An astonishingly detailed account of life in early nineteenth-century Concord

In this delightful new photographic history, Concord, Massachusetts, is brought to life through extraordinary images and lively text. Readers are led through an exploration of the towns history, beginning in 1850, when the communitys business and political life was concentrated along the Milldam from Monument Square to the Old Burying Ground. The Concord Free Public Librarys special collections department made its repository of glass-plate images and photographs available for this historical view of Concord. Portraits of famous legislators and authors--such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph...