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124 Libertatem. Amicitiam. Fidem Retinebis.

D. O. M.

Beneath these walls,

Are deposited the mortal remains of

JOHN ADAMS,

Son of John and Susanna (Boylston) Adams,

Second President of the United States,

Born October, 1735.

On the fourth of July, 1776,

He pledged his life, fortune, and sacred honour.

To the Independence of his country.

On the third of September, 1783,

He affixed his seal to the definitive treaty with Great Britain,

Which acknowledged that independence,

And consummated the redemption of his pledge.

On the fourth of July, 1826,

He was summoned

To the Independence of Immortality

And to the judgment of his God.

This house will bear witness to his piety;

This Town, his birth-place, to his munificence;

History to his patriotism;

Posterity to the depth and compass of his mind.

At his side,

Sleeps, till the trump shall sound,

ABIGAIL,

His beloved and only wife.

Daughter of William and Elizabeth (Quincy) Smith.

In every relation of life a pattern

of filial, conjugal, maternal, and social virtue.

Born November, 1744,

Deceased 28 October, 1818,

Aged 74.

Married 25 October, 1764."