The Monument in 1837

Title:: The Monument in 1837
Description:: The Monument in 1837. Work remained suspended until the Ladies Fair in 1840, and five thousand dollar gifts from two prominent citizens started the work again. The two and a half ton capstone was set in place in July, 1842.
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Name on Item:: Reproduced from a drawing by E. H. Cameron
Date:: 1837
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Monuments & memorials
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 a drawing in Boston Athenaeum 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-A6