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| Rhoda Sargeant, 1774, Haverhill, MA |
Mrs RHODA SARGEANT
CONSORT OF NATHLL
PEASLEE SARGEANT
ESQr DIED OCTr 9h
1774 IN THE 40h
YEAR OF HER AGE
THIS MONUMENT IS
ERECTED TO HER MEMORY
HERE THE WEARY
ARE AT REST
AND THE WICKED CEASES
AND THE WICKED CEASES
FROM TROUBLEING
Is this an original stone or a reproduction? Something about it seems a little off, but I may just be unfamiliar with the carver.
2 comments:
This is probably the work of Bradford carver Joseph Marble (1725-1805), father of carver John Marble (1764-1844). Joseph used all-caps lettering early, then included lower case. A lot of his work is in bad shape because of the stone he used, but there are a few well-preserved slates too.
The uniformity of the typeface does make me wonder if this is a reproduction.
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