massachusetts on mike simpson road which is also known as the battle wrote where the death coast marge dan on april the 19th of 1775 starting the american revolution. this house is standing here and eventually much later than that it becomes the home of amos ronson alcott and his family. one of the doctors louisa may alcott in this house writes a book that really changes a lot of the way people think about children and the way they think about young women and the way they think about mature women. it was a very restive -- progressive book into the state still remains it because it's a simple true to life story of four young women and their parents. mr. olcott was an educator primarily in the early days. mrs. olcott was a very progressive thinker who is deeply in love with mr. olcott. mr. olcott met ralph waldo emerson and they struck up a deep friendship. emerson was well ensconced and he thought olcott belonged here and he thought this town had something special to offer. we had the political revolution in 1775 and we had a literary revolution in the 1800's. mr. emerson wanted him to move