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Traditions and Reminiscences of Concord, Massachusetts, 1779-1878
author
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Jarvis, Edward.; Chapin, Sarah
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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0870238493
print isbn13
:
9780870238499
ebook isbn13
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9780585083711
language
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English
subject
Concord (Mass.)--Social life and customs.
publication date
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1993
lcc
:
F74.C8J33 1993eb
ddc
:
974.4/4
subject
:
Concord (Mass.)--Social life and customs.
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Traditions and Reminiscences of Concord Massachusetts, 17791878
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Edward Jarvis (18031884), etching
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Traditions and Reminiscences of Concord, Massacusetts 17791878
Edward Jarvis
Edited by Sarah Chapin
Introduction by Robert A. Gross
Amherst The University of Massachusetts Press
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Copyright 1993 by The Library Corporation, Concord Free Public Library
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
LC 93-20179
ISBN 0-8702.3-849-3
Designed by David Ford
Set in Sabon by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jarvis, Edward, 18031884. Traditions and reminiscences of Concord, Massachusetts, 17791878 / Edward Jarvis ; edited by Sarah Chapin ; introduction by Robert A. Gross. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-87023-849-3 (alk. paper) I. Concord (Mass.)-Social life and customs. I. Chapin, Sarah, 1931- . II. Title. F74.C8J33 199393-20l79 974.4'4dc20CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
Except where noted, all illustrations are from Concord Free Public Library, Concord, Massachusetts, and are used with permission.
Frontispiece: Edward Jarvis (18031884, etching)
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CONTENTS
Preface by Sarah Chapin
vii
Introduction by Robert A. Gross
xv
Part One: Addenda to Lemuel Shattuck's History of Concord, 1835
1
Part Two: "Traditions and Reminiscences of Concord, Massachusetts, or A Contribution to the Social and Domestic History of the Town, 1779 to 1878"
Dedication
43
Author's Preface
45
I Early Poverty and Rural Cooperation
47
II Domestic LifeFood
57
III Domestic LifeHeat, Lighting, Wearing Apparel
70
IV Dome stic LifeHome Furnishing
86
V Morals and Manners
100
VI Schools
108
VII Books, Newspapers, Magazines
128
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VIII Organizations
134
IX The Decline of Intemperance
152
X The Growing Market Economy
184
XI Population and Mortality
203
XII The Revolutionary War Monument Inscription
222
Appendixes
233
Index
249
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PREFACE
Sarah Chapin
On December 6, 1876, Dr. Edward Jarvis wrote to Rev. Grindall Reynolds, minister of the First Parish church, "It would be interesting to look into the houses and families of the last century, still more a hundred years earlier and see their manner of life, their furniture, their food, cookery, drinks etc." He continued,
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