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 GUIDE THROUGH MOUNT AUBURN, 
 
 THIRD EDITION, 
 
 WITH FORTY-SIX MONUMENTAL ENGRAVINGS, 
 FOR THE 
 
 BENEFIT OF STRANGERS 
 
 DESIROUS OF SEEING 
 
 THE 
 
 CLUSTERS OF MONUMENTS 
 
 WITH THE 
 
 LEAST TROUBLE, 
 
 With the established rules for the preservation of the Cemetery, for the 
 purchase of Lots ; and other concerns. 
 
 WITH AN 
 
 ENGRAVED PLAN OF THE CEMETERY. 
 
 BY NATHANIEL D,EARBORN, 
 
 Author of the American Text Book for Letters, Boston Notions, 
 Quotations of Humor, Wit and Wisdom, &.c. &c. 
 
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 PRINTED AT HIS ENGRAVING ; PLATE AND TYPE PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 
 
 1st. Chamber of 104 Washington Street, 
 
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MOUNT AUBURN CHAPEL. 
 
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 MOUNT AUBURN CHAPEL AND CEMETERY 
 
 D '■horn. 
 
 This mystic Fane in Auburn's sculptured grounds, 
 Prefers to Heaven the griefs and .suppliant sounds 
 
 In aid of our infirmity ; 
 The chastened heart to save, the mourner cheer. 
 The message-promise from Jehovah hear 
 
 Of bliss through an eternity; 
 And here the bosomed relic of a friend, 
 Returns to what it was. and is, an end 
 
 To re-prpduce Trail, dying man. 
 The soul is called to Jesus' heavenly shrine. 
 Beati I the mind di\ ine, 
 
 Ci mmuning with the great i am. 
 
GUIDE THROUGH 
 
 MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY, 
 
 THIRD EDITION, WITH FORTY-SIX MONUMENTAL ENGRAVINGS, 
 BY NATHANIEL DEARBORN. 
 
 No. 104 Washington Street, Boston: — 1849, 
 
 Entered according: to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, 
 
 BY NATHANIEL DEARBORN, 
 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court ot" Massachusetts. 
 
 MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION. 
 
 Jacob Bigelow, Presiieiit. George William Bond, Treasurer, Office 3D Milk St. 
 Henry M. Parker, Secretary, Office 27 State Street. 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 Jacob Bigelow. Summer Street. I Benjamin A. Gould, 20 Union Wharf. 
 
 Geo. \V. Crockett, 12 Central Wharf. | John C. Gray. 30 Court Street. 
 Cha.bl.rs P. Curtis, 16 Court Street. I Isaac Parker, '2 & 4 Pearl Street. 
 
 Benjamin R. Curtis, •• " " | James Read, 2 Bowdoin Block, Milk St. 
 
 John J. Dixwell, 5G Slate St. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON LOTS. 
 
 Jacob Bigelow, Charles P. Curtis, Isaac Parker. 
 
 Rufus Howe, Superintendent. 
 
 STRANGERS can receive, on application to any Trustee, or to the Secretary, a permit 
 to enter the Cemetery with a Carriage, any day, except Sundays and holydays. 
 
 MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY, CAMBRIDGE. 
 1 1-4 miles west of Harvard University. 
 
 This spot of land was formerly called 'stone's woods :' its uncommonly 
 gorgeous and beautifully varied scenery; its full grown umbrageous 
 trees of many tribes, alluring numbers to its silent and peaceful shades, 
 the name was changed by common consent to that of "sweet auburn;" 
 and under this appropriate appellation, it became more eminently a 
 favorite grove for the lovers of nature, to enjoy the pleasing and healthy 
 color and balmy atmosphere of green trees, shrubbery, grassy hills, 
 solitary grottos, yet enlivened with music from the feathered songsters 
 throughout this best elysium of nature's work. 
 
 The original lot comprised an area of 72 acres ; but by an after purchase 
 of 38,! 3 acres, it now measures 1 1 1 3 in all : the whole obtained at a 
 cost of $9,76G.89 : The u horticultural society of Massachusetts " 
 were nobly impressed with the importance of an extensive rural ceme- 
 tery for the burial of the dead, and after the above named purchases 
 by them, they transferred the whole grounds to a society of gentlemen, 
 who had labored for the accomplishment of this object, ever since the 
 year 1825, for the sum of $4,222,42 ; thus making a generous gift of 
 $5,544,47. 
 
This latter Bociety was Incorporated, as "the proprietors of mount 
 auburn cemetery," June 23, 1831, and the ground conseerated on the 
 24th of Sept., in that year : the first meeting for agitating this subject, 
 was held in 1825, at the house of Dr. Jacob Bigelow, the present Pres- 
 ident of the society; with the aid of the late George Bond, Win. Sturgia, 
 the late Hon. John Lowell, the late Samuel P. Gardiner, Thomas W. 
 Ward, Nathan Hale, and John Tappan ; who realized their fondest hopes 
 in founding the first, by date ; the most enobling, and most beautiful 
 garden cemetery in this extensive country ; to become in time a paradise 
 of sculptuary; of monuments and mausoleums, interspersed amid nature's 
 lovliest productions; the capaciousness of the ground will permit 20,000 
 lots of 300 superficial square feet, each of which is offered at 100 dollars 
 if purchased from any of those surveyed and located for the sale list ; but 
 if a lot be preferred in any part of the grounds not thus prepared, an 
 additional sum will be required, say 10 dollars or more; around these lots 
 the Avenues for carriages, 2o feet wide, and Paths for pedestrians, 6 feet 
 wide, are laid out circuitously, to an extent, if measured in one straight 
 line, would span a distance of 30 miles : about 1700 Lots have been 
 disposed of, and about 350 Monuments, Shafts, Cenotaphs, Obelisks, 
 and Slabs, have been raised to hallow and adorn the spot. All monies 
 received from the sale of Lots or from any other source, is expended in 
 ornamenting and improving this Garden Cemetery. During the two first 
 years of its consecration, upwards of 30,000 dollars were expended in 
 grading the roads, building a house, &c. for the Superintendent, fencing, 
 &<:. The front entrance Gate from Cambridge road, is a design from an 
 Egyptian model, and is masterly chiseled in Granite, at a cost of about 
 Si 0.000 ; and the cast iron picketed fence on that whole front line was 
 erected at a cost of about $15,000 : — a splendid Chapel was completed 
 within its grounds in 1848, at a cost of about $25,000. The highest 
 mound in the Cemetery is called Mt. Auburn, and is 125 feet above 
 Charles River, which meanders by the grounds on its southern border : 
 "It is proposed to erect on this summit a Tower; after some classic 
 model, of sufficient height to be seen above the surrounding trees, to 
 subserve the triple purpose of a landmark, — to identify the spot, and for 
 an Observatory, commanding an uninterrupted view of the surrounding 
 landscape " of cities, towns, hills, farms, rivers, Massachusetts bay, 
 with its many islands and shipping; the lantern or cupola of this tower, 
 to be at least 185 feet above the river Charles. 
 Mr. RUFUS HOWE, 
 
 The Superintendent of Mount Auburn, resides within its borders; and 
 conducts the affairs of the internal management of the Cemetery, in a 
 very eminently judicious manner : anyone applying to him for informa- 
 
lion concerning the lots on sale, for burials, or any other item appertain- 
 ing to those grounds, will receive every polite attention ; a direct appli- 
 cation to him is therefore most adviseable, to save trouble and time. 
 
