{"product_id":"a-guide-to-historic-burial-grounds-of-marblehead-9781467157469","title":"A Guide to Historic Burial Grounds of Marblehead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarblehead's fishermen, merchants, slaves and heroes are buried in graveyards throughout this historic town. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are thirteen burial sites, including large cemeteries and small family tombs. Old Burial Hill was established in 1638, and the \"new\" Waterside Cemetery was opened in 1859. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevolutionary War hero General John Glover, famous for rowing General Washington across the Delaware River in 1776, is buried at Old Burial Hill. The final resting place of an enslaved woman, marked simply \"Agnis Negro\" was recently reproduced and rededicated. Green Street holds the graves of Elisha Story, who took part in the Boston Tea Party, along with Josiah Cressy, record-breaking captain of the \u003cem\u003eFlying Cloud \u003c\/em\u003eclipper ship. Mary Alley, who left property to establish the town's first hospital, is buried at Harborview Cemetery. Local author Pam Matthias Peterson reveals five centuries of history behind these markers of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467157469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.14w x 0.33d","brand":"Pam Matthias Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230753259701,"sku":"9781467157469","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2550878b-6b69-4361-aca8-4d67e53ab73c.jpg?v=1750170071","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-guide-to-historic-burial-grounds-of-marblehead-9781467157469","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}