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Tuesday Evening Session. 
Tuesday Afternoon. 
The rain storm ceased just in time to permit the 
members to make a tour of the old cemeteries of the 
city, passing through the Horticultural Gardens and 
over the Common to the Granary. This cemetery rep- 
resents the Revolutionary period. It contains 1.88 
acres and the land is worth at least $4,000,000. It was 
established in 1660. The visitors were shown about 
by Mr. J. H. Morton and Mr. Leonard Ross. The 
tombs of Peter Faneuil, John Hancock, Paul Revere 
were shown; also the burial place of the victims of 
the Boston massacre and the tomb which contained the 
body of General Joseph Warren, killed at Bunker Hill, 
lay for awhile. The next place of interest was the 
King’s Chapel burying ground. 
This burying ground was estab- 
lished in 1630. One of the old- 
est graves is that of Gov. John 
Winthrop. The oldest stone 
standing is that of Wm. Paday, 
erected in 1658. There were 
numerous other examples of the 
monumental art of the Colonial 
period. 
The State House was next vis- 
ited. Here the party saw the log 
of the Mayflower and the tradi- 
tional codfish, which hangs over 
the gallery of the House of Rep- 
resentatives, and which gave ori- 
gin to the expression “codfish 
aristocracy.” The return to the 
hotel was through Beacon street 
and the Horticultural Gardens. 
some of the tombs. Mr. Ross said it was not a fit place 
to use and he would hesitate to put a dog there if he 
had been a good beast. 
There are a few burials, a dozen or so a year, in 
these three cemeteries, most of the bodies being placed 
there from sentimental reasons. According to the 
statutes no bodies can be placed in the ground ; the 
tombs, however, may be utilized by the relatives of the 
deceased. 
Messrs. McCarthy, of Providence, and J. H. Mor- 
ton, of Boston, commented on the statements of Mr. 
Ross, the latter describing at length the work now 
being done to preserve the historical burying grounds 
in the city. 
THE VINE-CLAD ENTRANCE TO NEWTON CEMETERY, NEWTON CENTER, MASS. 
The chair announced that the 
Honorable J. Albert Brackett 
would not be able to read the paper on the “Old 
Cemeteries of Boston/’ and called upon Leonard Ross 
for some remarks on the subject. Mr. Ross gave a 
brief sketch of the old burying grounds, including the 
King’s Chapel, Copp’s Hill and the Granary, the first 
representing the Colonial period and the last the Revo- 
lutionary period. 
Mr. Ross said that the oldest cemetery in the city is 
the King’s Chapel burying ground, which dates from 
1630. 
About twelve years ago several trees were removed 
from the old Granary ground, and in the course of the 
work over 200 headstones with legible inscriptions 
were dug up, in addition to scores of fragments and 
footstones. The headstones were all set up again 
and have been preserved. The Granary ground is wet 
and full of springs, there being two feet of water in 
A. W. Hobart then read a brief paper on “Respect 
for the Dead, and Justice to Their Descendants.” He 
said in part : 
“Private ownership of cemeteries is not conducive to 
the best results as to permanency in the care of lots ; 
and in what better way can w'e secure respect for the 
dead and justice to their descendants than by the establish- 
ment of a permanent fund in every cemetery for securing 
the perpetual care of lots? In a number of places cemeteries 
have been abandoned, with the result of scenes of vandalism 
that beggar description. It is a pleasure to know that the 
people are being awakened to a realizing sense of the condi- 
tion of things, and are endeavoring in places to reclaim aban- 
doned burial plots. 
“It should be required of all lot owners that work in a 
cemetery should be constructed in the most durable manner. 
The paramount consideration is a permanent care fund. It 
should be made certain that by the time all the land is sold 
and the cemetery has ceased to be profitable, there wall be 
