Watertown Library Photograph Collection - Monuments and Historical Markers

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	Plaque in the Fowle House, inscribed, “In this house sat the Honrable Council of the Great and General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England from July 1775 to Nov. 1776,” and giving the names of the members of the Council. Photo by W.W. Carnes.
	Monument in front of the East Branch Library, Mount Auburn Street, with plate showing the train of oxen drawing cannons from Fort Ticonderoga after its capture from the British, under the command of General Henry Knox, and inscribed, “Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775 – 1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1917.” Photo by W.W. Carnes.
	Marker at the site of the 1754-55 Meeting House on Common Street at Mount Auburn Street, inscribed, “Here stood the meeting house in which met the Provincial Congress from April 22 to July 19, 1775, where the Great and General Court or Assembly was organized, and held its sessions from July 20, 1775 to Nov. 9, 1776 and from June 2 to June 23, 1778.” Photo by W.W. Carnes.
	Slate stone at the corner of the Common Street Cemetery (at Mount Auburn Street) is inscribed, “Washington passed this place on his way to Cambridge to take command of the patriot army June 1775 July. Erected by the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 2^nd July 1914.” Photo by W.W. Carnes.
	Slate marker in fron tof the Main Library, 123 Main Street, inscribed, “Washington passed this place on his way to Cambridge to take command of the Patriot Army, June 1775 July. Erected by Massachusetts S.A.R. [Sons of the American Revolution] July 2, 1914.” Photo by W.W. Carnes.
	Monument to Soldiers of the Civil War in Saltonstall Park, Grant School in rear.
	Stone in Common Street Cemetery on grave of Convers Francis, inscribed: “Convers Francis, born in West Cambridge, Nov. 9, 1795, died in Cambridge Apr. 7, 1863, for twenty three years pastor of the First Church in this Town, historian of Watertown 1830, teacher in the theological school at Cambridge for twenty three years. Abby Bradford Allyn, wife of Re. Convers Francis, died in Cambridge Dec. 17, 1860, aged 64 yrs. 11 mos.; their daughter Abby Bradford Francis, born in Watertown, Aug. 21, 1827, died in Cambridge Nov. 18, 1886; their son George Convers Francis, born in Watertown Oct. 1834, died in Nice France Mar. 3, 1873. Erected by the Historical Society of Watertown 1944. FRANCIS” Photo by W.W. Carnes.
	Bronze marker on stone boulder in memory of Benjamin Robbins Curtis, who was a member of the Supreme Court, who resigned in protest of the Court's decision in the Dred Scott case, and who defended President Andrew Johnson in his impeachment. Photo by W.W. Carnes.
	Marker near Watertown Square on MDC property, inscribed, “Across the way was the birthplace of Benjamin Robbins Curtis 1809 – 1874, son of a New England Shipmaster and a Watertown mother. He was a strong influence in protecting American ideas of Constitutional government in time of intense political excitement. His power of clear statement made him the leading lawyer of his day. As a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, in 1857, he wrote the famous dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott Case, a great factor in clearing Northern sentiment on the slavery issue. By his argument as Senior Counsel for President Johnson in the impeachment proceeding before the Senate in 1868, he defeated impeachment and steadied the government of the United States.” Photo by W.W. Carnes.
	Granite stone on Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge opposite the lane which formerly ran to the Town (Gerry's Landing), inscribed: “ Elmwood, birthplace of James Russell Lowell built in 1767, occupied in 1774 by Lieut-Governor Oliver Councillor to the Crown and later by Elbridge Gerry, Vice-President of the United States A. Kingsley Porter gave this place in 1933 to Harvard College.” Photo by W.W. Carnes.
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