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Photographer: Anna Inbody
Taken: November 20, 2011
Caption: Neil Smith
Additional Description: #14 of the Historical Burial Sites on the Visitor's Brochure for the Quaker Burying Grounds

Epitaph It must be so - our father Adam of all, and disobedience brought this lot on all. All die in him. - But hopeless should we be. Blest Revelation! were it not for thee. Hail, Glorious Gospel! heavenly light hereby We live with comfort, and with comfort die; And view beyond this __(damage from bullet) scene, the tomb, A life of endless happiness to come. *Admonition*Gentle to know, this world's a vain and ...(becomes illegible)

This unusual monument was used by Henry Nixon as a target in his preparation for his duel with Hopkins. Several bullet scars are visible. It appears his practice was for naught, as he was killed during the duel.
Submitted: November 20, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p181664
File Size: 0.741 Megabytes

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