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... assembled . " It also attracted the attention and secured the warm approbation of that eminent French statesman , De Tocque- ville , who visited this country many years ago , for the ex- press purpose of studying its institutions , and ...
... assembled . " It also attracted the attention and secured the warm approbation of that eminent French statesman , De Tocque- ville , who visited this country many years ago , for the ex- press purpose of studying its institutions , and ...
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... assembled , " and sets forth that they , in conjunction with the southerly part of Billerica , having found themselves under the necessity of maintaining separate worship during the past winter , " by reason of their distance from the ...
... assembled , " and sets forth that they , in conjunction with the southerly part of Billerica , having found themselves under the necessity of maintaining separate worship during the past winter , " by reason of their distance from the ...
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... assembled , and by the authority of the same , That the northeasterly part of Concord , etc. , be and hereby is ... assemble the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town , as soon as may be , to elect and choose officers , " to ...
... assembled , and by the authority of the same , That the northeasterly part of Concord , etc. , be and hereby is ... assemble the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town , as soon as may be , to elect and choose officers , " to ...
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... assembled on the farther side of the bridge , he says ( p . 17 ) , " A consider- able number of the minute and militia companies of Bedford were seasonably on the ground . The former was com- manded by Capt . Jonathan Wilson , the ...
... assembled on the farther side of the bridge , he says ( p . 17 ) , " A consider- able number of the minute and militia companies of Bedford were seasonably on the ground . The former was com- manded by Capt . Jonathan Wilson , the ...
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... body , and walk with him to the place of assembling , and with what feeling of respect I used to look upon that dignified body of town magnates . It was one of the special advantages of the old town system 38 ORATION .
... body , and walk with him to the place of assembling , and with what feeling of respect I used to look upon that dignified body of town magnates . It was one of the special advantages of the old town system 38 ORATION .
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A. E. BROWN A. P. SAMPSON appointed assembled Bacon beautiful Bedford Town Billerica Boston boys British brother called Capt Chairman church citizens committee Committee of Correspondence Concord fight Concord River E. G. LOOMIS fathers governor Grindall Reynolds HENRY WOOD Hoar honor hundred inhabitants interest invited Jeremiah Fitch Job Lane John Reed John Winthrop JONATHAN F Jonathan Wilson JOSIAH ladies land laughter and applause Lexington LOVEJOY M. B. WEBBER marched Massachusetts Maxwell meeting-house memory Merriam's Corner Middlesex County minister ministry minute-men Miss morning neighboring o'clock occasion orator passed pastor Penniman petition petitioners prayer Prescott's President Ralph Waldo Emerson record responsibility RICE road Sabbath Samuel says school-house schools SESQUI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION soldiers Stearns tavern Thomas Dudley tion toast took town meeting town of Bedford town of Concord town voted township University of Nashville whole young
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