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| Elizabeth Reed, 1803, Phipps Street, Charlestown, MA |
Sacred to the Memory
of Elizabeth Reed
Daut of Mr JOSEPH
& Miss ELIZABETH REED
died Septr 1st 1803
I love this tree. These carvings are usually so rigid, but this one has a sense of movement. It truly looks like the tree is mourning. The Farber Collection attributes a similar stone dedicated to another Reed daughter to the Lamson shop, though it does not differentiate between the work of Joseph, Caleb, and David Lamson. Other carvings may be more precise, but this one is special.
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