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Boston, Massachusetts

I've arrived at the oldest part of the cemetery. Some of these markers date way back to the 1660's.

Here are a few of them.

This placard talks about some of the craftsmen who are buried here, including the famous Paul Revere. Additionally, it contains information about 1732 burial rates:

For white man or woman	10 shillings
For persons 6 to 12 years of age	7 shillings
For children carried by hand	6 shillings
For negro man or woman	7 shillings & 6 pence
Ditto from 6 to 12 years of age	6 shillings
For children	4 shillings
For opening the new or wall tombs	14 shillings
For opening an old tomb	16 shillings

Paul Revere's final resting place (assuming they didn't relocate the marker to make the lawnmower man happy).

There are quite a few tombs in this section of the cemetery.