In olde New York; sketches of old times and places in both the state and the city . for their own families, and for alimited number of others who might purchase rightsof interment there. It then formed a part of the. 0 F^ ^ a ij^ «* H J, u =2 K ^ 5 ^ < ^H X »< Oj :^ Two Marble Cemeteries 31 Phillip Minthorn farm, and the region round aboutwas covered with farms and pastures. BleeckerStreet was then on the outskirts of the city. SecondStreet and the adjoining avenues had been laid out,but there were no buildings on them, and a series ofpastures and marshes, tenanted by geese and cattle,sw
In olde New York; sketches of old times and places in both the state and the city . for their own families, and for alimited number of others who might purchase rightsof interment there. It then formed a part of the. 0 F^ ^ a ij^ «* H J, u =2 K ^ 5 ^ < ^H X »< Oj :^ Two Marble Cemeteries 31 Phillip Minthorn farm, and the region round aboutwas covered with farms and pastures. BleeckerStreet was then on the outskirts of the city. SecondStreet and the adjoining avenues had been laid out,but there were no buildings on them, and a series ofpastures and marshes, tenanted by geese and cattle,swept to the East River. The purchase comprisedsome fifteen city lots, and the sum paid was $ next year, 1832, it was regularly incorporated asthe New York City Marble Cemetery, the title beingvested in a board of five trustees. The constructionof vaults was at once begun, and 234 were completedby 1838, at which time the cemetery may be said tohave been finished, although twent}-four vaults wereopened in 1843. Many vaults had been purchasedand many interments made before this, however, oneof the first having been that of the remains of ex-President Monroe. Soon after the opening of theground several d
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