The Monument in 1830

Title:: The Monument in 1830
Description:: The Monument in 1830. In November, 1827, Willard reported: "It is two years since we commenced quarrying at our ledge... What has been done thus far, has been done with our hands tied..." in Jan., 1829, all work was stopped for lack of funds. In 1834-'35, eighteen more courses were laid under the auspices of the Boston Mechanics association: but funds again ran out.
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:: 1830
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Monuments & memorials
Hoisting machinery
Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Bunker Hill Monument
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: Reproduced from C.H. Snow "A geography of Boston" by E.H. Cameron in "Of Yankee Granite" 1953.
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-32-A5