 By a reference to the Map of Mt. Auburn, which is on the last page 
 of this pamphlet, the Avenues and Paths exhibit an universal curvature: 
 their lines are " not straight, but crooked ;" and if one is not familiar 
 with their windings, a visit there may be attended with much fatigue 
 and exhaustion ; and that too, without the compensating gratification of 
 seeing the beautiful and grand mementos of the living to the dead : to 
 aid the visitor to thread this mazy labyrinth, with a tolerable understand- 
 ing, attended too with a satisfactory result, a direct guide through 
 mount auburn, pausing at the various clusters of Monuments and Shafts, 
 by the most convenient route, is to be found on page 8 j the forty-six 
 engraved representations of them, are placed in the same progressive 
 rotation; so, that, as one advances in the circuit laid down, by the printed 
 guide, the monuments, engraved, will be met with in their designated 
 accompanying position : — thus ; the Sarcophagus of the late Dr. Spurz- 
 heim is the first one approached, and that is the first engraving and the 
 first one named in the printed Guide : the monument of Eldredge, being 
 nearly the last one on passing through the Cemetery, by the printed 
 Guide, the engraving of it is placed last in this work. 
 
 The order oi the consecration of Mount Auburn, was an address from 
 the late Hon. Judge Story, who was then President of the Institution ; 
 prayers from Dr. Ware and Rev. John Pierpont, with the following 
 impressive hymn from the pen of the latter. 
 
 To thee, O God, in humble trust, 
 
 Our hearts their cheerful incense burn, 
 
 For this thy word, "Thou art of dust," 
 And unto dust shalt thou return. 
 
 And what were life, life's work all done, 
 The hopes, joys, loves, that cling to clay, 
 
 All, all, departed, one by one, 
 And yet life's load borne on for aye ! 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 Decay! decay ! 'tis stamped on all, 
 
 All'blooin in flower and flesh shall fade, 
 Ye whispering trees when ye shall fall, 
 Be our long sleep beneath your shade ! 
 
 Here to thy bosom mother earth, 
 
 Take back in peace what thou hast given; 
 And all that is of heavenly birth, 
 O God, in peace, recall to heaven. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 Home of the coming dead ! 
 The spot whereon we tread 
 
 Is hallowed ground : 
 Here earth, in sacred trust, 
 Shall hold their sleeing dust, 
 Until her bonds they burst, 
 
 And rise unbound. 
 
 Here shall the weary rest, 
 And souls, with woes oppress'd, 
 
 No more shall weep : 
 And youth and age shall come, 
 And beauty in her bloom. 
 And Manhood, to the tomb ; 
 
 Sweet be their sleep ! 
 
 Around their lowly bed 
 
 Shall flowers their fragrance shed, 
 
 And birds shall sing : 
 On every verdant mound 
 Love's offering shall be found, 
 And sighing trees around 
 
 Their shadows fling. 
 
 And there 's a holier light ! 
 Hope, with her taper bright, 
 
 On every tomb, 
 Points upward to the sky ; 
 There every tear i* dry; 
 There is no mourner's sigh. 
 
 Nor death, nor gloom. 
 
REGULATIONS CONCERNING VISITORS TO THE CEMETERY 
 AT MOUNT AUBURN. 
 
 The gates are opened al sunrise and closed at sunset. 
 
 No money is to be paid to the gate keeper. 
 
 No persons are admitted on Sundays or IIolydays, except Proprtktors and members 
 of their household, and persons accompanying them. 
 
 No refreshments, and no party carrying refreshments, will be admitted to come within the 
 grounds at Mount Auburn. 
 
 All persons who shall be found within the grounds making unseemly noises, or otherwise 
 conducting themselves unsuitably to the purposes to which the grounds are devoted, will be 
 required instantly to leave the grounds, and upon refusal, will be compelled to do so, and 
 will be prosecuted accordingly. 
 
 No vehicle is to be driven in the Cemetery at a rate fatter than a walk. 
 
 No horse is to be left unfastened, without a keeper. 
 
 No horse is to be fastened, except at the posts provided for this purpose. 
 
 All persons are prohibited from gathering any flowers, either wild or cultivated, or 
 breaking any tree, shrub, or plant. 
 
 Any person who shall be found in possession of flowers or shrubs, while in the grounds, 
 or before leaving them, will be deemed to have tortiously taken them in the grounds, ami 
 will be prosecuted accordingly. N. B. Persons carrying flowers into the Cemetery, to be 
 placed <ni any lot or grave, as offerings or memorials, are requested to notify the Gatekeeper 
 as they pass in ; in every other case, flowers brought to the Cemetery must be left without 
 the gale. 
 
 All persons are prohibited from writing upon, defacing and injuring any monument, fence 
 or other structure, in or belonging to the Cemetery. 
 
 All persons are prohibited from discharging firearms in the Cemetery. 
 
 The Superintendent of the grounds, the Gatekeeper, and any other person acting under 
 them, shall have a right to require his or her name from any person other than a proprietor, 
 or a member of his family, who shall visit the grounds, and upon his or her refusal, or giving 
 a false name, to exclude them from the grounds. 
 
 Tin: Superintendent, the Gatekeeper, and all other persons acting under -them, shall have 
 full authority to carry these regulations into effect, and shall give notice ot any violations 
 thereof, to the Trustees. 
 
 KT-The Superintendent has the care of the Cemetery, and is authorized to remove all 
 those who violate these regulations or commit tresspasses. Tresspassers are also liable to 
 be fined Fifty Dollars. 
 
 C3^*Twenty Dollars reward is offered to any person who shall give information to 
 the Trustees, which shall lead to the conviction of the offender, of any tresspass done by 
 taking or plucking any flowers, shrubs, or trees, within the grounds, or of otherwise injuring 
 the grounds, or of any other offence against the laws and regulations, provided for the pro- 
 tection of the Cemetery, and the monuments and erections therein. 
 
 The Secretary will issue to the proprietors each one Ticket of Admission into the 
 Cemetery with a vehicle ; the loan of the Ticket involves a forfeiture of this privilege. In 
 case of a loss of the Ticket, the Proprietor is requested to apply to the Secretary, from 
 whom a new one can be obtained. This is necessary, as the Gatekeeper's orders are to 
 admit no proprietor without a ticket. 
 
 Any person who has a relative interred in the Public Lot at the Cemetery, may, on 
 application to any Trustee or to the Secretary, receive a special pass into the Cemetery 
 on Hun'iayi. 
 
CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND PRIVILEGES TO WHICH EVERY LOf IS 
 SUBJECT BY THE DEED OF THE CORPORATION, TO WIT: 
 
 First. The proprietor of the lot shall have a right to enclose the same with a wall or fence 
 not exceeding- one foot in thickness, which may be placed on the adjoining land of the Cor- 
 poration exterior to the said lot. 
 
