Historical Sketch of Copp's Hill Burying-ground: With Descriptions and Quaint Epitaphs1913 - 32 páginas |
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... Mill - field , " being frequently so named in grants and conveyances of land . The early settlers in Watertown had there built a windmill ; and Governor Winthrop notes in his diary that on August 14 , 1632 , " the PMrs. Jln P. Faucher ...
... Mill - field , " being frequently so named in grants and conveyances of land . The early settlers in Watertown had there built a windmill ; and Governor Winthrop notes in his diary that on August 14 , 1632 , " the PMrs. Jln P. Faucher ...
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... grants to " wharf out " being recorded by 1660. Most notable of the shipyards was that of Joshua Gee , as prominent a ship - builder in his day as later was " Billy " Gray . In 1698 Governor Bellomont said that Boston owned 194 good ...
... grants to " wharf out " being recorded by 1660. Most notable of the shipyards was that of Joshua Gee , as prominent a ship - builder in his day as later was " Billy " Gray . In 1698 Governor Bellomont said that Boston owned 194 good ...
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... Grant , one of the leaders of the Boston Tea Party . It is yet held in the family , being in possession of the heirs of the late Moses Grant , the temperance lecturer , and contains the remains of three generations . The spot is still ...
... Grant , one of the leaders of the Boston Tea Party . It is yet held in the family , being in possession of the heirs of the late Moses Grant , the temperance lecturer , and contains the remains of three generations . The spot is still ...
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... grants of permission to erect tombs , almost invariably with the provision that " the brick wall thereof be carried up so as to be a sufficient fence . " In 1805 were constructed the tombs on Snowhill street , and in 1807 those fronting ...
... grants of permission to erect tombs , almost invariably with the provision that " the brick wall thereof be carried up so as to be a sufficient fence . " In 1805 were constructed the tombs on Snowhill street , and in 1807 those fronting ...
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... Grant tomb . It is small in size , and extends but a few inches above the ground . Many of the name of Copp were buried here . Beside that of little Joanna Copp , however , and the two grandchildren men- tioned above , only eight stones ...
... Grant tomb . It is small in size , and extends but a few inches above the ground . Many of the name of Copp were buried here . Beside that of little Joanna Copp , however , and the two grandchildren men- tioned above , only eight stones ...
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Ancient and Honorable arms Baker and Daniel Beacon Hill beneath Boston brick British built burying ground Capt carved Charlestown Charter street Christ Clark Copp's Hill corner Cotton Mather DANIEL MALCOM Daniel Turell DAVID COPP death died Dec died Feb died Jan died June died March died Nov died Oct died Sept Duft early days Edward Martyn Eliza erected Ferry following inscription friends fronting on Hull Grace Berry grave Hannah Heaven Honorable Artillery Company Hull street interment Jesus John Baker John Button King's Chapel land March 29 Mary Mather Mill Miss monument Mountfort North Battery North Burying-Ground North Cove North End northeast Prince street Quakers reft rife Samuel SAMUEL SHAW Saviour Sewall purchase Ship side Sleep Snowhill street soul Suffolk Deeds summit tear Thacher thee Thomas Berry Thomas Hutchinson Thomas Lake tomb Town Cove wharf wife William Copp windmill yard
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Página 18 - Behold And See as you Pass by As you are now so Once Was I : As I am now so you must be Prepare for Death and follow me.
Página 15 - My name from the palms of his hands Eternity will not erase ; Impress'd on his heart it remains, In marks of indelible grace : Yes ! I to the end shall endure, As sure as the earnest is given ; More happy, but not more secure, The glorified spirits in heaven.
Página 27 - WHY do we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's alarms? 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms.
Página 20 - What though no sacred earth allow thee room, Nor hallowed dirge be muttered o'er thy tomb? Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
Página 24 - HAPPY soul, thy days are ended, All thy mourning days below : Go, by angel guards attended, To the sight of Jesus go ! Waiting to receive thy spirit, Lo ! the Saviour stands above, Shows the purchase of his merit, Reaches out the crown of love.
Página 18 - What can preserve my life ! or what destroy ! An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave • - . Legions of angels can't confine me there.
Página 20 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Página 11 - 11 waste a ton of powder afore a ' rebel ' falls; You may bang the dirt and welcome, they're as safe as Dan'l Malcolm Ten foot beneath the gravestone that you've splintered with your balls!
Página 3 - Church ; thence south a gentle slope ltd to the water, which washed the south side of Prince street below, and the north side above Thacher street as far as Salem ; eastward from the church, a gradual descent led to the North Battery, which was considered the bottom of the hill. Southeasterly the slope was still more gradual, and terminated at the foot of North square, leaving a knoll on the right, where at present stands the meeting-house of the Second Church.
Página 29 - Sea, the one well fortified on the superfices thereof, with store of great Artillery well mounted, the other hath a very strong battery built of whole Timber, and filled with Earth, at the descent of the Hill in the extreme poynt thereof...