Featured Image: Here lies buried the body of Mr Ebenezer Dyer

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Title: Here lies buried the body of Mr Ebenezer Dyer

Date: [ca. 1973–1978]

Location: North Truro, Massachusetts

Creator: Doris Felton

Source: Erving Public Library

Collection: Erving Public Library Gravestone Rubbings

Description: Erving Public Library holds a substantial collection of gravestone rubbings from historical cemeteries around Massachusetts and New England.  Over time, rubbings like these damage gravestones and it is now illegal to take gravestone rubbings in most of New England. Some of the rubbings in this collection are of gravestones that are now lost or destroyed.

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