 Second. The said lot shall not be used for any other purpose than as a place of burial for 
 the dead ; and no trees within the lot or border shall be cut down or destroyed, without the 
 consent of the Trustees of the said Corporation. 
 
 Third. The proprietor of the said lot shall have the right to erect stones, monuments, or 
 sepulchral structures, and to cultivate trees, shrubs and plants iu the same. 
 
 Fourth. The proprietor of the said lot shall erect, at his or her own expense, suitable land 
 marks of stone or iron, at the corners thereof, and shall also cause the number thereof to be 
 legibly and permanently marked on the premises. And if the proprietor shall omit for thirty 
 days after notice, to erect such land marks and mark the number, the Trustees shall have 
 authority to cause the same to be done at the expense of said proprietor. 
 
 Fifth. If the land marks and boundaries of the said lot shall be effaced, so that the said 
 lot cannot with reasonable diligence be found and identified, the said Trustees shall set on" 
 to the said grantee, his or her heirs or assigns, a lot iu lieu thereof, in such part of the cem- 
 etery, as they see fit, and the lot hereby granted shall in such case revert to the Corporation. 
 
 Sixth. If any trees or shrubs situated in said lot, shall by means of their roots, branches, 
 or otherwise, become detrimental to the adjacent lots or avenues, or dangerous or inconve- 
 nient to passengers, it shall be the duty of the said Trustees for the time being, and they 
 shall have the right, to enter into the said lot, and remove the said trees and shrubs, or such 
 parts thereof as are thus detrimental, dangerous or inconvenient. 
 
 Seventh. If any monument or effigy, or any structure whatever, or any inscription be 
 placed in or upon the said lot, which shall be determined by the major part of the said 
 Trustees for the time being, to be offensive or improper, the said Trustees, or the major 
 part of them, shall have the right, and it shall be their duty to enter upon said lot, and re- 
 move the said offensive or improper object or objects. 
 
 Eighth. No fence shall at any time be placed or erected in or around any lot, the mate- 
 rials and design of which shall not first have been approved by the trustees or a committee 
 of them. 
 
 Ninth. No tomb shall be constructed within the bounds of the Cemetery except in or upon 
 lots situated in such parts of the grounds as shall be designated by the Trustees for that 
 purpose ; and no proprietor shall suffer the remains of any person to be deposited in a tomb 
 •o authorized, for hire. 
 
 Tenth The said lot shall be holden subject to the provisions contained in an act of the 
 General Court, dated March 31, 1S35, and entitled, " An Act to incorporate the Proprietors 
 of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn." 
 
 Note. — The society request that all railings or inclosures of lots may be light, neat and 
 •ymmetrical, — that all stones erected in memory of the dead may be marble or granite.— 
 and that no slabs be placed in the Cemetery. Fences composed in whole or in part of wood 
 are prohibited. 
 
 "There's beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes 
 Can trace it midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise ; 
 We may find it where a hedgerow showers its blossoms o'er our way 
 Or a cottage-window sparkles forth in the last red light of day. 
 
 With shadows from the past, we fill the happy woodland shades, 
 And a mournful memory of the dead is witli us in the glades; 
 And our dream-like fancies lend the wind an echo's plaintive tone, 
 Of voices, and of melodies, and of silvery laughter gone. 
 
 They hold us from the woodlark's haunts, and the violet-dingles back, 
 And from the lovely sounds and gleams in the shining river's track ; 
 They bar us fiom our heritage of spring-time hope and mirth, 
 And weigh our burdened spirits down with the cumbering dual of earth." 
 
SITUATION OF THE AVENUES OR CARRIAGE ROADS. 
 
 Beach, from the east side of Central, southerly, to Popfer Avenue. 
 Cedar, from the north line of Cypress, southerly, to Walnut Avenue. 
 Central, fronting- the gate, south, to Walnut Avenue. 
 Chapel, southwest, from Central to Pine Avenue. 
 Chestnut, from Poplar, southerly, to Mountain Avenue. 
 Citron, a short aveuue, southeasterly, from Oak to Magnolia Avenue. 
 Cypress, from Central, westerly, curving southerly, to Walnut Avenue. 
 Elm, westerly, from Pine Avenue, curving round easterly, to the same. 
 Eir. from the second branch of Elm Ave., southerly, curving easterly to Walnut Av. 
 Garden, east from the gate, curving to the south, and then to the east again to Maple Ar. 
 Larch, southeast from Poplar Avenue, curving northeast, to Maple Avenue. 
 Laurel, from Walnut Avenue, northerly, and around Laurel hill. 
 Lime, from Maple, curving round at Aloe path, again into Maple Avenue. 
 Locust, from Beach Aveuue, southwesterly to Poplar Avenue. 
 Magnolia, at the southeast of Mountain, to Maple Avenue, curving northerly. 
 Maple, from the east end of Garden Avenue, southerly, to Magnolia Avenue. 
 Mountain, all round Mt. Auburn Hill, to Magnolia Avenue, easterly. 
 Oak, from Willow Avenue, easterly, curving south to Magnolia Avenue. 
 Pine, from Elm Avenue, southerly, curving to the southeast, into Cypress Avenue. 
 Poplar, from the northeast of Central square, curving southeast to Larch Avenue. 
 Spruce, from Elm Av. southerly, curving through thewhole western extent of the Cem. 
 Walnut, west of Central Sq. curving 8. westerly, and then to the south into Moun. Av. 
 Willow, with two branches, the 1st branch from Poplar Av. northeasterly, to Narcissus 
 Path, then curving easterly for the 2d branch, to the south, to Larch Avenue. 
 
 SITUATION OF THE FOOT PATHS. 
 
 Ailanthus, it has two openings from Central Aveuue, and two also from Cedar Avenue. 
 
 connecting with both Avenues. 
 Alder, from Poplar Avenue, northwest, round southwest to Locust Avenue. 
 Almond, from Indian Ridge Path, southwesterly, curving into it again at the southeast. 
 Aloe, " " " " easterly, into Lime Avenue. 
 
 Altrea, from Fir Avenue, southerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
 Amaranth, from Rose Path, encircling Harvard Hill. 
 
 Anemone, from Orange Path, near Walnut Avenue, westerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
 Arethusa, from Walnut Avenue, westerly, to Trefoil Path. 
 Asclepias, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, to Fir Avenue. 
 Aslor, from Vine Path, southerly, and curving easterly to Ivy Path. 
 Azalea, southerly from Spruce Avenue, and curving easterly to the same Avenue. 
 Bellwort, from Orange Path, westerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
 Calla, from Fir Avenue, southwest, to Pilgrim Path. 
 Catalpa, from Indian Ridge Path, southerly, curving easterly to the same. 
 Clematis, from Magnolia Avenue, southeast, curving northerly, to the same avenue. 
 Columbine, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, to Fir Avenue. 
 Cowslip, from Walnut Avenue southwesterly, to Spruce Avenue. 
 Crocus, from Fir Avenue, westerly, curving south, to Spruce Avenue. 
 Dell, from Ivy Path, southwest, around Consecration Dell, and from thence, through either 
 
 of the two southeastern limbs of Dell Path, to Ivy Path again. 
 Elder, from Walnut Avenue, northwest, to Spruce Avenue. 
 
