Gravestone Inscriptions from Cemeteries in the Towns of Croydon, and Bradford, New Hampshire and Dorset, Vermont


Book Description

Typescript transcriptions of gravestone inscriptions from a cemetery in Croydon, N.H. located on the right hand side of the road on the Old Cornish Turnpike; Putnam Cemetery, located on the Pinnacle and the Davis cemetery. Also the cemetery in Bradford, N.H., located on the right hand side of the road leading from Henniker to Bradford on route 114. Includes inscriptions from a cemetery in Dorset, Vt., located on U.S. route 7.



















Burial Grounds of Christ Church


Book Description

Christ Church Philadelphia and its Burial Ground is the final resting place of seven signers of the Declaration of Independence and five signers of the U.S. Constitution, the most famous burial being Benjamin Franklin. Also buried on church grounds are early American leaders, prominent lawyers, medical pioneers, and military heroes. In 1864, Church Warden Edward Clark compiled this book of all visible inscriptions in and around the church and at the 5th Street Burial Ground.