378 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. 



The massive and unique stone that commemorates the death of 

 James Sandelandes, and his wife Ann, a beautiful engraving of 

 which forms the frontispiece of the published Record of Upland 

 Court, was not set up in the churchyard, but in early times 

 formed the front of the pew of the Sandelandes' family in the 

 old church, from whence it was removed to the exterior of 

 the church many years since, where it was defaced and broken in 

 two pieces. It is now carefully preserved in the vestibule of the 

 new St. Paul's Church. The border of the stone is in relief and 

 bears this inscription : 



" Here lies interr-d the Bodie of James Sandelandes 

 Marchant jn Upland jn Pensilvania who departed This 

 MoRTAiL Life April the 12 1692 Aged 56 Years. And his 

 WIFE Ann Sandelands." 



The space inside of the margin is divided into two equal 

 parts. One of these is occupied with the initials of the deceased, 

 coat of arms, and an ornamental space for a motto, while the 

 other bears rather a profusion of the emblems of mortality ; all 

 elaborately executed in relief. The dividing space bears the 

 following words : 



"VIVE MEMOR LETHI 

 Hd'UGIT HORA." 



The tomb of John Morton has a place within the old church- 

 yard of St. Paul. It is a plain marble obelisk about nine feet 

 in height. The east side bears the following inscription: 



"Dedicated to the memory of John Morton, a member of 

 the first American Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, 

 assembled in New York 1765, and of the next Congress assem- 

 bled in Philadelphia in 1774, and various other public stations, 



Born A. D. 1724. 



Died April 1777." 



On the north side of the obelisk the inscription runs as fol- 

 lows : 



" John Morton being censured by some of his friends for his 

 boldness in giving the casting vote for the Declaration of Inde- 

 pendence, his prophetic spirit dictated from his death-bed the 

 following message to them: 



" Tell them they will live to see the hour when they shall 

 acknowledge it to have been the most glorious service I have ever 

 rendered to my country.' " 



The other sides are occupied with historical events connected 

 with the Declaration of Independence. 



A few years since a number of very ancient buildings stood 



