The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . or-respondent of the Boston Gazette, -meets with generalapproval among us. In this measure economy and patriotismwent hand in hand, the non-importation of all articles not ofprime necessity having been generally agreed to by the col-onists. On entering the cemetery from Eustis Street, the first tombthat meets the eye. and the one upon the V. highest ground, iscovered with an ovalslao of white marblebearing the name of•• Dudley. In it re-pos
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . or-respondent of the Boston Gazette, -meets with generalapproval among us. In this measure economy and patriotismwent hand in hand, the non-importation of all articles not ofprime necessity having been generally agreed to by the col-onists. On entering the cemetery from Eustis Street, the first tombthat meets the eye. and the one upon the V. highest ground, iscovered with an ovalslao of white marblebearing the name of•• Dudley. In it re-poses the dust of thetwo and JosephDudley, Chief-Jus-tice Paul Dudley, Dudley,a prominent political leader a century and a half ago. Theoriginal inscription plate is said to have been of pewter, and tohave been taken out by some of the patriots during the siegeand run into bullets, lead being a scarce article in their camp. Of the epitaphs on Thomas Dudley, that by Rev. EzekielRogers is by far the best: — In books a prodigal they say,A living table talker, rich in senseAnd witty without wits DUDLEY TOMB — OLD TABLET. 100 ministers tomb. An able champion in debate, Wbose words lacked numbers but not weight, Both Catholic and Christian too, A soldier trusty, tried and true; Condemned to share the common doom, Reposes here in Dudleys tomb. By way of contrast, this, from Broome Churchyard, Eng-land, on another Dudley, will do : — God be praised!Here is Mr. Dudley senior And Jane his wife also,Who, whilst living was his superior But see what death can of his sons also lie here, One Walter, tother Joe;They all of them went in the year 1510, below. Near the centre of the ground is the ministers tomb, inwhich are the remains of the pastors of the First Church,including the apostle Eliot. The tomb that formerly occu-pied this spot was erected about the 3ear 16SG, by the friendsof William Bowen, of Roxbury, who had be
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