tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post6106806684849756150..comments2024-03-14T18:23:05.194-04:00Comments on NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: John Hancock's Uneasy AfterlifePeter Muisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-84754678904359936232022-08-21T10:23:16.330-04:002022-08-21T10:23:16.330-04:00Thanks for this bit of history, Peter! But it is s...Thanks for this bit of history, Peter! But it is surprising that his ghost has never been sighted, at least for his hands!Rich Clabaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915392348153309406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-78719422001509076322013-03-13T20:24:24.786-04:002013-03-13T20:24:24.786-04:00Thanks for the sources! Very helpful. Thanks for the sources! Very helpful. Peter Muisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-7997383575749874902013-03-13T10:14:57.272-04:002013-03-13T10:14:57.272-04:00According to the August 4th, 1895 edition of the B...According to the August 4th, 1895 edition of the Boston Globe, the coffin of John Hancock was discovered while getting the site ready for Hancock Memorial Shaft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-7636298069574954972013-03-13T10:08:26.018-04:002013-03-13T10:08:26.018-04:00“A few years ago, when the building on Park Street...“A few years ago, when the building on Park Street now occupied by Messrs. Doll & Richards was altered from a dwelling-house into a store, etc., a portion of the south wall of the burying-ground was pulled down, and another one built deeper for the purpose of giving light into the basement floor of that building. Built into the wall that was removed were several tombstones, that of John Hancock among the number. These were taken out and reverently placed where they could be carted away with old bricks or other rubbish, or scattered about the burying-ground, where some of them can still be seen, broken and defaced, lying flat in the dirt. John Hancock’s may be there somewhere, but not anywhere near his tomb: perhaps it was carted away with the old bricks, etc., or (placed flatwise) used as a part of the foundation of the new wall. In tearing down the old wall, the tomb of John Hancock must have been broken into, as the wall formed one side of it, so there is no proof that even his body remains there. The body was inclosed in a lead coffin: who knows but this may have been converted into water pipes, or used up in various plumbing operations?” (Source: Bacon’s Dictionary of Boston, by Edwin M. Bacon, published 1886.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-15990316694568428062012-05-31T04:32:17.294-04:002012-05-31T04:32:17.294-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Burberry Sachttp://www.handbagonsaleshop.comnoreply@blogger.com