[Rarebooks] [b] FS: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1852

[David Klappholz]

At 03:43 PM 12/29/2006, Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA wrote:
>...Laurel Hill was founded in 1836, the second "rural" cemetery in America.

If my memory is correct: What is now "Greenwich Village" was outside 
of NYC -- not very far out, but then Laurel Hill isn't far away from 
Center City, and is, in fact, within Phila., though it may not have 
been in 1836. In any event, what is now Washington Square Park was 
used, in 1812, as a burial place for fallen soldiers. I wonder if 
this is the one considered to be "first." (It was later, of course, 
dug up, or maybe paved over, when the Park was estabished.

Dave