 Eglantine, from Spruce Avenue, southeasterly, winding into Fir Avenue southerly. 
 Fern, from Walnut Avenue, southeast, to Mountain Avenue. 
 
 Gentian, from Pine Avenue, westwardly, curving southeasterly, into Cypress Avenue. 
 Geranium, from Beech Avenue, southerly, curving into Central Avenue westerly, 
 
 aiid Beech Avenue, easterly. 
 
Green Brier, from Pine Avenue, westerly, to Mistletoe Path. 
 
 Harebell, from Walnut Avenue, southerly, to Trefoil Path, westerly. 
 
 Hawthorn, from Woodbine Path, and encircles Juniper Hill. 
 
 Hazel, from Mountain Avenue, southeasterly, to Rose Path, northerly. 
 
 Heath, from Spruce Avenue, westerly to Fir Avenue. 
 
 Heliotrope, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, to Fir Avenue. 
 
 Hemlock, from Poplar Avenue, southwesterly, to Ivy Path. 
 
 Hibiscus, from Cypress Avenue, curving into the same Avenue again. 
 
 Honeysuckle, from Green Brier Path, southerly, curving easterly, into Fir Avenue. 
 
 Holly, from Poplar Avenue, south, curving southerly, to Ivy Path. 
 
 Hyacinth, from Chapel Avenue, southerly, to Cypress Avenue. 
 
 Indian Ridge, from Central Avenue, southeasterly, to Larch and Maple Avenues. 
 
 Iris, near Central Square, from Moss to Dell Path, southeasterly. 
 
 Ivy, from Central Square, southerly, curving round northeasterly, into Woodbine Path. 
 
 Jasmine, from Chestnut Avenue, westerly, curving south to Hawthorn Path. 
 
 Lilac, from the northeast curve of Willow Avenue, northerly, to Indian Ridge Path. 
 
 Lily, from Poplar Avenue, southerly, to Woodbine Path, at Cedar Hill. 
 
 Linden, from Beech Avenue, easterly, curving to ihe south, into Beech Avenue again. 
 
 Lotus, from Magnolia Avenue, southerly, curving northerly, to the same Avenue. 
 
 Lupine, from Cypress Avenue, northwest, to Spruce Avenue. 
 
 Mayflower, from the gate, southeasterly, by the first segment of Garden Pond, to Gar. Av. 
 
 Mimosa, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, to Fir Avenue. 
 
 Mistletoe, from the westerly curve of Elm Avenue, southeasterly, and curving easterly, 
 
 into Fir Avenue. 
 Moss, from Central Square, southwest, curving southwardly to Laurel Avenue. 
 Myrtle, southerly, from Chestnut Avenue, curving westerly, to Rose Path. 
 Narcissus Path is all around Forest Pond. 
 
 Oleander, from Rose Path, easterly, curving southwesterly, to Myrtle Path. 
 Olive, south from Juniper Hill, curving westerly, into Myrtle Path. 
 Orange, from Walnut Avenue, southerly, curving to the same Avenue. 
 Orchis, westerly, from AValnut Avenue, to Tulip Path. 
 
 Osier, from the northeast curve of Willow Avenue, east, to Indian Ridge Path. 
 Petunia, from Oak Avenue, southeasterly, curving southwesterly, into Larch Avenue. 
 Pilgrim, from Walnut Avenue, curving southerly, into Snowdrop Path. 
 Primrose, from Central Avenue, southeasterly, around the south side of Garden Pond. 
 Pyrola, from Orange Path, westerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
 
 Rhodora, from Larch Avenue, southerly, curving to the east, into Oak Avenue. 
 Rose, encircles the whole base of Harvard Hill. 
 
 Rosemary, from Jasmine to Hawthorn Path, circling round into, and out of Temple Hill. 
 Sedge, easterly from Fir Avenue, curving northerly, to Heath Path. 
 Sorrel, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, curving southwest, to Fir Avenue. 
 Snowberry, west of the gate, from Pine Avenue, southeasterly, to Central Avenue. 
 Snowdrop, westerly from Walnut Avenue, to Pilgrim Path. 
 Spirrea, from Fir Avenue, southwesterly, to Mistletoe Path. 
 
 Sumac, southerly, from Moss, near Central Square, to "Violet Path and Laurel Av. 
 Sweet Brier, from the south of Juniper Hill, southeasterly, to Chestnut Avenue. 
 Thistle, southeast from Walnut Avenue, curving westerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
 Trefoil, southwesterly, from Walnut Avenue, to Spruce Avenue. 
 Tulip, westerly, " " " to Trefoil Path. 
 
 Verbena, southeasterly, from Spruce Avenue, to Fir Avenue. 
 
 Vine, (near Consecration Dell,) from Moss Path, near Central Squ.lTe, to Iris Path. 
 Violet, easterly, from Walnut Avenue, curving northerly, to Ivy Path. 
 Woodbine, encircles the whole base of Cedar Hill. 
 Yarrow, of two parts, westerly, from Pine Av. to Fir, curving found to Pine Av. again. 
 
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 DIRECT GUIDE 
 
 THROUGH MT. AUBURN CEMETERY. 
 
 IF APPROACHED FROM BOSTON SIDE, THE FRONT LINE OF THE 
 
 CEMETERY IS FROM THE EAST POINT OF THE COMPASS TO 
 
 THE WEST; AND CENTRAL AVENUE, FRONTING, AND FROM 
 
 THE GATE, IS FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. 
 
 From the gate, advance in front up Central Ave. and on the left, on an 
 elevated plot is the monument to Spurzheim, and a little farther, is the 
 metal bronzed statue of Bowditch, in a sitting posture ; then turn to the 
 west into Chapel Avenue, and view the beautiful Temple appropriated 
 to the sanctuary services of the grave : pass on into Pine Avenue, and 
 there are the Shaw and Dorr monuments j continue on to the north of Pine 
 A venue which leads to Green Brier and Yarrow Paths, and there are 
 the monuments to Haughton, Fessenden, Channing, Curtis, Turner, 
 Bangs, the sculptured child of Binney, Doane, Gossler, with numerous 
 other pillars and obelisks to meet the eye ; after this examination turn 
 into Fir Avenue, at the westerly part of Yarrow Path, where are the 
 monuments to Torrey, Mrs. N. P. Willis, Bates, Lincoln, Pickens, and 
 many others; pass through Fir Avenue to the south, crossing Spruce 
 Avenue, curving to the south-east, and then turn to the right hand into 
 Walnut Avenue, and at the right hand, are Elder, Pilgrim and ■ Snow, 
 drop Paths, on a north-west line, and view the sculptured infant Frankie, 
 temples of Cotting, Miles, Bush, Foss, Penniman, Shattuck and others: 
 return to Walnut Avenue and pass through it, curving to the south, and 
 view the monuments to Hicks, Worcester, Watson and others : then 
 turn to the left into Mountain Avenue, north-westerly, and ascend Mt. 
 Auburn's highest mound, 125 feet above the river Charles, from whence 
 Boston, and the surrounding country may be seen. 
 
