, Patriot colonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk and had moved most of them to other locations. They also received details about British plans on the night before the battle and were able to rapidly notify the area militias of the enemy movement. Romanticized 19th century depiction of Battle of Lexington Date April 19, 1775 The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. The militia were outnumbered and fell back, and the regulars proceeded on to Location Middlesex County, Massachusetts Concord, where they searched for the supplies. At the North Bridge in Lexington: 42°26′58.7″N Concord, approximately 500 militiamen fought and defeated three 71°13′51.0″W companies of the King's troops.
    [Show full text]
  • Reuben Brown Hdt What? Index
    THE PEOPLE OF CONCORD: REUBEN BROWN HDT WHAT? INDEX THE PEOPLE OF CONCORD: REUBEN BROWN 1725 A house was erected on Concord’s Lexington Avenue (either that, or an existing house was completely updated and rebuilt on that location, that had once been the home of the Reverend Peter Bulkeley). You know what? – It’s still there. Church services separate from those in Concord began at this point in Bedford. HDT WHAT? INDEX THE PEOPLE OF CONCORD: REUBEN BROWN These are the “Two Brothers Rocks” on the bank of the Concord River at Bedford: In 1723 some white people, including some white people from Concord, had petitioned for and had obtained some western lands. In this year such a petition was again successful, at least for some: A similar petition was made in 1725, and granted, so far as relates to Concord; the six families belonging to Chelmsford to continue in the west parish of that town.1 VALUATION.— From the returns of the assessors in the offices of the secretary of the Commonwealth and the town clerk, I [Dr. Lemuel Shattuck] have compiled the following tables, which will afford interesting information, illustrative of the wealth of the town at different periods. The only articles mentioned in the valuations of personal property, taken under the province charter, were horses, oxen, cows, sheep, swine, slaves, and faculty. The total valuation of personal and real estate, in 1706, as reduced to our present [1835] currency nearly according to the received tables of depreciation, was $9,898, and for several subsequent periods, was as follows.2 Year.
    [Show full text]
  • Embattled Farmers and the Shot Heard Round the World: the Battles of Lexington and Concord
    National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places U.S. Department of the Interior Embattled Farmers and the Shot Heard Round the World: The Battles of Lexington and Concord Embattled Farmers and the Shot Heard Round the World: The Battles of Lexington and Concord (Detroit Publishing Company Collection of the Library of Congress) "By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flags to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.”1 1 Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York, Boston, Thomas Y. Crowell & Company: 1899. National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places U.S. Department of the Interior Embattled Farmers and the Shot Heard Round the World: The Battles of Lexington and Concord Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the most noted residents of Concord, Massachusetts, penned these words for the town’s bicentennial in 1835. In April 1875, for the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Concord, another Concord native, sculptor Daniel Chester French, created his first great public work. Emerson’s words were incised on the stone pedestal. A century before, a group of express riders, including Paul Revere, rode across the Middlesex County countryside. They did not shout “The British are coming! The British are coming!” as myth would have us believe. Rather, the riders warned that the King’s troops were on the march, arousing the embattled farmers praised by Emerson. At that time the riders and farmer alike were still loyal subjects to England’s King George the III. Independence was the furthest thing from their minds.
    [Show full text]
  • The Boston Campaign the Birth of the American Revolutionary War
    The Boston Campaign The birth of the American Revolutionary War PDF generated using the open source mwlib toolkit. See http://code.pediapress.com/ for more information. PDF generated at: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:49:25 UTC Contents Articles Introduction 1 Boston campaign 1 Start of the campaign 7 Powder Alarm 7 Battles of Lexington and Concord 11 Siege of Boston 33 Siege of Boston 33 Battle of Bunker Hill 42 Battle of Chelsea Creek 56 Noble train of artillery 61 Fortification of Dorchester Heights 66 References Article Sources and Contributors 70 Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 72 Article Licenses License 74 1 Introduction Boston campaign The Boston campaign was the opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The campaign was primarily concerned with the formation of American colonial irregular militia units, and their transformation into a unified Continental Army. The campaign's military conflicts started with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, in which colonial militias mustered to defend against the seizure of military stores in Concord, Massachusetts by British Army regulars. Some British units were defeated in a confrontation at Concord's North Bridge, and the entire British expedition suffered significant casualties during a running battle back to Charlestown against an ever-growing number of colonial militia. The accumulated militia surrounded the city of Boston, beginning the Siege of Boston. The main action during the siege, the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, was one of the bloodiest encounters of the entire war.[1] There were also numerous skirmishes near Boston and the coastal areas of Boston, resulting in either loss of life, military supplies, or both.
    [Show full text]
  • North Bridge, Minute Man National Historical Park
    National Park Service Cultural Landscapes Inventory 2012 North Bridge Minute Man National Historical Park Table of Contents Inventory Unit Summary & Site Plan Concurrence Status Geographic Information and Location Map Management Information National Register Information Chronology & Physical History Analysis & Evaluation of Integrity Condition Treatment Bibliography & Supplemental Information North Bridge Minute Man National Historical Park Inventory Unit Summary & Site Plan Inventory Summary The Cultural Landscapes Inventory Overview: CLI General Information: Purpose and Goals of the CLI The Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) is an evaluated inventory of all significant landscapes in units of the national park system in which the National Park Service has, or plans to acquire any enforceable legal interest. Landscapes documented through the CLI are those that individually meet criteria set forth in the National Register of Historic Places such as historic sites, historic designed landscapes, and historic vernacular landscapes or those that are contributing elements of properties that meet the criteria. In addition, landscapes that are managed as cultural resources because of law, policy, or decisions reached through the park planning process even though they do not meet the National Register criteria, are also included in the CLI. The CLI serves three major purposes. First, it provides the means to describe cultural landscapes on an individual or collective basis at the park, regional, or service-wide level. Secondly, it provides a platform to share information about cultural landscapes across programmatic areas and concerns and to integrate related data about these resources into park management. Thirdly, it provides an analytical tool to judge accomplishment and accountability. The legislative, regulatory, and policy direction for conducting the CLI include: National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 USC 470h-2(a)(1)).
    [Show full text]
  • North Bridge Historic Structure Report
    'H.. ' L;, • I, f -' " ~I I'~- NORTH BRIDGE HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT Developmental History North Bridge Unit Minute Man National Historical Park 1888 Commemorative Bridge, postcard view ca, 1900 By Judith Q_ Sullivan Architectural Conservator, National Park Service Northeast Regional Office Historic Architecture Program February, 2004 CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES AND CREDITS ........................................................................................ iv. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................ xi I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 ADMINSTRATIVE DATA ............................................................................................... 2 Basic Data ................................................................................................................ 2 Cultural Resource Data ............................................... , .... , .............................. , ........ 2 Proposed Use and Treatment .................................................................................. .3 Related Studies ........................................................................................................ .4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 5 Project Background and Scope ................................................................................ 5 Historical
    [Show full text]
  • An Administrative History of Minute Man National Historical Park
    National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior History Program Northeast Region Bridging the Past ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BRIDGING THE PAST AN ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK JOAN ZENZEN PREPARED UNDER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2010 Cover Illustration: Sheep on Historic Battle Road passing the Ephraim Hartwell Tavern, Minute Man National Park. From the Collection of Minute Man National Historical Park This report was completed in 2007 but not edited and printed until 2010. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations ............................................................................................................................... v List of Maps ........................................................................................................................................ vii Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................. ix List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................... xi Key Findings ......................................................................................................................................xiii Chapters Commemoration .................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Booklet 090201.Pdf
