[Rarebooks] FS: 1831 Mt. Auburn Cemetery Dedication Address

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “An Address delivered on the Dedication of the Cemetery at Mount
Auburn, September 24, 1831”

By Joseph Story.
Printed in Boston by Joseph T. & Edwin Buckingham in 1831.

DISCUSSION: “Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts, was founded in 1831
as "America's first garden cemetery" or "rural cemetery". With classical
monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain, it marked a distinct break
with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The
appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity
of the term "cemetery", derived from the Greek for "a sleeping place."
This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and
the afterlife embodies by old graveyards and church burial plots. The
174-acre cemetery is important both for its historical aspects and for its
role as an arboretum. Most of the cemetery is located in Watertown,
Massachusetts, though the 1843 granite Egyptian revival entrance lies in
neighboring Cambridge, adjacent to the Cambridge City and Sand Banks
Cemeteries.”

Joseph Story [1779–1845] “was an American lawyer and jurist who served on
the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1845. He is most
remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and The Amistad,
and especially for his magisterial Commentaries on the Constitution of the
United States, first published in 1833. Dominating the field in the 19th
century, this work is a cornerstone of early American jurisprudence. It is
the first comprehensive treatise on the provisions of the U.S.
Constitution and remains a critical source of historical information about
the forming of the American republic and the early struggles to define its
law.”

In addition to delivering the address at the dedication of the cemetery,
Story is buried there, his grave marked by a piece of sepulchral statuary
executed by his son, William Wetmore Story. Accompanying the text of his
address, this pamphlet contains an appendix describing the history of the
development of the cemetery, and lists of the avenues, footpaths, and
subscribers.

DESCRIPTION: Disbound pamphlet. 5.5”x8.5”, 32 pages.

CONDITION NOTES: Some light soil and wear, last pages starting to detach.

PRICE: $275-

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