 Then descend Mt. Auburn on the south-east, through Hazel 
 Path, curving round to the north, and pass on to Harvard Hill at the 
 north-east; here the eye will greet the mausoleums to Andrews, Kirk- 
 land, Ashmun, Hoffman, and officers of Harvard University, and also to 
 some of the students : descend into Rose Path, at the south-west, which 
 encircles its base, to the eastward : then turn to the right hand into 
 Sweet Briar Path, and continue to its south-east termination, and there 
 is a mausoleum to Coffin ; then turn to the left hand into Chestnut Ave- 
 nue, and at its junction with Hawthorn path, is the Tremont Strangera 
 Tomb ; continue north-west through Hawthorn path which leads to 
 Cedar Hill, where are the monuments to Hildreth, Appleton and others: 
 easterly, is Rosemary Path at the base of Temple Hill, where is the 
 
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 monument of Z. B. Adams and others- from thence southwest, round 
 Cedar Hill, is Ivy Path, which curves round to the north, and at the 
 end of this branch of it, a little to the west, is Consecration Dell, where 
 are monuments to Stanton, Watts, Waterson, Leverett, Dana, &c. 
 leave Consecration Dell at its north-west corner, and pass into Vine 
 Path, crossing Moss Path by the monument to Stearns, on to Central 
 Square, where are monuments to Hannah Adams, Murray, Gray and 
 others ; at the north-west of Central Square is Poplar Avenue curving to 
 the east; and there may be seen mementos, to Munson, Mrs. Ellis and 
 others; then turn round to the left into the eastern line of Willow Ave- 
 nue, curving round into its western line, and there are obelisks or 
 mausoleums to Randall, Chamberlain, Thayer, Tuckerman, Mrs. Gan- 
 nett, Lowell, Mason, Howard and others; leaving Willow Avenue at 
 its south-west corner, turn to the right through Poplar Avenue into 
 Alder Path, to the north; and see a monument to Wetmore, Greenleaf, 
 and others ; pass into Narcissus Path northerly, around Forest Pond and 
 view the monuments to Story, Webster, Oxnard, Rich, Durgin, Faxon, 
 Winchester and others : at the north curve of Forest Pond is Catalpa 
 Path, on an east line to Indian Ridge Path, where those to Brimmer, 
 Bond, Seaver, Greenleaf, Patterson, Wadsworth, Francis, and others are 
 erected. : then return to Catalpa Path west, to Linden Path, near to Beach 
 Av.enue, where are monuments to Tappan, Thaxter, Raymond and 
 others; pass through Beach Avenue to the south, where are the monu- 
 ments of Bigelow, Coolidge. Putnam, &c. then turn round to the right 
 hand into Central Avenue, where are the monuments of Harnden, Gibbs, 
 Peck, Burges, Abbe, Clary, and the sculptured watch dog of Peikins: 
 turn to the left hand into Cypress Avenue, near the centre of Central 
 Avenue, and view the monuments of Hewins, Tisdale, Buckminster, 
 Cleveland, Lawrence, Herwig and others; continue through Cypress 
 Avenue, curving to the south, and there is the Public lot, with numerous 
 shafts and mementos to friends, with a singular horrizontal slab to tho 
 memory of M. W. B., and a little north-west of the Public lot, on Eglan- 
 tine Path, is the sculptured figure of Christ, blessing little children : 
 a little to the East of that is the Ford Monument, Faith with the Cross. 
 Return through the south part of Cypress Avenue, then turn round to the 
 left, into Cedar Avenue, leading to the north, where are monuments to 
 Gridley, Hayward, Benjamin, and others ; continue to the right hand 
 through part of Cypress Avenue, to Central Avenue, passing the statue 
 of Bowditch, and view the monument to the officers lost in the exploring 
 expedition, and others; after which, a return to the gate on the north, 
 may be made direct. 
 
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10 
 
 GASPER SPURZHEIM, BORN DEC. 31, 1775. LOT 181. 
 
 This eminent and talented lecturer in the cause of science and hu- 
 manity, was born on the banks of the Moselle, at Longvich; was edu- 
 cated at the college of Treves, and destined for the church; but the 
 Avar with France, in 1797, dispersed the students, when Spurzheim 
 went to Vienna, a pupil to Dr. Gall, and became his partner : they com- 
 menced their lectures on Phrenology, in 1804 : the next year they were 
 in Germany, leaching the science lo academic Professors : in 1807, and 
 till 1813, in Paris: in 1814, Dr. S. went to England and Scotland; he 
 tarried there three years; then relumed to Paiis, and espoused an ac- 
 complished lady: in 183'2 he visited this country, landing at New York, 
 and died in Boston, Nov. 10. 1832. 
 
 The most expressive tokens of regard and respect, and of mournful 
 regret, were shown at his decease, by the government of the University 
 at Cambridge, and an Eulogy pronounced by Dr. Pollen; the following 
 ode by Rev. John Pierpont, was written for the occa>ion. 
 
 Stranger, there is bending o'er thee 
 
 Many an eye with sorrow wel : 
 AH our stricken hearts deplore thee 
 
 Who. that knew thee, can forget ' 
 Who forget whal thou hast spoken .' 
 
 Who, thine eye, — thy noble frame? 
 Urn thai golden bowl is broken, 
 
 In the greatness of thy fume. 
 
 Autumn's leaves shall fall and wither, 
 
 On the spol where thou shall resl ; 
 'Tis in love we bear thee thither, 
 
 To thy mourning mother's breast: 
 For the Stores of science brought us, 
 
 For the cliarin thy goodness gave j 
 For the lessons thou hasi taught us, 
 
 Uuii we give lliee hut ;i grave .' 
 
 Nature's priest, how pure and fervent 
 
 Was thy worship at her shrine I 
 Friend of mail, — oi God the servant, 
 
 Advocate of truth divine, — 
 Taught and charmed as by no other, 
 
 We have been and hope to he ; 
 But while waiting round thee, brother, 
 
 For thy light, — 'tis dark with thee ! — 
 
 Dark with thee ! no ; thy Creator. 
 
 All whose creatures and whose laws 
 Thou did'st love, — shall give thee greater 
 
 Light than earth's, as earth withdraws. 
 To thy God, thy godlike spirit 
 
 Back we give in filial trust ; 
 Thy cohl clay — we grieve to bear it 
 
 To its ehamher— but we must. 
 
11 
 
 iion. Nathaniel bowditch, l l. d. Died March 16, 1838. 
 
