English: Title

   Tomb of Roger Williams, North Burial Ground

Identifier

   VM013_FIC0321

Description

   Image shows two men[a] holding an open wooden box with the remains of Roger Williams in the North burial ground. The tomb of Stephen Randal[b] is open behind them. Onlookers stand behind them. From back of photograph: "Tomb at North Burial Ground, Providence, where remains of Roger Williams, were found in an old box in 1933 by John Williams Haley[c]. Box contained hair, teeth, bones and coffin nails, but no skull."

Date Created

   1933

Contributor

   Haley, John Mrs.

Topics

   Cemeteries
   Dead person's
   Tomb
   Tombs & sepulchral monuments

Subject Name

   Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683

Subject Geographic

   Providence (R.I.)

Subject Cartographic

   41.84837390000001,-71.40737489999998

Address

   5 Branch Avenue, Providence, R.I.

Dimensions

   6.5 x 5.5 inches

Type

   photographs

File Type

   img/jpg

Physical Location

   Rhode Island Collection, Providence Public Library

Rights

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