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jurist, Judge Bradbury, Judge Jackson, Hon. Wm. 

 Bartlctt, and Moses Brown, two of the merchant 

 princes of America ; the distinguished mechanician, 

 Jacob Perkins, who pursued his inventions here till 

 fifty years of age, and then went to England. Here 

 John Quincy Adams, one of the Presidents of the 

 United States, resided during his early days, pursu- 

 ing his legal studies, under Mr. Parsons. It has also 

 been the birth-place of many eminent ministers of 

 various denominations.. Here I saw the remains of the 

 celebrated George Whitefield. They are deposited in 

 the First Presbyterian Church. I descended to the 

 vault with the sexton, who carried a lamp. I cannot 

 describe my feelings when I laid my hand upon the 

 naked skull of this eminent and devoted servant of 

 God. The bones are very little decayed. The coffin 

 is made of hard wood, and perfectly sound. It has a 

 door at the head about seven or eight inches square, 

 as have all the coffins of this country. There is a 

 painted inscription on the coffin stating the time of his 

 death and age. Immediately beneath the pulpit of 

 the church is a marble tablet with the following 

 inscription : — 



