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Title: Historical sketch and matters appertaining to the Copp's Hill Burial-Ground
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Boston (Mass.). Cemetery Dept
Subjects: Cemeteries -- Massachusetts Boston History Copp's Hill Burial Ground (Boston, Mass.) -- History
Publisher: Boston : Municipal Print. Office
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e of Mrs. Ammey Hunt, who died in 1769. We haveno clue to the neighborhood gossip hinted at in these peculiarlines: A sister of Sarah Lucas lieth here,Whom I did Love mq/t Dear;And now her Soul hath took its Flight,And bid her Spightful Foes good Night. Even more amusing is the tradition connected with the fol-lowing conventional stanza on the stone of Mrs. Mary Huntley : Stop here my friends & cast an eye,As you are now, so once was I;As I am now, so you must be,Prepare for death and follow me. A young wag is said to have added in chalk: To follow you Im not contentUnless I know which way you went. Some of the other more interesting epitaphs follow : Henry D. Emerson, d. Aug. 16, 1840, aged 4: Like a bright flower he was cut down. Peter Oilman, April 12, 1807, aged 42 : Stop my friends, and in a mirroiryeeWhat you, though eer so healthy, soon mu/t be.Beauty, with all her rosebuds, paints each face;Approaching death will strip you of each gx-ace. Mrs. Betsy Pitman, 1784, aged 27 :
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19 Ha/te: ha/te: he lies in wait, Hes at the door.Insidious Death: yhould his/trong hand arre/t,No composition sets the prisoner free. Elijah Swift, May 9, 1803, aged 73 : A wits a feather, and a chief s a rod; An honest mans tlie noblest Avork of (iod. Mrs. Eliza Fuller, Sept. 16, 180G, aged 22: An angels arm can t snatch me from the grave,Legions of angels cant confine me there. On an old monument near the Winslow tomb: A SAMUEL returned to God in Christ*After a short abode on earthTo shun earths harmes and crimesWas here well put to bed betimesThe graves as short as you prepareLest thy death come at unaware. James Seward, died 1792, aged 6 months : He bore a lingering sickness with patience, and met the I\ing ofTerrors with a smile. The prophecy contained in the following inscription on thestone of Major John Kuddock, who died in 1772, Avas literallyfulfilled, the words having almost entirely disappeared : Time may efface this monumental stone,But time nor malice can his worth deth

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