Dorchester North Burying Place, 1630. Upham's Corner, Columbia Road and Stoughton Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts

Title:: Dorchester North Burying Place, 1630. Upham's Corner, Columbia Road and Stoughton Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Description:: One of the most interesting in the country. Among the distinguished tombs here are those of Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton, chief justice of the court before which the witchcraft trials at Salem were held, and Richard Mather, the founder of the Mather family in New England. Many of the inscriptions on the stones are quaint, and there are a number of imposing tablets.
Photographer:: Abdalian, Leon H., 1884-1967
Name on Item:: Leon H. Abdalian, Photographer
Date:: [ca. 1920–1929]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Gelatin silver prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Leon Abdalian Collection
Subjects:: Cemeteries
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Dorchester
Dorchester North Burying Ground, 585 Columbia Road, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Extent:: 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 17 x 22 cm
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Notes:: Title from item or material accompanying item.
Abdalian identifier no. 3050; 1
Notes (date):: Date supplied by cataloger based on similar item in collection.
Accession #:: 08_01_A_002699
Identifier:: 3050
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