Amos Bronson Alcott
American
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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Hedge's Club | 1836 |
Lineage
- Daughter: Louisa May Alcott
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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Hedge's Club | 1836 |
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1799/11/29 | Amos Bronson Alcott is born in Wolcott, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Chatfield Alcott and Anna Bronson Alcott. The family home was in an area known as Spindle Hill. | Born | |||||
1843/06/00 | Amos B Alcott moves his family to Harvard, MA | Home | Fruitlands | Town of Harvard, MA | |||
1843/06/00 | Amos Alcott and Charles Lane establish a utopian transcendentalist socialist farm, Fruitlands, on Prospect Hill. It closed January 1844. | Founder | Fruitlands Museums | Town of Harvard, MA | |||
1845/07/27 | My garden has kept me hard at work, and the carpenters have made and are still making large and daily drafts on my time and thoughts. The repairs are going forward, and we hope to have comfortable rooms to offer you when you arrive. - B Alcott to Junius | Home | The Wayside | Concord, MA | |||
1846/06/28 | Ralph Waldo Emerson reads "Monadnoc" to Amos Bronson Alcott. | Life | Monadnoc (poem) | ||||
1848/11/00 | The Alcott family quit 'Hillside'. | Home | The Wayside | Concord, MA | |||
1857/00/00 | Amos Alcott purchases 12 acres with two houses and an apple orchard. | Home | Orchard House | Concord, MA | Apple | ||
1860/11/06 | "At Town House, and cast my vote for Lincoln and the Republican candidates generally - the first vote I ever cast for a President and State officers." Amos Bronson Alcott | Voter | Concord Town House, Concord | Concord, MA | Election of President Abraham Lincoln | ||
1861/00/00 | Mr Alcott is hired to supervise the construction of the additions at The Wayside. Later, Alcott will carry out much of the supervision and physical work on the grounds. | Work | The Wayside | Concord, MA | |||
1884/05/22 | Ascension Day in 1884 the cornerstone is laid for Trinity's Mission's chapel. Concord notable Bronson Alcott, who donated money, observes the laying of the cornerstone from his barouche. | Faith | Trinity Church, Concord | Concord, MA | |||
1888/03/04 | Amos B Alcott dies at 10 Louisburg Sq, Boston, Massachusetts. | Died | Louisburg Square, Boston | Boston |
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