 The Bowditch Statue is placed about midway on Central Avenue, 
 at the junction of Central and Chapel Avenues : the figure is of a 
 Metalic composition (whose weight is about 2500.) representing that 
 supreme Mathematician in a contemplative, studious, sitting attitude ; 
 with his volume of " Mecanique Celeste," on which he rests his right 
 arm, as if it were fully sufficient for the support of a more important part: 
 that of mind, talent, industry and character; and beside him is a tome 
 from his mathematical energies, of equally important contents : — that of 
 his " American navigator," whereby most of the ships and floating 
 craft on the broad expanse of ocean, which covers 3-5ths of the earth, are 
 guided and directed safely to their destined port, if the elements of 
 nature permit : — and next to that, is the Globe over which he travel sed 
 as a navigator many years; and which furnished his gigantic mind with 
 the only basis for his immortal productions, and caused him to out-reach 
 every one of his age in the abstruse yet sublime study of mathematics ; 
 to become President of the American Academy of Aits and Sciences, and 
 to be invested with the collegiate degree of Doctor of Laws ; — and yet, 
 he set out in life with a common school education, and was brought up 
 as a sailor boy from the port of Salem, Mass. ; he removed to Boston in 
 1823, and died at the age of 65 years. 
 
 This statue is the first full length, cast metal figure, ever accomplish- 
 ed in this country : it was the work of Ball Hughes with his better half: 
 they together formed this Chef d'Oeuvre in metal statuary. 
 
 ^*ir^fer--^ww'.^r : 
 
 
12 
 
 ROBERT G. SHAW. LOT 85. CYPRESS AVENUE. 
 
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 mmimm 
 
 
 REV. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, D.D. GREEN DRIER PATH. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Wm. E. Charming was born in Newport, R. I. April 7th, 
 1780, and graduated from Harvard University in 1798: was ordained 
 Pastor of Federal street Church June 1,1803, and died Oct. 2d. 1842, in 
 the 40th year of his Ministry and in the 63d year of his age : respected 
 and beloved on both sides of the great Ocean. 
 
 d-i^r* 5 ****^ 
 
13 
 LOT 714. A MONUMENT ON YARROW i>ATM 
 
 for 2^ I ' f ^ ElishaTumer «f Dedham, has been muck liked 
 foi its simple adornment of a Pall, and its correct proportion,. 
 
 JOHN H. GOBBLER. LOT 1129, YARROW PATH. 
 
 „., , "Alas! how vain 
 
 J he wreath thai Fame would bind around our mm), 
 The * mds shal] waste it, and the worms deTroy '~ 
 J he fickle praise of far posterity y ' 
 
 Come., weigh it at the grave's brink, here with me 
 It thou cans't weigh a dream. - ' ' 
 
1 1 
 
 LOT 681. DEXTER"s SCU1PTTJRE 
 
 Of Emily, is on Yarrow Path, at the north-west part of the Cemetery; 
 it id a good specimen of the art of sculpture and interesting to the eve. 
 
 
 
 ZACHARIAH HICKS. LOT 168, WALNUT AVENUE. 
 
 "I saw ail aged man upon his bier: 
 
 His hair was thin and white, anil on his brow 
 
 A record of the cares of many a year ; — 
 Cares that were ended and forgotten now : 
 
 And there was sadness round, anil faces bowed, 
 And women's tears tell last, and children wailed aloud.' 
 
to 
 
 HENRY ANDREWS, I.OT 930. AMARANTH P.' 
 " Not lost) but gone before." 
 "For scarce upon our infant eyes, 
 
 The sprinkled dew of baptism dries, 
 E'er the thick frost of manhood's care. 
 And death's strong icy seal is there.'' 
 
 JOHN THORNTON KIRKLAND, L L. D. HARVARD HILL. 
 
 John Thornton Kirkland was President of Harvard University, from 
 1810, to 1828; which was a prosperous era for that institution : it was 
 crowded with students, but his generosity kept him pennyless during the 
 whole term : he loved his mother ; in his memorandum book, he wrote 
 "one misfortune befel me in my junior year, which this world can never 
 ' repair; my mother, on 23d Jan. 1788, died: the highest pleasure I 
 ' could ever enjoy was that of pleasing her." he died April 2G, 1840 JE 69 
 
16 
 
 JnMN HOOKER ASHMUN. 1UKVAHU HILL, COLLEGE LOT, 
 
 He died April 1st, 1833, aged 33 year*. 
 
 ''Instructive emblem of this mortal state ' 
 Where scenes as various every In >u r arise 
 In swift succession, which tin' hand of Fate 
 Presents, then whirls them from our wandering eyes. 
 
 He taught, vain man. how fleeting all thy joys, 
 Thy boasted grandeur and thy glittering store : 
 Death comes and all Ihy fancied bliss destroys, 
 trlmi-k as a dream it fades and is no more. 
 
 Through earth's thronged visions while we toss forlorn, 
 
 "Pis tumult all. and rage, and restless strife, 
 Hut these shall vanish like the dreams of morn 
 When death awakes us to immortal life." 
 
 MONUMENT TO HOFFMAN. COLLEGE LOT. 
 
 '•In memory of a beloved and only son, Frederick William, ton of 
 David and Mary Hoffman, of Baltimore, Maryland. Accompanied by 
 his parents for Italy, he died at Lyona, France, on the 30lh of November 
 1S33, aged 17 years/' 
 
17 
 
 OEuKUK W. COFFIN. tOT 35, CHESTNUT AVENUE. 
 1 will not leave you comfortless and will come unto you. 
 
 Hon. L'eleg Coffin, bom Sept. 1756, died March 6. 1805. 
 
 Eunice Coffin, widow of the Hon. Peleg Coffin, born April 1st, 1755, 
 
 died Dec. 5th, 1838, aged 81 years and 8 months. 
 
 TREMONT OR STRANGERS' TOMB. LOT 324, CHESTNUT AVENCE. 
 
 Owned by the Proprietors of the Tremont House, Boston ; built in 
 1833, of a pentagonal form, one side being occupied by the descending 
 entrance steps, and on each of the other four sides, are three rows ol 
 horizontal cells, having three cells each, making 36 in all : it the re- 
 mains are permanently deposited, the cell is closed with a marble tab- 
 let, bearing the name of the deceased, &c. 
 
18 
 
 CHARLES T. HILDRETH. LOT ~'.»1. JASMINE PATH. 
 
 Charles T. Hildrelh, died March 8, 1843, aged 45 years. 
 Win. Hildreth, born July 8, 1824, died Oct. 20, 1830: 
 Son of Charles T. unci Elizabeth Hildreth. 
 
 Z. B. ADAMS. LOT 455. ROSEMARY PATH. 
 
 "Anil is this :<11 — this mournful doom? 
 Beams no glad lighl beyond the lomb .' 
 Mark bow yon clouds in darkhess ride ; 
 They do nol qnench the orb they hide ; 
 Still there ii wheels — the tempest o'er 
 
 In a bright sky to burn once rrrtire ; 
 So, far above the clouds of lime, 
 Faith can behold a world sublime — 
 There when the storms of life are past, 
 The light beyond, shall break ai last." 
 
19 
 
 MONUMENTS AT THE JUNCTION OF IVY AND ASTER PATHS. LOT 407. 
 
 The centre Shaft is in memory of the late Francis Stanton, merchant, 
 and the right and left monuments are to the late Joshua Blake and to 
 George Hallet. 
 
 FREDERICK P. LEVERETT. LOT 54, VINE PATH. 
 
