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Old Feelings, New England
Pinned
Tempus vorax Mortallium

Sacred to the Memory of Deacon
Joſeph Bingham, who departed this
Life Novr the 4th 1787. In the
79th Year of his Age. — He left
the Church Militant to Join the
Church Triumphant Above.
Why d[...]
ERECTED
Iɴ Memory of
Mʳ Andrew Bettey
who died
April 26ᵗʰ 1 7 8 6:
in the 74ᵗʰ year
of his age

Alſo in memory of
Molley the Deceaſed’s
former wife.
And in memory of 4 of
their Children all which
died in 1 7 5 7.
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Memento Mori

Mrs. Mᴇʀᴄʏ Fɪᴇʟᴅ
died November 12
1804, in the 55 year
of her age.

Deſirable in life, lamented in death
Unveil they boſom faithfull tomb,
Take this new treaſure to thy truſt,
And giᵛe thſe precious relicts room,
To ſlumber in thy ſilent duſt.
No pain, no grief, no [...]
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In memory of
Mrs. Dɪᴀᴅᴇᴍᴀ,
wife of Mr.
Phinehas Field
who Died
Aug. 1st. 1788.
Æt. 24.
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ʜᴇʀᴇ ʟɪᴇs ʙuʀɪᴇᴅ
ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅy ᴏꜰ ᴍᴿ
ᴊᴏsɪᴀʜ Sᴀᴡyᴇʀ
ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀᴘʀɪʟ 4
1736 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ 76
yᴇᴀʀ ᴏꜰ ʜɪs ᴀɢᴇ
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Tryphena Williams
Decᵈ 1777
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Here lyes yᵉ Body of Mʳˢ
Rᴜᴛʜ Wᴀᴅsᴡᴏʀᴛʜ,(Relict)
of yᵉ Revᵈ Mʳ Bᴇɴᴊᴀᴍɪɴ
Wᴀᴅsᴡᴏʀᴛʜ, late Pʀᴇsɪᴅᴇɴᴛ
of Harvard College in 𝕮𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖌𝖊;)
Who departed this Life
February yᵉ 17ᵗʰ A.D. 1744/₅
in yᵉ 73ᵈ Year of Her Age.
December 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In Memory of Col.
Joseph Safford Who
Died Jan. 9ᵗʰ 1798 in
The 68ᵗʰ year of his
Age

Fleſh [Remeet? Bemeet? …] of the Juſt
[Shall? ſlowerſ? … ] he ſleeps [...]
[dieſt?]
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In Memory of Mrs Eleanor
Wife of Mr Bezaleel Atchinſon
who died May 12ᵗʰ1799
in the 58ᵗʰ year
of her age.

Believe the [...] truth
You ſoon will find it true.
[...] the [...] of death
And ſo [muſt each?] of you.
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Here lies yᵉ Body of
Dᴀɴɪᴇʟ Tʜᴜʀsᴛᴏɴ
Son of Mʳ John &
Mʳˢ Eᴜɴɪᴄᴇ Tʜᴜʀsᴛᴏɴ
died Augˢᵗ yᵉ 4ᵗʰ1775
Aged 10 Months
& 4 Days
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In memory of Enſigⁿ
Nathaniel Mattoon
who Decᵈ Janʳʸ yᵉ 18ᵗʰ
1 7 7 0 Aged 76 years
4 months & 18 days.

Great God I own
Thy sentance juſt
I yeild my Body
To the duſt.
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Mʀ JOHN SNOW,
died May 12th
1777 in yᵉ 72d
year of his age.
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
In Memory of Mʳ Samuel
Connable jun.who died A
pril 29ᵗʰ 1794.in the 31ˢᵗ
Year of his Age.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In Memory of
Mrs. Charity the
Amiᵃble Conſort, of
Col. Jared Bradley
who died July 31.
1 7 9 0.
in the 32d year
of her age.

Adieu my [ſpouse]
my c[hil]dr[e]n dear
I leave this [w]orld of
[pain?]

Let virtue be
your practice [here]
[???] we do m[eet again]
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
To the Memory of
Mrˢ Eliſabeth Janes
the amiable Conſort
of Mr Eliſha Janes
Juʳ who died Novʳ
yᵉ 16ᵗʰ 1765. in
the 23[ʳᵈ?] Year of
her Age
December 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Madam Anna Hunt
Relict of the late
Capt. Samuel Hunt
Obt. May 6ᵗʰ 1794
Æ[t]a[t] 90.
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
IN MEMORY OF
Polly Cole Daughter of
Mʳ Benjamin& ᴍrs Pru
dence Cole, who died Oc
tober the 2ᵈ AD 1802. Aged
4 Years 6 ᴍonths,& ᴅays 3.
Farewell adieu, our Heart’s fond joʸ.
Our Darling She lies here.
The great Creator gives the caˡˡ
& we muſt part with you our deaʳ.
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Elisabeth Matildᵃ
Daughter of Ionᵃ
Ashley Esqr. &
Tirzah his wife
Died May 19[th?]
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In Memory of Mʳ
James Luce Jnʳ who
Died Augˢᵗ 6ᵗʰ 1775 in
yᵉ 34ᵗʰ year of his Age.

Behold, my Friend, as you paſs by,
as you are now, ſo once was I;
as I am now ſo you muſt be,
Prepare for Death, & Follow me.
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
HERE
LYETH THE BO
DY OF HANNAH
BUELL WHO W
AS THE WIFE [O]
F PETER BUELL
DECEASED FEB
2[0] 1718 [AGE 30?]
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Here
lies Buried
the Body of
Mᴿˢ Sᴜsᴀɴɴᴀʜ Iᴏʜᴏɴɴᴏᴛ
Conſort of the late
Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Iᴏʜᴏɴɴᴏᴛ Deceasᵈ
who Departed
this Life Januʸ 23ᵈ
1 7 7 4
Aged 61 Years.

Stop here my Friends and Caſt an Eye,
As you are now ſo Once was I,
As I am now so you must be;
Prepare for Death and follow me.
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tempus vorax Mortallium

Sacred to the Memory of Deacon
Joſeph Bingham, who departed this
Life Novr the 4th 1787. In the
79th Year of his Age. — He left
the Church Militant to Join the
Church Triumphant Above.
Why d[...]
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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"Here lies the Body
of Mrs Ruth Storer
wife of Mr Benjamin
Storer of Halifax
Deceased who Departed
this life Nov 27 1776 AE 6(?)"

Old Burying Ground
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by Time is hungry
Gravestone of James Cary, 1681, at Phipps Street Burying Ground in the Charlestown neighborhood in Boston. Carved by the so-called Old Stonecutter, who may have been Elias Grice.
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Hot take: academic paywalls should be abolished, in order to encourage academics to return to more traditional forms of gatekeeping like writing in Latin or using ciphers
May 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In Memory of
OF BENJAMIN TAPPAN A.M.
Late Paſtor of the Church in Mancheſter,
Who expired May 6. 1790.
in the 70ᵗʰ Year of his age,
and the 45ᵗʰ of his Miniſtry.
He was a ſincere & exemplary Chriſtian,
a tender Huſband & Parent,
a judicious & ſound Divine,
a Prudent & faithful Miniſter.
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM