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Pauſe Mortal! and Contemplate the remains of Miſs Rebecca Cunnable. the amiable Daughter of Mr. Samuel Cunnable late of Barnardſton & Mrs. Rebecca his Wife who died Auguſt yᵉ 17ᵗʰ 1800 aged 13. If Sprightly youth or human tears [Or?] early piety could ſave Death had not thus cut ſhort her [years?] But [she?] will Triumph O’er the [Grave]

Photographed at North Vernon Cemetery in North Vernon, Vermont, in May 2026. It was the sort of somewhat-cloudy afternoon that’s ideal for driving through Vermont, and when you see thin old gravestones at the side of the road, you are obligated to stop and investigate.

I’ve borrowed some transcription choices from Findagrave, but I don’t entirely trust it. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12625409/rebecca-cunnable

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Here lyes Buried the Body of Mʳˢ Eʟɪᴢᴀʙᴇᴛʜ Wᴀɪᴛᴇ widow of Mʳ Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Wᴀɪᴛᴇ who departed this Life march 25ᵗʰ 1771 In yᵉ 79ᵗʰ Year of her Age.

Photographed at Salem Street Burying Ground in Medford, Massachusetts, on a sunny morning in December 2025.

8/6/2017 Olive Hoffman (#47150863) suggestion: ------------------------- Elizabeth (Weeks) Waite was d/o Joseph & Sarah ( ) Weeks. she md. R

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MEMENTO MORI

Mr. Andrew Libby died Jan. 5th 1773 in the 71ſt year of his age.

Mrs. Eſther his wife die[d] Oct. 1ſt 1756 in the [...]

Photographed at Black Point Cemetery in Scarborough, Maine, in golden hour, January 2026.

There are three faces carved into this stone, but only two names visible. It’s like that there’s at least one more line of the inscription than what’s visible above the ground.

1700 Born to Matthew Libby ( 1663 - ? ), and Elizabeth. 1731 1st Marriage - Marriage on Feb 7th in Newington, NH: Lt. Andrew Libby and Est

1710 Born to Jethro Furber ( Nov 24, 1675 Newington, NH - Mar 2, 1715 Dover, NH ) and Leah (Nute) Furber Nutter ( 1680 Dover, NH - 1748 Dove

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Here lies Interr’d the Body of CHOW MANDERIEN a Native of China, Aged 19 years; whoſe death was occasioned on the 11ᵗʰ of Sepᵗ 1798. by a fall from the Maſt head of the Ship Mac of Boſton. This Stone is erected to his Memory by his affectionate Maſter JOHN BOIT Junʳ

Photographed at Central Burying Ground in Boston in the middle of a sunny day in January 2026.

There’s an Atlas Obscura entry about this one: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chow-manderien-grave-boston

And the Wikipedia article on John Boit brings together some contradictory accounts of how teenage Zhou Libei ended up in Boston, the first known person of Chinese descent in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boit#Relationship_with_Chow_Manderien

The voyage that John Boit was preparing the Mac for was a secret and illegal voyage to transport enslaved captives from Africa to Cuba. “There is an official record of the Mac’s arrival in Cuba in May 1799 after a harrowing voyage—only 206 of 244 enslaved captives survived the Atlantic crossing and almost one third of the survivors were children.” The Mac was seized and sold at auction in Bath, Maine, in 1799. https://www.masshist.org/object-of-the-month/objects/september-2023

Taken from gravestone: Here lies interred the body of Chow Manderien, a native of China, aged 19 years, whose death was occasioned on the 11

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ʜᴇʀᴇ ʟyᴇs ᴇɴᴛʀ ᵉᴅ yᵉ ʙᴏᴅy ᴏꜰ ᴄᴀᴘᵀ ᴇᴅᴡᴀʀᴅ sᴘʀᴀɢᴜᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴇᴄᴇsᴛ yᵉ 14 ᴏꜰ ᴀᴘʀɪʟ 1715 ᴀɢᴇᴅ 32 yᴇᴀʀs

Excited to see a stone with a winged skull _and_ a winged hourglass.

The letter t in “ᴄᴀᴘᵀ” looks like an ↑ upward-facing arrow.

Photographed at Bell Rock Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts, on a cold, windy afternoon in December 2025.

Edward was the sixth of ten children born to John and Lydia (Goffe) Sprague. He married Dorothy Lane the fifth of six children of Job and A

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The remains of Sᴛᴇᴘʜᴇɴ Cʀᴏsʙʏ A.M. A Gentleman of virtuus morals, And highly eſteemed, Who died On board yᵉ letter of mark brig Vᴇɴᴜs, Near port, July 19ᵗʰ. 1780. Aged 28 Years. Are here deposited till the reſtituſion of all things.

“Thy way is in the Sea, thy footsteps are not known”

Photographed at Old York Cemetery, in York, Maine, on a somewhat cloudy afternoon in January 2026.

I enjoy that the italic text paraphrases Psalm 77 in a way that makes it feel even more ominous.

The full verse from the KJV version: “Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.”