 Matilda, wife of F. P. Leverett, died April 17, 1834, aged 20 years. 
 Frederick P. Leverett died Oct. 5th, 1836, aged 33 years. 
 
 His hope ive trust U'as in Christ. 
 
 "The distinguished reputation of a scholar, the exalted integrity of a 
 man, the noble qualities which grace a husband, father, son, brother, 
 friend, as they were his, won the praise and love of every heart : so 
 are they his just memorial. Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus Tarn 
 chad capitis." 
 
20 
 
 WM. A. STEARNS. LOT 646. MOSS PATH. WON. TO SAM'l H. STEARNS. 
 "Ay, freely hath the tear been riven— and freely bath gone forth 
 
 The Bigh of grief, that one like thee should pa** away from earth ; 
 Hut those who mourn thee, mourn thee noi like those to whom is given 
 
 No soothing hope, no blissful thoughts of parted friends in Eleaveu : 
 They feel that thou wast summoned to the Christian's high reward, — 
 The everlasiinL' joys of those whose trust is in ilic Lord." 
 
 REV. JOHN MURRAY. LOT 587. MOSS PATH. 
 
 Preacher for the firsl Universalist society in Boston. Born in A lion, 
 En<£., Dec. 10, 1741, died in Boston, Sept. 3, 1815. 
 
 "The Soul ! — the Soul ! with its eye of fire, 
 
 Thus, thus shall it soar when its foes expire ; 
 It shall spread us wings o'er the ills that pained. 
 
 The evils that shadowed, the sins that stained, 
 It shall dwell where no rushing cloud hath sway 
 
 And the pageants of earth shall have melted away. 
 
21 
 
 REV. FREDERICK T. GRAY: LOT 46. 
 
 At the junction of Ivy and Moss Paths fronting Central Square, is a 
 lowly, neat monument of a Bible opened, encircled with a branch of 
 Olive, resting on an inclined slab, supported by a marble base. 
 
 i'llow beautiful on all the hills 
 
 The crimson light is shed! 
 'Tis like the peace the Christian gives 
 
 To mourners round his bed. 
 
 How mildly on the wandering cloud 
 
 The sunset beam is cast ! 
 ' l'is like the memory left behind 
 
 When loved ones breathe their last." 
 
 "And now, above the dews of night, 
 The yellow star appears; 
 
 So faith springs in the heart of those 
 Whose eyes are bathed in tears. 
 
 But soon the morning's happier light 
 
 Its glory shall restore, 
 And eyelids that are sealed in death, 
 
 Shall wake to close uo more/' 
 
 THOMAS WETMORE. LOT 581, ALDER PATH. 
 
 Wm. Wetmore, born Oct. 30, A. D. 1749, died Nov. 18, A. D. 1830. 
 
 Hester Ann Wetmore, born Feb. 17, A. D. 1790, 
 
 Died Jan. 25, A. D. 1835. 
 
 Blessed are the jnirt in heart. 
 
MOM. TO SAVAGE, ON GARDNER CREENLE.VF'o LOT NO. 74, ALDER PATH. 
 
 "Ye are not dead to as ; 
 
 Hut as bright .slurs unseen, 
 We hold that ye are ever near, 
 
 Though death intrudes between, 
 Li cc some thin cloud, that veils from sight 
 I'll ■ countless spangles ot the night/' 
 
 "The dead, the mn ih-loved dead! 
 
 Who doth not yearn to know 
 Tli ■ secret of their dwelling place, 
 
 Yii'l to what land they go .' 
 What h 'an but asks with ceaseless tone 
 For some sure knowledge of its own f" 
 
 
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 hon. Joseph story, ll. d. lot 313, narcissus path. 
 
 Front side. Joseph Story, born Sept. 18, 1779, died Sept. 10th, 1845. 
 On the side. Of such is the kingdom of heaven. Caroline, born 
 June, 1810, died Feb. 1811. Joseph, born June, 1811, died Oct. 1815. 
 Caroline, born April, 1813, died April, 1819. Mary, born April, 1814, 
 died March, 1815. Louisa, born May, 1821. died May. 1831. 
 
23 
 
 PROFH3.S0a JOHN W. WEBSTER. LOT 361, NARCISSUS PATH. 
 
 ^ Grant Webster, Obt. 1737, IE. SO. John White, Obt. 1805, JE SO 
 >arah White, Obt. 1807, 2E. 77. Eliz. Davis. Obt. 1812, JE. 70. 
 
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 HENRY OXKARD. LOT 304. NARCISSI'S PATH. 
 "\ e living friends to sooth thy min 
 Kemember we shall meet a«aiii ' 
 Quell wul, this hope the victor* «,-„- 
 And keep it as a signet ring b 
 
 Keep tlicu that hope to light thy gloom 
 1111 the last trumpet ronds the tomb " 
 
24 
 
 CLEMENT DURGIN. LOT 433. NARCISSUS PATH. 
 
 ''Clement Durgin, Associate principal of Chauncy Hall School, Boston, 
 born Sept. 29, 1802, died Sept. 30, 1833 : a student and lover of nature, in 
 her wonders, he saw and acknowledged and through them adored her 
 benificent Author : his life was a beautiful illustration of his philosophy 
 — his death, of the triumph of his faith : his pupils have reared this 
 monument us an imperfect memorial of their great affection and respect." 
 
 NATHANIEL FAXON. LOT 384 NARCISSI'S PATH. 
 
 " There I placed 
 A frail memorial, — that when niiuin 
 I should revisit it, the thought might come 
 Of the dull tide of life, and that purr spring 
 Which he who drinks of, never shall thirst more.'' 
 
25 
 
 TOMB OF WM. P. WINCHESTER. LOT 380, NARCISSUS PATH. 
 Arthur Gilman, Architect. 
 
 MARTIN BRIMMER. LOT 
 
 "The departed ! the departed! 
 
 They visit us in dreams, 
 And they glide above our memories, 
 
 Like shadows over streams ; 
 But where the cheerful lights of home 
 
 In constant lustre burn, 
 The departed ! the departed! 
 
 Can never more return ! 
 
 394. INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 
 
 The good, the brave, the beautiful! 
 
 How dreamless is their sleep, 
 Where rolls the dirge-like music 
 
 Of the ever-tossing deep : — 
 Or where the hurrying night winds 
 
 Pale winter robes have spread, 
 Above the narrow palaces. 
 
 In the cities of the dead!'' 
 
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26 
 
 GEORGE BOND. LOT 156, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 
 
 "Lost Friend, I shrink to say, so frail are we — 
 So like the brief ephemeron that wheels 
 Its momentary round, we scarce can weep 
 Our own bereavements, ere we haste to share 
 The clay with those we mourn.' 
 
 BENJAMIN SEAVER. LOT 158, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 
 
 "I looked on manhood's towering form 
 
 Like some tall Oak when tempests blow 
 Thai scorns the fury of the storm 
 
 And strongly strikes its roots below : 
 Again 1 looked — with idiot cower 
 His vacant eye's unmeaning ray 
 Told how the mind of godlike power 
 Passeth away." 
 
