tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post8755051817766411420..comments2024-03-17T16:32:51.970-04:00Comments on Vast Public Indifference: Gravestone of the Day: John WhiteCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14390048358391513711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-27740926436814341062010-12-03T17:04:25.826-05:002010-12-03T17:04:25.826-05:00Yes, I can see now that is is "50" rathe...Yes, I can see now that is is "50" rather than "30."<br /><br />I think it's fascinating that Bridgman knew or claimed to know that the alteration was specifically made about 40 years before (ca 1810) "by a school boy." I wonder if he knew who it was? Was this change widely known to people? ("Oh yes, everyone who knows the cemetery knows that stone was changed to make it seem like the earliest one...")<br /><br />—RJORobert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-8686954885440420422010-12-03T15:06:15.389-05:002010-12-03T15:06:15.389-05:00The 9 with a tail seems to have been a common thin...The 9 with a tail seems to have been a common thing back in the late 1600s. All of William Mumford's stones in Newport have that tail on the 9; it may have been a common lettering device of the time.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-65765938552899234892010-12-03T12:42:34.812-05:002010-12-03T12:42:34.812-05:00Oops — he's right about the 50 years.Oops — he's right about the 50 years.Caitlin GD Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317897772288904474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-29210196667380706862010-12-03T09:11:41.330-05:002010-12-03T09:11:41.330-05:00Thomas Bridgman's 1851 transcription of Copp&#...Thomas Bridgman's 1851 transcription of Copp's Hill, a work with a great many errors, reads "50 years" and "1625" on this stone, with the footnote: "The true date of this inscription was 1695. It was altered some forty years ago by a school boy."<br /><br />—RJORobert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com