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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., What Mean Ye by these stones? (search)
search of facts regarding it) and found it prone on the ground, as it had just been overturned by disorderly boys. The story of its original erection by Mr. Francis Brooks in 1884, with view of it on its original site, may be found in the Register, Vol. XV, p. 30, told under the caption The Passing of a Medford Estate. In thpeared upon the scene. The wooden box was much decayed. From it Superintendent Adams removed the remains of those whose bones lie here—we quote the words of Mr. Brooks' inscription as expression of the fact. When originally discovered they were found buried in a sitting posture, but in the box they were simply packed in, in nill summarize thus:— These stones of various kinds were a memorial to some of the aboriginal dwellers at this particular spot, erected at the instance of Mr. Francis Brooks, then owner and resident, in 1884. The property had been in the Brooks family since 1656, and in the sale to the real estate trust no provision was made fo