https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/0f615e3d0a9247c3edfbc9907f534610.jpeg 359b32d507534b700b65918794d839eb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emerson in Concord Subject The topic of the resource Ralph Waldo Emerson Description An account of the resource Materials for the exhibit Emerson in Concord Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Concord Free Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CFPL web exhibit: Emerson in Concord Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Language A language of the resource English Middlesex Hotel A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of William Emerson Subject The topic of the resource William Emerson Description An account of the resource Born in Malden in 1743 to the Reverend Joseph Emerson and his wife Mary Moody Emerson, William Emerson—Ralph Waldo’s grandfather—graduated from Harvard College in 1761. He served as a supply preacher here after the death in 1764 of Daniel Bliss, was chosen as Concord’s pastor in February of 1765, and ordained on January 1, 1766. In that same year, he married Phebe Bliss, daughter of his predecessor in the Concord pulpit. In 1770, he moved his wife and the first of their five children (William, born in 1769) from the Block House—the Bliss family home—to the Manse, the house he had readied for them near the North Bridge. The Concord Fight of April 19, 1775 took place in view of his Manse. William Emerson was a popular as well as an eloquent minister. A champion of political liberty, he was one of Concord’s Revolutionary leaders. When the Provincial Congress met in Concord in October of 1774, he officiated as chaplain. On August 16, 1776, just after the birth of his fifth child, he left Concord to serve as army chaplain at Ticonderoga. He never returned. He became sick, and died at Rutland, Vermont, on October 20th, while trying to come home. In his 1835 discourse, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote of his grandfather: “William Emerson, the pastor, had a hereditary claim to the affection of the people, being descended in the fourth generation, from Edward Bulkeley, son of Peter. But he had merits of his own. The cause of the colonies was so much in his heart, that he did not cease to make it the subject of his preaching and his prayers, and is said to have deeply inspired many of his people with his own enthusiasm.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Artist unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Materials Courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections, Concord Free Public Library Concord Emerson First Parish William Emerson