    REGISTRATION To: The Scouters of the Isaac Davis Trail P. O. Box Acton, MA 01720 We plan to hike the Isaac Davis Trail on ___________________ Unit _________ Council________________________________ City _____________________________ State ___________ Zip ____________ Youth ____________ Adults ____________ Signature _____________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ . ORDER FORM FOR AWARDS Send to: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Isaac Davis Trail Medal $3.50 __________ @ $3.50 __________ Isaac Davis Trail Embroidered Patch $1.50 __________ @ $1.50 __________ Isaac Davis Hat Pin $2.00 __________ @ $2.00 __________ Total $ __________ Please send check or Money Order with this form to: Scouters of the Isaac Davis Trail P. O. Box 763 Acton, MA 01720 THE ISAAC DAVIS TRAIL The Isaac Davis Trail is an official Boy Scout Historical Trail sponsored by the Scouters of the Isaac Davis Trail. It is the same trail used by Captain Isaac Davis of the Acton Minutemen in their historic march to Concord where "the shot heard around the world" was fired. Trail: The trail is seven miles long and takes 2-3 hours to cover. It begins at the home of Captain Davis where the original Minutemen met and ends at the Old North Bridge in Concord. Most of the route is on paved road. Only small stretches are cross-country. The trail is open year round and maybe hiked at any time. Awards: The award for hiking the trail and meeting other requirements consists of a medal suspended on a white ribbon. For hiking only, the award is a four-colored embroidered patch. The awards are sent to the unit leader upon completion of the requirements and payment of the proper fee.
    [Show full text]
  • President's Trip to New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 4/18-19/75 (4)” of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R
    The original documents are located in Box 71, folder “President's Trip to New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 4/18-19/75 (4)” of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 71 of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library .-- THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MASSACHUSETTS APRIL 18- 19, 1975 # # # # # SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 19,1975 First Event: 8:10 A.M. From: Terry O'Donnell BACKGROUND GOP MEETING At 8:15 a.m., you will meet with a group of Massachusetts GOP repre­ sentatives for breakfast in the Colonnade Suite East in your hotel. A list of participants and background information prepared by Mr. Hartmann's office is attached at TAB A. NORTH BRIDGE, CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS After the breakfast, you proceed directly to the motorcade and depart en route the U.S. Coast Guard Station for departure by helicopter to Concord, Massachusetts, where you will commemorate at the North Bridge the Minute Men's 1775 fight with the British which marked the beginning of our independence.
    [Show full text]
  • Old North Bridges
    CONTINUITY IN CONCORD: THE SEVEN SUCCESSIVE OLD NORTH BRIDGES “History is an endless chain of inventive and spurious continuities, as in the case of Concord’s Old North Bridge1, Old North Bridge2, Old North Bridge3, Old North Bridge4, Old North Bridge5, Old North Bridge6, and Old North Bridge7.” — Austin Meredith 1635 October 6: The Reverend John Jones arrived in Boston, bringing a large number of settlers destined for the new inland plantation on the meadows of the Musketaquid River, to be called Concord. For the first 17 or 18 years of its existence, until 1653, Simon Willard would be functioning as the Town Clerk of this new inland town. Prior to the arrival of this group of English intrusives, the indigenous Americans had been utilizing as a seasonal campsite the ford of the Musketaquid (meaning “marsh-grass river”) or Concord River in the vicinity at which there is now the Battle Bridge or Old North Bridge. That river ford itself was presumably clear of vegetation and a part of the Great Fields.1 1. Remnants of roadbeds dating to this period before 1650 are still to be noted in the marsh west of the bridge. HDT WHAT? INDEX SEVEN BRIDGES SPANNING A FLOW OF CONTINUITY BRIDGE #1: THE VERY FIRST OLD NORTH BRIDGE (1654-1760) “History is an endless chain of inventive and spurious continuities, as in the case of Concord’s Old North Bridge1, Old North Bridge2, Old North Bridge3, Old North Bridge4, Old North Bridge5, Old North Bridge6, and Old North Bridge7.” — Austin Meredith 1654 In approximately this year the 1st bridge was constructed at the ford of the Concord River, where the Battle Bridge or Old North Bridge now stands, linking Concord to that district of Concord that would become Acton, and to Groton and the world beyond.
    [Show full text]