This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...upon the plot. The ground is devoted entirely to vaults underground, and interments arc still permitted, under restrictions. The place is well kept, but is laid out in severe style. Half a dozen parallel gravel walks run the length of it. Between the walks are narrow strips of sodded ground in which at regular ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...upon the plot. The ground is devoted entirely to vaults underground, and interments arc still permitted, under restrictions. The place is well kept, but is laid out in severe style. Half a dozen parallel gravel walks run the length of it. Between the walks are narrow strips of sodded ground in which at regular intervals lie the gray slabs that cover the entrances to the vaults. President James Monroe was buried in a vault here, but his remains were subsequently removed to Richmond, Va., for permanent interment. John Ericsson, the inventor and builder of the famous warvessel Monitor, whose remains were finally sent to his native land, Sweden, 011 Vurd a United-States war-ship, rested for a time in the Marble Cemetery. There MEMORIAL TABLET TO MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY, ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL. NEW-YORK CITY MARBLE CEMETERY, 20 STREET, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND AVENUES. are several monuments historically interesting, noticeably one to Stephen Allen, 'nee Mayor of New-York City; and the names of Lenox, Lewis, Ogden, Varian, Webb, Oolhout, Hyslop, Kip, Van Alen and other old families appear. There is another little cemetery, hidden in the centre of the block bounded by the Bowery, Second Avenue, and 2d and 3d Streets, which belongs to the same corporation. It is sometimes called the New-York Marble Cemetery, and is distinguished from the other by the omission of the word "City" from the title. It is scarcely half an acre in extent, and it cannot be seen from either street or avenue. The entrance is through an iron gate and a heavy wooden door on Second Avenue, near 2d Street. Even this is kept closed constantly, and, so far as appearances go, it might be the entrance to the adjoining house. St. Mark's Churchyard is also a record of the past. It is at ...
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Fair. 2ND EDITION HARDBACK BOOK IN FAIR CONDITION, FIRST FEW PAGES LAID IN [LOOSE]ILLUSTRATED COVER PANEL WITH TALL BUILDING IS INTACT, CONTENTS ARE IN GREAT CONDITION.
