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Jonas Clark stone, 1770, Chelmsford, MA, slate, detail Box 1

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Joseph Hickox stone, 1725, Durham, CT, redstone 22 3/4 x 26 1/4. Between 1725 and 1730 highly ornamented stone begin to appear in the burial grounds of the Connecticut Valley. This example shows the coil volute border panel which may have been derived from the New london carvers or simplified from Boston examples. The winged death's head was almost certainly taken from a Boston stone. Similar stones may be found throughot the Connecticut Valley after 1730. Box 1

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Joseph Reynolds stone, 1759, Bristol, RI. An armorial stone of a type popular in Rhode Island, although such designs were more often found on tombs than on upright gravestones. Box 1

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Joseph Tapping stone, 1678, King's Chapel, Boston, MA, Slate Box 1

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Joseph Tapping stone, 1678, King's Chapel, Boston, MA, slate, detail Box 1

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Katharin Ayers stone, 1684, Newport, RI. Attributed to Williams Mumford of Boston, MA. Example of the diffusion of the Boston style to Newport, RI in the late 17th century. Notice the angel at the botom of the stone. By the 18th century the winged angel would replace the central death's head at the top of the stone. Box 1

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Latiner child stone, 1789, Bloomfield, CT, Redstone Box 1

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Lieut. Jabez Smith stone, 1780, The Granary, Boston, MA., slate. One of the few New England stone to show a ship. There is a similar example in Groton, CT. The inscriptio reads, "Anchored in the haven of rest." Box 1

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Lieut. John Hunt stone, 1716, Rumford, RI, slate Box 1

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Lucinda Day stone, 1800, Chester, VT, slate, detail. Box 1

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