Mrs. Abigail Adams

Oct 6, 1743 – Oct 6, 1796

Buried at Mechanic Street Burying Ground

Transcription

This monument if Erected in memory of M_rs. Abigail Adams wife of M_r. Charles Adams who died Oct_r. 6_th 1796 in the 53 y_r. of her Age.

Grim death has shook his spacious aif(?) the rieb(?) the poor to dust return On right & left in heaps they fall awaits for

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Surveyed On

February 21, 2016

Stone Type

slate

Border

There is a two line, thin width border around the circumference of this stone. The tablet section has a two line, thick width arch shaped border that leads to the bottom of the plaque. There is an accented serrated line that forms a valley within this border before morphing into a sine wave lead out on both sides.

Remark

The tympanum has a large six armed star in a circle as its centerpoint. There were two smaller four armed stars (more like a compass) to the left and right and another pair on this stone's shoulders.

Physical Status

straight less_than_20_degrees

Intelligibility

readable

Biological Contaminants

minor incursion

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