Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Connecticut
Date1994
MediumLithograph; black printer's ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 22 x 19 3/4in. (55.9 x 50.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 25 1/2 x 22in. (64.8 x 55.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 25 1/2 x 22in. (64.8 x 55.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, Connecticut, bordered to the east by Center Church and the south by Gold Street. It shows the fourteen subdivisions and the locations of each grave and memorial within them. Each marker or memorial is numbered, and each number corresponds to the alphabetical list on the back that contains the name of the person buried and their map location.
Object number2012.312.163
InscribedRecto, bottom, printed in black ink: "ANCIENT BURYING GROUND / HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT"Verso, top, printed in black ink: "Alphabetical List of Inscriptions and Markers / in the / Ancient Burying Ground / Map location numbers have been included for stones which have disappeared / since the original map, on which this map was based, was drawn up. This has / been done to provide as complete a record as possible of how the Ancient / Burying Ground appeared at the turn of the twentieth century. Epitaphs are on / pages 86 to 142 in the book By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them."
Bottom, printed in black ink: "ANCIENT / BURYING GROUND / HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT / 1994"NotesCartographic Note: No scale
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- Maps and Charts: Finding Your Place in Connecticut History
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