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. Thy way is in the sea, and thy

The remains of Stephen Crosby A.M. A Gentleman of virtuus morals & highly estemed who died on board ye letter of mark brig Venus Near Port,

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In memory of Mʳ Luther Perry, Son of Capt. Amos, & Mʳˢ Patience Perry. who died Febʳ 22ᵈ 1785 in yᵉ 21ˢᵗ year of his age.

Behold & ſee as you paſs by, As you are now ſo once was I: As I am now you ſoon ſhall be, Prepare for Death and follow me.

Photographed at Brush Hill Cemetery, Sherborn, Massachusetts, on a dank grey morning in September of 2025. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68652311/luther-perry

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In Memory of Miſs Rᴜᴛʜᴇ Lʏᴍᴀɴ who was poſseſsed of many amiable qualities, the joy of her Parents the delight of her connexions, and beloved of all: if youth if Virtue deſerve a Tear, reader, drop it here: when the engraving of this Stone inform you when ſhe left her weeping friends in the 23ᵈ year of her Age June 22ᵈ 1785.

Photographed at Old York Cemetery, in York, Maine, on a somewhat cloudy afternoon in January 2026.

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HEAR Lieth The Body of Annah Gilbert the Wife of Ensign Thomas Gilbert Aged 71 years Died May yᵉ 9ᵗʰ in the Year 1722

Photographed at Neck O Land Cemetery in Taunton, Massachusetts, on a bitterly cold afternoon on the way to the annual Moby-Dick Marathon in January 2026. The stones in this graveyard definitely face east and should be visited earlier in the day.

*birth year based on age at time of death. See Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, Taunton, Neck O' Land uploaded to the side. ----- Maid

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In Memory of, Mʳ Henry Hilt, Son of Mʳ Henry & Mʳˢ Mary Hilt, who died Octr 2ᵈ 1796; Aged 33 Years

Photographed at Central Burying Ground in Boston in the middle of a sunny day in January 2026.

Son of Henry and Mary Hilt.

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an urn In Memory of Mr Joſeph Hovey late of Manſfield in Connecti cut, died Auguſt 11th AD 800 Æt 32 Who esteemed the living [now?] laments the dead [???] tribute to the [???]

Photographed at Hendee Cemetery in Woodstock, Vermont, on a cloudy day in September 2025.

Nearby, Isaac Cobb’s grave has the same grumpy, anthropomorphic sun. He died about two weeks earlier.

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ʜᴇʀᴇ ʟyᴇs yᵉ ʙᴏᴅy ᴏꜰ ɪsᴀᴀᴄ ʟᴇᴡᴇs ᴀɢᴇᴅ 34 yᴇᴀʀs ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀᴘʀɪʟ yᵉ 6ᵗʰ 1 6 9 1

I visited Bell Rock Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts, on a bitterly cold — but sunny! — afternoon in December 2025. This was hard to photograph, between intrusive shadows and my stiff, frozen hands.

modern spelling Isaac Lewis FamilySearch ID: M6YG-3V8

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Mʳ Nathaniel Backus was killd by the fall of a Tree june 22ⁿᵈ 1782 in the 35ᵗʰ year of his age

All you that read with little care Who walk away & leave me here Should not forget that you muſt die And be intombd aſ well aſ I

Photographed at Fairmount Cemetery, Lee, Massachusetts, in October 2025. It’s strange to see an upward-pointing hand on a stone dated 1782, but there were a number of these in this graveyard.

killd by the fall of a Tree in his 35th year. Early Vital Records of Mass. (Lee Deaths).

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In Memory of Harriot Richardson Dauʳ of ᴍr Jᴇᴅᴜᴛʜᴜɴ & ᴍrs Sally Richardson died Octʳ 30 1795 Aged 16 Monᵗˢ

Photographed at Salem Street Burying Ground in Medford, Massachusetts, on a sunny morning in December 2025.

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Sacred to the Memory of Joſiah Dunham, Son of Mʳ Samuel, and Mʳˢ Eſther Dunham. was born March 28ᵗʰ AD. 1748. & died Octr 19ᵗʰ 1768, in yᵉ 21ᵗʰ Year of his Age. while a member of Yale ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ.

Ah Death! how cruel! Here thou didſt intomb, Youth, Learning, Friendſhip, In their early Bloom.

Photographed at the Old Yard in Columbia, Connecticut, in early afternoon of Christmas Day in 2025.

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SUSANNA WILLIS DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN & SUSANN WILLIS WAS BORN NOUEMBER 13 1699 & DIED NOUEMBᴿ 7 1700

Photographed at Salem Street Burying Ground in Medford, Massachusetts, on a sunny morning in December 2025.

Love these ligatures: NN, HE, MB. Unicode is impoverished.

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Mʳˢ Anne Shaw 1799

Photographed at Old Town Cemetery in Rockland, Massachusetts, on a cold afternoon in December 2025. This graveyard stands on a little hill incongruously abutting suburban yards.

Ann was the daughter of John Colson and Susanna (Lincoln) Colson. She was born in Abington, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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