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In 1846, Concord, Massachusets was in the midst of transition. Shaping the future were great forces and distant events: the Mexican-American War and tides of nationalism, expansion to the West and the spread of slavery, the industrial revolution and the first steam-assisted travel to Europe. Nearer to home, the first rail connection of Concord to Boston would change forever the economic and cultural conditions of the town. It was the people of Concord, however, that made this particular place in history so significant. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Bronson Alcott and 13 year old daughter Louisa were some of the legendary and influential people to emerge from the Athens of America.
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