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Title: Historical sketch and matters appertaining to the Copp's Hill Burial-Ground
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Boston (Mass.). Cemetery Dept
Subjects: Cemeteries
Publisher: Boston : Municipal Print. Office
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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HULL STREET ENTRANCE, COPPS HILL BURIAL-GROUND. HISTORY OF COPPS HILL In early days the well to do of Boston dwelt largely inthe North End, a very pleasant and convenient part of thepeninsula. Until the time just succeeding the Revolution, theNorth End retained its social prominence; then the notablesand fashionables began to leave it. It was quite natural, there-fore, in accordance with the custom of the time, that the townshould early provide a burial-ground in this comparatively wellsettled section. In 1659 there was bought a lot of land on thesummit of Copps Hill, which formed the nucleus of the presentcemetery. Copps Hill was an eminently suitable spot for the purpose.Although lower than Beacon Hill and Fort Hill, it was scarcelyless commanding and seemed equally a topographical feature.The rectangular plateau on the summit easily lent itself toburial needs. Wood, among the first travellers to record hisimpressions of Boston, says in his New England Prospect(London, 1634) : On th

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