“ A town in Middlesex County, Mass., 20 miles northwest of Boston; on the Concord River and on the Boston and Maine Railroad (Map: Massachusetts, E 3) . It has manufactures of rubber goods and harness. The Massachusetts Reformatory is situated here. The government is administered by town meetings, held annually and at special call. Population, in 1890, 4427; in 1900, 5652. Concord, settled in 1635, is the oldest interior town in Massachusetts, and by the time of the Revolution had come to be “one of the great centres, not only of intellectual life, but also of political influence and power.” ”