27 
 
 SAMUEL GREENLEAF. LOT 409, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 
 
 On front section, GREENLEAF, on the base, Charles John Cazenove 
 died March 9th, 1834, aged 32 years. On another section, Catherine,' 
 Louisa Wiggins, born May 29, 1810. died Dec. 5, 1811. On another 
 section, Samuel Greenleaf, died Nov. 16, 1845. aged 77 years. 
 
 ^^S&^iS^^^^K3^^^^ 
 
 ENOCH PATTERSON. LOT 438, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 
 
 "For this mortal must put on immortality.'* 
 
 TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID PATTERSON. 
 
 "He sleeps beneath the blue lone sea, 
 He lies where pearls the deep, 
 He was the loved of all ; yet none 
 O'er his low bed may weep." 
 
28 
 
 ALEXANDER WADS WORTH. LOT 431. INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 
 
 An infant son, born March 25, died March 29, 1837. 
 
 "Before the heart might learn 
 In waywardness to stray, 
 Belbre the toot could turn 
 The darn and downward way ; : 
 
 "Shall love with weak embrace 
 Thy heavenward flight detain? 
 No! Angels seek thy place 
 Among yon cherub-train." 
 
 NATHANIEL FRANCIS. LOT 333, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 
 
 On the front, Nathaniel Francis, and on the side, Eliza, wife of Nathl. 
 Francis, died Sept. 2, 1833, a2,ed 49 years. Ann, daughter of Nathl. 
 and Eliza Francis, died June 8th, 1841, aged 26 years. 
 
29 
 
 MR. JOHN TAPPAN's MONUMENT. LOT 307. 
 
 At the junction of Linden and Narcissus Paths is a broken shaft, as an 
 emblem of an unfinished course of life; with a rosebush limb, from 
 which five of its flowers and buds have been broken off, leaving five 
 roses on the principal stem ; betokening the number of the social circle 
 alive and deceased. 
 
 LEVI THAXTER. LOT 406, LINDEN PATH. 
 
 God is love. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Thaxter, died Feb. 4, 1811, aged 28 years. 
 Jonas W. Thaxter, died Oct. 14, 1815, aged 4 years. 
 Lucy W. Thaxter, died Au<r. 23, 1817, aged 1 year. 
 
30 
 
 DR. JACOB BIGKLOW. LOT 116, BEACH AVENUE. 
 
 Dr. Jacob Bigelow, President of the board of Trustees : he was one of 
 the first founders of the Cemetery, and has promoted its growth and in- 
 terests by unwearied exertions during the 24 past years since its con- 
 secration. 
 
 JESSE PUTNAM. LOT 473, BEACH AVENUE. 
 
 u Jesse Putnam, long known as the father of the Merchants of Boston, 
 not claimed by himself, but accorded by others in consideration of the 
 intelligence, energy and integrity with which for more than half a cen- 
 tury, at home and abroad, he followed and adorned his profession : he 
 died April 14, 1837, aged 83 years." 
 
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31 
 
 THE NEWFOUNDLAND WATCH DOG, 
 
 On Lot No. 108, on Central Avenue, belonging to Mr. Thomas H. 
 Perkins, Jr. is much admired ; — and as history makes record of so many 
 acts of fidelity, watchfulness and sagacity of the Dog, it is here consid- 
 ered appropriate to place him, as an apparent guard to the remains of 
 the family who were his friends \ — it was beautifully sculptured in Italy 
 from the purest Italian marble. 
 
 SLAB AT THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE PUBLIC LOT, 
 ON CYPRESS AVENUE. 
 
 | She liwcfinikjiowaantl .few .could know 
 | When-Maiy ceased'to _be „ _ 
 
 | But she isaniier Grave, and, 0! 
 ! Tne difference to me. 
 
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 FAITH AND T1IK CROSS. MARIA LOUISA FOHD. 
 
 This monument is on Eglantine Path, Lot 1539, owned by C. F. Bagley. 
 
 ELDREDGE MONUMENT. EGLANTINE PATH, 
 
 Northwest of the Public lot; Christ blessing little children. 
 
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NATHANIEL DEARBORN, 
 
 ENGRAVER & PRINTER, 104 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, 
 Has lately issued a pocket volume of 450 pages, entitled "boston notions - ' 
 being unauthentic and concise account of "that village, "from 1630(01847; 
 
 containing 49 plates, — Maps, Miniatures, Wood Cuts, &c. 
 
 Tins work is highly appreciated by antiquarians and modern book worm 
 gormandizers; among numerous other curiosities, it contains an account of all 
 
 the inhabitants of Boston from 1630 to 1656; a list of the inhabitants for 1695, 
 and a reprint of the first Director}' lor Boston, of l? 1 -" : numerous primitive laws : 
 the trials for Heresy, Witchery, treatment ot Quakers, Episcopalians, and Bap- 
 tists; a history of all the churches, with a record of all the ministers, to 1843. 
 The volume is bound in morocco and sold at $1.50. 
 
 The Morning Post of May 2d, 1848, says "This thick little book contains 
 more, it appears to us, than anyone volume extant, excepting perhaps Webster's 
 large Dictionary ; the literary part of the work is written in a peculiar and orig- 
 inal style, which cannot fail to please. In this age, when every body publishes 
 his lucubrations, it is no easy matter to produce any thing which shall be both 
 " new and true ; " but we believe Mr. Dearborn hns fully succeeded in giving 
 to the world something both unique and valuable.'' 
 
 From Hon. James Savage, I.I,. D. Author of Winthrop Journal, Ac. 
 Dear Sir — You have laid our native city under great obligation, by printing 
 your " Boston Notions." The title, however, is not descriptive of its scope or 
 merits: whoever looks over the copious Index will be directed to very many 
 points of our peninsula, which he never visited, and must indeed, be a geographer 
 of extraordinary accuracy, if he ever heard of all of them before. Everyday 
 in the year he may take up the work and near the end of December, still find some- 
 thing new. 
 
 But it is not merely novelty, with which the reader of your book shall be grati- 
 fied. There is much, very much, of exact information, derived from assiduous 
 research in places inaccessible to most people. Even the errors will have the 
 advantage of driving some explorers to unusual fields of investigation, for the 
 pleasure of exposing the small number of them. More than the cost of the whole 
 volume is well laid out for the knowledge of the curious census, in either of the 
 places between pa^es 42 and 65, and page 270 to 277, respectively one hundred 
 and fifty, and two hundred years back. No other city in the world, I presume, 
 can show lists of so distant times, with such approach to perfection. 
 With great regard, I am Sir, 
 
 your much obliged fellow worker, 
 
 Temple Place, 22 Nov., 1348. JAMES SAVAGE. 
 
 AMERICAN TEXT BOOK FOR LETTERS, 
 
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 and Invitation Billet, — Phonography, and Stenography, — Recipes for making 
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 tions of letters, laid down in so plain a manner, that whosoever will read, may 
 become their own successful teacher ; tin; work has been mostly patronised by 
 Teachers, Engravers, Sign Painters, Engineers and correct letterers. 
 
 To this third edition has been added, a particular description ot the practica 
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