George Tolman

"Edited typescript of the genealogical originally compiled by George Tolman in conjunction with his work in recording inscriptions on gravestones found in and around Concord, Massachusetts in the summer of 1873."

Ms. transcriptions of inscriptions found in the Hill Burying Ground, the Main Street Burying Ground, and in three private plots in Concord, Mass., annotated with genealogical notes by Tolman. Tolman states in his introductory note that the inscriptions were copied from the stones in 1873; the completed ms. volume came to the Concord Free Public Library in 1883/84.

Papers include: scrapbook of poetry clippings (entitled in manuscript: Scrap Book / George Tolman / Class of '58 / Fugitive Pieces by various Authors), ca. 1857; ms. volume The Inscriptions from the Old Burying-grounds in Concord, Mass., [between 1873 and 1883]; ms. lecture "John Jack, the Slave, and Daniel Bliss, the Tory," 1889; ALS, George Tolman to Miss Anne L. Estabrook, 1904 May 17 (relating to Joseph Estabrook and to Delft plate in Concord...