The lives and graves of our presidents . er. Near the chapel and a littledown toward the river is the grave of the fifteenth plat of ground enclosed with an iron fence is thirty feet bytwelve. The fence is interlaced with thrifty and well-cared-fcrrose bushes; while the well-kept lawn is dotted over withclumps of rare roses. The one grave is in the center of the remains rest in a vault of strong masonry, covered withheavy slabs of rock. A base of New Hampshire granite, someseven feet by three and a half, rests on these slabs, and on thebase a single block of Italian marbl
The lives and graves of our presidents . er. Near the chapel and a littledown toward the river is the grave of the fifteenth plat of ground enclosed with an iron fence is thirty feet bytwelve. The fence is interlaced with thrifty and well-cared-fcrrose bushes; while the well-kept lawn is dotted over withclumps of rare roses. The one grave is in the center of the remains rest in a vault of strong masonry, covered withheavy slabs of rock. A base of New Hampshire granite, someseven feet by three and a half, rests on these slabs, and on thebase a single block of Italian marble six feet four inches long,two feet ten inches Avide, and three feet six inches high, wroughtwith a heavy moulded cap and base. A branch of oak withleaves and acorns is cut in the cap. On the end of the blocknext to the chapel is this inscription : t Here Rest the Remains op I %urazs |p:uxTiatmtxf * Fifteenth President op the United Born in Franklin County, Pa., April 22, 1791, jjI Died at Wheatland, June 1, 1868. < FORK RY.
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