Cover of Masonic Ode by Thomas Power

Cover of Masonic Ode by Thomas Power

Item Information

Title:
Cover of Masonic Ode by Thomas Power
Description:
Cover of Masonic Ode by Thomas Power. Written in 1845, showing first Monument "erected A.D. 1794, by King Solomon's Lodge of Freemasons, constituted at Charlestown, 1783, in memory of Major General Warren and his associates who were slain on this Memorable spot, June 17, 1775." Published on the occasion of placing the tablets in the base of the old Monument. The wooden monument of 1794 stood on what was then Concord Street, at about the present 33 Monument Square, on a part of the Russell Pasture which was later purchased by the Bunker Hill Monument Association for the Monument Grounds.
Collector:
Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:
[ca. 1845–1925]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Lantern slides
Location:
Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):
Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:
Obelisks
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.
Notes (ownership):
Courtesy of Mrs. Heyliger deWindt
Notes (date):
Date from accompanying materials: Before 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
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-30-A1