Royal Family of Concord Samuel, Elizabeth, and Rockwood Hoar and Their Friendship With Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Royal Family of Concord chronicles the lives of the most important family in nineteenth century Concord. Squire Samuel Hoar was a lawyer and congressman; he and his son were founders of the anti-slavery Republican Party in Massachusetts. Rockwood Hoar was a judge, US Attorney General under Grant, and a congressman. His daughter, Elizabeth, was engaged to Charles, the brilliant younger brother of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who tragically died just before they were to wed. She became the ?sister, ? assistant, and muse to Waldo and a close friend of many in the Transcendental circle, especially Margaret Fuller.Robbins, Paula is the author of 'Royal Family of Concord Samuel, Elizabeth, and Rockwood Hoar and Their Friendship With Ralph Waldo Emerson' with ISBN 9781401099701 and ISBN 140109970X.