| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1769/00/00 | Rev William Emerson Sr | Home | A new Manse is built for the Rev William Emerson, pastor of the Church in Concord (now the First Parish Church). | |||
| 1769/05/06 | Rev William Emerson II | Born | Phebe Walker Bliss, wife of Rev William Emerson, gives birth to a son, William Emerson, in Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay. | |||
| 1775/04/19 | Rev William Emerson Sr | Vocation | Standing in the field beside the Manse, Rev William Emerson encourages the Minute Men and helping those of his congregation who are seeking safety at the Manse from the fight at the North Bridge. | Battles of Lexington and Concord | ||
| 1775/04/19 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Life | Phebe Emerson and her children watch the fighting at the Old North Bridge froman upper window of the Manse. | Battles of Lexington and Concord | ||
| 1780/11/16 | Phebe Walker Emerson, relic of Rev William Emerson, marries his successor at the Concord Church, the Rev Ezra Ripley, with whom she will continue to live at the Old Manse and bore three children. | |||||
| 1834/00/00 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Home | Ralph W Emerson makes his home at the Old Manse during which year he works on a long essay "Nature". | Nature (Emerson essay) | ||
| 1842/07/09 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Home | Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne rent Old Manse from Ralph Waldo Emerson for $100 per annum. | |||
| 1842/07/09 | Sophia Peabody Hawthorne | Home | Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne rent Old Manse from Ralph Waldo Emerson for $100 per annum. | |||
| 1845/00/00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Author | Nathaniel Hawthorne writes most of the stories that will be included in "Mosses From an Old Manse" at the Old Manse. | Mosses from an Old Manse (short story collection) |
| Particulars for Old Manse: | |
|---|---|
| Sight Category | Building |
| Building Use | Clergy House: Manse, Parsonage, Rectory, Vicarage |
| Area of Significance | Literature |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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