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In July 1835, he bought a house on the Cambridge and Concord Turnpike in Concord, Massachusetts, which he named Bush; it is now open to the public as the Ralph Waldo Emerson House. [60] Emerson quickly became one of the leading citizens in the town. He gave a lecture to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the town of Concord on September 12 ...
Major John Buttrick (July 20, 1731— May 16, 1791, Concord, Massachusetts) was one of the leaders of the Concord militia during the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775. [1] Given the usual interpretation of the first stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous poem "Concord Hymn," Buttrick is the man who ordered "the shot heard around the world."
Simon Willard has been chronicled as one of the founders of Old Saybrook, Connecticut.Willard, then a Sergeant, and Lieutenant Edward Gibbons, were sent by John Winthrop (1606–1676) — son of John Winthrop (1587–1649), Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony — to occupy the mouth of what is now the Connecticut River (Long Island Sound) with 20 carpenters and workmen.
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His farm was the storage site [2] of all the town of Concord's militia gunpowder, weapons [3] and two pairs of prized bronze cannons, according to secret British intelligence. [ 4 ] On the morning of April 19, 1775, the British Regulars were ordered by General Thomas Gage to march from Boston to the town of Concord, about 20 miles inland, and ...
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At the time Ripley settled in Concord the town was divided into two religious factions, but he quickly succeeded in binding them in a union that existed for nearly 50 years. During this period, Ripley was the only minister in town. [1] He married the widow of his predecessor, the reverend William Emerson Sr.
John Galbraith Graham MBE (16 February 1921 – 26 November 2013 [1]) was a British crossword compiler, best known as Araucaria of The Guardian. He was also, like his father Eric Graham, [2] a Church of England priest.