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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 25 1 Browse Search
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn 8 0 Browse Search
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utions. Another monument, on which the inscription has been engraven since this description was commenced, is that of Putnam, on Beech Avenue, a column of snow-white Italian marble, ornamented with Egyptian emblems on one of the sides, and over-shadowed by one of the finest oaks in the Cemetery. The inscription reads thus:-- Jesse Putnam. Jesse Putnam, long known as the Father of the merchants of Boston; a distinction not claimed by himself, but accorded by others, in consideration ofJesse Putnam, long known as the Father of the merchants of Boston; a distinction not claimed by himself, but accorded by others, in consideration of the intelligence, energy, and integrity, with which, for more than half a century, at home and abroad, he followed and adorned his profession. He died 14th April, 1837, aged 83 years. Here, amid scenes familiar to her childhood, and grateful, aland her declining years, repose, with those of her husband, the remains of Susannah, more than sixty years wife of Jesse Putnam. Having discharged, with unwearied fidelity and devotion, the duties of this relation, as well as those of a daughter an