Roxbury Burying Ground 1630

Roxbury Burying Ground 1630

Item Information

Title:
Roxbury Burying Ground 1630
Description:
Here were buried Governors Thomas Dudley 1653, Joseph Dudley 1720. Chief Justice Paul Dudley 1752, Colonel William Dudley 1743. Ministers John Eliot 1690, Thomas Walter, 1725, Nehemiah Walter 1750, Oliver Peabody 1752, Amos Adams 1775, Eliphalet Porter 1833. The Reverend John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians, labored for many years to give them the gospel, and translated the bible into their language. Eliot was assisted by many others, and many of the dusky inhabitants of the forest learned to bow down to the Christian's God. Eustis and Washington Streets, Roxbury, Mass.
Photographer:
Abdalian, Leon H., 1884-1967
Name on Item:
Leon H. Abdalian, Photographer
Date:
November 16, 1954
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leon Abdalian Collection
Subjects:
Cemeteries
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Roxbury
Eliot Burying Ground, 20 Eustis Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Extent:
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger from similar item in collection.
Abdalian identifier no. 3061
Notes (date):
Date from item or material accompanying item.
Accession #:
08_01_A_002713
Identifier:
3061