EXTENT: <856> 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 Special Collections. The collection—not to be confused with the Concord Pamphlet Collection—includes <856> 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) <273> 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.
 
 

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).
 
 

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.
 
 

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.
 
 

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.
 
 

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).

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).

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 Restauration (Saugus, Mass.: First Iron Works Association, ©1951).

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

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

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).

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."

Barker, Harry Stearns. Horses and Buggies ([no place of publication or publisher specified], ©1964). Inscribed for the Concord Free Public Library by M.S.B. [Maude S. Barker].

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).

Cummings, Abbott Lowell. Architecture in Early New England (Sturbridge, Mass.: Old Sturbridge Village, 1964, ©1958).

"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.

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).

Separate items:

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.

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.

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."

Separate items:

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).

Brown, Stephen D. Harpers Ferry (Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Little Brown House, 1975, ©1974). "Revised Edition."

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."

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.’"

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).

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.

Middlesex Canal Association. Middlesex Canal, 1793-1853 [brochure] ([Billerica, Mass.]: The Association, ©1967).

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)

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.

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). 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).

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).

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.

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).

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, City Printer, 1830).

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).

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]).

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).

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.

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).

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).

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).

Box I.19:

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

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).

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.

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:</