Forest Hills cemetery : its establishment, progress, scenery, monuments, etc

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FOREST HILLS CEMETERY.

Preface

Forest Hills Cemetery, although of recent origin, has rapidly grown in public favor, and the number of those who are now interested in it is so large, that the publication of a book giving an account of its establishment, its consecration, scenery, monuments, etc., may at least prove acceptable to many persons. This volume has been prepared rather for the use of proprietors of burial lots there, or others who are interested in the §acred spot by tender associations, than for the general reader, who might perhaps find too much of detail and dulness in its pages.

To the general history and description given in the body of the book, an Appendix has been added, containing all the official papers relating to the Cemetery, the acts, ordinances, regulations,

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forms of deeds, and other matters of especial interest to proprietors, and a catalogue of proprietors down to the time of publication.

The illustrations are from drawings made by Mr. Benjamin Worcester, engraved by Mr. John Andrew. It was thought that a few views of the kind here given would be more acceptable and more appropriate to the volume, as they certainly are more tasteful, than a larger number of cuts representing only the monuments. It was difficult, however, to select views which might generally be thought the most attractive, or especially worthy of being comprised in so small a number. The object was to present the scenery of the different parts of the Cemetery, and some of its most striking characteristics.

Such as it is, the volume is submitted to those interested in the Cemetery, in the hope that it may, in some degree, prove an acceptable and useful book.

Koxbury, October, 1855.

Contents

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Introduction 1

Establishment and Progress of Forest Hills 17