| 1714/00/00 |
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Caleb Ball, grandson of Nathaniel Ball Sr, sells the house which will become The Wayside, built c 1714, in January of 1717. |
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| 1775/00/00 |
Prof John Winthrop |
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John Winthrop makes Wayside his home from 1775 to 1776. |
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| 1778/00/00 |
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Daniel Taylor, a Concord yeoman, sells The Wayside on 0.75 acres to Daniel Hoar, Sr, farmer. Mr Taylor had bought the property only two months earlier from Samuel Whitney. |
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| 1814/00/00 |
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Daniel Hoar Sr dies, his son Daniel Jr, a wheelwright and blacksmith, inherits the property. |
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| 1823/00/00 |
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Daniel Hoar Jr drowns. The Hoar family will retained ownership of the property until 1827. |
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| 1845/04/01 |
Louisa May Alcott |
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The Alcotts move in 'Hillside'. "Close by Emerson's, under the brow of the Hill, lies a very pretty spot - the Boston Road running between the House and the fertile field of 8 acres, every rod of which is adapted to gardening...." - A Alcott |
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| 1845/07/27 |
Amos Bronson Alcott |
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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 |
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| 1846/00/00 |
Abigail May Alcott |
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The town property tax is assessed against S E Sewell Trustee for Mrs A B Alcott, House Barn and 9 a land and was appraised at $1300. A B Alcott is assessed for "1 poll tax". |
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| 1848/07/00 |
Louisa May Alcott |
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During the summer, Louisa tutors the Emerson children, holding classes in the hillside barn. Louisa tells Ellen fairy tales. Several years later these stories will appear in Louisa's first book, Flower Fables. |
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| 1848/11/00 |
Amos Bronson Alcott |
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The Alcott family quit 'Hillside'. |
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| 1852/03/08 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne buys one acre with a dwelling house and other buildings thereon standing from the Alcott trustees. The Hawthornes will give it the name 'The Wayside'. |
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| 1852/03/08 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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R W Emerson sells 8 acres of land south of the Country Road to Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
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| 1852/07/01 |
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne |
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Prior to departing for England, Hawthorne buys from J B Moore a 10.5 acre tract of land lying on the summit of the hill north of The Wayside. |
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| 1853/08/01 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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In July, the Hawthorne family departs for England where Nathaniel Hawthorne will assumes office United States Consul to Liverpool on the 1 of August. |
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| 1853/12/03 |
Julian Hawthorne |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne buys four acres of land lying between this hilltop tract and The Wayside was from the Alcott trustees. |
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| 1854/00/00 |
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Dr Nathaniel Peabody makes his home at The Wayside six years while his sister and her family are in Europe. |
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| 1860/00/00 |
Mary Peabody Mann |
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Mrs Horace Mann lives at The Wayside for one year while her sister and her family stay in Europe. |
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| 1860/06/20 |
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne |
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The Hawthornes return to Concord and immediately start to plan changes to the property. Including moving the barn and connecting it to the house with a wing. |
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| 1861/00/00 |
Amos Bronson Alcott |
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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. |
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| 1868/00/00 |
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne |
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Sophia Hawthorne and her three children, Rose, Una and Julian, move to England. |
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| 1879/00/00 |
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George Lathrop and his wife Rose Hawthorne, daughter of Sophia Peabody and Nathaniel Hawthorne, buy the Wayside. |
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| 1883/03/10 |
Harriett Lothrop |
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Harriett and Daniel Lothrop buy The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. |
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| 1895/00/00 |
Harriett Lothrop |
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The Wayside becomes Harriet M Lothrop's year-round residence. |
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| 1915/05/00 |
Julian Hawthorne |
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On assignment in his New England, Julian Hawthorne visits Wayside. |
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| 1965/06/21 |
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Margaret Lothrop sells The Wayside, the Barn and 3.32 acres of land to The National Park Service. |
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